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Ethiopian diplomatic missions and community associations in the Gulf and Lebanon

COVID-19: Pandemic in the World of Work

Impact of COVID-19 on youth in Lebanon

The COVID-19 pandemic has created economic challenges to youth in Lebanon, many of whom are now trying to find ways to adapt to the new ways of work. This video highlights the struggles and resilience of youth, and reflects the realities of the...

Building inclusive markets for refugee and host communities

Case study on the ILO-UNHCR Approach to Inclusive Market Systems (AIMS) in Akkar, Lebanon

COVID-19 pandemic

Vulnerable workers hardest hit by COVID-19 fallout in fragile Arab states

Assessments show spike in job and income losses and limited financial capacities to deal with the crisis, making it even harder for vulnerable workers to earn a living.

ILO and Lebanon issue guidelines for Employment Intensive Projects

The guidelines aim to reinforce cooperation and harmonization between the Lebanese government, NGOs and development partners, and provide guidance on planning and implementation of EIPs.

Employment Intensive Projects in Lebanon: Guidelines

This document provides guidance on implementing sound EIPs, structured around key guiding principles, including the principles of decent work, and based on global experiences and on emerging good practices from programmes in Lebanon.

COVID-19: ILO helps keep reconstruction workers safe and healthy after Beirut blast

The ILO is promoting occupational safety and health standards for the protection of those involved in the demolition and reconstruction of buildings affected by Beirut explosion.

COVID-19: The multiple and protracted crises impacting labour markets in Arab States- A regional initiative

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ILO in the Arab States has been leading a regional initiative to better understand the impact of the crisis on vulnerable workers, including Syrian refugees and host community members and on...

ILO Response to the Beirut Blast: A decent work approach for quick recovery and job creation (Update September 2020)

The ILO promotes the principle that employment, livelihoods and decent work are key to the successful recovery and reintegration of crisis-affected people, and this guides the ILO’s response to the Beirut blast.

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Improving prospects for forcibly displaced persons and host communities

The PROSPECTS partnership is spearheaded by the Government of the Netherlands, bringing together the ILO, IFC, UNHCR, UNICEF and the World Bank. It seeks to develop a new paradigm in responding to forced displacement crises, by improving access to...

Supporting small and medium-sized businesses in Lebanon’s agriculture and agro-food sectors

A new initiative by the ILO will provide small and medium agricultural and food processing companies with training and technical support to improve their business continuity, resilience and decent job retention in response to the multiple crises...

Lebanon takes crucial first step towards dismantling Kafala in Lebanon

The new Revised Standard Unified Contract for the Employment of Domestic Workers is a crucial first step in dismantling the kafala system in Lebanon

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Workers help clear Beirut explosion wreckage under ILO programme

ILO's Employment Intensive Infrastructure Programme (EIIP) creates 200 decent jobs for Lebanese nationals and Syrian refugees, 15 per cent of whom are women, in efforts to restore livelihoods and support the clear-up operation in Beirut.

ILO and CBI sign MoU to boost decent working conditions for farm workers and improve export opportunities for SMEs to foreign markets

The agreement will help enhance economic opportunities and decent work, through joint collaboration at export, farm and sectoral level.

Employment Intensive Infrastructure Programme

ILO and German officials meet Beirut blast clear-up workers

Workers mobilized as part of the ILO’s Employment Intensive Infrastructure Programme are contributing to the city-wide clear-up operation.

ILO Country brief

Rapid Diagnostic Assessment of Employment Impacts under COVID-19 in Lebanon

Increasing resilience and business continuity in Lebanon’s TVET sector

The ILO has developed an online version of its Arabic-language “Know About Business” entrepreneurship programme to enable remote entrepreneurship education.

Employment Intensive Infrastructure

ILO supports Beirut explosion clearing efforts through decent job creation

After the explosion that devastated parts of the Lebanese capital Beirut on August 4th, the International Labour Organization has mobilized its Employment Intensive Infrastructure Programme to clear the rubble, and in the process create decent jobs...

ILO Response to the Beirut Blast: A decent work approach for quick recovery and job creation

On August 4 2020, a massive explosion ripped through the Port of Beirut, killing hundreds of people and leaving thousands more injured and homeless. The ILO response programme contributes to the UN Flash Appeal under the Emergency Response...

Employment Intensive Infrastructure

ILO creates decent jobs to support Beirut explosion clearing operations

The International Labour Organization has mobilized its Employment Intensive Infrastructure Programme in Lebanon to clear rubble in the aftermath of the Beirut explosion.