News and events from the PROSPECTS project

  1. 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.

  2. Video

    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.

  3. News

    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.

  4. 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.

  5. Video

    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.

  6. Video

    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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. Video

    Iraqi entrepreneurs access loans to support growing businesses

    19 June 2022

    When Sandra was forcibly displaced, she set up a small business selling party decorations to support her young family. Now, with the support of the ILO, under an initiative with the Central Bank of Iraq and partner banks, Sandra and many others like her, have been provided with bank loans to start or expand their businesses, helping them realise their aspirations of becoming successful entrepreneurs.

  10. Press release

    Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), a chance for career growth, change and inclusion

    30 May 2022

    The ILO’s Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) project is supporting hundreds of Syrian and Jordanian workers access formal employment and decent work in targeted governorates in Jordan, through skills development, coaching and mentoring, and final, formal accreditation.