All resources: Lebanon

Occupational safety and health

Building a safety culture in Lebanon’s greenhouse sector

New OSH guidelines and on-site awareness sessions are helping greenhouse manufacturers and installers adopt safer practices across Lebanon.

Policy Dialogue Series Report

Towards an inclusive, integrated, and sustainable social protection system in Lebanon

With support from the European Union and the United Kingdom, this joint International Labour Organization–Arab Reform Initiative publication explores reform pathways across core pillars of the National Social Protection Strategy – social assistance,...

Article

Between work and school: The struggle of children in Lebanon’s agricultural fields

The ILO, through the PROSPECTS partnership, is supporting Lebanese and Syrian children, families and communities to combat child labour across Lebanon’s agricultural areas.

ILO Brief

Improve Your Agri Business (IYAB) Training as a Pathway to Women’s Entrepreneurship in Agriculture

Discover the stories of women like Ashwak in Mouhamara, Siham in the Chouf, and Aisha in Bekaa, whose journeys show how inclusive business training and networks can translate skills into confidence, market access and leadership.

Training package

Meaningful youth engagement for decent work: A training package on engaging young people in employment programmes

This training package is designed to help ILO staff and youth employment practitioners enhance meaningful youth engagement in employment programmes, with a particular focus on refugee and forcibly displaced youth.

Briefing paper

PROSPECTS in Action: Vision, Milestones, and Impact

This briefing paper details the collective action of the PROSPECTS coalition (ILO, UNHCR, UNICEF, IFC and World Bank) supported by the Netherlands to improve the lives of forcibly displaced persons and host communities. It promotes self-reliance by...

Two -page summary

PROSPECTS in Action: Vision, Milestones, and Impact - Summary

This two-page summary details the PROSPECTS Partnership's vision and impact, demonstrating its shift from humanitarian aid to sustainable solutions for forced displacement. It promotes self-reliance and inclusion for forcibly displaced persons and...

Historic alleyways restored in Lebanon’s coastal city of Jounieh, creating jobs and reviving heritage

Germany and the ILO's partnership improved urban infrastructure in Jounieh, provided thousands of workdays for local vulnerable workers and preserved the city’s old town character.

International Day of Persons with Disability

A chance to work again helped Raymond Khoury reclaim his independence

A former shop owner lost his business after sustaining a disability. But through the ILO’s German-funded Employment Intensive Infrastructure Programme in Lebanon, he discovered that inclusive workplaces can restore dignity, independence and...

International Day of Persons with Disability

From overlooked to job-ready: Training equips jobseekers with disabilities for decent work in Lebanon

Testimonies from persons with disabilities in Lebanon tell of how training provided by the EU-funded ENABLE Programme helped them regain confidence, develop skills and pursue decent work opportunities.

Cooperatives strengthen their role in eliminating child labour in Lebanon’s agricultural sector

Training empowers agricultural cooperatives to identify, prevent and respond to child labour risks while promoting safer governance in rural communities across Lebanon.

Arab region builds social insurance capacities through new ILO training programme

Delegations from nine Arab States convene in Jordan to build capacities in social insurance governance, closing coverage gaps, and managing digital and labour market shifts.

Development cooperation in Lebanon

Tackling pests, opening markets: Farmers and government experts address challenges with ILO support

Funded by Sweden, the ILO’s BOUZOUR project in Lebanon is enabling cherry farmers such as Richard Skaff and Sami Harika to adopt better pest-control methods, opening more pathways to global export markets.

ILO Brief

Integrating Gender Equality into Agri-SME Competitiveness: Advancing Gender-Transformative Practices in Lebanon’s Agri-Food Sector

This brief showcases how the ILO BOUZOUR project worked with the QOOT Agri-Food Cluster to strengthen competitiveness and gender inclusion in Lebanon’s agri-food SMEs. Through a combination of gender-sensitive training, participatory assessments,...

ILO PROSPECTS launches learning portal to transform forced displacement response

The ILO PROSPECTS Learning Portal turns years of field experience into practical, interactive resources to help practitioners, policymakers, and partners improve responses to forced displacement worldwide.

Article

Steps that matter: The ILO’s “Khuta” to youth employment in Lebanon

Arabic for “steps,” Khuta is the Job Search Club initiative guiding young people in their search for work amid crises, conflict, and volatility.

PROSPECTS podcast

Talent beyond borders: Why businesses should hire young refugees

Discover how businesses can unlock innovation and resilience by hiring young refugees. In this episode, Ingka Group’s Roman Bojko shares lessons from integrating refugee talent across 26 countries.

ILO employment-intensive projects create one million workdays in two years in the Arab States region

Employment-Intensive Investment Programmes revitalize infrastructure and create decent work opportunities for communities amid humanitarian and economic challenges.

Lebanon’s cherry farmers embrace safer and more sustainable practices through ILO support

The ILO’s BOUZOUR project, funded by Sweden, is helping cherry farmers like Hasan Sharaf and the Ismail family strengthen value chains, improve occupational safety and health and open more inclusive access to global markets.

German-funded ILO project in Lebanon’s Rachaya El Wadi revives historic town centre and creates jobs