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LIVELIHOODS MONTHLY DASHBOARD Nov - Dec 2015 Contact Information: Tom Thorogood
[email protected], sector Bastien Revel
[email protected]
SITUATION ANALYSIS
The last two months of 2015 confirmed the trend observed since September of a notable increase in the number of livelihoods activities. 17 partners now have ongoing livelihoods programs, the highest number to date this year. However, there are wide variation by region, with only 2 partners reporting results in the South of Lebanon for example, while areas like Bekaa and North Lebanon have 10 active partners each. The progress of the sector are visible both for programs related to providing direct support to vulnerable individuals and for programs related to local economic development. The latter notably saw new interventions taking place in the area of value chain development, with ILO training 20 companies, local NGOs and cooperatives on export logistics to the EU market to strengthen the capacities of local exporters to be more compliant and manage cost-effective exports and enable them to make up for some of the losses related to the Syrian crisis. UNIDO also supported a total of 169 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and cooperatives on technology transfer related to olive oil processing, notably on production processes, technologies to be used, harvesting and post-harvesting of olives, definition of Virgin Olive Oil, positive attributes and defects. Support to vulnerable individuals mostly revolved around rapid-income generating activities (1,800 new beneficiaries) and employability support (530 people trained, 113 in internship schemes, in addition to 380 benefitting from career guidance and employment services). After a peak in number of beneficiaries in the September-October, the last two months saw a slight decrease but remain over the average number since the beginning of the year. At the policy level, ILO organized two awareness raising workshops on child labour with the Ministry of Labor in Akkar, as a first step to address this increasing concern. The first workshop gathered Lebanese employers (farmers/cooperatives) and other key stakeholders such as mayor, municipality members, and local organizations, while the second one was with Syrian workers and shawish. The workshops focused on government policies and ILO conventions, definition of child labour and worst forms of child labour, impact of child labour on children and farmers, and measures and preventive actions that could be applied to reduce risks of child labour in the agriculture sector. The sector will build on this efforts by building the capacity and awareness of partners on international standards and on how to prevent the worst forms of child labour, notably by increasing linkages with child protection partners at the beginning of 2016.
Revised
19 in Lebanon
(In Need/Target)
(in Million $) Orginal
PARTNERS
PEOPLE
FUNDING
700,000 (People in
176 156
Need)
Received 22
242,536
PROGRESS AGAINST 2015 TARGETS Month of September - October progress
(People Targeted)
Akkar
# partner per area 10 6-9 4-5 1-3
Tripoli +5
Bekaa Beirut & Mt Lebanon
South
Increase of livelihoods activities throughout 2015
Progress Jan to Oct Nov - Dec
9,664
# of targeted vulnerable persons enrolled in rapid income job creation activities
# of Active Partners
74,479 25
95 # of targeted villages benefiting from improved infrastructure
20
130
10
849 (67% women) # of individuals supported by employment services centres (at least 30% women)
15
8,388
5 0
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep - Oct Nov - Dec
3232 (83% women) # of individuals benefitting from market-based skills training (at least 30% women)
39,726
# of Beneļ¬ciaries
93 Lebanese entrepreneurs receiving technical assistance/business management training
2,931 164
# of new MSMEs/ Cooperatives established after receipt of support
197,672
Reporting Agencies
10000 8000 6000
5,510,000 3
# of VC interventions implemented
14000 12000
1,643
# value of grant disbursed to MSMEs
16000
4000 2000 0
10
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep Oct
Nov Dec
