Employment-Intensive Employment Programme

ILO promotes labour intensive methods to improve livelihoods of host and refugee communities in Ethiopia

28 March 2023

Through an intensive training, the ILO has strengthened the capacity of road construction engineers from Ethiopia’s refugee-hosting districts to apply labour intensive methods to boost socio-economic development through infrastructural development and job creation.

Crisis response

Urgent support needed for hundreds of thousands of workers after Türkiye and Syria earthquakes

28 March 2023

Devastating earthquakes have destroyed the jobs and businesses of hundreds of thousands of people in Türkiye and Syria. Workers and enterprises urgently need help to rebuild livelihoods and prevent poverty, informality and exploitation.

Workshop aims to increase women’s participation in employment intensive works in Jordan

Gender Awareness Workshop for Ministry of Agriculture and the directorates under EIIP Project Phase VI

23 March 2023

The EIIP project funded by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through the German Development Bank (KfW) was launched in Jordan in 2016 in response to the Syrian crisis and to provide support to the Jordanian Government in facing the challenges related to the influx of refugees. It focuses on increasing short term employment through improving infrastructure and the environment, and to providing youth with skills that will assist them in securing longer-term job opportunities.

Employment Intensive Investment Infrastructure Programme in Jordan

BMZ supports Green Jobs and Women's Participation in Jordan

23 March 2023

The EIIP project funded by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through the German Development Bank (KfW) was launched in Jordan in 2016 in response to the Syrian crisis and to provide support to the Jordanian Government in facing the challenges related to the influx of refugees. It focuses on increasing short term employment through improving infrastructure and the environment, and to providing youth with skills that will assist them in securing longer-term job opportunities.

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ILO trains engineers on its employment-intensive infrastructure recovery approach in Syria

21 March 2023

The training took place in preparation of ILO emergency employment scheme in Aleppo, that will create decent jobs and rehabilitate destroyed infrastructure.

Response to Turkiye and Syria earthquakes

ILO assigns $3.6 million of direct support to workers affected by the Türkiye and Syria earthquakes

20 March 2023

The ILO announced the allocation at a donors’ conference hosted in Brussels in support of victims of the earthquakes in the two countries.

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First regional knowledge-sharing workshop on the impact of trade and investment policies on productive and decent employment in the Southern Mediterranean countries

14 March 2023

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Ahead of emergency employment scheme, ILO trains engineers in Syria on Occupational Safety and Health in earthquake response

10 March 2023

Building the capacities of engineers is part of broader efforts to promote a safe working environment for workers involved in the earthquake response and recovery operations, as the ILO prepares to implement an emergency employment scheme in the Syrian city of Aleppo.

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ILO set to implement emergency employment scheme in earthquake-damaged neighbourhoods in Aleppo, Syria

03 March 2023

A team of ILO engineers conducted an assessment in the Syrian city of Aleppo, parts of which were severely damaged by the earthquake that struck Türkiye and Syria, to identify priorities under an emergency employment scheme to help restore livelihoods and rehabilitate destroyed infrastructure.

Response to the earthquake in Syria and Türkiye

ILO visits Aleppo’s damaged neighbourhoods in preparation for emergency employment scheme

16 February 2023

With parts of the Syrian city severely hit by the February 6 earthquake that struck Türkiye and Syria, the ILO is preparing to help restore livelihoods in affected communities.