Factsheets and briefs

2015

  1. Briefing note

    The Syrian refugee crisis: Emergency funding for the ILO response to the influx of Syrian refugees in Turkey - Project proposal

    13 May 2015

  2. Briefing note

    The Syrian refugee crisis: Livelihoods, Employment and Income for Vulnerable People in North Lebanon - Concept note

    13 May 2015

  3. Briefing note

    The Syrian refugee crisis: Tackling child labour among Syrian refugees and their host communities in Lebanon - Project proposal

    13 May 2015

  4. Briefing note

    The Syrian refugee crisis: the ILO's response and proposals

    13 May 2015

  5. Fact Sheet

    ILO Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Jordan

    13 May 2015

    The Syrian refugee crisis embodies one of the largest and most protracted humanitarian emergencies of modern times. Since 2011, the bulk of refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria have found refuge among host communities in neighbouring states.

  6. Briefing note

    Women on Boards - Building the female talent pipeline

    28 April 2015

    Issues Brief from "Reflecting Global Change - ILO/IFC/CBI Conference on Women in Business and Management" - London, 28 April 2015

  7. Briefing Note

    Pay Equity - A key driver of gender equality

    28 April 2015

    Issues Brief from "Reflecting Global Change - ILO/IFC/CBI Conference on Women in Business and Management" - London, 28 April 2015

  8. Briefing note

    Work and Family - Creating a family-friendly workplace

    28 April 2015

    Issues Brief from "Reflecting Global Change - ILO/IFC/CBI Conference on Women in Business and Management" - London, 28 April 2015

  9. Briefing note

    Maternity, paternity at work - Baby steps towards achieving big results

    28 April 2015

    Issues Brief from "Reflecting Global Change - ILO/IFC/CBI Conference on Women in Business and Management" - London, 28 April 2015

  10. Policy brief

    Main findings from a pilot on upgrading informal apprenticeships in Jordan

    23 March 2015

    Upgrading informal apprenticeships has a great potential as a poverty reduction method as it directly targets the main skills training to which the poor have access. It is a step by step process, based on constant negotiations with the employers; i.e. not all improvements in terms of contract, OSH, training contents and working conditions can happen at once, and trust building is as important as the immediate outcomes in the training process.

  11. Briefing note

    Briefing Note: ILO Action on HIV/AIDS in Jordan

    15 January 2015

2014

  1. Briefing note

    Enabling job resilience and protecting decent work conditions in rural communities affected by Syrian refugees crisis in northern Lebanon

    23 October 2014

    The Syrian refugee crisis and the influx of refugees into Lebanon has resulted in various economic and social spill over effects in host communities such as stalled economic activity, loss of income and livelihoods, and shrinking access to public services.

  2. Brochure

    Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Advocating Institutional Reform in the Middle East

    15 August 2014

    In the majority of Arab countries, migrant domestic workers are not covered by the labour law. The overwhelming majority of these workers are women from Asia and Africa who provide labour services in a workplace where rights are not clearly defined by law or in practice.

  3. Policy brief

    Findings of the Assessment of Agricultural Cooperatives in West Bank: Challenges and Opportunities

    15 July 2014

    This policy brief presents concrete strategies to improve the challenging situation that workers face in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) by exploring the full potential of agricultural cooperative enterprises in the West Bank.

  4. Policy brief

    The work of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon is a right and a common interest

    26 June 2014

    The issue of Palestinians’ right to work in Lebanon is still controversial at the economic, political and social fronts.

  5. Policy Brief

    Child Labour and Protection in the occupied Palestinian territory

    04 March 2014

    The objective of this policy brief is to highlight the main findings of a desk review conducted by the International Labour Organization on child labour in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt).

2013

  1. Briefing note

    ILO Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Jordan

    21 November 2013

    The ILO has developed its own development-focused strategy to respond to the crisis in Jordan.

  2. Fact Sheet

    Child Labour in Lebanon

    07 October 2013

    Action against child labour in Lebanon dates back to 2000 when the International Labour Organization and the Goverment of Lebanon signed an agreement to work towards its elimination.

  3. Collective Bargaining

    The Role of Better Work Jordan

    30 September 2013

    Better Work Jordan – a joint initiative between the ILO and the International Finance Corporation – introduced the idea of a collective bargaining agreement to the employers and the garment union in early 2012.

  4. Collective Bargaining

    The Collective Bargaining Agreement: A Brief History

    30 September 2013

    2008 – In efforts to promote labour management relations and improve social dialogue in the sector, Better Work Jordan helped to establish Performance Improvement Consultative Committees (PICCs) in factories participating in the programme. These committees, which have now spread to two-thirds of the 60 factories currently participating in the programme, consist of both management and union representatives and are responsible for developing and implementing the improvement activities of factories.