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Just Energy Transition

Innovation challenge: Artificial intelligence and young people shall green the construction sector in Jordan

The education partnership by the Jordanian National University College of Technology and Algebra Intelligence is one of the three winners of the ILO Just Energy Transition Innovation Challenge. The project aims to improve energy efficiency in...

Greening Entrepreneurship: Supporting Vulnerable Women in Ghor Al Safi in Jordan

Work4Women: Tackling Financial Challenges of Kindergarten and Pre-School Owners in Jordan

Preserving Heritage, Empowering Communities: ILO and UNESCO Collaborate in Jordan

Join the ILO and UNESCO in northern Jordan as they create opportunities, preserve heritage sites, and empower communities through their collaboration with the EU's Madad project.

A Guide to a Healthy Body, Healthy Mind

The purpose of this guide is to provide adults with a range of activities that support their mental health and well-being. It is designed to help individuals identify enjoyable activities that can assist them in coping with the challenges of daily...

What works and what doesn’t in reducing migrant women workers’ vulnerability to forced labour and human trafficking?

An event held in Beirut, marking the completion of a 10-year ILO labour migration programme, presented lessons learned and findings that can guide future efforts to tackle challenges related to forced labour and trafficking of women migrant workers.

Jordan: Regulatory framework governing migrant workers

The country briefs map the key legal provisions dealing with migrant workers in eight Arab countries, summarizing the legal rules about who pays for recruitment, whether passport confiscation is prohibited by law, minimum working conditions...

Global Synthesis Report

Review of national policy, legislative and regulatory frameworks and practice

A baseline study on the right to work and rights at work for refugees - Egypt, Ethiopia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Uganda, Sudan

Hon. Colin Jordan, Minister of Labour, Social Security and Third Sector of Barbados - Bio data

Closing the childcare policy gap would generate almost 6 million jobs in 12 MENA countries by 2035

Investing in childcare provision that closes significant gaps in paid childcare-related leave and early childhood care and education (ECCE) would generate nearly 5.8 million ECCE jobs in 12 countries in the Middle East and North Africa by 2035. This...

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Celebrating green jobs and decent work in Jordan on International Labour Day

Agreement paves way for planting new forests across northern Jordan

The ILO signs a new implementation agreement with Jordan’s Ministry of Agriculture for the afforestation of land in four governorates, with funding from the Government of Germany.

Employment-intensive Investment Project phase VI

Signing of Implementation Agreement between the ILO-EIIP-KfW Project and the Ministry of Agriculture in Jordan

ILO in Jordan signs a new Implementation agreement with Ministry of Agriculture in Jordan for the afforestation of 1,750 dunums (175 Ha) in 4 Governorates namely Irbid, Jerash, Ajloun an Al Balqa.

Enabling Success: Supporting Youth in MENA in their Transition from Learning to Decent Work

The Middle East and North Africa urgently needs relevant education, training and lifelong learning systems to tackle youth unemployment and...

A new report sets out a roadmap for bringing education and training systems in line with current and future labour market needs to boost youth employment in the MENA region.

Our impact, their voices

Shadia and Sahar: How decent work has changed their lives in Jordan

An almost three-year ILO intervention across six cooperatives in Jordan has brought about tangible changes to the lives of thousands Jordanian and Syrian refugee agricultural workers in Jordan. Listen to the words of Shadia and Sahar on the matter.

Celebrating green jobs and decent work in Jordan on International Labour Day

ILO project in Jordan celebrates "cocoon" method for sustainable & affordable tree planting in National Afforestation Plan

Agreement regarding the ILO’s presence and activities in Jordan enters into force

Summary of lessons Learned, Work in Freedom Programme

This document summarises the lessons learned (Parts 1, 2 & 3) by the Work in Freedom Programme, a ten-year bi-regional programme (2013-2023) that aimed to reduce vulnerability to human trafficking and forced labour among women workers in occupations...

Women trade unionists central in effort to strengthen worker voice and collective bargaining

Better Work Jordan joins in effort to enhance disability inclusion in garment sector

To promote equal opportunities for all workers, trainings sessions focused on enhancing the knowledge of targeted stakeholders on the rights and responsibilities of persons with disabilities and their employers in the workplace.