ADWA’ - Advancing the Decent Work Agenda in North Africa and the Levant - Phase II

Climate change and environmental degradation are now considered as some of the greatest challenges, with major implications for economic growth, income and jobs, health and livelihoods. While this applies globally, the MENA region is also significantly affected and the costs of climate change are likely to be borne disproportionately by the most vulnerable groups such as women. The economic gender gap in the MENA region remains one of the largest in the world, despite substantial progress being made in the last few years. Female labour force participation is the lowest worldwide, estimated at an average of 20% in 2019. To address the double challenge of climate change and gender in the world of work, the ADWA’ project is developing a phase II which will build on and expand the work of the project technically and geographically by adding two additional partner countries in the Levant region: Jordan and Lebanon. Over a period of five years, including an inception phase of 6 months, and building on the results achieved during phase I, the project will work to achieve its Development Objective: Targeted MENA countries benefit from an environmentally sustainable economy characterised by decent and green jobs available to women and men on an equal basis. This will be achieved via the three connected Outcomes: 1) Economic reforms adopted for growth of green and inclusive jobs in partner countries. 2) Ratification, reflection in national jurisprudence and increased knowledge of ILS in partner countries with a special focus on employment and gender issues 3) The private sector invests in green businesses/jobs and promotes women’s entrepreneurship in partner countries. The project’s phase II key interventions will clearly align with existing national and regional strategies and contribute to the achievement of SDG 8. It is anticipated that the multi-country regional approach will enable mutual exchange of knowledge, learning and experiences.

Project symbol

GLO/21/61/SWE

Admin unit

DWT/CO-Cairo
EMPLOYMENT

Start date

01/01/2022

End date

31/01/2025

Total allocation

2791294

Total expenditure

Status

Active

2790205

Development Partners

Sweden, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

Country/Countries

Tunisia
Egypt
Global
Morocco

Outcomes

Outcome 4: Sustainable enterprises for inclusive growth and decent work
Outcome 3: Full and productive employment for just transitions
Output A.2. Evidence-based research to promote the human-centred approach
Output A.1. More and better statistics with reliable labour market information systems
Outcome 1: Strong, modernized normative action for social justice