News

March 2022

  1. Better Work Jordan, national partners discuss need for sustainable MHPSS service delivery to garment workers

    24 March 2022

    Workshop examines key findings of the study, “Assessment of Knowledge, Perceptions, and Attitudes of Mental Health: The Garment Industry in Jordan”

  2. ILO supports key partners to deliver employment and career guidance in Lebanon

    17 March 2022

    A three-day training focused on ILO’s “Career Guidance and Employment Services: How to Choose my Future Profession,” a training tool for institutions providing employment and career guidance for jobseekers.

  3. New strategic plan set to revitalize the Federation of Yemen Chambers of Commerce and Industry

    10 March 2022

    The ILO has played a key role in revitalizing an important institution for peace and reconstruction in the conflict-afflicted country

  4. Qatar rolls out virtual reality training for labour inspectors

    01 March 2022

    In an effort to improve safety and health at work and enhance the capacity of labour inspectors, Qatar’s Ministry of Labour and the ILO designed a virtual reality training which recreates a construction site and common safety and health issues.

  5. With support from the European Union, ILO, UNICEF, and WFP partner with the Kurdistan Regional Government to reform social protection

    01 March 2022

    The joint programme contributes to social protection reform by adapting, expanding, and innovating social protection responses to address the immediate needs of women, children, their families, and workers in the informal sector in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

February 2022

  1. A new partnership to boost productivity and employment of small and medium enterprises in the agro-food sector

    21 February 2022

    The ILO and the Jordan Chamber of Industry have partnered in an initiative, supported by the Government of the Netherlands, to enhance the productivity and resilience of agro-food SMEs employing or serving refugees and host community members.

  2. ILO builds capacities of financial service providers to expand the scope and market of their services to forcibly displaced and host communities in Iraq

    18 February 2022

    With the support of the Government of the Netherlands, the initiative seeks to contribute to devising durable solutions for forcibly displaced and host communities in Iraq through improving their financial inclusion and opportunities for more and better employment opportunities.

  3. ILO and tripartite partners hold consultation on draft social security law in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

    14 February 2022

    During the event, participants examined recommendations based on ILO’s legal assessment of the draft law.

  4. Social dialogue and occupational safety and health vital to decent work in the construction sector - ILO

    05 February 2022

    At Dubai’s World Expo 2020, ILO officials joined in welcoming an agreement between a Belgium-based multinational construction company and trade unions to promote decent work in the sector.

January 2022

  1. Roundtable discussion on social policy and economic perspective in Iraq

    31 January 2022

    The roundtable discussion is part of efforts to enhance social dialogue among policymakers, researchers, and practitioners, allowing them to exchange ideas, knowledge, and experience on social policy in Iraq.