All publications: Lebanon

Emerging good practices related to training and job placement of persons with disabilities in lebanon

This report is the product of a collaborative effort bringing together Arcenciel, the Lebanese Physical Handicapped Union, and the Forum of the Handicapped Association, UNRWA and the ILO.

ILO Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Jordan

The ILO has developed its own development-focused strategy to respond to the crisis in Jordan.

National Action Plan to Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Lebanon by 2016

The National Action Plan to Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Lebanon by 2016 seeks to put Lebanon’s international commitments into practice on a national scale by reaching out to everyone who has a stake in a fairer society: workers,...

Manual for UNRWA Employment Service Centres

This manual is developed as a self-instructional guidebook for staff working in UNRWA employment service centres supporting Palestine refugees in UNRWA’s five fields of operation. It can also be used by all staff providing education, career guidance...

Independent evaluation of the ILO's strategy to promote decent work in the Arab region: A cluster evaluation of Jordan, Lebanon and the...

The decent work strategies and priorities identified in Jordan, Lebanon and the occupied Palestinian territory are aligned with the priority areas identified in the AEF Action Agenda as well as with the priorities of national development plans....

Fact Sheet

Child Labour in Lebanon

Action against child labour in Lebanon dates back to 2000 when the International Labour Organization and the Goverment of Lebanon signed an agreement to work towards its elimination.

Rethinking Informality in Light of the Arab Uprisings

This paper provides an overview of the ILO conceptual framework on informality and discusses its implications by focusing on its relevance to the Arab region in light of recent developments

Migrant domestic workers in Lebanon

Gabay impormasyon para sa mga migranteng kasambahay sa Lebanon (In Tagalog)

Sa Lebanon, ang International Labour Organization (ILO) ay nakipag-ugnayan sa mga awtoridad na Lebanese at civil society sa isang dayalogo upang makabuo ng mga polisiya para siguraduhin ang mga tuntunin at kundisyon sa pagkakaroon ng disenteng...

Action programme for protecting the rights of women migrant domestic workers (PROWD) in Lebanon (Midterm Evaluation Summary)

Project LEB/10/04/EEC - Evaluation Consultant: Guy Summers

Legal review, conformity assessment and priority-setting of HIV and AIDS and the World of Work in Lebanon

This study and report identify the gaps in Lebanese legislation and troubling discrepancies with the ILO’s legal instruments, as well as to provide relevant guidance.

Domestic Workers

Information Guide for Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon

The guide serves to improve the wellbeing of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon. It provides useful and important information before departure and after the workers arrive in Lebanon.

Information guide for migrant domestic workers in Lebanon

The guide serves to improve the wellbeing of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon. It provides useful and important information before departure and after the workers arrive in Lebanon.

Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet No II: Action Programme for Protecting the Rights of Women Migrant Domestic Workers (PROWD) in Lebanon 2011-2014

Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet No. I: Action Programme for Protecting the Rights of Women Migrant Domestic Workers (PROWD) in Lebanon 2011-2014

Conflict prevention and peace building in North Lebanon (Final Joint Evaluation Summary)

Project LEB/09/50/UNR - Evaluation consultants: Carlos Carravilla, Nasser Yassin

Migrant domestic workers in Lebanon

Information guide for migrant domestic workers in Lebanon

In Lebanon, the International Labour Organization has engaged in a participatory policy dialogue with the Lebanese authorities and civil society to ensure terms and conditions of decent work for women migrant domestic workers. As a result, this...

Working with migrant domestic workers in Lebanon (1980-2012): a mapping of NGO services

The main purpose of the report is to explore how NGO agendas in the MDW subfield have progressed since the deliberations of the National Steering Committee on Women Migrant Domestic Workers. I expect it will be helpful in informing the interventions...

Action against child labour in Lebanon : a mapping of policy and normative initiatives

Analyses the general situation and main determinants of child labour in Lebanon, highlights advances in legislative and procedural reform and calls for further harmonization with international standards and better enforcement of existing national...

Rapid assessment on child labour in North Lebanon (Tripoli and Akkar) and Bekaa Governates

Based on interviews with 1,007 children aged 5 to 17 working in Lebanese territory and 174 household visits

Strengthening National Action to Combat the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Lebanon (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project: LEB/08/06/ITA