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Nicholas Grisewood
Global Programme Manager
grisewood@ilo.org

Fatma Kaya Ergani
Programme Technical Officer
kaya@ilo.org

Our partners

  1. International Finance Corporation
  2. UNHCR
  3. UNICEF
  4. The World Bank
Made possible thanks to the generous support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
  1. Web page of the project (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands)
  2. ILO's development cooperation programmes with the Netherlands

Our partners' ressources

IFC ► How Firms are Responding and Adapting During COVID-19 and Recovery
World Bank ► UN-World Bank Partnership in Crisis-Affected Situations Monitoring Report 2020

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Forthcoming events

  1. Transforming Technical and Vocational Education and Training for Refugees: Skills and Labour Market Transitions in Contexts of Fragility

    17 September 2022

  2. From Assessment to Action: Designing and Implementing Inclusive Market-Based Solutions in Forced Displacement Contexts

    6 September - 20 November 2021

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Partnership for improving prospects for forcibly displaced persons and host communities (PROSPECTS)

The global reality of protracted displacement

While forcibly displaced persons face specific vulnerabilities, including psychological trauma, lack of opportunity and protection risks, host communities struggle to pursue their own development efforts in an environment that has been transformed by a large influx of newcomers.

As displacement has become increasingly protracted, responses are focusing more on durable solutions backed by more dignified, inclusive and comprehensive programmes for refugees and the communities that host them.

These responses need to be rapidly consolidated through significant international support built on a foundation of robust and effective partnerships that maximize synergies and leverage comparative advantages. With this in mind, a new Partnership initiative has been launched, spearheaded by the Government of the Netherlands and bringing together the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Bank.

News

  1. ILO, JCC and partners discuss amendments to cooperative legislation in the country

    27 January 2023

  2. Entrepreneurial skills and access to finance support business development among refugees in Iraq

    24 January 2023

  3. Brighter light and higher hopes: Solar energy systems keep technical schools running in Lebanon

    10 January 2023

  4. How dialogue can help address challenges to informality for refugees and host communities in Kenya

    05 January 2023

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Highlights

  1.

    News

    The ILO launches its compendium on “Employment and decent work in refugee and other forced displacement contexts

  2.

    Publication

    Handbook on social health protection for refugees

Publications

  1. Review of national policy, legislative and regulatory frameworks, and practice in Uganda

    27 January 2023

    This report aims to provide an understanding of the current policy, legislative and regulatory frameworks and practice in Uganda in relation to the access of refugees to the labour markets, employment, livelihood and training opportunities, including self-employment and business development, the rights at work, including social protection and freedom of association.

  2. Decent work in forced displacement - Newsletter No.9

    21 December 2022

    This is the ninth edition of the ILO PROSPECTS newsletter covering key initiatives and achievements of the programme for the period of September 2022 to December 2022.

  3. Review of national policy, legislative and regulatory frameworks, and practice in Kenya

    16 December 2022

    This report aims to provide an understanding of the current policy, legislative and regulatory frameworks and practice in Kenya in relation to the access of refugees to the labour markets, employment, livelihood and training opportunities, including self-employment and business development, the rights at work, including social protection and freedom of association.

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  • "We need to make sure that when the ILO intervenes to provide market access for refugees, that we also have very much in our minds the needs of host communities, which are already suffering from difficult labour market conditions and high levels of unemployment."

    Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General