All resources: Jordan

A Resilient Labour Market to Drive: Inclusive Economic Growth for All

Owing to the protracted nature of the crisis, Jordan, with assistance from the international community, has adopted a resilience-based development approach, as expressed most recently in the Jordan Response Plan 2016-2018 and the Jordan Compact.

Jordan Decent Work Country Diagnostic

The objective of this report is to provide a short and comprehensive diagnosis of the work situation in Jordan, with respect to growth, productive employment, and Decent work. Issues of inclusion and equal opportunities are given special attention...

Improving skills and job prospects for Jordanian and Syrian construction workers

The ILO has partnered with the National Employment and Training Company to help Syrian refugees and Jordanians working in the construction sector upgrade their professional expertise and obtain accredited skills certificates. The programme includes...

ILO Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Jordan - Regular Budget Supplementary Account (RBSA)

As part of the wider UN response to the Syrian refugee crisis, the ILO has adopted a development-focused and employment-driven strategy to support host communities and refugees in order to maintain and reinforce the social and economic stability of...

ILO Syria Crisis Response Strategy (Update: January 2017)

Within the framework of the Regional Refugee Response and Resilience Plan (3RP), the ILO has adopted a development-focused and employment-driven strategy to support host communities and refugees. The ILO strategy builds on its core mandate to...

Media-Friendly Glossary on Migration: Middle East Edition

Syrian refugee crisis

ILO and public works ministry in Jordan sign agreement to expand formal employment programme for refugees and host community members.

The agreement signed by the ILO and the Ministry of Public Works and Housing in Jordan aims to expand formal employment through employment-intensive public construction project in governorates most affected by the influx of Syrian refugees.

ILO’s Asia Pacific labour conference agrees to enhance labour migration governance in the interrelated regions of Asia and the Arab States

The meeting discussed issues affecting employment and the world of work in the Asia, Pacific and Arab States including labour migration.

W4Y Jordan country summary

Summary report of information session: Fair Migration with a focus on Recruitment

The information session on fair migration with a special focus on recruitment was chaired and moderated by Mr Houngbo, Deputy Director General for Field Operations, ILO.

ILO Field Visit to Jordan – Concept Note

ILO planned field visit to Jordan in January 2017

RBSA meeting, November 2016

ILO’s response to the Syrian refugee crisis

Presentation on the ILO's Syrian Refugee Crisis Response: RBSA Success Story from Jordan

Establishing a Social Protection Floor in Jordan: Diagnostic, costing, fiscal space and impact assessment

In line with ILO Recommendation No. 202, the 2012 ILC Resolution on making social protection floors a global reality, and the Jordanian tripartite stakeholders’ endorsement of the social Protection Floor (SPF) initiative, this report assesses the...

Our impact, their stories

Better skills and more formal employment for Syrian refugees

A new ILO project supporting the objectives of the London Syria conference aims to build skills and formalize employment status among Syrian refugees in Jordan’s construction and agricultural sectors, and improve job prospects for Jordanians in...

Work4Youth Publications

Labour market transitions of young women and men in the Middle East and North Africa

This report presents the results of the School-to-work transition surveys (SWTS) implemented in five countries in the Middle East and North Africa region – Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Occupied Palestinian Territory and Tunisia – between 2013 and 2015. ...

Jordan bazar promotes self-employed Jordanian and Syrian women

Three-day event brings together Jordanian and Syrian women to showcase homemade products and explore ways to develop their businesses.

Work for Youth (W4Y) - (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project: GLO/11/01/MCF

ILO: Dialogue between social partners vital to shaping the Future of Work in Jordan

ILO constituents call for the creation of a committee to further the work of the national dialogue on the Future of Work.

Future of Work in Jordan

A two-day Future of Work national dialogue concluded in Amman with Jordanian ILO constituents agreeing to create a committee to undertake research and continue discussions around the changes taking place in the world of work. The purpose of the...

Agenda - The National Dialogue on the “Future of Work” in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan