News and events from the PROSPECTS project
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International Youth Day
Youth highlight importance of skills development for a better future
12 August 2022
On the occasion of International Youth Day, young women and men from Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon and refugees living in these countries, share their experiences and hopes for the future. ILO PROSPECTS is supporting them to build new skills for successful careers in their communities.
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Linking Lebanese hosts and Syrian refugees with jobs and labour market
05 August 2022
In June 2022, the ILO and partners met with Lebanese and Syrian farm and plant nursery owners and workers and visited a skill-training centre in the north of Lebanon, who have benefitted from the activities of the mulit-agency PROSPECTS programme
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News
ILO’s timely interventions assist small businesses in Uganda
04 August 2022
Business support grants and business management training from the ILO provided a new lease of life to some of the microenterprises in Uganda struggling to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown measures.
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Graduation ceremony of Recognition of Prior Learning in Kenya
03 August 2022
In July 2022, the ILO, Base Titanium, Kenya National Qualifications Authority and Kenya National Jua Kali Federation the Authority jointly organized the very first Recognition of Prior Learning Graduation (RPL) where 62 trainees were certified.
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Labour markets and the impact of skills recognition
01 August 2022
Highlighting the launch of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and graduation of the first batch batch of workers through this programme, the article explains the challenges and future of RPL in Kenya.
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On-the-job training
ILO training initiative brings new agricultural skills to Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley
25 July 2022
As Lebanon continues to reel under a multifaceted economic crisis, a competency-based training course conducted by the PROSPECTs programme gave Lebanese and Syrian trainees key skills needed to advance their career in Lebanon’s vital agricultural sector.
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Recognition of Prior Learning turns a new leaf in the careers of Kenyan workers
06 July 2022
In July, 62 workers from Tanazania graduated through the ILO supported Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) programme, one of the first ceremonies in the country.
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Gaining momentum – impact of ILO PROSPECTS activities in Uganda
05 July 2022
The Global Programme team members of ILO PROSPECTS share their first hand experience after witnessing the impact of ILO PROSPECTS programme activities in Uganda and acknowledge the team's efforts.
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News
Labour intensive approaches promote social cohesion among host communities and refugees in Sudan
01 July 2022
A series of training on the Employment Intensive Investment Programmes (EIIP) approach carried out by the ILO with construction work contractors in Sudan is showing promising results with host and refugee community members finding new employment opportunities, as well as access to improved public infrastructure.
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Our impact, their voices
He is from Syria and I am from Iraq. But we work together like brothers
20 June 2022
ILO labour intensive programme brings communities together in Iraq.