Projects

Towards more and better employment through enhanced support to private sectors in southern Iraq – with a focus on green business

12 May 2023 - 30 April 2026, Iraq

This project seeks to enhance support to private sector development and decent work creation, with a focus on green jobs.
Empowering Networks and Activation for Building Long-term Employment (ENABLE)

1 March 2023 - 1 March 2026, Lebanon

The programme, funded by the European Union (EU), focuses on providing livelihoods opportunities to enhance the economic capacity of the most vulnerable and marginalized communities residing in targeted areas in Lebanon. It will provide integrated employment services and short‐term employment opportunities in infrastructure construction/rehabilitation projects, while increasing linkages between social protection and employment activation.

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

1 April 2021 - 31 December 2025, Iraq

The overall objective of the joint programme is to ensure that by 2024, the vulnerable and the poor, including children, youth, women, elderly, informal workers, persons with disabilities and Internally Displaced Persons in Iraq benefit from equitable access to an integrated social protection system.
Promoting Decent Work For Syrians Under Temporary Protection and Turkish Citizens

6 December 2018 - 30 December 2025,
Estidama++ Fund – Extension of Coverage and Formalization in Jordan

1 December 2020 - 30 October 2025,

The Estidama++ Fund supports informal workers by aligning with international labor standards, providing subsidies and rewards, and enhancing social security inclusion for vulnerable workers.
Employment Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) and Decent Employment in Jordan – Phase II

1 May 2023 - 31 May 2025,

Towards a more inclusive economy through immediate job generation and enterprise development for vulnerable refugee and host communities in Jordan.
Supporting Resilient Livelihoods, Food Security and Climate Adaptation in Yemen, Joint Programme (ERRY III)

1 March 2022 - 28 February 2025, Yemen

Cooperative Support Programme for Palestine (CSP-OPT)

1 June 2021 - 31 May 2024,

The project aims to enhance employment and livelihood opportunities for Palestinian women and men by activating a supportive institutional, regulatory and promotional environment for autonomous and economically self-reliant cooperatives.
Extending Social Protection to Migrant Workers: Exploratory Research and Policy Dialogue in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries

1 January 2021 - 31 March 2024,

Advancing the agenda of extending social protection to migrants in GCC countries by increasing knowledge of existing coverage gaps, facilitating dialogue between stakeholders in countries of origin and destination, and providing technical assistance to ongoing policy reforms.
Increasing Access to Employment Opportunities for Vulnerable Urban Population in Basra City in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis

17 October 2022 - 31 March 2024, Iraq

The collaboration between UN-Habitat and the ILO aims to increase access to employment opportunities for young women and men living in underserviced settlements in Basra, with the support of the European Union.

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