Projects on labour migration

2023

  1. The FAIRWAY Programme

    1 December 2019 - 30 November 2023

    © Photo: Leila Alaoui / ILO, Design: Alexandros Chatzipanagiotou / ILO The FAIRWAY programme addresses underlying causes of decent work deficits at their source through national-level interventions in selected countries of origin in East, West and North Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, and Morocco). In the Arab States, the programme provides continuity to interventions in countries of destination across the region by building on the work of the Fairway Middle East project (2016-2019), which target low-skilled migrant workers from all regions.

  2. Partnership for improving Prospects for host communities and forcibly displaced persons

    1 July 2019 - 30 June 2023

    The Partnership has a four-year initial time horizon (2019-2023). Financially supported by the Netherlands, partners will join their efforts to develop a new paradigm in responding to forced displacement crises.

2022

  1. Employment Intensive Infrastructure Programme in Lebanon (EIIP)

    31 January 2017 - 31 December 2022

    Creating decent work opportunities for Syrian refugees and host communities through infrastructure improvement in Lebanon.

2018

  1. Work in Freedom: Preventing trafficking of women and girls in South Asia and the Middle East

    1 January 2013 - 31 December 2018

    The ILO-DFID “Work in Freedom” programme promotes empowerment and education, fair recruitment, safe migration and decent work for women and girls from South Asia, and thus contribute to the prevention of human trafficking in this region and in the Middle East.

2017

  1. Tackling child labour among Syrian refugees and their host communities in Jordan and Lebanon

    1 July 2015 - 31 October 2017

    The ILO is combatting rising child labour among Syrian refugees and host communities in Lebanon and Jordan through labour policy reform and technical capacity building, complemented by direct services through ministries and partner organizations.

  2. Enabling Job Resilience and Protecting Decent Work Conditions in Rural Communities Affected by the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Northern Lebanon

    2 June 2014 - 28 April 2017

    The ILO is working with vulnerable populations to build the resilience of rural host communities in areas affected by the Syrian refugee crisis in Northern Lebanon.

2014

  1. Protecting the Rights of Migrant Women Domestic Workers in Lebanon

    1 June 2011 - 31 October 2014

    The project enhances economic integration for women migrants and improved labour migration governance and social dialogue as a means to contribute to poverty alleviation through decent work for migrant workers.