Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2021 Nominee

Future Work Program


Dynamic, freelance, and telework

Description

HRSD set a plan to utilize all the capabilities of the community by defining new types of jobs. The main characteristics of the new jobs should be resilient to human needs and utilize unused capabilities of society like handicapped and women.
The first type is: “Dynamic work” (https://mrn.sa) simplify the contracting between workers and worker-owners, where the worker can work on flexible hours, and worker-owners pays only for the actual working hours. With “Dynamic work”, the economy can utilize the skilled workers who have special conditions (e.g. handicapped). The second type: “Freelance” (https://freelance.sa) provides an official license to the workers to work on special skilled jobs depending on the workers’ free scheduled time, one of the targets is to increase the workers’ income (as a second job). The Third type: “Telework program” (https://teleworks.sa/en/) allows the worker-owners to build remote teams, control and evaluate the team performance without the need of being co-located.
Statistics say:
1."Dynamic work" has “989,1662” visits. “126,030” registered users. “2087” companies registered. “941” contracts are created/canceled e-contracts.
2. “Freelance” issued 327,380 freelance certificates, and Supporting 10,233 Productive families. Supporting 400 Crafts. Serving 59,024 of empowering beneficiaries of rural development. “117,764” specialized services provided over the portal.
3. "Telework program portal" has “ 65,123,264”. “360,097” Resumes uploaded, integrating with 17 job agencies. 2000 job announcements
Each portal is complementary to other portals. The positive impacts of portals are many. First, achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (“No poverty”, “Decent work and economic growth”, etc.). Second, produce more job opportunities. Third, utilize the unused skills and capabilities of the society in developing the country. Fourth, being ready for pandemics like the Coronavirus pandemic.


Project website

https://teleworks.sa/en/


Action lines related to this project
  • AL C1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
  • AL C2. Information and communication infrastructure
  • AL C4. Capacity building
  • AL C5. Building confidence and security in use of ICTs
  • AL C6. Enabling environment
  • AL C7. E-government
  • AL C7. E-business
  • AL C7. E-employment 2021
  • AL C7. E-environment
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 5: Gender equality
  • Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
  • Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure
  • Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
  • Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
  • Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
  • Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
  • Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals

Coverage
  • Saudi Arabia

Status

Completed

Start date

2019

End date

2021


Target beneficiary group(s)
  • Youth
  • Older persons
  • Women
  • Indigenous and nomadic peoples
  • People with disabilities
  • The unemployed
  • The poor
  • Migrants
  • Refugees and internally displaced people
  • Remote and rural communities

Replicability

The future-work services are promising and the initial outputs clearly shows the success of the services. The future-work services can be replicate fully (i.e. the three types of future-work) or partially (i.e. the one/two types of future-work) to other regional and international countries, which have similar characteristics of the Saudi society. The future-work service providing three sets of services that fully depend the on the Saudi labor market needs and the ability of the Saudi society.


Sustainability

The Future-Work program is self-funded; the services are free for employees/workers. The companies subscribed in Dynamic work and teleworks services are paying fees subscription plus the regular fees of the HRSD, which both considered the main source for funding the Dynamic work, and teleworks. For the freelance, the fund is provided as a loan (without interest) from the Social Development Bank to the freelancer


WSIS values promotion

Qiwa is targeting automating all labor services. Allowing more establishments including small and medium enterprises to enter the labor market and providing more jobs. Increasing the fairness of the relationship between employees and employers. Attracting international talent to join the Saudi labor market. Leading economic growth by implementing international standards for the labor sector. Enabling both youth and women to join the Saudi labor market by providing jobs that match their expectations and enhancing their skills. Gender quality in workplaces, salaries, and working conditions


Entity name

Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (HRSD)

Entity country—type

Saudi Arabia Government

Entity website

https://www.hrsd.gov.sa