Jordan

My.Coop is a project of building capacity of cooperatives towards involving Syrian refugees and Jordanian farmers in agricultural value chains. The project promotes integration and participation of Syrian refugees and vulnerable Jordanians in agricultural livelihood opportunities through enhancing capacities of eight ILO-network cooperatives in the governorates of Irbid and Mafraq in the northern Jordan.

Nearly half of Amman’s population are refugees. Amman’s City Resilience Strategy, launched in 2014 as part of the 100 Resilient Cities project, places particular emphasis on diversity and has incorporated actions to make the city more inclusive for refugees and vulnerable groups. To create more welcoming cities able to offer services for all, Amman and other cities in Jordan have invested heavily in improving public infrastructure and services.

OBJECTIVES

The joint cooperation between Egypt and Jordan in the field of labor management aims at creating a safe, fair and stable work environment for Egyptian workers in Jordan and their employers. The Egyptian Ministry of Manpower and Immigration and the Jordanian Ministry of Labour are the main stakeholders. They are jointly responsible for the implementation of the 2007 Memorandum of Understating (MoU) and the 2016 Labor Agreement and managing the jointly-established channels of communication, as well as consultation mechanism. 

Main aim:

The World Bank developed the GCFF financing mechanism to support middle-income countries receiving refugees through beneficial loans. Currently, GCFF supports Jordan and Lebanon, which has received a large number of Syrian refugees. The facility has also been expanded to provide support for other middle-income countries receiving refugees (the global window).

Talent Beyond Boundaries (TBB) directly connects employers in countries with a shortage of local talent to skilled migrants who have been forced to flee their countries.

The 3RP is a country driven, regionally coherent planning process. It draws together the national crisis response plans for humanitarian relief, resilience and stabilization in the five most affected neighbouring countries to Syria, namely, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Turkey and Egypt, in a coordinated regional framework.

In Jordan, UNHCR is using technology to provide refugees access to assistance,cash assistance using iris-scanning biometric technology and in cooperation with the local banks.

A unified, standardized contract for all migrant workers in Jordan’s garment sector was developed in 2015 and agreed upon by two apparel employer associations and Jordan’s garment union. The contract is helping to end the practice of contract substitution. Also, the contract gives migrant workers a clearer understanding of their working conditions and offers a certain amount of salary irrespective of nationality.