News
April 2022
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Safety and security in Lebanon
Lebanese capital police hub restored by the ILO following Beirut port explosion
14 April 2022
The restoration of the building housing Beirut’s municipal police force is a critical step towards maintaining the safety and security of the city and its population and has created scores of decent jobs for local residents.
March 2022
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News
ILO and Japan launch five new water systems in Mindanao
17 March 2022
Over 3,000 households have gained access to safe and clean water as the ILO-Japan Water and Sanitation Project launches five new water systems built by community members, indigenous peoples and former combatants in the Bangsamoro region.
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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ILO in action
A win-win for young refugees and local farmers
02 August 2021
The third of our ILO in Action series of video stories takes us to an ILO refugee project located in Bassikounou, Mauritania. Led by ILO Chief Technical Advisor, Federico Barroeta, the project trains young people in building public infrastructure. In the locality of Lemkhaiss, they are helping to build a dam that will benefit livestock agriculture, the development of seasonal farming and will also reduce risks linked to flooding.
July 2021
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ILO in Action
Preserve Iraq’s cultural heritage, create decent work
18 July 2021
In the first video story of our ILO in Action series, Chief Technical Adviser, Bashar Elsamarneh, explains how a joint ILO/EU/UNESCO project in Iraq’s historic Erbil City is preserving its cultural heritage, while teaching skills and promoting decent work for local people and Syrian refugees.
June 2021
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Press release
ILO and Lebanon pledge to cooperate on improving rural livelihoods
08 June 2021
The collaboration builds on the ILO’s work to improve livelihoods and resilience and the Ministry of Agriculture’s priorities in improving food security and rural development, and assisting poor farmers in developing agricultural infrastructure.
February 2021
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Employment creation
Iraq: Jobs and cultural heritage the focus of new ILO-EU-UNESCO collaboration
24 February 2021
With support from the European Union, the programme will use employment-intensive approaches to create decent jobs and upgrade skills and employment services for internally displaced persons, Syrian refugees and host community members, while preserving and rehabilitating cultural heritage sites.
November 2020
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Press release
Safe water, decent work in BARMM amid COVID-19
09 November 2020
Households and schoolchildren now have better access to safe water in Maguindanao through a water system built by community members and indigenous peoples under an ILO and the Government of Japan partnership.
October 2020
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Emergency employment and COVID-19
ILO, Japan, MOLE provide emergency employment amid COVID-19 in BARMM
06 October 2020
The Bangsamoro government, ILO and the Government of Japan will provide emergency employment to workers displaced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
September 2020
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Video
Workers help clear Beirut explosion wreckage under ILO programme
09 September 2020
ILO's Employment Intensive Infrastructure Programme (EIIP) creates 200 decent jobs for Lebanese nationals and Syrian refugees, 15 per cent of whom are women, in efforts to restore livelihoods and support the clear-up operation in Beirut.