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Brochure
Skills Passport: Regional Mechanism for the Mutual Recognition of Labour Competency Certifications in Latin America and the Caribbean
This brochure explains what the Skills Passport is, its purpose, how it works, and how to be part of efforts to promote safe, orderly and regular labour mobility, as well as access to decent work, particularly for women and young people.
Trade for Jobs Uganda
Destination: Pearl of Africa - A market systems analysis with a focus on trade and employment
This market systems analysis (MSA) of Uganda’s tourism sector aims to identify key constraints and opportunities for growth, with a focus on enhancing the livelihoods of local communities and workers in the tourism value chain.
Traction through action: An antidote to paralysis by analysis?
The what, why and how of action research
Trade for Jobs Uganda
Finding the milky way: A market systems analysis with a focus on trade and employment
ILO ADWA' and the Ministry of Finance
Government spending on education and skills, and the educational requirements of the labour market in Egypt
This report is funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), in collaboration with the ILO through its project Advancing the Decent Work Agenda in North Africa (ADWA').
ILO Brief
Sowing the seeds of change through private sector partnership
The ILO Building Inclusive Markets and Decent Work for Syrian Refugees and Lebanese Host Communities (BOUZOUR) project, funded by the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), is working to strengthen agricultural value chains, particularly...
ILO Brief
Building pathways for green jobs and climate-smart agritech in Lebanon
Explore how the ILO's BOUZOUR project is helping Lebanese farmers tackle the challenges of water scarcity and climate change through innovative agritech solutions. This brief provides an overview of the project's pilot interventions designed to...
ILO Brief
Renting a Portable Solar Energy System in Lebanon
The Experience of Deir El Ahmar's Union of Cooperatives with Portable Solar Units in Lebanon.
Recruitment mechanisms and working conditions for workers in the agriculture sector in Lebanon
The International Labour Organization (ILO), through its BOUZOUR project, has released a new report examining recruitment mechanisms and working conditions in Lebanon’s agriculture sector. Conducted as part of the BOUZOUR project— “Building...
From Orchard to Opportunity: A Rapid Market Analysis of the cherry value chain in Lebanon
This study was developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO) under the BOUZOUR project - “Building Inclusive Markets and Decent Work for Syrian Refugees and Lebanese Host Communities”. The project focuses on the agriculture and agri-food...
Market systems development for decent work
Starting strong: Getting inception right in projects using the MSD approach
ADWA' project
Analytical Report: Labour Demand and Labour Market Skills Needs
As part of the activities of the International Labour Organization (ILO) project “Advancing the Decent Work Agenda in North Africa” (ADWA), funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), coordination was made between the...
Trade for Jobs Uganda: Sector selection study
Examining job and export potential in nine sectors
The Cherry Sector in Lebanon: Results of a survey of cherry farmers and workers in the Bekaa, North and Mount Lebanon
This ILO BOUZOUR report summarizes results of a baseline survey of cherry farmers and workers in Lebanon's Bekaa, North and Mount Lebanon regions. It serves as a baseline for the project's component on unlocking opportunities for inclusive growth in...
Market systems development for a just transition: What does it really mean for donors and practitioners?
A system analysis of the financial market in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Understanding the financial sector is a crucial step to design impactful financing instruments. This paper presents an analysis of the potential of the financial market in Bosnia and Herzegovina to contribute to Sida’s strategy goals. It analyses...
Understanding and addressing child labour across the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus
Crises driven by armed conflict, disaster and outbreaks of disease are affecting growing numbers of children worldwide, increasing the risk of child labour and of other human rights violations. The numbers are staggering. According to the United...
Market Systems Analysis of the Cassava, Palm Oil, Vegetables Sectors in the Districts of Port Loko, Bombali, Kenema and Bo of Sierra Leone
The Opportunity Salone Programme is a project implemented by the International Labour Organization (ILO) under the framework of the European Union’s Jobs and Growth Programme in Sierra Leone. The objective of the Programme is to contribute to large...
Think piece
Total systems failure: Three lessons on how to avoid a “blue screen of death” in your market systems development project
Research Brief
A COVID-19 retrospective: How is the garment sector in Asia rebuilding?
This Brief provides both an update of the quantitative impact of COVID-19 on Asia’s garment industry, and to bring new qualitative insights into how key industry stakeholders assessed the performance of the national and international pandemic...