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Arab States

Workers in Duhok planting a landscape area as part of the ILO afforestation project in Kurdistan Region of Iraq © ILO/ Karam Al Snjarae/ Duhok/ November 2023

The International Labour Organization (ILO) established its Regional Office for Arab States (ILO ROAS) in 1976 and has worked ever since to advance the ILO’s core values across the Arab region.  

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Partners pledge support to ILO’s Palestinian labour market recovery programme
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Partners pledge support to ILO’s Palestinian labour market recovery programme

War propels unemployment to close to 80 per cent and shrinks GDP by 83.5 per cent in the Gaza Strip
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ILO assessment

War propels unemployment to close to 80 per cent and shrinks GDP by 83.5 per cent in the Gaza Strip

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Building Equitable and Inclusive Transformation (BEIT): Towards Decent Work and Affordable Housing in Iraq

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Building Equitable and Inclusive Transformation (BEIT): Towards Decent Work and Affordable Housing in Iraq

Promotion of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Iraq

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Promotion of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Iraq

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Informality and Structural Transformation in Egypt, Iraq and Jordan

Informality and Structural Transformation in Egypt, Iraq and Jordan

Providing care through the social and solidarity economy - Lebanon

Lebanon: An assessment summary

Providing care through the social and solidarity economy - Lebanon

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Mosaic of ILO photos from the Arab States
The Government of Papua New Guinea deposits instruments of ratification of ILO Conventions Nos 81, 144 and 190

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The Government of Papua New Guinea deposits instruments of ratification of ILO Conventions Nos 81, 144 and 190
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Labour statistics

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Integrating contributory and non-contributory social protection in Oman

Arab Social Protection Compass Webinar series: Part I

Integrating contributory and non-contributory social protection in Oman

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