Contact us

Maha Kattaa, ILO Iraq Country Programme Coordinator

kattaa@ilo.org

Partners

Government 
  1. Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
  2. Kurdistan Regional Government
Workers' organizations
  1. The General Federation of Iraqi Trade Unions (GFITU)
Employers' Organizations
  1. The Iraqi Federation of Industries (IFI)
United Nations
  1. United Nations in Iraq
  2. UN Assistance Mission for Iraq
  3. United Nations Country Team (UNCT)

ILO in Iraq

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    Iraq has been a member of the ILO since 1932 and has ratified 68 ILO Conventions, including all eight fundamental Conventions. Since 2004, the ILO and Iraq’s government, workers’ organizations and employers’ organizations have worked closely as part of the post-war reconstruction effort to bolster Decent Work and develop the labour market across the different areas of the country. More about the ILO in Iraq

Highlights

  1.

    Working paper series on social protection in Iraq

  2. Decent Work Country Programme Iraq: Recovery and Reform (Annual Progress Report - 2022)

What's new

  1. Promoting Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work in Iraq

    Parliamentary Labour Committee, tripartite constituents review draft trade union law for Iraq, with ILO technical support

    19 September 2023

  2. Video

    “This initiative has opened up the opportunity for me to access a loan so I can expand my business and cultivate more land” - Najim’s story

    11 September 2023

  3. Video

    ILO, IOM collaborate to support entrepreneurship development in Iraq through flagship training programme

    25 August 2023

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Focus on our projects 

  1.

    Partnership for improving prospects for forcibly displaced persons and host communities (PROSPECTS) - Iraq

  2.

    Social Protection Programme for Iraq: Leveraging Effective Response and Accelerating Reform

  3.

    Creating decent job opportunities through applying Employment Intensive Approaches at Cultural Heritage Conservation activities

  4.

    Enhancing labour governance, inspection and working conditions in response to COVID-19

Key resources

  1.

    Rapid Assessment of the Impact of COVID-19 on Vulnerable Populations and Small-Scale Enterprises in Iraq

  2.

    COVID-19 in Iraq: Private Sector Impacts

  3.

    ILO Photos from Iraq