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Photo-story
From the fields to the classroom: Children's journeys out of child labour in Lebanon
For many girls and boys in rural Lebanon, work in the fields has replaced education and play. Through safe spaces, psychosocial support and assistance to families, the ILO and its partners are helping children build a future beyond child labour.
A focus on private sector workers
Lebanon's labour market in crisis: Assessing the impacts of renewed conflict and regional instability
This report provides evidence on the impacts of the current crisis on employment, earnings and working conditions in the private sector, and examines the coping strategies adopted by workers and their priorities for recovery, with the aim of...
Factsheet
ILO PROSPECTS: Results at a glance
This “Results at a Glance” factsheet presents key figures from the overall PROSPECTS Partnership, highlighting its reach, achievements and contribution to longer-term solutions for forcibly displaced persons and host communities. It summarizes ILO’s...
Report
Skills profiling of Syrian refugees in Lebanon
This report highlights barriers, return intentions, and recommendations for inclusive, market-driven employment and training programmes.
Report
Skills profiling of Syrian returnees
The report highlights unemployment, skills gaps, and limited training access, calling for inclusive, localised, and market-aligned programmes to support sustainable economic reintegration and employment opportunities.
Resilience amid crisis: A sector assessment of microfinance in Lebanon
This report assesses the resilience and recovery potential of Lebanon’s microfinance sector amid prolonged economic, financial and political crises. It highlights key challenges, institutional responses and opportunities to strengthen financial...
Learning event
ILO-led workshop supports countries to strengthen recognition of prior learning systems
Countries from Africa and the Middle East share practical solutions to strengthen recognition of prior learning and expand access to decent work.
Video
Child labour in Lebanon’s agricultural sector: Stories from Syrian refugee families
Filmed in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, this video documents the realities of child labour in the agricultural sector among Syrian refugee families. Through testimonies from children, parents and the ILO, it highlights the pressures that push children...
Article
Between work and school: The struggle of children in Lebanon’s agricultural fields
The ILO, through the PROSPECTS partnership, is supporting Lebanese and Syrian children, families and communities to combat child labour across Lebanon’s agricultural areas.
Training package
Meaningful youth engagement for decent work: A training package on engaging young people in employment programmes
This training package is designed to help ILO staff and youth employment practitioners enhance meaningful youth engagement in employment programmes, with a particular focus on refugee and forcibly displaced youth.
Two -page summary
PROSPECTS in Action: Vision, Milestones, and Impact - Summary
This two-page summary details the PROSPECTS Partnership's vision and impact, demonstrating its shift from humanitarian aid to sustainable solutions for forced displacement. It promotes self-reliance and inclusion for forcibly displaced persons and...
Briefing paper
PROSPECTS in Action: Vision, Milestones, and Impact
This briefing paper details the collective action of the PROSPECTS coalition (ILO, UNHCR, UNICEF, IFC and World Bank) supported by the Netherlands to improve the lives of forcibly displaced persons and host communities. It promotes self-reliance by...
Cooperatives strengthen their role in eliminating child labour in Lebanon’s agricultural sector
Training empowers agricultural cooperatives to identify, prevent and respond to child labour risks while promoting safer governance in rural communities across Lebanon.
Article
Steps that matter: The ILO’s “Khuta” to youth employment in Lebanon
Arabic for “steps,” Khuta is the Job Search Club initiative guiding young people in their search for work amid crises, conflict, and volatility.
ILO PROSPECTS launches learning portal to transform forced displacement response
The ILO PROSPECTS Learning Portal turns years of field experience into practical, interactive resources to help practitioners, policymakers, and partners improve responses to forced displacement worldwide.
PROSPECTS podcast
Talent beyond borders: Why businesses should hire young refugees
Discover how businesses can unlock innovation and resilience by hiring young refugees. In this episode, Ingka Group’s Roman Bojko shares lessons from integrating refugee talent across 26 countries.
ILO employment-intensive projects create one million workdays in two years in the Arab States region
Employment-Intensive Investment Programmes revitalize infrastructure and create decent work opportunities for communities amid humanitarian and economic challenges.
Regional Tripartite Forum charts framework for cooperation on labour market recovery in Syria and neighbouring countries
Held under the patronage of Syria’s Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour, the Damascus meeting endorses joint commitments to promote inclusive employment, rights-based social protection and regional policy coherence to support Syria’s recovery and...
PROSPECTS podcast - Refugees at Work
Refugee inclusion in practice: Experiences, outcomes, and impacts
This final episode of the series examines how the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus (HDPN) shapes refugee livelihoods and host community economies. Svein Erik Stav (Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research) and Tewodros Aragie Kebede...
PROSPECTS podcast - Refugees at Work
Refugee agency, livelihoods and inclusion
In the fifth episode Professor Alexander Betts (Oxford University) and Bisimwa Mulemangabo (Oxford Refugee-Led Research Hub) discuss refugee livelihoods, access to decent work, and the importance of recognizing refugee agency in shaping sustainable...