News and events from the PROSPECTS project
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ILO promotes entrepreneurship among Lebanese nationals and Syrian refugees in Lebanon
03 August 2021
The ILO has trained over 650 women and men on its My First Business entrepreneurship training programme, aimed at promoting livelihoods and decent job creation in the agriculture and agro-food sectors.
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The ILO holds a virtual validation workshop to discuss the report on informality in refugee settlements and host communities in Nakivale and Rhino Camp, Uganda
26 July 2021
On 8 July 2021, a draft version of the report “Diagnosis on informality in targeted intervention areas of the PROSPECTS programme in Uganda” was discussed in a multi-stakeholder validation workshop. The report intends to assess drivers of informality in refugee settlements and host communities in Nakivale in the southwestern part of the country and Rhino Camp in West Nile to identify opportunities to improve working conditions and reduce informality among these target groups.
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The ILO launches recovery grants for refugee and host community-owned businesses
21 July 2021
To contribute to the recovery of COVID-affected businesses, the ILO has launched a small business grant scheme, targeting 200 enterprises owned by refugees and host community members in Rhino Camp, West Nile, and Nakivale in Isingiro District in Western Uganda.
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Mobile station brings training closer to farm workers in Jordan
15 July 2021
An ILO-supported mobile station is bringing training sessions to farm workers at their place of work and helping them apply their taught skills on the job, in various occupations, such as grafting and pruning.
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Cooperatives promote decent work in Jordan
15 July 2021
A new initiative by the ILO is supporting cooperatives to expand their role and provide career guidance and job placement services to workers in Jordan's agricultural sector.
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Jordan launches national strategy for the cooperative movement, with ILO support
03 July 2021
The strategy, launched under the patronage of the Prime Minister, aims to build a prosperous, autonomous, inclusive and self-reliant cooperative movement in Jordan.
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Local Economic Development Committees to guide and support PROSPECTS programming and implementation in Sudan
01 July 2021
At the end of June 2021, the ILO PROSPECTS programme in Sudan held a four-day workshop with representatives from the East Darfur and West Kordofan Local Economic Development Committees (LEDCs).
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ILO employment-intensive interventions promote decent work in Iraq
29 June 2021
In Dohuk, Iraq, the ILO and local authorities have launched employment-intensive interventions in water irrigation and waste management. The schemes support decent employment for Syrian refugees, internally displaced persons and host community members. The majority of participants are women.
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Lebanese and Syrian entrepreneurs showcase creativity during business plan competition
24 June 2021
The winners of the competition will benefit from seed funding and coaching by the ILO for a period of six months that will help them set up their own businesses.
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ILO trains entrepreneurs on its business management training programme in Iraq
24 June 2021
The training targets young internally displaced people, refugees and host community members looking to start their businesses, or existing businesses wanting to develop and grow their enterprises.