SOLIFEM project closing regional meeting
Regional event to showcase achievements, share best practices, and shape the future of formalization in the Southern Neighbourhood.
The “Social Dialogue for Formalization and Employability in the Southern Neighbourhood (SOLIFEM)” project, implemented by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and co-funded by the European Union (EU), will hold its regional closing meeting on 19-20 February 2025. The aim of this final event is to highlight and discuss achievements, emerge lessons learned and recommendations for sustainability beyond the project’s lifetime.
The meeting will showcase key project results and provide a platform for sharing good practices and emerging approaches to formalization, building on the tools piloted by SOLIFEM. Participants will discuss ways to sustain and scale up SOLIFEM’s achievements, addressing topics such as business formalization, workers' rights, social protection, skills development and policy adoption through social dialogue. It is expected to culminate in the adoption of a regional future-oriented actionable document on formalization and skills development, which will contribute reflections towards the next Union for the Mediterranean Ministerial on Employment and Labour taking place in 2025.
The event will bring together ILO constituents from the project's four focus countries/territory, alongside representatives from other partners across the region, from the EU, as well as regional organizations, development partners, and UN agencies. Discussions aim to foster collaboration to advance decent work and inclusive economic growth in the Southern Neighbourhood.
About SOLIFEM
SOLIFEM is a regional initiative of the EU and the ILO, implemented since 2021 in Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, with the objective to support the transition from the informal to the formal economy by strengthening the capacity of ILO Constituents to act through social dialogue on two fronts:
- Development of integrated strategies on formalization in line with ILO Recommendation 204 on transitioning from the informal to the formal economy.
- Strengthening of skills and recognition systems to enable young people and women to access formal employment.