News
April 2022
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© Hani Baltaji 2022
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.
December 2020
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© KB Mpofu / ILO 2022
Jobs for peace and resilience
COVID-19 is a threat to peacebuilding in conflict-affected nations
17 December 2020
Humanitarian and development agencies should use COVID-19 crisis programmes to promote resilience and peace and help societies build back better.
August 2020
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Blog
Looking back to look forward: What does the next normal look like?
27 August 2020
Crises, such as that caused by COVID-19, bring change. What can previous crises tell us about how those changes are likely to manifest themselves?
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Employment Intensive Infrastructure
ILO supports Beirut explosion clearing efforts through decent job creation
17 August 2020
After the explosion that devastated parts of the Lebanese capital Beirut on August 4th, the International Labour Organization has mobilized its Employment Intensive Infrastructure Programme to clear the rubble, and in the process create decent jobs for Lebanese nationals and Syrian refugees.
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Employment Intensive Infrastructure
ILO creates decent jobs to support Beirut explosion clearing operations
14 August 2020
The International Labour Organization has mobilized its Employment Intensive Infrastructure Programme in Lebanon to clear rubble in the aftermath of the Beirut explosion.
June 2020
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COVID-19: Supporting enterprises, jobs and incomes
The COVID-19 response: Cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy (SSE) organizations
01 June 2020
This video shows how cooperatives and other SSE enterprises around the world are being affected by and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, including through interviews with cooperative practitioners working on the front line. It also highlights relevant government measures that include cooperatives and the wider SSE as beneficiaries and implementing partners. The film was produced by Blake House Filmmakers Cooperative in the UK for the ILO.
July 2018
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Public emergency services
Emergencies should be no barrier to decent work
18 July 2018
Climate change – which will increase the likelihood of natural disasters – is one of the main drivers for the future of work. It’s essential for public service workers called on to deal with the aftermath of these disasters to have decent work, says ILO Public service sector specialist, Carlos Carrion Crespo.
June 2017
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106th International Labour Conference
ILO ready to face world of work challenges resulting from crisis, labour migration and green transition
16 June 2017
Conference shows that the ILO is ready and able to update its standards, making them robust and relevant.
July 2016
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Inter-agency partnerships
UNHCR and ILO sign new agreement to help displaced people find work
01 July 2016
Agencies expand collaboration to find long-term solutions for refugees and others displaced by conflict and persecution.
June 2016
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105th International Labour Conference
ILO Director-General: “ILO sets course to promote decent work in global supply chains, in transition from conflict and crisis and in making poverty history by 2030”
10 June 2016
World parliament of labour sets the course for global action to shape the future of work.