Abstract
Better Work launched a new country programme in Egypt in March 2020 as part of a broader ILO programme called Strengthening Labour Relations and their Institutions in Egypt (SLARIE). Besides the Better Work Egypt component, the SLARIE programme in Egypt has two additional pillars: enhancing mechanisms for inclusive social dialogue and providing technical assistance to Egypt’s tripartite constituents — government, employers and workers — to put the new trade union law into practice. The pace of operational set up of Better Work Egypt in 2020 was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the lack of a donor for the programme. Despite these challenges, Better Work Egypt has 40 enrolled factories and is providing services to them.