Egypt

This report aims to provide an understanding of the current policy, legislative and regulatory frameworks and practice in Egypt in relation to the access of refugees to the labour markets, employment, livelihood and training opportunities, including self-employment and business development, the rights at work, including social protection and freedom of association.

The report reviewed national legislature, policy documents, datasets and grey literature to establish the legal basis for refugees’ access to work and their rights at work. Findings from the literature review were verified and triangulated with field work to establish how the laws are understood and implemented in practice. Field work lasted from November 2021 to January 2022 and included key informant interviews with stakeholders in government, private sector, humanitarian and UN agencies, and focus group discussions with refugees and host communities in three Egyptian governorates, namely Giza, Alexandria and Damietta.

The report will guide implementation of PROSPECTS Partnership activities and would feed into the design of integrated interventions that promote decent work for refugees and host communities in Egypt. It would further inform the policy dialogue on the access of refugees to the labour markets and its recommendations.

It is undertaken in conjunction with similar baselines drawn up in Jordan, Lebanon, Sudan, Iraq, Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia.

CAIRO (ILO News) - Three youth groups that responded to the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and International Labour Organization (ILO) Youth Green Skills Accelerator Challenge  Call have won cash prizes and specialized support to enable them to further develop their innovative initiatives towards a just transition to a greener future in their communities.

The IsDB and the ILO jointly launched the Challenge Call in May 2022 as part of efforts to build skills required for green jobs and promote youth participation in a just transition. It worked to identify, incubate, test and disseminate innovative ideas that equip youths living in IsDB-ILO common member states with the competencies required to support a just transition in their communities.

After having received more than 120 applications, a rigorous evaluation process was followed, yielding three winning teams which were announced during the Youth and Future Generations Day at the COP27 UN Climate Change Conference taking place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

In addition to sizeable cash prizes, the winners will receive technical support in the form of a Skills Innovation Lab and will join the ILO’s Skills Innovation Network, both integral elements of the Skills Innovation Facility  in the context of which the Challenge Call was launched by the IsDB and the ILO.

The winners were announced and presented with their awards at a ceremony at the COP27 conference.