Infrastructure investments across Lebanon are creating short-term employment opportunities while improving roads, drainage, public spaces and municipal facilities through an employment-intensive programme supported by the International Labour Organization (ILO).
Funded by the German Government through KfW Development Bank, the ILO’s Employment Intensive Infrastructure Programme is using labour-intensive construction methods to address local infrastructure needs while promoting decent working conditions.
Projects are underway in Beirut and northern Lebanon, covering activities such as sidewalk rehabilitation, public-space improvements, road maintenance, drainage construction and upgrades to municipal facilities.
In Beirut’s Salim Slem area, rehabilitation work is improving sidewalks and pedestrian infrastructure, with the project designed to enhance safety and accessibility while creating employment opportunities for local workers.
In northern Lebanon’s Akkar district, projects in Kherbet Char and Ain Tanta include road maintenance, retaining-wall construction, town-clearing activities and preparation for a new drainage canal. Further infrastructure work is taking place in Minnieh, where workers are constructing reinforced concrete channels and carrying out steel and concrete works.
The programme also includes completed municipal infrastructure improvements. In Deddeh, rehabilitation of the municipal building has been completed and the facility handed over, supporting the delivery of local public services.
The ILO says the projects demonstrate how infrastructure investment can deliver benefits beyond physical improvements. By using employment-intensive approaches and Local Resource-Based Technology, the programme aims to generate jobs, strengthen local communities and ensure workers benefit from decent working conditions.
The ILO-KfW partnership highlights how infrastructure spending can simultaneously improve essential public assets and provide livelihood opportunities in communities where employment remains a major priority.
