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Public employment services are central to helping people navigate labour market transitions, access decent work, and connect with the opportunities they need.

The ITCILO course “Shaping and managing effective employment services” will bring together PES managers and labour/employment officials for a one-week, face-to-face programme in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 22–26 June 2026.

The course focuses on practical strategies to strengthen employment service systems, including:

• service delivery models for jobseekers and employers
• active labour market policies
• partnerships and public-private dialogue
• management, leadership, HR and performance culture
• digital innovation and the opportunities of AI for employment services

It is designed for strategic and operational managers of Public Employment Services, as well as officials working on employment services and labour market programmes.

Apply or learn more: https://www.itcilo.org/courses/shaping-and-managing-effective-employment-services

Shaping and managing effective employment services | ITCILO While the world economies have made considerable progress in recovery post the covid-19 pandemic, decent work deficits persist or are worsening especially in some regions. Recent ILO estimates warn that the achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) may be in jeopardy if the current t...

This week in Bishoftu, the ILO, under the PROSPECTS partnership, has launched the first of two capacity-building workshops for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) trainers and course developers in Ethiopia.

The session brings together 30 TVET trainers from Amhara, Oromia and Somali regions, alongside regional stakeholders, to strengthen their capacity to integrate essential core skills, including communication, teamwork, problem-solving and digital literacy, into curriculum development and training delivery.

Through a participatory, practice-oriented approach, participants are:
▶️ Exploring practical tools to embed core skills into TVET curricula
▶️ Strengthening modern, learner-centred teaching methods and
▶️ Collaborating across regions to enhance training quality and relevance

By empowering trainers, the ILO, working closely with the Ministry of Labour and Skills, is helping ensure that TVET graduates are better prepared, more adaptable, and job-ready, contributing to inclusive growth and decent work opportunities in Ethiopia.

📆 The second session will take place in Addis Ababa from June 16–19, 2026.

Embassy of the Netherlands in Ethiopia I የሥራና ክህሎት ሚኒስቴር - ኢትዮጵያ / Ministry of Labor and Skills- Ethiopia I International Labour Organization

From 50 chickens to a growing poultry enterprise creating jobs for young people in Ethiopia’s Somali Region.

With support from the ILO PROSPECTS programme, Hussien Saleman and his wife transformed a modest side business into a thriving multi-branch poultry farm, now operating across multiple sites, employing young workers and strengthening local supply chains in Jigjiga.

Through entrepreneurship training and a Business Plan Competition grant, Hussien gained the skills and resources to expand production, increase income and invest in the future of his community.

His story highlights how skills development, enterprise support and access to finance can help entrepreneurs turn ideas into sustainable businesses that contribute to local economic development and decent work.

👉 Read the full story: https://www.ilo.org/resource/article/grant-business-plan-and-300-chickens-how-ilo-supported-competition-helps

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🚨 We’re hiring a Social Health Protection Technical Officer (P3).

Are you passionate about expanding access to health protection and building more inclusive social protection systems?

This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to two major initiatives in Egypt: PROSPECTS, supporting refugees, asylum-seekers and host communities, and Haya Karima, addressing multidimensional poverty through stronger health and social protection systems.

The selected candidate will help advance inclusive enrolment into Egypt’s Universal Health Insurance system, support strategies to extend coverage to workers in the informal economy, and contribute to technical work on health financing, actuarial analysis, fund management and institutional sustainability.

We’re looking for a professional with strong experience in social health protection, health insurance, health financing or universal health insurance reforms, and a commitment to rights-based, inclusive and sustainable approaches.

📍 Location: Cairo, Egypt
📌 Grade: P3
⏳ Contract: 12 months, fixed term
🗓️ Application deadline: 2 July 2026

Apply now and help shape more inclusive health protection systems in Egypt:
https://jobs.ilo.org/job/Social-Health-Protection-Technical-Officer-P3/13689-en_GB/

Building stronger pathways to decent work takes partnership, reflection, and learning from experience. That was the spirit of the “Lessons Learned Workshop on Strengthening Employment Pathways through Work-Based Learning (WBL),” organized by the International Labour Organization through its PROSPECTS programme in partnership with Luminus Technical University College (LTUC) in .

Government institutions, workers’ and employers’ organizations, training providers, civil society, and international partners reflected on the implementation of projects supporting young Jordanians and Syrian refugees through market-relevant, competency-based vocational and work-based learning between February 2025 and January 2026.

At the core of the ILO’s WBL model is a simple conviction: learning is most powerful when it happens in real workplaces: alongside real work, colleagues, and challenges. Structured and competency-based, WBL creates a bridge between training and sustainable livelihoods through strong partnerships between training institutions and employers.

The results demonstrate what partnership and systems-building can achieve:
✅ More than 25,000 individuals reached through collaboration with LTUC across interventions
✅ Nearly 1,000 trainees enrolled across two phases of implementation
✅ 489 people supported into employment
✅ A strong inclusion focus, with 40% women and 30% Syrian refugees among beneficiaries
✅ 107 employer MoUs signed across different sectors
✅ National certification issued through the Accreditation and Quality Assurance Commission (AQAC)



