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African tripartite partners advance policy pathways for decent work in displacement at regional meeting
The International Labour Organization along with governments and employers’ and workers’ organizations discussed more inclusive labour markets benefiting refugees and host communities during a regional forum.
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PROSPECTS Africa Forum launches regional dialogue on decent work and forced displacement
The three-day regional forum brings together governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations, regional institutions and development partners to advance policy solutions that expand decent work opportunities for refugees and host communities.
PROSPECTS Impact
Enterprise bridges needs: how youth innovation is supporting livestock owners in Kassala
Through the ILO PROSPECTS supported i-UPSHIFT programme, a group of young entrepreneurs in Kassala State transformed a local challenge into a business opportunity, improving access to veterinary medicines for livestock farmers while creating...
Factsheet
PROSPECTS Partnership Sudan: Strengthening Protection, Economic and Social Inclusion in the Midst of Crisis
This factsheet outlines the PROSPECTS Partnership’s support in Sudan amid the world’s largest displacement crisis. It highlights efforts to strengthen protection, education, decent work, social protection and critical infrastructure for refugees,...
Factsheet
PROSPECTS Partnership Jordan: Promoting Resilience, Decent Work and Social Cohesion
This factsheet outlines how the PROSPECTS Partnership is supporting Jordan’s efforts to promote resilience, decent work and social cohesion for refugees and host communities. It focuses on strengthening protection, education, livelihoods and...
Factsheet
PROSPECTS Partnership Iraq: Building Pathways to Inclusion and Opportunity for Forcibly Displaced People
This factsheet outlines how the PROSPECTS Partnership is supporting Iraq’s efforts to expand inclusion and opportunity for refugees, IDPs and host communities. It focuses on strengthening protection, education, livelihoods, social protection and...
Factsheet
PROSPECTS Partnership Uganda: Expanding Opportunities for Refugees and Host Communities
This factsheet outlines how the PROSPECTS Partnership is supporting Uganda’s progressive refugee response by expanding opportunities for refugees and host communities. It focuses on turning inclusive policies into practical results through...
Factsheet
PROSPECTS Partnership Egypt: Expanding Hope and Opportunity
This factsheet outlines how the PROSPECTS Partnership is supporting Egypt as it responds to growing refugee and asylum pressures, particularly following the Sudan crisis. It focuses on linking humanitarian and development efforts to expand...
PROSPECTS Impact
ILO supports youth innovators in Sudan to create jobs and solutions for local challenges
Through the i-UPSHIFT programme, the International Labour Organization brought together 160 young entrepreneurs from refugee and host communities supporting them to showcase innovative solutions and promote inclusive economic opportunities.
PROSPECTS Impact
ILO empowers Sudanese partners to advance employment-intensive infrastructure development
The ILO brought together Sudanese institutions, contractors and infrastructure specialists in Addis Ababa to strengthen employment-intensive approaches that promote job creation, local recovery and resilient infrastructure development in Sudan.
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.
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.
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.
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...
PROSPECTS podcast - Refugees at Work
How the ILO is redefining refugee livelihoods and advancing host community development
Nick Grisewood, Global Programme Manager for the ILO PROSPECTS Programme, joins the fourth podcast episode to discuss how the ILO has become a central actor in refugee responses and why access to decent work, skills and social protection is key for...
PROSPECTS podcast - Refugees at Work
Innovating refugee response: How the Netherlands built the PROSPECTS Partnership
In this episode, Ana Uzelac, Senior Policy Officer at the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, discusses the origins and evolution of the PROSPECTS partnership. She highlights how innovative donor approaches can strengthen the...
PROSPECTS podcast
Young, displaced & determined: Refugee voices on rights to and at work
This special episode of the PROSPECTS podcast series features young refugee leaders sharing their perspectives on the right to work and the barriers they face to economic inclusion. Hasan Almatroud from Jordan and Shadya Abduljabbar from Ethiopia...
PROSPECTS podcast - Refugees at Work
The history of the ILO’s refugee engagement
In the second episode, we trace the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) historical engagement with refugee issues — from the post–World War I Russian refugee crisis to today’s debates on migration, labour, and displacement. Researcher and...