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From Farm to Fork: EU Agri-food Business Development Programme

Workers in Iraq voice hopes and ambitions on International Labour Day

To mark International Labour Day, the ILO asked workers in Iraq about the importance of employment, livelihoods, and decent work.

A new partnership boosts workers’ voices and labour rights in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

The ILO has embarked on the new partnership with the Kurdistan United Workers Unions to improve working conditions and address the needs of workers at Employment Intensive Investment Programme sites in Dohuk.

ILO and PROSPECTS delegation visit projects that promote decent work in Iraq

Visit included meeting workers, youth and trade union representatives in Dohuk.

6,000 years of history brought back to life

The historic Erbil Citadel in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq dates back at least 6,000 years. The ILO joined forces with the EU, UNESCO and local partners to preserve national heritage, while promoting decent work for residents and Syrian refugees...

Report

Mapping and assessment of Business Development Service providers in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

This document presents an assessment of existing BDS providers in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It analyses the types of services, their geographic coverage, target clients, and service quality. It analyses organisations’ capacities to provide their...

Our impact, their voices

ILO supports rural women in Basra to develop their skills in the date sector

An ILO capacity building training programme for rural women in Basra seeks to foster skills, entrepreneurship and decent employment in the field of agriculture, funded by the European Union.

Rural women develop skills in Iraq's date palm sector

Women employed on farms take part in an ILO capacity building training programme to foster skills, entrepreneurship and decent employment in the field of agriculture.

With support from the European Union, ILO, UNICEF, and WFP partner with the Kurdistan Regional Government to reform social protection

The joint programme contributes to social protection reform by adapting, expanding, and innovating social protection responses to address the immediate needs of women, children, their families, and workers in the informal sector in the wake of the...

ILO and partners hold training on Child Labour Monitoring System in Iraq

The system, developed with the support of the ILO, identifies vulnerable children at risk of or already in child labour and refers them to the relevant actors to receive the needed support.

ILO builds capacities of financial service providers to expand the scope and market of their services to forcibly displaced and host...

With the support of the Government of the Netherlands, the initiative seeks to contribute to devising durable solutions for forcibly displaced and host communities in Iraq through improving their financial inclusion and opportunities for more and...

ILO and tripartite partners hold consultation on draft social security law in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

During the event, participants examined recommendations based on ILO’s legal assessment of the draft law.

Roundtable discussion on social policy and economic perspective in Iraq

The roundtable discussion is part of efforts to enhance social dialogue among policymakers, researchers, and practitioners, allowing them to exchange ideas, knowledge, and experience on social policy in Iraq.

Factsheet

FAQ for employers and business membership organizations on the Sustainable and Resilient Enterprises programme

ILO holds consultative and capacity building workshops to support employment services in Iraq

The events support on-going activities with the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Federal Government and of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq to enhance career guidance and job-matching services.

Media workshop to promote reporting on social policy and economic perspective in Iraq

The workshop is part of efforts to equip journalists with the knowledge to analyse, monitor and evaluate public policies that contribute to the actualization of the right to social protection.

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Learn how to protect your business through the Sustainable and resilient enterprises programme

2021

Decent Work Country Programme in Iraq- Recovery and Reform (Update December 2021)

Two years since the establishment of the ILO Country Coordination Office in Iraq

Iraq Decent Work Country Programme – Two years on

The Decent Work Country Programme was signed in December 2019 between the ILO, the Government of Iraq and social partners to support employment promotion, rights at work, social dialogue and social protection. Two years on, the ILO looks back at...

Children, journalists and local organizations say “No to Child Labour” in Iraq’s Kurdistan region

A nation-wide campaign is reaching communities most affected by the rise of child labour in Iraq.