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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.

Employment promotion

ILO launches first academy on decent work in fragile and conflict-affected states

ILO Regional Office for Arab States and the ILO International Training Centre in Turin have launched the first international academy to promote decent work in fragile and conflict-affected states.

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

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...

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.

ILO and partners launch first community centres in Lebanon to combat child labour

ILO Regional Office for Arab States, Lebanon’s Ministry of Labour and Beyond Association have launched the first phase of an initiative to establish community centres to combat child labour in Lebanon as part of the implementation of the National...

Syrian Refugees and Labour Market

"Workshop on Problems Faced by Syrian Workers, Employers and Entrepreneurs in Labour Market and Suggestions for Solution" report is...

Workshop Report

WORKSHOP ON PROBLEMS FACED BY SYRIAN WORKERS, EMPLOYERS AND ENTREPRENEURS IN LABOUR MARKET AND SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLUTION OVERALL EVALUATION

Syrian Refugees and Labour Market

ILO Turkey office provides skills training for 1,330 Syrian refugees and Turkish citizens

A national plan and new investments needed to respond to the growing number of refugees, ILO Country Director says.

Project Leaflet: Research and Advocacy Initiative for Mixed Migration Strategies in Jordan

Child labour

Norway funds new ILO project to combat child labour in Lebanon

A new Norwegian-funded ILO project will work to withdraw hundreds of Lebanese and Syrian children from hazardous working conditions and protect thousands of others from engaging in especially the worst forms of child labour.

Social Security in the Arab States

Child labour doubles in Jordan since 2007 – Survey

The 2016 National Child Labour Survey finds that child labour remains a matter of grave concern with a significant number of children employed in potentially hazardous jobs.

Cooperatives

Meetings and field visits in Ankara, Şanlıurfa and Harran to support Syrians and local communities through cooperatives

Syrian refugees and Jordanian host communities set to benefit from German-funded ILO jobs and infrastructure project

The German Government through its Development Bank (KfW) is funding an ILO Employment Intensive Investment Programme aimed at creating short-term jobs for thousands of Syrian refugees and members of their Jordanian host communities, while improving...

Our impact, their voice

Refugee crisis: Child Labour in agriculture on the rise in Lebanon

Host to hundreds of thousands of refugees who have fled the war in neighbouring Syria, Lebanon has witnessed a rise in child labour in recent years, largely in the hazardous agricultural sector.

Hazardous work in agriculture: no place for a child

Host to hundreds of thousands of refugees who have fled the war in neighbouring Syria, Lebanon has witnessed a rise in child labour in recent years, largely in the hazardous agricultural sector.

Our impact, their voices

Helping Syrian refugees formalize their work status through cooperatives

The ILO is working with agricultural cooperatives to help Syrian refugees obtain work permits during a three-month grace period announced by the government of Jordan, in a further step to improve access of Syrian refugees to the formal labour market.

Syrian Refugees and Labour Market

Joint workshop by ILO Office for Turkey and Syrian Friendship Association: Syrian Workers’, Employers’ and Entrepreneurs’ Problems...

World Humanitarian Summit 2016

Event highlights decent work in addressing Syrian refugee crisis

A high-level ILO side event held in Istanbul underlines the role of decent work in addressing the Syrian refugee crisis.