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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.

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs to begin assessing Iraqi internally displaced persons and returnees in need of social protection...

Our impact, Their voices

Entrepreneurial skills and access to finance support business development among refugees in Iraq

Hishyar Bashir Sadoon is a Syrian refugee who owns a small construction business. He was recently able to expand his business under ILO’s financial inclusion initiative, targeting refugees, internally displaced persons and host community members.

ILO leads MENA leadership programme to promote a just transition to a green future of work

Worker, employer and government representatives from the region met online to gain a better understanding gained a better understanding of how to shape policies to implement climate change commitments.

Capacity building training for ILO constituents boosts efforts to reform social protection in Iraq

The training is part of broader support to Iraq’s constituents in strengthening the social protection system in Iraq.

ILO in action

Employment Intensive Approaches create decent jobs in cultural heritage development

A joint ILO/EU/UNESCO project is supporting the conservation and rehabilitation of cultural heritage at the World Heritage Site of the Erbil Citadel. The ILO is applying Employment Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) approaches to create decent...

Iraq and Egypt exchange experience on enhancing labour inspection and safety at work

A delegation, bringing together ILO’s tripartite constituents from Federal Iraq and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, took part in a study tour to Egypt, where they met with counterparts and exchanged knowledge on issues related to labour and...

Code of Conduct for Fair Recruitment - Republic of Iraq (2022)

Compliance Checklist for the Agriculture Sector- Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Compliance Checklist for the Agriculture Sector- Iraq

Policy dialogue on access of refugees, internally displaced persons, and host communities to Iraq’s labour market

ILO and UNHCR organised a policy dialogue to discuss the findings of a new ILO report, which examines the access of refugees, internally displaced persons and host community members to the labour market.

Roundtable discussion on the integration of a public works programme in Iraq’s social protection landscape

A roundtable discussion organised by the Ministry of Planning and ILO focused on a new paper that outlines factors and challenges that need to be considered in designing and integrating a public works programme within the social protection landscape...

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Adopting Public Works in Iraq: Key Design Considerations for an Effective Programme

The objective of this paper is to outline factors and challenges that need to be taken into account in designing and integrating a public works programme within the social protection landscape in Iraq, in line with the Government of Iraq’s...

Social Protection

ONE PAGER - Administrative barriers, capacity constraints and solutions for the inclusion of agricultural workers in social insurance...

Social Protection

Administrative barriers, capacity constraints and solutions for the inclusion of agricultural workers in social insurance schemes in the...

Press release

ILO-UNHCR policy dialogue examines access of host communities and forcibly displaced persons to Iraq’s labour market

The event focused on ILO’s newly developed report which examines global and country level policy, legislative and regulatory frameworks, practices and gaps shaping access to the labour market and proposes recommendations that support efforts to...

Social Protection

ONE PAGER - Financing social insurance schemes for agricultural workers in the Middle East and North Africa

Social Protection

Financing social insurance schemes for agricultural workers in the Middle East and North Africa