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Social protection in the Gulf countries: what rights can migrant workers access?
This event will launch a first-of-a-kind comprehensive report on migrant workers’ access to social protection across the GCC countries: Social protection for migrant workers in countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC): A regional mapping of provisions on paper and in practice – prepared by ILO, in collaboration with ODI and IOM.
Extending social protection to migrant workers in Gulf countries: State of play and next steps for reform?
This event examined social protection challenges faced by migrant workers in the Gulf countries, and provided insights on legal provisions and potential avenues for reform.
Egypt Entrepreneurship Summit 2017: Opening a whole World of Opportunities
Under the auspices of the Ministry of International Cooperation, the ILO Cairo Office and the Middle East Council for Small Businesses and Entrepreneurship (MCSBE) will hold the third annual Egypt Entrepreneurship Summit in Hurghada from 15 to 18 November 2017, titled "Opening a whole World of Opportunities".
Academy on Green Jobs Promotion in the MENA Region
The event is organised by DWT/CO–Cairo: ILO DWT for North Africa and Country Office for Egypt and Eritrea through ILO Project “Decent Jobs for Egypt’s Young People” (DJEP) financed by Global Affairs Canada (GAC) in collaboration with: International Training Centre of the ILO, Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT), ILO Green Jobs Programme, ILO Offices and DWT in the Arab States and North Africa.
Evaluating Labour Market Programmes: Policy Forum & Executive Course
As part of ILO’s partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the IFAD financed project “Strengthening gender monitoring and evaluation in rural employment in the Near East and North Africa”, a Policy Forum and Executive Course on Evaluating Labour Market Programmes was offered between the 2nd and 6th of July 2017 in Amman, Jordan. The course was co-financed by the OECD Development Centre, the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, GIZ and the Economic Research Forum.
Rethinking communication: Strengthening Arab trade unions through better communications tools and strategies
Key Arab workers’ organisations meet to discuss challenges facing their communication strategies and how to improve them.
ILO holds regional workshop on good practices in combating child labour
Employer, worker, government and NGO representatives from the region gather to discuss good practices in tackling child labour.
ILO launches report on challenges of child labour and youth employment in Arab States
Report examines the twin challenges of child labour and youth employment in five Arab States and ways to address them.
ILO holds regional training on apprenticeship systems in the Arab States
The ILO will bring together employer, worker and government representatives to reflect on progress made in apprenticeship systems across the region.
ILO holds regional child labour convention workshop
Employer, worker and government representatives from across the region gather for training on child labour convention reporting
Labour migration
National Workshop on Human Trafficking in Yemen
The ILO and the Government of Yemen work together to draft national legislation to combat human trafficking and design an effective national strategy to ensure meaningful reform in the country.
Enterprise Development
Yemen trains facilitators to help youth establish sustainable enterprises
Trainers from universities and financial intuitions are trained to give courses to students on entrepreneurial skills and tools for sustainable enterprise development.
Arab Labour Conference on Labour Market Governance in the Context of Changing Arab Societies - Egypt
The ILO, Arab Labor Organization and high-level representatives from governments, unions and employers’ organizations discuss labour market governance in the context of Arab transitions.
Pan-Arab conference aims to reform labour governance
The ILO, Arab Labor Organization and high-level representatives from governments, unions and employers’ organizations will discuss labour market reform in the context of Arab transitions.
Participatory Gender Audit
Regional Training of Facilitators on ILO Participatory Gender Audits
A regional training session on ILO Participatory Gender Audits for twenty facilitators from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, the occupied Palestinian territory, Tunis and Yemen.
Skills
Seminar on Apprenticeship Systems in the Arab States
ILO hosts regional seminar on apprenticeship reform in the Arab States
Women and Economic Empowerment in the Arab Transitions
An expert meeting, beginning on May 21 in Beirut, will make the case that gender blind economic policies hurt Arab economies and societies
Rethinking informal Economy in the Arab Region: a Human Rights-Based Approach
The three-day workshop is an ILO - UN Development Group collaboration towards improving social and economic rights in the Arab region. While countries are looking at sound socio-economic policies that take into consideration the evolving situation in the region, the ILO and UNDP believe there is a need to keep high on the agenda the issue of informal economy.
Regional Tripartite Conference to Combat Human Trafficking
A two-day regional tripartite conference on ways to combat human trafficking in the Middle East and to present the findings of an ILO research project that maps human trafficking across the region.
Yemen reveals results of first national child labour survey
Government, worker, employer, civil society and donor representatives will discuss the findings of the 2010 National Child Labour Survey in Yemen and chart the way forward for future programmes to combat child labour.