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نحتاج الى الشراكة والتعلم من الخبرات لبناء مسارات اقوى نحو العمل اللائق هذا ما عكسته ورشة “استخلاص الدروس المستفادة لتعزيز مسارات التوظيف من خلال التعلّم القائم على العمل (WBL)” التي نظّمتها منظمة العمل الدولية من خلال برنامج آفاق، بالشراكة مع كلية لومينوس الجامعية التقنية (LTUC) في #الأردن.
وشارك في الورشة ممثلون عن المؤسسات الحكومية، ومنظمات العمال وأصحاب العمل، ومقدّمو التدريب، ومنظمات المجتمع المدني، والشركاء الدوليون، حيث ناقشوا تنفيذ المشاريع الهادفة إلى دعم الأردنيين واللاجئين السوريين من خلال التدريب المهني ، القائم على الكفايات والتعلّم القائم على العمل الملائم لاحتياجات سوق العمل، خلال الفترة الممتدة بين شباط/فبراير 2025 وكانون الثاني/يناير 2026.
وينطلق نموذج منظمة العمل الدولية للتعلّم القائم على العمل من قناعة بسيطة: أن التعلّم يكون أكثر فعالية عندما يحدث في بيئات عمل حقيقية، من خلال العمل الفعلي إلى جانب موظفين وعمال وبمواجهة التحديات اليومية. ومن خلال نهج منظّم قائم على الكفايات، يوفّر التعلّم القائم على العمل جسراً يربط بين التدريب وسبل العيش المستدامة، عبر شراكات قوية بين مؤسسات التدريب وأصحاب العمل.
وتُظهر النتائج ما يمكن تحقيقه من خلال الشراكات وبناء الأنظمة:
✅ الوصول إلى أكثر من 25,000 شخص من خلال التعاون مع LTUC عبر مختلف التدخلات.
✅ تسجيل ما يقارب 1,000 متدرّب/ة عبر مرحلتين من التنفيذ.
✅ دعم 489 شخصاً للوصول إلى فرص عمل.
✅ تركيز قوي على الشمول، حيث شكّلت النساء 40% واللاجئون السوريون 30% من المستفيدين.
✅ توقيع 107 مذكرات تفاهم مع أصحاب عمل في قطاعات مختلفة.
✅ إصدار شهادات وطنية من خلال هيئة اعتماد مؤسسات التعليم العالي وضمان جودتها.

Ahead of the 114th Session of the International Labour Conference, Uganda is advancing social dialogue on decent work in the platform economy.

With support from the ILO PROSPECTS programme, the National Organisation of Trade Unions convened a national dialogue in Kampala on 14 May 2026 to strengthen workers’ representation and contribute to Uganda’s position for the upcoming ILC discussions.

The dialogue brought together workers’ organizations, platform workers, service providers, government, social partners, UNHCR, researchers and regional experts to discuss key priorities, including fair remuneration, transparent automated systems, occupational safety and health, access to dispute resolution, freedom of association and collective bargaining, and the extension of social security to platform workers.

A key outcome was a shared Uganda trade union position on the proposed ILO Convention and Recommendation on decent work in the platform economy, submitted as a contribution to Uganda’s national preparations for the Conference discussions in Geneva.

As digital labour markets evolve, social dialogue is essential to ensure innovation supports decent work, social justice and inclusive labour markets.

Read more: https://www.ilo.org/resource/news/national-dialogue-uganda-calls-stronger-protections-platform-workers

National dialogue in Uganda calls for stronger protections for platform workers With support from the ILO PROSPECTS programme, the National Organisation of Trade Unions convened a national dialogue in Kampala to strengthen workers’ representation and contribute to Uganda’s position ahead of International Labour Conference discussions on decent work in the platform economy.

📊 New report released: Skills profiling of Syrian refugees in Lebanon

This joint ILO–UNHCR Lebanon assessment examines the skills, employment situations, and training needs of 1,069 Syrian refugees across Lebanon.

The findings reveal a clear demand for employment and skills development opportunities, but also persistent challenges:
🔹 Low access to formal employment
🔹 Gaps between TVET programmes and labour market needs
🔹 Limited job matching and career support services
🔹 Additional barriers affecting women’s participation in the labour market

The report emphasizes the importance of targeted, gender-responsive, and evidence-based interventions that strengthen employability, livelihoods, and resilience.

📄 Read the report: https://www.ilo.org/publications/skills-profiling-syrian-refugees-lebanon

📢 Call for Proposals – Egypt

The ILO is inviting proposals for:

Financial Literacy Video Production, Bulk SMS Campaign, Mobile Awareness Campaigns

📍 Country: Egypt
🗓 Deadline: 27 June 2026

We welcome qualified companies and service providers with experience in media production, digital outreach, and financial literacy campaigns to apply.

🔗 Full details and application: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/301993

🔧 Recognizing Skills, Unlocking Opportunity in Uganda

Across Uganda’s refugee settlements, refugees and host communities are transforming informally acquired skills into nationally recognized qualifications through (RPL).

Supported by the ILO under the PROSPECTS programme funded by the Government of the Netherlands, the initiative is helping skilled workers access decent work, grow enterprises and strengthen economic inclusion.

From welding and tailoring to solar installation and agribusiness, certified workers are securing contracts, increasing incomes and creating jobs in their communities.

Read how skills recognition is opening pathways to opportunity in Uganda:
https://www.ilo.org/resource/article/ilo-supported-skills-recognition-initiative-uganda-opens-pathways-decent

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📢 New publication: Skills profiling of Syrian returnees

A new ILO–UNHCR assessment based on 5,335 survey responses across four Syrian governorates highlights the urgent need for inclusive, localised, and market-aligned skills programmes to support sustainable reintegration and employment opportunities for Syrian returnees.

Key findings:
🔹 Over 80% of respondents were unemployed at the time of the survey
🔹 Limited access to TVET, certification, and social protection
🔹 Gaps in digital, technical, and entrepreneurship skills
🔹 Persistent gender disparities and strong regional differences

The report calls for scalable and demand-driven training programmes that strengthen employability, resilience, and decent work opportunities.

📄 Read the report: https://www.ilo.org/publications/skills-profiling-syrian-returnees