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Promoting decent work
Ethiopian youth organizations equipped to tackle unemployment with ILO's Youth-to-Youth Fund
The ILO and Edukans Foundation trained ten Ethiopian youth-led organizations to implement employment projects, creating over 1,000 jobs. Supported by the ILO Youth-to-Youth Fund, the training focused on project management, financial management, and...
Digital technologies transforming refugees’ economic, social, and cultural inclusion
The 73rd issue of the Forced Migration Review, published with support from the International Labour Organization (ILO), mapped out ways in which digital technologies are being used in forced displacement contexts, including for promoting job and...
PROSPECTS Impact
From self-taught to certified: Kenya's Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) awards over 600 certificates
Kenya’s Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) program formally certifies skills acquired by informal economy workers, providing new career opportunities and empowering workers with recognized qualifications for better job prospects.
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Enhancing OSH standards: Training farmers and agricultural workers in Lebanon's agricultural sector
Learn about ILO PROSPECTS initiative that aims to raise awareness of OSH in agriculture among farmers and agricultural workers to create decent working conditions and reduce risks in Lebanon.
PROSPECTS Partnership
ILO trains social health protection actors in Ethiopia
Social Health Protection training equips Ethiopian social health protection actors with the knowledge and experience to strengthen health financing and social health protection systems.
ILO PROSPECTS Lebanon supports social enterprise initiatives in Lebanon
Our impact, their voices
Partnership and business training transforms lives of two Syrian Refugees in Egypt
Through the ILO’s Enterprise Development Programme, two Syrian refugees, Mohamed Khir Khaled Darwish and Mohamed Moataz Abd El Karim, found a new beginning and partnered to open a successful upholstery and curtain workshop, transforming their lives...
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ILO transforms lives of women in Iraq through financial skills and business training
This video captures the success of the ILO in empowering Iraqi women entrepreneurs with essential skills and financial support, transforming lives and creating a ripple effect of opportunity and resilience across communities.
Photo Essay – Empowering Lebanon's youth
Creating a Literary Haven: The Inspiring Story of Hadi Yahya's Bookstore
Social entrepreneurs in Lebanon successfully grew their businesses through EMDAD, an ILO PROSPECTS-led initiative that offered financial support, personalized coaching, technical training, and networking opportunities, boosting their community and...
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ILO and FAO host the launch of the MENA Policy Incubator to boost social insurance for agricultural workers
International policymakers and experts gathered in Amman to tackle informality and enhance social insurance for the agricultural workforce across the region.
Photo Essay – Empowering Lebanon's youth
Empowering women through fashion and hygiene: The Nouara Initiative
Social entrepreneurs in Lebanon successfully grew their businesses through EMDAD, an ILO PROSPECTS-led initiative that offered financial support, personalized coaching, technical training, and networking opportunities, boosting their community and...
Farming in Lebanon: Aline Tannous Speaks on Hardship and Lack of Healthcare
This video is the last in a short series by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Centre for Social Sciences Research and Action (CeSSRA) that aims to shed light on the multiple challenges agricultural workers and farmers in Lebanon face...
World Refugee Day
Building hope: Syrian farmer Fatima Tarek Al-Ahmad’s efforts to secure a brighter future for her family
On World Refugee Day, 25-year-old Fatima shares her struggles and strength as the sole family’s breadwinner, showcasing her resilience amid challenges and hard work.
Empowering youth
From smartphones to social change: ILO launches a photo exhibition of refugee and host community youths
In Uganda, a photo exhibition launched on World Refugee Day showcased an initiative empowering 60 young refugees and host community members to use mobile photography to share their experiences, struggles and aspirations.
NSPS, ILO and FAO lead initiative to extend social protection to informal and rural workers in Kenya
The workshop on implementing the National Strategy for Social Protection for informal and rural worker gathered key stakeholders to develop a comprehensive roadmap for extending social protection coverage across the country.
Video illustrates current interventions and future directions of the ILO-UNHCR “Enhancing Livelihoods for Refugee and Host Communities in...
Photo Essay – Empowering Lebanon's youth
Empowering women and embracing sustainability: Mavia Bakery is transforming Beirut's Culinary Scene
Social entrepreneurs in Lebanon successfully grew their businesses through EMDAD, an ILO PROSPECTS-led initiative that offered financial support, personalized coaching, technical training, and networking opportunities, boosting their community and...
Empowering Refugees and Host Communities: ILO Türkiye’s "I am Trained for My Job" Program
ILO Türkiye's "I am Trained for My Job" Program offers skill development training and financial support to refugees and host communities to promote access to decent work and sustainable livelihood opportunities.
Unlocking digital work opportunities for refugees
Closing session of ITC-ILO course on “Promoting decent work access for forcibly displaced persons”, discusses how the digital economy can offer new pathways into the labour market for these groups.
Photo Essay – Empowering Lebanon's youth
Sustainable and Inclusive: With ILO, Vengo redefines logistics in North Lebanon
Social entrepreneurs in Lebanon successfully grew their businesses through EMDAD, an ILO PROSPECTS-led initiative that offered financial support, personalized coaching, technical training, and networking opportunities, boosting their community and...
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