International Labour Organization in Palestine
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Organization's Name in Arabic
منظمة العمل الدولية
Acronym
ILO
Organization's Name in another language
Organisation Internationale du Travail
Type
Non-Governmental
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The International Labour Organization (ILO) is devoted to promoting social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights, pursuing its founding mission that social justice is essential to universal and lasting peace.
The ILO in the occupied Palestinian territory
With the signature of the Oslo Declaration of Principles in 1993, the ILO launched a comprehensive technical cooperation programme in the West Bank and Gaza, which was further consolidated with the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the ILO in 1994. The MOU endorsed a programme of action focused on capacity building for social development; and in 1995 the ILO established a Representation Office in Jerusalem with support from the Regional Office for Arab States in Beirut, Lebanon. The oPt is of particular significance to the ILO, evidenced by the ILO’s Director General annual mission and report  on the situation of workers in occupied Arab territories.

The ILO is currently implementing a technical cooperation programme based on the priorities outlined in the oPt’s National Development Plan to support state building efforts and accelerated socio-economic development required to secure a safe, stable and prosperous future for the Palestinian people. The technical cooperation programme has an overall portfolio that stands at around US$1.9 million and is funded by the Government of Kuwait, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the Welfare Association and the ILO.

In 2013, the ILO in the oPt developed an overarching Palestinian decent work programme (DWP) with tripartite constituents and stakeholders. The DWP contributes to the National Development Plan, the sectorial strategy of the Ministry of Labour, and the first United Nations Development Assistance Framework for the State of Palestine (2014– 2016). The DWP and aims to:

promote labour rights and improved labour market governance;
enhance employment and livelihood opportunities for Palestinian women and men; and
facilitate the development of an integrated social security system and the extension of social protection to all those in need in the oPt.

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City
Jerusalem
Country
Palestine

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سامر | June 4, 2020
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