All resources: Lebanon

Skills Development for Inclusive Growth in the Lebanese Agriculture Sector - Policy Brief

This brief examines key factors that influence the labour market demand and supply of skills, while providing an assessment of specific skills in demand, based on the ILO’s study of supply and demand in the agriculture sector in 2018. The brief also...

Vocational education and training

New academy builds capacity for effective and efficient skills development in Lebanon

The ILO has launched the Skills Academy Lebanon to build the capacity of partners in the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) sector, through a customised, online training programme and coaching services.

Towards a Social Protection Floor for Lebanon

This joint policy note by the ILO and UNICEF explores policy options and costs for core life-cycle social grants in Lebanon.

SKILL-UP: Enhancing the skills system in Lebanon (extended version)

Despite rapid expansion in the provision of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Lebanon, the current TVET system does not meet the personal aspirations of youth and the needs of the local and regional labour markets.

Developing digital learning tools for vocational courses in Lebanon (introduction to plumbing)

Following the Beirut blast and in response to emerging needs, two vocational training programmes for plumbing and glass installation were introduced under the SKILL-UP Lebanon project.

SKILL UP: Enhancing the skills system in Lebanon (short version)

The current TVET system does not meet the personal aspirations of youth and the needs of the local and regional labour markets. The SKILL-UP programme, a joint effort of the ILO and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, supports reform of the...

Delivering competency-based training in Lebanon

The ILO developed guidelines for non-formal market-based skills training that aim to improve the quality and relevance of training.

Developing digital learning tools for vocational courses in Lebanon (plumbing fixtures)

Following the Beirut blast and in response to emerging needs, two vocational training programmes for plumbing and glass installation were introduced under the SKILL-UP Lebanon project.

Research Brief

Protecting the life and health of workers during the COVID 19 pandemic: Overview of national legislative and policy responses

The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the cardinal importance of protecting health and safety in the workplace. ILO Member States are responding, through legislative and policy measures in the world of work, to the occupational health and safety...

Social protection in Lebanon: Bridging the immediate response with long-term priorities

This paper serves to complement the Reform, Recovery and Reconstruction Framework (3RF). It draws on the findings of various assessments in the social protection sector, providing concrete recommendations for an integrated crisis response which...

ILO COOP 100 – ILO PROSPECTS Webinar: The role of cooperatives and social and solidarity organizations in forced displacement contexts

The webinar was organized by ILO COOP and ILO PROSPECTS to highlight the role and contributions of cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy organizations (SSEOs) in forced displacement contexts, and the work of both field practitioners...

Social Protection

ILO’s engagement on Social Protection Reform in Lebanon

Workers, experts and academics, as well as organizations for the elderly and for people with disabilities, have come together to voice their needs and recommendations for a comprehensive social protection reform in Lebanon.

Towards a Rights-Based and Comprehensive Social Protection System for Lebanon

Supporting the inclusion and empowerment of persons with disabilities.

Towards a Rights-Based Social Protection System for Lebanon

Ensuring income and dignity in older age and moving towards an inclusive and rights-based social protection system – a call for a rights-based social protection system for Lebanon.

A Social Protection Emergency Response

A Bridge Toward a Comprehensive National Social Protection Plan - Expert Group Position Paper

Ethical Reporting on Labour Migration in the Arab States

Three actions to take today.

Video: Impact of COVID-19 on youth in Lebanon

In 2019, the ILO supported a group of Syrian refugee and Lebanese youth to establish income generating activities to promote entrepreneurship and self-reliance among vulnerable groups. COVID-19 has created economic challenges to these youth, many of...

Lebanon launches “Code of Conduct” for on-the-job vocational training programmes

The document, developed by the ILO and UNICEF in collaboration with Lebanon’s ministries of Labour and of Agriculture, provides guidance to employers engaged in workplace-based learning programmes that provide vocational education students with...

Code of Conduct for Employers Implementing Workplace-Based Learning Programmes

This document was developed within the framework of the joint ILO - UNICEF programme “Towards improved formal and non-formal technical and vocational education and training in Lebanon,” with a view to structuring and standardizing Work-place Based...

Ethiopian diplomatic missions and community associations in the Gulf and Lebanon - Amharic