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ILO builds capacity of thirty vocational training instructors on competency-based training programmes in Iraq
The instructors are now better equipped to develop or upgrade vocational training curricula and assessments, helping improve the skills and employability of men and women from displaced and host communities in Iraq.
Global Synthesis Report
Review of national policy, legislative and regulatory frameworks and practice
A baseline study on the right to work and rights at work for refugees - Egypt, Ethiopia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Uganda, Sudan
Meaningful youth engagement
Refugee and host community youth call for more than a ‘seat at the table’ at UN Youth Forum
The ILO, UNHCR and UNICEF organized a side-event on the margins of the ECOSOC Youth Forum 2023 where refugee and host community youth advocated for a greater say in issues that affect them.
Our impact, their voices
The journey of Samar, female entrepreneur in Iraq
Following years of displacement and uncertainty, Samar from Mosul has set up a business making and selling sweets and pastries. She talks about her journey of becoming a successful entrepreneur, with the support of an ILO financial inclusion...
Press release
ILO-UNHCR policy dialogue examines access of host communities and forcibly displaced persons to Iraq’s labour market
The event focused on ILO’s newly developed report which examines global and country level policy, legislative and regulatory frameworks, practices and gaps shaping access to the labour market and proposes recommendations that support efforts to...
International Youth Day
Youth highlight importance of skills development for a better future
On the occasion of International Youth Day, young women and men from Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon and refugees living in these countries, share their experiences and hopes for the future. ILO PROSPECTS is supporting them to build new skills for...
Iraqi entrepreneurs access loans to support growing businesses
When Sandra was forcibly displaced, she set up a small business selling party decorations to support her young family. Now, with the support of the ILO, under an initiative with the Central Bank of Iraq and partner banks, Sandra and many others like...
Skills and labour market transitions for refugees and host communities
A new partnership boosts workers’ voices and labour rights in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
The ILO has embarked on the new partnership with the Kurdistan United Workers Unions to improve working conditions and address the needs of workers at Employment Intensive Investment Programme sites in Dohuk.
ILO builds capacities of financial service providers to expand the scope and market of their services to forcibly displaced and host...
With the support of the Government of the Netherlands, the initiative seeks to contribute to devising durable solutions for forcibly displaced and host communities in Iraq through improving their financial inclusion and opportunities for more and...
ILO holds consultative and capacity building workshops to support employment services in Iraq
The events support on-going activities with the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Federal Government and of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq to enhance career guidance and job-matching services.
Youth Engagement: EIIP and Green Works
ILO and UNICEF joint initiative supports young engineers to play a key role in promoting Green Works in Iraq
With the support of the Government of the Netherlands, the ILO and UNICEF are working together to build the capacities of selected youth to engage in Employment Intensive Investment Programme interventions aimed at improving the local environment...
Young female entrepreneur strives to transform the medical sector in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Nasreen Hassan - Iraq
ILO and the Central Bank of Iraq launch new financial initiative supporting youth and small and medium enterprises from host communities...
With support from the Government of the Netherlands, the initiative will provide young women and men and small businesses with access to much-needed financial services that will help them start and develop their own businesses, while addressing...
Advancing livelihoods through financial inclusion in Iraq
The following brief highlights key results from a study conducted by ILO PROSPECTS in December 2019 on advancing livelihoods through financial inclusion in Iraq.
ILO and Kurdistan Region of Iraq pledge to support formal employment for forcibly displaced persons and host communities
The ILO and the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq sign an agreement to support job creation through the establishment and upscaling of Ministry-run employment service centres.
New ILO Office
ILO opens its first coordination office in Baghdad
The office will allow the ILO to expand its work to promote employment opportunities and decent work principles, as part of post-conflict reconstruction.
Brochure: Improving prospects for forcibly displaced persons and host communities
Brochure: Improving prospects for forcibly displaced persons and host communities
Factsheet: Inclusive jobs and education for forcibly displaced and host communities
Factsheet: Inclusive jobs and education for forcibly displaced and host communities
Inclusive jobs and education for forcibly displaced and host communities in eight african and middle-eastern countries
PROSPECTS podcast series
Refugees at work - What are their prospects?
Discover how the global response to refugees is shifting from short-term humanitarian aid to long-term development solutions.