ILO Recovery Programme of the Emergency Response Plan for the Occupied Palestinian Territory

The ILO and its partners work to alleviate the devastating socio-economic effects of the crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Building upon the ILO’s expertise in post-disaster labour market recovery, the ILO Emergency Response Plan integrates decent work principles into emergency relief and early recovery efforts. The Plan maps out a series of interventions across three interconnected pillars of Relief, Review and Recovery, in line with the humanitarian-development-peace nexus. The Recovery Programme, launched in June 2024, aims to restore jobs and businesses in the West Bank and Gaza through Employment Promotion, Social Protection, and Business Recovery as part of the wider recovery response of the United Nations.

So far, the ILO has supported over 9,000 workers from Gaza who are stranded in the West Bank through temporary unemployment benefits and employment schemes. The ILO has helped transport 130 containers belonging to Gazan businesses from Israeli ports to the West Bank, and continues to collect and publish vital labour market data in partnership with the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. It has also facilitated the creation of 1,395 short-term decent jobs in Gaza and the West Bank under the emergency employment scheme.

The ILO has supported the rollout of social allowances to over 33,000 older persons and persons with severe disabilities in the West Bank. It has also advanced business recovery by designing a wage subsidy initiative for 460 workers and supporting women-led startups through seed funding.

The ILO seeks to reaffirm the commitment of key ILO development partners to its emergency response programme in Palestine. The required budget for the first phase of the programme amounts to US$20 million.

Leveraging a multi-donor pooled funding arrangement – through which the Governments of Belgium, the Netherlands, Indonesia, and the Government of Wallonia have contributed US$6 million, the ILO is focusing on activities with the greatest impact and accorded the highest priority by Palestinian tripartite partners. 
 

Download the Framework document - Introducing the Recovery Programme of the Emergency Response Plan