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Working conditions in BWJ participating non-garment factories

Workshop builds capacities of Jordanian flower farmers

The ILO, in cooperation with the Palestinian Trade Center (PalTrade), held a training workshop to build the capacity of ـJordanian flower producers, with a focus on boosting export potential and tapping into new export markets.

Our impact, Their voices

New skills and a brighter future – Mohammad’s story

The ILO is training Lebanese nationals and Syrian refugees in skills that are in demand in the labour market to improve their employment prospects.

48th Arab Labour Conference

ILO Director-General’s address to the Arab Labour Conference 2022

In a recorded video address, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder addresses Arab governments, workers and employers meeting in Cairo, Egypt, with a call to pursue with the ILO a shared mission of promoting social justice.

Better Work Jordan, partners examine working conditions at non-garment factories

Programme assessment report: Significant non-compliance issues, particularly in occupational safety and health systems

Ministry of Labour inspectors start specialised OSH training

Better Work Jordan/ILO conducts NEBOSH course in partnership with ministry

How ILO Programmes Contribute to Social Cohesion between Refugees, IDPs and Host Communities in the Arab States Region

This research was developed by the ILO to gain some knowledge on the current contribution of ILO programmes to social cohesion at the level of direct beneficiaries, collect lessons learned and practices, and identify concrete steps towards enhancing...

Review of national policy, legislative and regulatory frameworks, and practice in Iraq

A baseline study for Iraq in the area of relevant policy, legislative and regulatory frameworks and current practices in terms of implementation and in relation to the access of refugees and other forcibly displaced persons to the labour markets,...

Key challenges and opportunities facing entrepreneurs in the agriculture and agro-food sectors in North-Lebanon and Akkar

Needs Assessment Report Under the Productive Sectors Development Programme

International labour standards conference in Jordan: Elimination of discrimination and violence against women key to empowerment

Representatives of government, House of Representatives, employers, workers, and CSOs discuss means to promote decent working conditions for women

Country brief

Global Employment Trends for Youth 2022: The Arab States

Value chain analysis of Jordan's floriculture sector

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Linking Lebanese hosts and Syrian refugees with jobs and labour market

In June 2022, the ILO and partners met with Lebanese and Syrian farm and plant nursery owners and workers and visited a skill-training centre in the north of Lebanon, who have benefitted from the activities of the mulit-agency PROSPECTS programme

Graduation ceremony for participants of ILOs ‘Decent Work in Jordan’s Floriculture Sector’ project

Under the patronage of the Jordanian Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Khaled Al-Hanaifat, the International Labour Organization, held a graduation ceremony for a group of trainees of ‘Decent Work in Jordan’s Floriculture Sector’ project, who were linked...

Skills needs in Kuwait following the Covid-19 pandemic

Based on desk research and a survey of 240 firms across multiple sectors in Kuwait, carried out from October to December 2021, the report explores how the skills needs of companies in Kuwait changed following the pandemic. Providing a...

Private sector engagement key to skills development in Lebanon

The ILO and Safadi Foundation engage the private sector in every step of the design and implementation of vocational training to help create the workforce that the country’s labour market needs and build effective pathways for employment.

Expanding social insurance for agricultural workers in Middle East and North Africa countries: Identifying key constraints and discussing...

On-the-job training

ILO training initiative brings new agricultural skills to Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley

As Lebanon continues to reel under a multifaceted economic crisis, a competency-based training course conducted by the PROSPECTs programme gave Lebanese and Syrian trainees key skills needed to advance their career in Lebanon’s vital agricultural...

Better Work Jordan helps fashion designers learn from garment exporters

Better Work Jordan, partners discuss assessment of worker dormitories

Programme-commissioned engineering firm presents recommendations for improving structural integrity of worker dormitories in garment sector