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Business Plan Competition Empowers Refugee, Host Communities in Ethiopia's Somali Region

An initiative, spearheaded by the International Labour Organization (ILO), through the PROSPECTS Programme in partnership with HASI Consulting, aims to foster entrepreneurship, drive economic growth, and create sustainable livelihoods for host communities and refugees in Ethiopia’s the Somali Region.

Photo Essay – Empowering Lebanon's youth

Empowering women and embracing sustainability: Mavia Bakery is transforming Beirut's Culinary Scene

Discover how Mavia Bakery in Beirut empowers women chefs and champions sustainability by using local, heirloom grains.

AU/ILO/IOM Joint Labour Migration Programme

Urgent need to enhance labour migration governance in Tigray, Ethiopia

Efficient labour migration governance is crucial for maximizing the benefits for migrant workers, protecting their rights, and creating opportunities for their families.

Research Brief

Promoting Care at Work in Ethiopia

This Research Brief, Promoting Care at Work in Ethiopia explores the availability and adequacy of care policies in the Ethiopia's garment sector. 

Better Regional Migration Management

ILO virtual workshop evaluates skills mapping for equitable labour migration

Photo Essay – Empowering Lebanon's youth

Sustainable and Inclusive: With ILO, Vengo redefines logistics in North Lebanon

Discover Vengo, Lebanon's first eco-friendly delivery service, revolutionizing logistics with its innovative approach and community focus.

Knowledge exchange study tour in Egypt for Job Search Club stakeholders from Arab countries

The visit enabled participants from Egypt, Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon to exchange knowledge and best practices on their experience with the Job Search Club training programme.

Enhancing Social Protection for Migrant Workers: Challenges and Strategies in the East and Horn of Africa

The migration landscape is majorly influenced by a complex interplay of factors, such as armed conflict, political instability, environmental degradation, climate change, unemployment, and limited economic opportunities. 

Africa

Stakeholders discussed on skills partnerships for demand-driven labour migration

Growing focus on skills partnerships and their potential to benefit all stakeholders involved in labour migration

Training Manual

Care at Work in Ethiopia's Garment Sector

Care at Work in Ethiopia’s Garment Sector: A Training Manual for Advancing the Rights of Workers with Family Responsibilities for trainers who are involved in awareness raising, capacity building and advocacy for workplace care policy packages, namely maternity protection and the rights of workers with family responsibilities, who work in the textile and garment sector. The manual aims to support trainers in delivering trainings on care-responsive workplaces for both men and women trainees, and employers and workers.

Interview with ILO expert

Access to social protection for agricultural workers in Lebanon

This video is part of a short series, produced and developed by the CeSSRA and the ILO, to shed light on the multiple challenges agricultural workers and farmers in Lebanon face throughout their life. 

Photo Essay – Empowering Lebanon's youth

Zero Waste Community: Transforming Lebanon's Garbage Crisis into Opportunity

Discover how Nibal Daouq's Zero Waste Community is transforming Lebanon's waste management, promoting sustainability, and fostering green citizenship.

Start and improve your business

ILO extends capacity building support to business development service providers in Ethiopia

A new batch of trainers were trained in ILO’s Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) programme to improve self-reliance of host and refugee community entrepreneurs.

Call for Trainers in Financial Education in Ethiopia

As part of the PROSPECTS project, the ILO focuses on building the capacities of service providers, social partners and end beneficiaries, in the areas of entrepreneurship development, cooperative development, financial education as well as on the promotion and access to financial services. It is in this context that the ILO Global Programme on Financial Education is currently being deployed in Ethiopia.How to express your interestInterested applicants are invited to fill in the form linked here and send their CVs to: ilofetot1@gmail.com with a copy to kaase@ilo.org by July 05 2024.  

Terms of Reference

Consultancy on literature review and methodological development for an Impact Assessment related to FDPs inclusion into national employment and protection systems

The ILO is seeking the services of a consultant, who will be tasked to: Undertake a literature review of impact assessments and meta-analysis which involve FDPs and host communities, looking either at individual, community or institutional changes and benefits derived from inclusion into national systems, such as education systems, labour market, protection and social protection, and critical infrastructure (such as WASH, digital connectivity, etc.) Document and map the different types of benefits associated with inclusion into national systems, at individual, community and institutional levels.Work in partnership with EMPLOYMENT specialists to develop a methodology (e.g. ex-post with (quasi)-experimental approaches, meta-analysis that can support ILO PROSPECTS to measure its impacts at the individual, community and institutional levels, allowing to determine also the number of indirect/induced beneficiaries. The consultant is expected to highlight the implications in terms of time and resources needed as well as limitations. Validate this methodology with relevant ILO stakeholders and propose a way forward to apply it in one or more ILO PROSPECTS countries. The consultant should write to michaud@ilo.org along with  budget breakdown, clearly indicating his/her/their daily fee, the number of days for each key task, along with a CV by 17 June 2024. There is no field work foreseen for this assignment. The work will start on 01 July 2024 and should be completed by 31 October 2024. 

Building a Stronger Africa

AU, ILO forge partnership for decent work & social justice

ILO and Ethiopian employers unite for gender equality through collective bargaining

Daycare facilities inaugurated to accommodate the needs of working mothers

Uganda Labour Migration Information System (LMIS) Capacity Building Workshop Drives Effective Implementation

Turning Adversity into Opportunity: Seleshi Shegaw's Journey to Entrepreneurial Success