Objective
In addition to the almost 2bln workers already active in the informal sector, World Bank and ILO estimate that the pandemic might have put at risk of precarious employment 500mln-1.5bln more. These losses, and related consequences, are not evenly distributed given that Africa, Asia and Latin America is where 93% of the world’s informal employment is located and where post-pandemic crisis is likely to hit harder (especially women, migrants and young people). Yet, the concern is global. Indeed, besides vulnerability and precariousness at individual and community levels, informality also eventually reduces state capacity and the ability of institutions to design and implement policies that properly address social, economic and environmental issues (i.e. SDGs) in a long term perspective. Accordingly, informality-related challenges have been devoted a great deal of attention and political statements. But seldom have these statements been followed by concrete instructions, guidelines or evidence-based policies to tackle informality across the world. Starting from this gap, PRESILIENT is a large network comprising 14 partners (of which 7 non-academic) and 15 associated partners located in Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America committed to delivering the a world class cross-regional training on informality in the Global South to: measure it, address it, find viable and sustainable alternatives. By doing this, we have committed to four main objectives:
O.1 train the next generation of experts on informality in the global south.
O.2 carry out a research spanning 15 different countries and to produce novel data and significant theoretical advancements in the field.
O.3 produce strategic intelligence that can be used to provide practical policy recommendations
O.4 enable multi-directional knowledge transfer through network events, pairing of academic and non-academic partners (who will jointly supervise each fellow), secondment and task-based teamwork.
Fields of science
Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Coordinator
9 Dublin
Ireland
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Participants (13)
21000 Split
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1022 Tirana
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38122 Trento
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
9712CP Groningen
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10000 Zagreb
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130 00 Praha
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08193 Cerdanyola Del Valles
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13572 Marseille
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1586 RIGA
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0133 Tbilisi
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811 03 BRATISLAVA
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050663 Bucuresti
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DROGHEDA LOUTH
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Partners (15)
00200 Nairobi
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24000 El Jadida
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16448 Dakar Fann Dakar
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10101 Lusaka
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65145 Malang
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720000 Bishkek
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211 Port Moresby
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10330 Bangkok
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HANOI
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COLCAPIRHUA COCHABAMBA
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21941 590 Rio De Janeiro
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1226 Medellin
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2362807 Valparaiso
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170150 Quito
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04510 CIUDAD DE MEXICO
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