All resources: Syrian Arab Republic

EVENT CONCEPT NOTE - ILO-RDPP Research Partnership for Improved Livelihoods of Jordanian & Syrian Youth: Launch of publications

ILO Voices | Labour migration

A job changed my life as a refugee

War in Syria forced Syrian Abdel Halim al Qasir and his family to flee to the Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan. Becoming a facilitator for the ILO’s Job Search Club project and helping other refugees inside the camp find new careers and job...

Training and employment for Syrian Refugees beneficiaries to move them from cash assistance to sustainable jobs

List of professions allowed to work of Syrian nationality according to professional groups

Training and employment for Syrian Refugees beneficiaries to move them from cash assistance to sustainable jobs

Training and employment for Syrian Refugees beneficiaries to move them from cash assistance to sustainable jobs

Decent work key to resilience of Syrians and host communities

Syrian displaced persons and refugees, and the communities that host them, need concrete decent work opportunities, and to move from receiving assistance to generating income, the ILO says at the Brussels Conference on supporting Syria and the...

From Displacement to Decent Work: An ILO approach to building resilience

Statement delivered by ILO Deputy Regional Director for Arab States Peter Rademaker at the Brussels VII Conference on Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region, on the ILO’s support to vulnerable and displaced people in Syria and neighbouring...

ILO support to Syrian refugees and host communities - Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Syria

Employment, decent working conditions and social dialogue can contribute to peace and resilience. ILO's support to Syrian refugees and host communities in the region is development-focused and employment-driven. Here are some key highlights from...

ILO’s support to Syrian refugees and host communities

Updates from Jordan, Lebanon, Türkiye, Iraq, Syria and Egypt (June 2023)

Rehabilitation works and decent jobs for community resilience in earthquake-damaged Aleppo

ILO Regional Director for Arab States Ruba Jaradat visited earthquake-damaged areas in the Syrian city of Aleppo, where the ILO is implementing community infrastructure rehabilitation works, set to create hundreds of jobs.

ILO promotes early recovery through community resilience in earthquake-damaged Aleppo

The ILO Regional Director for Arab States Ruba Jaradat visits the Syrian city of Aleppo to inaugurate the project “Early Recovery through Community Resilience in Aleppo’s Earthquake-hit Neighbourhoods” and hand over earthquake structural damage...

People with disabilities and women inclusion

The ILO embarks on providing more opportunities for persons with disabilities and women to have equal access into the labour market

The ILO organized a workshop on “Supported Transition to Employment for Persons with Disabilities and Women in the Labour Market” with ILO’s implementing partners in Gaziantep; Bursa; Istanbul and Ankara and discussed how to lift the barriers for...

ILO creates infrastructure jobs in earthquake-hit Syrian city

An employment-intensive project creates decent jobs for community members affected by the earthquakes in the Syrian city of Aleppo, while rehabilitating infrastructure in damaged neighbourhoods.

Maritime Labour Convention

Syrian Arab Republic ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)

Syria is the 103rd Member State of the ILO to have ratified the Convention

Over 725,000 people affected by loss of livelihoods after Syria earthquakes

A new ILO assessment evaluates the effect of the natural disaster on workers and their families and on businesses in Syria’s affected areas.

Crisis response

Urgent support needed for hundreds of thousands of workers after Türkiye and Syria earthquakes

Devastating earthquakes have destroyed the jobs and businesses of hundreds of thousands of people in Türkiye and Syria. Workers and enterprises urgently need help to rebuild livelihoods and prevent poverty, informality and exploitation.

Impact of the February 2023 Earthquakes on Employment and the Labour Market in Syria

This note seeks to estimate the effect of the recent earthquakes on the employment and livelihoods sector in the affected areas in Syria and aims to understand the current situation and identify areas of need that require immediate action in order...

Report

Social Security Status of Syrians Under Temporary Protection in the Turkish Labour Market and Recommendations for Transition to Formality

ILO trains engineers on its employment-intensive infrastructure recovery approach in Syria

The training took place in preparation of ILO emergency employment scheme in Aleppo, that will create decent jobs and rehabilitate destroyed infrastructure.