News and events
2021
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Publication
ILO support to Syrian refugees and host communities: Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt (March 2021)
18 March 2021
Within the framework of the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP), the ILO is implementing a development-focused and employment-driven response, which aims to facilitate equal access to labour markets and promote decent work for all.
2018
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Publication
Brief: The ILO Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis
20 April 2018
Within the framework of the Regional Refugee Response and Resilience Plan (3RP), the ILO has adopted a development-focused and employment-driven strategy to support host communities and refugees in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. It aims to preserve social and economic stability and enhance resilience at the national level, in line with national plans and chapters of the 3RP. Embedded in the principles of decent work, the ILO strategy builds on its core mandate to promote employment, social dialogue, social protection and international labour standards.
2017
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Publication
Turkey-ILO Cooperation: Factsheet
04 April 2017
Turkey supports the ILO’s mandate both through contributions to the ILO’s core budget and to development cooperation programme. Turkey has become a major refugee-hosting country, with more than 2.8 million Syrian refugees registered. While the address of humanitarian needs has been at the forefront of the response, the focus has been increasingly shifting to livelihoods support.
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ILO Syria Crisis Response Strategy (Update: January 2017)
20 January 2017
Within the framework of the Regional Refugee Response and Resilience Plan (3RP), the ILO has adopted a development-focused and employment-driven strategy to support host communities and refugees. The ILO strategy builds on its core mandate to promote employment, social dialogue, social protection and rights at work through contributing to building the resilience of host communities and refugees, strengthening institutional capacities and coordination to eliminate child labour, and supporting evidence-based policy development to ensure an employment-rich national response, embedded in the principles of decent work.
2015
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Publication
Eliminating the worst forms of child labour in Turkish seasonal harvesting: Public-Private Partnership
06 October 2015
The partnership between CAOBISCO and the ILO contributes to the elimination of the worst forms of child labour in seasonal agriculture, in line with the Government’s strategy based on a National Time-Bound Policy for the elimination of WFCL by 2015.