All ILO Newsroom content
March 2022
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Podcast
Enhancing Durable Solutions - The Nexus and Forced Displacement
03 March 2022
ILO's Chief Technical Adviser for PROSPECTS in the Arab States region, Shaza Al Jondi, joins other specialists from UN agencies and NGOs to explore the relationship between forced displacement and the humanitarian-development-peace nexus (HDPN) approach, highlighting good practice examples, key challenges and emerging opportunities.
February 2022
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ILO in action
Prospects for responding to forced displacement in Lebanon
04 February 2022
ILO Chief Technical Advisor, Shaza Al Jondi, speaks from Lebanon about the Partnership for improving prospects for forcibly displaced persons and host communities (PROSPECTS), which aims to help forcibly displaced persons and their host communities tackle the challenges caused by displacement. Together with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Bank, the project will run until 2023.
December 2021
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Video
ILO promotes productivity on Lebanon farms through modern greenhouse initiative
22 December 2021
The ILO is piloting an initiative to test the impact of modern greenhouses on productivity and working conditions on selected farms in Lebanon, which have been affected by the financial and economic crisis in the country.
August 2021
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Video
A year on from the Beirut blast, ILO helps create a safer city
04 August 2021
After the explosion that devastated parts of the Lebanese capital Beirut on August 4th 2020, the International Labour Organization mobilized its Employment Intensive Infrastructure Programme to clear the rubble, and in the process create decent jobs and hope for Lebanese nationals and Syrian refugees. The organization continues to work with the authorities to restore livelihoods and create a safer city. Find out more: www.ilo.org/lebanon
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Video
ILO promotes entrepreneurship among Lebanese nationals and Syrian refugees in Lebanon
03 August 2021
The ILO has trained over 650 women and men on its My First Business entrepreneurship training programme, aimed at promoting livelihoods and decent job creation in the agriculture and agro-food sectors.
July 2021
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Our impact, their voices
Missed schooling opportunities spur Iman to reach new learning milestones
14 July 2021
A multi-agency programme has provided hundreds of vulnerable Yemenis with life skills, financial literacy, theoretical instruction and on-the-job training, providing them with the means to secure a sustainable income.
June 2021
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Article
Lebanese and Syrian entrepreneurs showcase creativity during business plan competition
24 June 2021
The winners of the competition will benefit from seed funding and coaching by the ILO for a period of six months that will help them set up their own businesses.
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Article
World Refugee Day: The power of inclusion
20 June 2021
World Refugee Day, 20 June, is the international day designated by the United Nations to honour refugees around the globe. It celebrates the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country to escape persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations and events seriously disturbing public order. This goal continues to grow in importance as the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) estimates that almost 82.5 million were forcibly displaced at the end of 2020.
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Article
ILO's My First Business training programme promotes entrepreneurship among young Lebanese nationals and Syrian refugees
09 June 2021
With support from the Government of the Netherlands, the ILO has trained over 650 vulnerable women and men, the majority of whom are youth, on its My First Business entrepreneurship training programme, promoting livelihoods and decent job creation with a focus on the agriculture and agro-food sectors.
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Our impact, their voices
Khuloud’s story: Addressing gender stereotypes and improving livelihoods through skills development
01 June 2021
The ILO is training Syrian and Lebanese youth in skills that are aligned with labour market needs while simultaneously promoting women’s inclusion in “non-traditional” courses for better employment opportunities.