News from the PROSPECTS project
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Our impact, their voices
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.
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World Refugee Day: The power of inclusion
20 June 2021
World Refugee Day, 20 June, is the international day designated by the United Nations to honour refugees around the globe. It celebrates the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country to escape persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations and events seriously disturbing public order. This goal continues to grow in importance as the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) estimates that almost 82.5 million were forcibly displaced at the end of 2020.
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Press release
Netherlands and ILO officials visit interventions supporting decent work for displaced populations and host communities in Iraq
09 June 2021
The interventions are part of the PROSPECTS programme, spearheaded by the Government of the Netherlands, which seeks to improve access to employment, education and protection.
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ILO's My First Business training programme promotes entrepreneurship among young Lebanese nationals and Syrian refugees
09 June 2021
With support from the Government of the Netherlands, the ILO has trained over 650 vulnerable women and men, the majority of whom are youth, on its My First Business entrepreneurship training programme, promoting livelihoods and decent job creation with a focus on the agriculture and agro-food sectors.
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Global pool of multi-lingual trainers established to make finance work for refugees and host communities around the world
04 June 2021
The capacity development of trainers in “Making Finance Work for Refugees and Host communities” aims to develop a pool of trainers to be deployed around the world to teach and technically support financial services providers in expanding their services to refugees’ market segments, which will in turn enable refugees and host communities to access more suitable financial services.
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Press release
The ILO and the Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI) join forces to support youth and refugees in Greater Cairo
31 May 2021
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI) have signed an agreement to implement the apprenticeship programme for Egyptian youth and refugee communities in Greater Cairo.
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ILO, Madrasati and Ministry of Education celebrate the achievements of joint venture to strengthen career guidance services in Jordanian public schools
29 May 2021
With the support of the Government of the Netherlands, 3,000 youth including vulnerable Jordanians and Syrian refugees, participated in the initiative.
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Partnership for improving prospects for forcibly displaced persons and host communities
26 May 2021
Financially supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, five Partners join efforts to develop a new paradigm in responding to forced displacement crises, particularly through the involvement of development actors. The Partnership hopes to transform the way governments and other stakeholders, including the social partners and the private sector, respond to forced displacement crises, by fostering an enabling environment for socio-economic inclusion; improving access to education and protection for vulnerable children on the move; and strengthening the resilience of host communities.