All resources: Arab States

Capacity-building workshop on National Employment Policies for Workers in the Middle East and North Africa

Workshop programme

4 January 2016

Summary of the ILO global estimates on migrant workers

The statistical study provides estimates of the proportion of labour migrant workers among the total number of migrants worldwide. It outlines the regions and industries where international migrant workers are established and includes a specific...

Publication | 15 December 2015

Taqeem Community of Practice for results measurement in youth employment

15 December 2015

Final Report - ILO Executive Evaluation Course on youth labour market programmes, Cairo 2015

Report

Final Report - ILO Executive Evaluation Course on youth labour market programmes, Cairo 2015

This report provides a summary of an Executive Evaluation Course on youth labour market programmes organized by the Taqeem Initiative of the ILO in collaboration with the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) from 16 to 20 November 2014 in...

15 December 2015

Emanuela Pozzan, ILO Regional Office for Arab States

COOP Champions

Emanuela Pozzan, ILO Regional Office for Arab States

COOP Champions features ILO colleagues from around the world working on cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises. It highlights their contributions, and shares highlights of their experiences, current work, and future...

Article | 8 December 2015

Agreement between the International Labour Organisation and the League of Arab States

7 December 2015

Synthesis review of ILO experience in youth and women’s employment in the MENA region: Summary version

To further strengthen ILO capacity as a centre of excellence in youth and women employment in MENA, the ILO has undertaken a synthesis review of recent ILO regional experience. The synthesis review identifies practices and strategies from completed...

Publication | 3 December 2015

Dr. Ruba Jaradat takes up role as ILO’s new Regional Director for Arab States

The ILO’s new Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Arab States will oversee the agency’s work in the 11 countries and one territory covered by the regional office in Beirut.

News | 26 November 2015

Why is reporting fairly on migration so important?

Labour migration

Why is reporting fairly on migration so important?

In the following series of videos, media professionals, human rights activists and trade unionists, share their views on the most critical aspects of communicating on labour migration.

25 November 2015

How workers' cooperatives can help tackle the refugee crisis

Cooperatives and refugees

How workers' cooperatives can help tackle the refugee crisis

On 8-10 November, an international conference in Turkey discussed, among other issues, ways in which cooperatives can help the growing number of refugees and migrants in today’s world. ILO News spoke with Simel Esim, head of the ILO’s Cooperatives...

Article | 9 November 2015

Cooperatives moving into the care economy

Cooperatives

Cooperatives moving into the care economy

An interview with Lenore Matthew from the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit (COOP) and the Gender, Equality and Diversity Branch (GED), who presented new research showing how cooperatives are increasingly providing care for the elderly, people with...

Article | 26 October 2015

Different evaluation methods - ILO and J-PAL Executive Education Course, Cairo 2015