Today's employment policy makers and practitioners operate in an increasingly complex and uncertain environment shaped by overlapping global, regional, and national crises. Fragility, conflict, violence, and geopolitical instability continue to undermine livelihoods worldwide, affecting more than two billion people. These crises deepen decent work deficits and disproportionately impact vulnerable groups, particularly youth, women, and displaced populations, who often face persistent barriers to labour market access and economic recovery. In this context of "poly-crisis," traditional, siloed policy responses are no longer sufficient. Effective recovery requires integrated, evidence-based employment policies that promote inclusion, innovation, and resilience, while addressing both immediate needs and long-term development challenges. The humanitarian-development-peace nexus provides a critical framework for such responses, calling for closer collaboration among humanitarian, development, and peace actors to address the root causes of crises, strengthen resilience in fragile and conflict-affected settings, and support pathways toward sustainable peace. Employment policies play a central role within this nexus by linking short-term employment and income support measures with longer-term strategies for job creation, improved work quality, and inclusive labour markets. Co-organized by the Employment Policy and Analysis Programme of the ITCILO and the Employment, Labour Markets and Youth Branch of the ILO's Employment Policy, Job Creation and Livelihoods Department, in close collaboration with ILO Priority Action Programme-Decent work in crisis and post-crisis situation, the course of Recovery from Crisis through Employment Policies is designed to strengthen the capacity of policymakers and practitioners to develop and implement effective employment policy frameworks in crisis and recovery contexts. The course equips participants with practical tools, analytical approaches, and country-level methodologies to promote decent work and resilient labour markets across diverse fragile and conflict-affected environments.
The course targets government officials, representatives of workers' and employers' organizations, experts and technical staff, including from international organizations, development partners, working in the field of employment, labour market policies, and social protection programmes.
This course aims to strengthen the capacities of policymakers, including social partners and practitioners.
By the end of this training, participants will have strengthened their knowledge to effectively design and implement employment policies that promote recovery, resilience and inclusive, job-rich growth in crisis-affected contexts.
In particular, participants will be able to:
As per ITCILO methodology, the course is learner-centred and highly participatory. This course is offered online through the ITCILO eCampus platform.
Modules are open on a weekly basis, with two modules per week, for a total of six modules over the three weeks’ course duration. Webinars will be delivered every Tuesday and Thursday from 10:00 to 12:00 CET.
*Kindly note that the date and time of the webinars might change to accommodate participants connecting from different time zones. Any updated information on this will be provided to you in due time ahead of the course start.