Resources on Skills and employability in the Arab States

  1. Jordan examines methods to enhance apprenticeships

    Various stakeholders meet with the ILO to analyse existing apprenticeships in Jordan and methods to improve their effectiveness.

  2. Trainers in Jordan are coached to deliver a module on youth rights and responsibilities in the workplace

    The workshop will fine-tune an existing ILO manual on youth rights at work to then use it to train trainers on international conventions, national labour laws and other work related issues.

  3. Building livelihood resilience amidst a refugee crisis

    05 March 2014

    The ILO’s efforts to build the employment and livelihoods of Jordanian communities hosting Syrian refugees have begun to bear fruit.

  4. Integrating ILO Entrepreneurship Programme “Know About Business” in Vocational High Schools & Community Colleges in Jordan

    10 February 2014

    The project falls within the national priority of reducing poverty and youth unemployment and facilitating young Jordanians’ entry to the labour market by fostering an entrepreneurial culture amongst youth. The project seeks to achieve this by pilot testing the ILO entrepreneurship education programme “Know About Business” in selected community colleges and vocational high schools. Upon completion of the pilot-testing phase, an evaluation will take place to ascertain the potential for integration in Jordan’s national curricula.

  5. Jordan and the ILO tailor career guidance manuals for employment services in Syrian refugee host communities

    Representatives from international agencies and Jordan’s Ministry of Labour discuss methods to integrate tools from existing career guidance manuals in order to strengthen the capacity of employment services in communities Syrian refugees.

  6. Gulf Cooperation Council countries receive training in national employment policies

    The ILO administers participatory training for government officials and relevant stakeholders in Gulf Cooperation Council countries.

  7. Jordan refugee host community support body considers on-going livelihood and employment interventions with the ILO

    Members of Jordans Host Community Support Platform meet to identify common strategies to enhance employment and livelihoods in response to Syrian refugee crisis in Jordan.

  8. Support to Palestine refugees in Lebanon

    29 January 2014

  9. البرنامج الزمني لورشة تدريب الميسرين لبرنامج كاب - الجزء الثاني عمان 25-30 كانون الثاني 2014م .pdf

    25 January 2014

  10. البرنامج الزمني لورشة تدريب الميسرين لبرنامج كاب الجزء الثاني عمان 1-6 شباط 2014م .pdf

    25 January 2014