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Children's shelter

ILO in Lebanon donates clothes and goods to children’s shelter

Donation made to NGO that helps and protects children including former street-based child labourers, as part of activities marking World Day against Child Labour.

Child labour

Denmark-led programme funds ILO project to combat child labour in Jordan and Lebanon among Syrian refugees and host communities in need

The Denmark-led Regional Development and Protection Programme (RDPP) has funded an International Labour Organization (ILO) project to combat rising child labour among Syrian refugees and host communities through labour policy reform and technical...

UN Agencies and Partners Say Funding Shortage Leaves Syrian Refugees and Host Nations Without Vital Support

A shortage of funds is hampering humanitarian and development assistance efforts to meet the needs of 3.9 million refugees who have fled the conflict in Syria, as well as more than 20 million people in affected local communities hosting them in...

Creating Employment Opportunities and Improving Accessibility to Markets Baidoa, Somalia

With the support of the Government of Japan, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Community Road Empowerment (CORE) continue to promote durable solutions for Somali returnees.

Skills trainings to enhance sustainable livelihoods for refugee returnees in Baidoa

BAIDOA, Somalia: The project on ‘Durable Solutions for Somali refugee returnees through repatriation, assistance and promoting sustainable solutions’ created opportunities and provide necessary skills for self-employment to promote increased...

A New Start: Habiba’s Story

Habiba was among the selected caseloads for the returnees’ project implemented by ILO with funding from the Government of Japan. She underwent the entrepreneurship skills training where she gained knowledge on business management and...

World Day Against Child Labour

Working refugee children call for an end to child labour in Lebanon

Refugee children from across Lebanon staged a theatrical performance calling upon decision makers to implement reforms to stamp out child labour in Lebanon.

Child labour

Working children mark World Day Against Child Labour with theatrical performance

Over 60 Lebanese and Syrian refugee children will mark the World Day Against Child Labour with a theatrical production in order to raise awareness of their plight as child labourers.

ILO response to Syrian refugee crisis

Lebanese farmers pay heavy price for Syrian crisis

The tranquillity of Lebanon's fertile north belies a brewing crisis. Just two miles from Syria and its civil war, local farmers say the conflict has been disastrous for business

Syrian refugee crisis in neighbouring countries

Launch of ILO interventions in the agricultural sector in North Lebanon

The ILO is launching its interventions in Akkar in North Lebanon to support the local farmers who have been most affected by the Syrian crisis.

Study

Informally employed Syrian refugees, working under harsh conditions, further strain Jordanian labour market

The arrival of hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in neighbouring Jordan has increased unemployment in areas in which they are highly concentrated, and further strained the host country’s infrastructure, resources and public services. This has...

Informal economy

Jordan endorses a national framework for regulating the informal economy

The national framework backs an integrated approach for upgrading the informal economy in Jordan through supporting informal enterprises and workers alike

Syrian Refugee Crisis/Employment and Livelihoods

Italian government first to donate to vital ILO project in Lebanon supporting vulnerable communities affected by the Syrian refugee crisis

Funding will benefit the vulnerable in host and refugee communities alike, focusing on unemployed youth, farmers and agricultural workers including children as part of the ILO’s contribution to the Lebanon Crisis Response Plan 2015-16.

New study sheds light on plight of working street-based children in Lebanon

Study is the first of its kind to comprehensively profile the size and magnitude of street-based child labour in Lebanon

Media Advisory

Launch of the study: "Children Living and Working on the Streets in Lebanon"

This study is the first of its kind to comprehensively shed light on the size and characteristics of the increasingly visible phenomenon of working street-based children in Lebanon.

Labour migration and entrepreneurship

Skills for a brighter future

Refugees in a camp along Thai-Myanmar border are equipped with livelihood and buisness skills for a better future.

Local economic development

Olive festival supports Jordan host communities in face of refugee crisis

As part of the ILO’s efforts to support communities in Jordan most affected by the Syrian refugee crisis, the 2014 Irbid Olive and Rural Produce Festival brought together local farmers and businesses to showcase products and explore avenues to...

LED workshop

ILO and government and non-governmental agencies choose the vegetable sector for development in Akkar, North Lebanon

To support rural host communities in Akkar affected by the Syrian refugee crisis, the ILO held a Local Economic Development Dialogue workshop to select in a participatory way an agricultural sub-sector to develop as part of the ILO’s wider local...

Training workshop

ILO aims to boost job opportunities in northern Lebanon through labour law training

An ILO training workshop in Tripoli aims to increase knowledge of Lebanese labour laws amongst employment service providers catering to locals and foreigners, as part of an initiative to tackle the effect of the Syrian refugee crisis on employment...

ILO initiates short-term job creation opportunities for North Waziristan IDPs

The International Labour Organization has advised the Government of Pakistan to provide short-term jobs to North Waziristan IDPs on priority basis to avoid their long term protracted unemployment. This follows ILO’s reconnaissance mission to Bannu ...