1. Brochure of the PROSPECTS OF project on digital economy

Key ILO resources

  1. World Employment and Social Outlook 2021

    The role of digital labour platforms in transforming the world of work

  2. Meeting of experts on decent work in the platform economy

  3. ILO Report "Digital Refugee Livelihoods and Decent Work - Towards inclusion in a fairer digital economy"

  4. Non-standard forms of employment – digital labour platforms

  5. ILO publications on digital labour platforms

  6. Employment Policy Action Facility (EPAF)

PROSPECTS Opportunity Fund Project

Promotion, inclusion and protection of refugees and host communities in the gig economy

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A global digital transformation is underway, but its impacts on jobs and skills vary across countries, economic sectors, and population segments. The PROSPECTS Opportunity Fund project “Promotion, inclusion and protection of refugees and host communities in the gig economy” is working at the crossroads of policy-oriented research, advocacy and capacity building to foster meaningful social dialogue and to identify prospects for an inclusive access to decent work pathways in the digital economy, in the context of forced displacement.

Implemented by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency), as part of the Partnership for Improving Prospects for Forcibly Displaced Persons and Host Communities (PROSPECTS) and funded by the Government of the Netherlands, the Opportunity Fund project, since January 2022, has been working 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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Highlights

  1. With Uganda’s digital transformation gathering momentum, the gig economy and prevalence of microwork is also expanding

  2. Migration Summit 2023: gauging challenges and prospects in hiring refugees for freelance work

  3. Social dialogue promotes decent work in Kenya’s digital economy

  4. WSIS Forum - An expanding digital economy offers opportunities for forcibly displaced youth, but challenges remain

ILO News

  1. Publication

    Skills for Green and Digital Transitions and Employment in Jordan

    20 February 2023

    Discover how a green and digital transition could benefit the employment prospects of young Syrians and Jordanians in Jordan.

  2. Project

    Meaningful youth engagement

    03 January 2023

    Opportunity fund: Advancing Young People’s Engagement and Meaningful Participation in the PROSPECTS Partnership

  3. Publication

    Youth employment opportunities in the digital economy in Ethiopia: Afar and Somali regions

    22 November 2022

    This report aims to provide an insight into the opportunities that the digital economy can provide and the challenges in accessing them.

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