Guidance note

Jobs for Peace and Resilience: A response to COVID-19 in fragile contexts

The document compiles potential initiatives that could be implemented to address the consequences of COVID-19 in fragile contexts through the Jobs for Peace and Resilience (JPR) approach.

Instructional material | 20 April 2020
This guidance note compiles potential initiatives that could be implemented to address the consequences of the pandemic in countries affected by fragility and conflict through the Jobs for Peace and Resilience (JPR) approach. The JPR can be implemented as part of the ILO's policy framework for fighting COVID-19, which is based on four key pillars: 1) Protecting workers in the workplace, 2) Stimulating the economy and labour demand, and 3) Supporting employment and incomes and 4) Relying on social dialogue for solutions.

The document provides ILO constituents, offices, technical specialists and partners operating in fragile contexts with information and guidance on adopting the JPR intervention model as a response to COVID-19 by:

1) Ensuring that socio-economic assessments are conflict sensitive and promote disaster resilience;

2) Providing an integrated approach to respond to the socio-economic consequences of the crisis;

3) Mainstreaming social cohesion and peaceful coexistence through equitable access to livelihoods and decent jobs;

4) Building knowledge on the contribution of decent employment to crisis response and peacebuilding.