Tackling child labour among Syrian refugees and their host communities in Jordan and Lebanon

The effects of the Syrian crisis are increasingly spilling over into the economic and social spheres of Jordan and Lebanon, leading to stalled economic activity, loss of income, and shrinking access to quality public services. The resulting impoverished circumstances of many Syrian refugees are leading them to seek any form of income to provide for their families, which is further exacerbating tensions between host and migrant labour communities. Due to the lack of access to allowed formal jobs for parents and lack of vocational opportunities for Syrian adolescents, many households resort to child labour. Through this project funded by DANIDA, the ILO will contribute to the elimination of child labour, especially its worst forms, among Syrian refugees and host communities in Jordan and Lebanon. In order to achieve this objective, this eighteen-month project will focus on capacity-building and policy dialogue with Government ministries and departments, in line with ILO's past and on-going interventions on child labour in the two countries

Project symbol

RAB/15/01/DAN

Admin unit

RO-Arab States/DWT-Beirut

Start date

01/07/2015

End date

31/12/2017

Total allocation

630642

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

630642

Development Partners

Denmark, Danish International Development Agency

Country/Countries

Lebanon
Jordan

Outcomes

Protection of workers from unacceptable forms of work