
Systems Change Initiative for productive employment
Duration
1 February 2022 - 31 December 2025
Budget
USD 3,200,000
Development partner(s)
Sweden, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
Reference
GLO/21/58/SWE
Contact
Project team: sci@ilo.org
Additional details
Access project dashboardAt the Systems Change Initiative (SCI), our mission is to drive systems change for job growth and improved job quality. To achieve this, the SCI supports field projects and teams to:
- Understand which sectors have the highest potential to create more and better jobs;
- Map out the key constraints to more and better jobs within these sectors along with their root causes; and
- Identify, design and run interventions which stakeholders can run in the long run.
Rooted in analysis, adaptability and local partnerships, our MSD for employment approach promotes decent work that is sustainable, scalable, and inclusive.
The project works both in specific projects as well as with a global mandate to enhance knowledge and capacity in the market systems approach for employment for various organizations. It also puts in focus how a systemic approach to employment can be applied in the context of achieving environment and trade outcomes, and understanding how to better measure job quality.
Find out more here: What is a systems approach?

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