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ILO-UNICEF Learning Lab explores effective approaches to develop digital skills to empower refugees and host communities
Supporting young people to acquire skills to use technology at work is crucial to address systemic drivers of exclusion and narrow the digital divide.
Community of Practice on Digital Skills and Jobs kicks-off with a discussion on digital entrepreneurial activity in Kenya
On the heels of a rapidly growing digital economy, the ILO, Government of Kenya and social partners came together to discuss coordinated responses to drive forward innovation and decent work.
Assessing the potential of online labour platforms to connect displaced talent with decent jobs
PROSPECTS Learning Labs series set to explore ways in which online labour platforms can connect displaced individuals with decent work
Community of Practice established to foster an inclusive digital economy in Kenya
The ILO and government partners convened a two-day visioning workshop to establish a Community of Practice on promoting a Kenyan digital economy that is more productive, sustainable and inclusive for all.
With Uganda embracing digital transformation of jobs, stakeholders gather to discuss opportunities and challenges
The ILO brought together government, private sector actors and social partners to discuss findings of its exploratory assessment of the microwork and gig economy in Uganda and gathered recommendations on how to improve digital skills training and...
Migration Summit 2023: gauging challenges and prospects in hiring refugees for freelance work
Online labour platform representatives, researchers and digital skills training providers convened at the Migration Summit 2023 to exchange views, approaches and lived experiences around the challenges and opportunities in hiring refugees in...
Social dialogue promotes decent work in Kenya’s digital economy
In a first-of-its-kind national social dialogue for Kenya on an inclusive digital transformation, ILO, government, social partners and the voices of key sector stakeholders convened to promote a digital transformation that is more productive and...
WSIS Forum - An expanding digital economy offers opportunities for forcibly displaced youth, but challenges remain
A panel discussion organised by the ILO in the framework of the World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2023 shed light on, and convened different voices around, the multiple ways in which a digital transformation is changing how forcibly...
Assessment of Public Employment Services and Active Labor Market Policies in Kenya
In the context of the PROSPECTS programme on forced displacement, the ILO and the National Employment Authority (NEA) in Kenya commissioned a comprehensive rapid assessment to determine the feasibility, nature and scope of employment service...
International Youth Day 2021
Digital labour platforms offer young refugees a possible route to decent work
Digital labour platforms have the potential to transform how young refugees make a living, according to a new ILO report, but coordinated action is needed to help them access the gig economy and decent digital jobs.
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Towards decent work for young refugees and host communities in the digital platform economy in Africa: Kenya, Uganda, Egypt
This report explores job creation in the gig economy from the unique experiences and perspectives of youth and refugees, as well as from the viewpoint of digital labour and e-commerce platforms, digital training providers, start-up incubators,...
Digitally empowering young people in refugee and host communities What is possible? - A mapping study in Kenya
The mapping study conducted by the ILO aims to inform practitioners in the field, including the programme staff and development partners, in the design and implementation of activities. The study seeks to identify good practices, capture lessons...
Digital refugee livelihoods and decent work - Towards inclusion in a fairer digital economy [Full report]
The digitization of the world of work is fundamentally transforming how refugees can make a livelihood and obtain employment. A rapidly expanding global digital economy harbours countless new opportunities but it also poses a range of challenges and...
Digital refugee livelihoods and decent work - Towards inclusion in a fairer digital economy [Summary]
This report offers the first comparative global assessment of the emerging field of digital livelihoods and digital work among refugees. The insights are based on eight unique case studies that are authored by leading experts in their respective...
PROSPECTS Opportunity Fund project
Advancing Young People’s Engagement and Meaningful Participation in the PROSPECTS Partnership
Regional Forum
Driving an Inclusive and Productive Digital Transformation for Decent Work
Launch of the ILO Report "Digital Refugee Livelihoods and Decent Work - Towards inclusion in a fairer digital economy"
The digitization of the world of work is fundamentally transforming how refugees can make a livelihood and obtain employment. A rapidly expanding global digital economy harbours countless new opportunities but it also poses a range of challenges and...
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ILO Campaign on Youth Rights
Your rights are your superpowers
Youth rights at work: know them, advocate for them and inspire change!