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Workers in Duhok planting a landscape area as part of the ILO afforestation project in Kurdistan Region of Iraq © ILO/ Karam Al Snjarae/ Duhok/ November 2023

The International Labour Organization (ILO) established its Regional Office for Arab States (ILO ROAS) in 1976 and has worked ever since to advance the ILO’s core values across the Arab region.

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Iraq launches a four-year programme for better jobs, skills and social protection
Representatives of the Government of Iraq, the Conference of Trade Union Federations and Unions in Iraq, the Iraqi Federation of Industries and the ILO sign Iraq’s new Decent Work Country Programme.

Decent work country programme

Iraq launches a four-year programme for better jobs, skills and social protection

New tripartite Social Dialogue Forum strengthens labour governance in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Kwestan Mohamad Abdulla Maarouf, Minister of Labour & Social Affairs of the Kurdistan Regional Government, and representatives of workers’ and employers’ organizations sign the Founding Document of the Tripartite Social Dialogue Forum. Erbil, Iraq. 1/9/26

New tripartite Social Dialogue Forum strengthens labour governance in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

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Projects and programmes

Economic empowerment and resilience for at-risk families in Jericho and the Jordan Valley

Project

Economic empowerment and resilience for at-risk families in Jericho and the Jordan Valley

PROSPECTS Digital Opportunity Accelerator

PROSPECTS Opportunity Fund project

PROSPECTS Digital Opportunity Accelerator

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Decent work country programme 2026-2029

Iraq

Decent work country programme 2026-2029

Systems thinking meets human thinking

Case study

Systems thinking meets human thinking

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Mosaic of ILO photos from the Arab States
The Government of Papua New Guinea deposits instruments of ratification of ILO Conventions Nos 81, 144 and 190

Labour standards

The Government of Papua New Guinea deposits instruments of ratification of ILO Conventions Nos 81, 144 and 190
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Labour statistics

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