Promotion, inclusion and protection of refugees and host communities in the gig economy
Development partner(s)
Government of the Netherlands
Reference
GLO/19/51/NLD
Contact
Zulum AVILA, avila@ilo.org; Beatrice CINCO, cinco@ilo.org
Additional details
Access project dashboard- This PROSPECTS Opportunity Fund project focuses on fostering social dialogue and identifying prospects for inclusive access to decent work pathways in the digital economy.
- The project emerges as a critical partner to governments, social partners, national and local actors, including refugees and their host communities to find new ways of working to unlock job opportunities and livelihoods.
- Through partnerships, advocacy, and capacity building, the project is promoting policy change for inclusion and decent work in the digital economy in eight priority countries that host large numbers of forcibly displaced people: Egypt, Ethiopia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Sudan and Uganda.
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8-9 May 2024, Nairobi Kenya
Regional forum
Driving an inclusive & productive digital transformation for decent work
New ways of working to unlock digital jobs and livelihoods
AI-related sectors
Unlocking digital opportunities in remote areas
Digitalize your Business
Empowering micro businesses, online freelancers and entrepreneurs
Online workers organizing
Awareness raising on new work opportunities and challenges
Online Gig Work Program
Digital livelihood pathways for youth
Knowledge sharing and advocacy
Podcasts
Advocacy
Open dialogues: opportunities and challenges of digital jobs
Mechanisms to harness digital job potential for all
In Kenya, the establishment of a Community of Practice (CoP) on Digital Skills and Jobs provides a collaborative platform for national ecosystem actors to move out of silos and jointly discuss emerging issues in the digital economy, especially those affecting business development and technological adoption, innovation, digital infrastructure, job creation, skills and e-commerce. The CoP’s promotes open dialogue, partnerships, and collaboration to drive systemic change, inclusion and decent work in the digital economy.
Social dialogue plays a fundamental role in designing and steering a digital transformation that leaves no one behind. By bringing together diverse voices and perspectives, including groups traditionally excluded from policymaking, the governments, workers and businesses can jointly establish a framework for digital innovation, productive job creation, social protection and decent work.
For developing countries, the digital transformation offers the potential to leapfrog towards sustainable and inclusive development. National digital transformation strategies and employment policy frameworks play a pivotal role in shaping an inclusive and productive digital transformation.
Publications
Towards decent work for young refugees and host communities in the digital platform economy in Africa: Kenya, Uganda, Egypt
Digital Employment Diagnostic Guidelines
Digital refugee livelihoods and decent work - Towards inclusion in a fairer digital economy [Full report]
Emerging practices to improve access to and working conditions on digital labour platforms for refugees and host communities
Latest news
News
ILO drives the inclusion of hosts and refugees in Ethiopia's digital economy
Learning memos: Inclusive private sector development in forced displacement contexts
Migration Summit 2023: gauging challenges and prospects in hiring refugees for freelance work
Youth employment opportunities in the digital economy in Ethiopia: Afar and Somali regions
Voices
From refugee to digital worker
International Youth Day 2021
Digital labour platforms offer young refugees a possible route to decent work