Resources on Skills and employability in the Arab States

  1. Job Search Club methodology training set to boost employment prospects for youth in Iraq

    13 March 2024

    ILO trains facilitators to pilot the methodology in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and transfer job search skills to young job seekers from displaced and host communities, improving their chances of securing jobs.

  2. Youths across Jordan gain new skills through work-based learning

    26 February 2024

    Hundreds of Jordanian and Syrian youths celebrated the completion of their training programmes, provided by the ILO and Jordan River Foundation, as they prepare to enter the world of work with increased practical and technical skills.

  3. Factsheet – ILO in Syria Early recovery through community resilience in earthquake-hit areas (February – December 2023)

    23 February 2024

    In response to multiple earthquakes that devastated Northern governorates of Syria, the International Labour Organization (ILO) mobilized internal crisis response funds to embark on employment-intensive infrastructure and livelihoods recovery initiatives in Aleppo, one of the worst-hit areas. Collaborating closely with UN and other humanitarian entities, the ILO's multifaceted response aims to address the staggering impact on employment, livelihoods, and infrastructure, ushering in a phase of resilience building across the region through the world of work.

  4. ILO initiative strengthens engineers’ capacities in post-earthquake Syria

    22 February 2024

    An ILO workshop has provided engineers in Aleppo in northern Syrian with structural damage assessment equipment and trained them on its use, to support rehabilitating infrastructure and buildings damaged by last year’s earthquake.

  5. ILO-trained outreach officials boost social security registration among wage workers in Jordan

    12 February 2024

    The capacity-building initiative supports the extension of social security rights of Jordanian and non-Jordanian workers–including refugees

  6. After the earthquake: ILO projects contribute to recovery in Syria

    06 February 2024

    The International Labour Organization (ILO) is helping communities in the city of Aleppo to rebuild after the earthquake in 2023.

  7. Japan to support employment-intensive recovery in the earthquake-hit areas in Aleppo, Syria

    01 February 2024

  8. ILO and Jordan’s Vocational Training Corporation agree to recognize the prior experience of 1,000 beneficiaries

    31 January 2024

    The program aims to issue accredited certificates for Jordanian and Syrian informal workers in various economic sectors in Jordan.

  9. Apprenticeship programme inspires new beginnings in Lahj Governorate, Yemen

    23 January 2024

    In Radfan District, Lahj Governorate, 74 young apprentices (35 women) have graduated from a training programme to support their success in the local job market.

  10. Rehabilitating Dreams: The Human Voices behind Aleppo's School Rehabilitation Project

    24 November 2023

    In the heart of Aleppo, amidst the rubble left by earthquakes, a beacon of hope emerged through the International Labour Organization (ILO)’s project to rehabilitate and revive three schools in Aleppo.