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ILO, the Netherlands and international partners join forces to support refugees and host communities in Jordan

25 November 2020

Bringing together the ILO, IFC, UNHCR, UNICEF and the World Bank, the Prospects Partnership aims to provide conditions for refugees and host communities to access quality primary education and vocational training; secure and retain decent employment; and benefit from a strengthened protection framework.

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Youth at Heart Forum: Including youth rights & voices is central to building back better from COVID-19

04 November 2020

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Financial Education for refugees, IDPs and host communities: New addition to the ILO’s Financial Education programme

26 October 2020

On October 16th, ILO’s financial education certified trainers completed a validation workshop for the new training programme “Financial Education for refugees, internally displaced persons and host communities”.

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Providing career guidance to Egyptian youth through ILO job search clubs (JSC), in collaboration with the Ministry of Youth and Sports

10 September 2020

Job search clubs provide an enabling environment where young people gather and share resources and contacts, while searching for jobs in various fields under the supervision of trained facilitators. The ILO in Egypt will leverage and strengthen these services in the context of the PROSPECTS programme.

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Supporting small and medium-sized businesses in Lebanon’s agriculture and agro-food sectors

10 September 2020

A new initiative by the ILO will provide small and medium agricultural and food processing companies with training and technical support to improve their business continuity, resilience and decent job retention in response to the multiple crises that have hit Lebanon.

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Assessing market opportunities in East Darfur and West Kordofan

10 June 2020

In March 2020, the ILO visited West Kordofan and East Darfur to assess opportunities for local economic development.

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Extending Micro Finance Services to Refugees and Host Communities in Kenya

01 April 2020

In December 2019, the ILO working closely with UNHCR organized a scoping mission to the two refugee camps in Kenya (Kakuma and Dadaab) to enable five Kenyan Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) to assess business viability in the refugee hosting areas.

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Employers in Uganda seek to expand services to the refugees hosting areas

01 April 2020

The Federation of Uganda Employers (FUE) is looking at opportunities to extend their services to the refugee-hosting disricts of Isingiro and Arua.

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PROSPECTS: How the ILO is innovating in project design to support refugees and host communities

02 December 2019

ILO PROSPECTS is pioneering a “One ILO” integrated and innovative approach to project design, bringing together ILO technical departments, the social partners and field offices.