All resources: Lebanon

The Taqeem Fund: Results-based monitoring and evaluation for youth employment in the MENA region: Public-Private Partnership

To support youth employment initiatives and improving the effectiveness of their programs, the ILO initiated work on results-based monitoring and evaluation. This new public-private partnership (PPP) supports a select group of small and medium-sized...

Policy brief

The work of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon is a right and a common interest

The issue of Palestinians’ right to work in Lebanon is still controversial at the economic, political and social fronts.

Access to Justice

The ILO and Caritas Lebanon Migrant Center have conducted an ambitious research to better understand the barriers to access to justice faced by migrant domestic workers in Lebanon.

Access to justice for migrant domestic workers in Lebanon

This study analyzes the legal framework of immigration and employment in the sector of domestic work and traces the development of case law of criminal courts and Labour Arbitration Councils since 2000 in cases involving migrant domestic workers...

Executive Summary: Access to Justice for Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon

ILO study

Migrant domestic workers lack adequate access to justice in Lebanon

The ILO and Caritas find wide-ranging legal, procedural and institutional barriers to justice for migrant domestic workers in Lebanon.

World Day Against Child Labour

The ILO in the Arab States launches a string of initiatives to mark the World Day Against Child Labour

ILO events in Jordan and Lebanon highlight child labour among residents and refugees.

Guide of the Decree 8987 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour

This guide aims to present Decree No 8987 in simplified language form in order to facilitate comprehension of its article contents and render them more amenable to abiding by, especially by children and their parents or caretakers.

National Awareness Raising Strategy on the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Lebanon

The overall goal of the Awareness Raising Strategy is to support the National Action Plan’s efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labour in Lebanon by 2016. It seeks to achieve four objectives that were set after a series of consultations...

Migrant Domestic Workers

Migrant domestic workers in Lebanon increase skills capacity and support social dialogue

Migrant domestic workers and the ILO launch a catering line and an educational board game to increase cultural integration, enhance skills capacity and support social dialogue in Lebanon.

Corporate Social Responsibility and Child Labour

Lebanon builds partnerships to combat child labour through Corportae Social Resposoibility.

Good Governance through Labour Administration and Labour Inspection – Final Evaluation (Final evaluation summary)

Project: GLO/12/02/NOR - Evaluation Consultant: Amy Jersild

Forced labour

Work in Freedom: Preventing trafficking of women and girls in South Asia and the Middle East - Technical Cooperation Progress Report 2013

ILO technical cooperation progress report for the period: April 2013 to December 2013.

Signing of joint initiative with the Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoLE) to protect women and girls from trafficking

The Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoLE) and the ILO Nepal signed a partnership agreement for implementation of the Work in Freedom Programme funded by the Government of UK/ Department for International Development (DFID).

ILO study

Syrian refugees in Lebanon face harsh working conditions

An ILO assessment of Syrian refugee employment in Lebanon finds that low wages, high unemployment and lack of labour market regulation pose serious challenges to livelihoods for both residents and refugees in host communities.

Assessment of the impact of Syrian refugees in Lebanon and their employment profile

In order to assess the impact and identify the ramifications of an increasing number of Syrian refugees (many of whom will be seeking work) the ILO implemented an assessment of their impact and a survey of their employment status in four regions...

Executive Summary: Assessment of the impact of Syrian refugees in Lebanon and their employment profile

In order to assess this impact and identify the ramifications of an increasing number of Syrian refugees (many of whom will be seeking work) the ILO implemented an assessment of their impact and a survey of their employment status in four regions...

Domestic workers

Lebanon’s Domestic Workers Committee commemorates both Women’s and Mother’s days by demanding better working conditions.

Migrant domestic workers in Lebanon call on the government to grant them their rights in line with international standards during a celebration of both Women’s and Mother’s days.

Palestinian Employment in Lebanon - Facts and Challenges: Labour Force Survey among Palestinian Refugees living in camps and gatherings in...

The labour force survey sheds light on the characteristics and conditions of the Palestinian labour force from a developmental and rights-based perspective and equips policy-makers and national stakeholders with the information to engage in...

Palestinian Employment in Lebanon - Facts and Challenges: Labour Force Survey among Palestinian Refugees living in camps and gatherings in...

The labour force survey sheds light on the characteristics and conditions of the Palestinian labour force from a developmental and rights-based perspective and equips policy-makers and national stakeholders with the information to engage in...