ILO launches Local Economic Development Dialogue in North Lebanon to support communities affected by the Syrian refugee crisis

In collaboration with the North Lebanon Local Economic Development Agency, the ILO will convene a Local Economic Development Dialogue workshop at the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture in Tripoli, Lebanon. With a focus on agriculture, the workshop aims to select a sub-sector to develop as part of the ILO’s wider local economic development (LED) strategy to support rural host communities in North Lebanon affected by the Syrian refugee crisis. Government representatives, local non-governmental organizations, cooperatives, and women’s groups, as well as workers ‘and employers’ organizations, will be among those in attendance at the workshop.

The workshop is part of the ILO-funded project entitled “Enabling Job Resilience and Protecting Decent Work Conditions in Rural Communities Affected by Syrian Refugees Crisis in Northern Lebanon.” The project aims to create productive employment through local economic development and sustainable enterprises by taking action to improve the employability of job seekers made vulnerable by the refugee crisis, unleash the income generation and employment creation potential of agricultural value chains through LED, as well as enhance the capacity of service providers to enable the creation of LED opportunities.