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Our impact, their voices

Other farmers need the knowledge I learned on Occupational Safety and Health

After completing an ILO training programme on Occupational Safety and Health, Ziad Sa’ad, a beekeeper from Iraq’s southern city of Basra, is raising awareness among his community on the importance of safety at work.

Brochure of the PROSPECTS OF project on digital economy

Promotion, inclusion and protection of refugees and host communities in the gig economy

2023 Activities - Enhancing labour governance, inspection and working conditions in Iraq

The following activities are implemented under the framework of an EU-funded project "Enhance Labour Governance, Inspection and Working Conditions in Response to COVID- 19 in Iraq"

Iraq and ILO intensify efforts to strengthen social security system, in light of recent ratification of ILO flagship Social Security...

Supporting the process to ensure the extension of social security coverage to workers in the private sector has been one of ILO’s key priorities under a European Union funded programme to reform social protection in Iraq.

International Labour Standards

Iraq ratified the ILO conventions on social protection and on Maritime Labour

Iraq becomes the 64th Member State to have ratified ILO Convention on social protection and the 102nd Member State to have ratified the maritime labour convention MLC, 2006.

Working Paper WP/2023/01

Cost of Inaction: Education Deprivation in Iraq and the Potential of Social Protection to Reverse it

New ILO paper: “Education attainment gap in Iraq and the potential of social protection to reverse it”

A new ILO working paper examines loss of earnings due to Iraq’s education gap and outlines the potential of social protection to address this gap, based on international good practices.

Erbil Citadel workers certified with cultural heritage-related skills following completion of training programme

The training is part of a joint UNESCO/ILO/EU programme to support internally displaced persons, Syrian refugees and host community members to access decent employment in the cultural heritage sector.

Italy and the ILO support private sector development in Southern Iraq’s green economy

An agreement between the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the International Labour Organization will enhance support to private sector development and decent work creation, with a focus on green jobs.

Our impact, their voices

The journey of Samar, female entrepreneur in Iraq

Following years of displacement and uncertainty, Samar from Mosul has set up a business making and selling sweets and pastries. She talks about her journey of becoming a successful entrepreneur, with the support of an ILO financial inclusion...

Introducing labour and social security laws to university students in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the ILO hold symposium on introducing labour and social security laws into university teaching curricula.

Iraq Country Profile: Productivity growth, diversification, and structural change in the Arab States

ILO PROSPECTS in Iraq supports livelihoods and decent work for refugees, IDPs and host communities

The programme includes a financial inclusion initiative to support businesses to access loans and build their financial and business skills and the development of vocational training programmes in market-relevant occupations.

Parents and caregivers of working children complete vocational trainings in Iraq

Hundreds of parents and caregivers of working children in Ninewa have completed vocational trainings in sewing and electrical installation, that will help them build their skills, improve their employability and establish their own sources of...

The Case of EIIP in Iraq: A Documentation Report

How EIIP Approaches, Experiences and Lessons, contribute to the Humanitarian Development and Peace Nexus (HDPN) in Iraq

Iraq Country Profile

Productivity growth, diversification, and structural change in the Arab States (Iraq)

This country snapshot provides a historical overview of Iraq's labour productivity trends compared with other non-GCC Arab economies and the global economy.

EIIP Approach, Experiences and Lessons Learned: Contributions to the Humanitarian, Development, and Peace Nexus (HDPN) in Iraq

Decent Work Country Programme Iraq: Recovery and Reform (Annual Progress Report - 2022)

Multi-stakeholder meeting focuses on the extension of social security to Iraq’s farm workers

Organised by the ILO with the support of the European Union, a meeting with multi-stakeholders in Basra centred around the challenges faced in the inclusion of farm workers in social security coverage and ways to address them.