An ILO-ITCILO event explored best practices and policy guidance for refugee employment
17 May 2021
On 29 April 2021 the ILO and ITCILO launched the Compendium of lessons learned, emerging good practices and policy guidance, entitled “
The event, offered in English, French and Spanish and attended by some 140 participants, was an occasion to reflect on the ILO’s engagement in the employment and labour aspect of refugees and forced migration since 1919, as an aftermath of WWI. The Compendium takes stock of its century-long experience in promoting decent work and sustainable development in areas hosting refugees, in partnership with governments, employers and workers, which is now guided by Guiding principles on the access of refugees and other forcibly displaced persons to the labour market and Employment and Decent Work for Peace and Resilience Recommendation, 2017 (No. 205).