Jobtech for Refugees Summit

​The first-ever Jobtech for Refugees Summit hosted by Jobtech Alliance and Na'amal.

Here is why we think this Summit is much needed:

Across the jobtech ecosystem, a common assumption has taken hold: that with the right training, the right platforms, and enough employer goodwill, displaced people can be connected to dignified, sustained work.

​There has been no shortage of effort. A growing number of jobtech platforms, skilling providers, and intermediaries are working to connect displaced people to work. At the same time, private sector actors are signalling their willingness to engage with refugee talent.

​Yet the outcomes have not matched these assumptions. Too many people complete training but never transition into work. Skilling interventions are designed around what can be funded and delivered, not always around what markets actually need. Many employers express interest in refugee talent but do not make sustained hiring commitments. This gap suggests that the issue is not simply one of supply, goodwill, or technology, but of demand, risk, trust, and the systems needed to convert readiness into real employment.

​These are not isolated problems. They are connected breakdowns across a single pipeline; from how skills are built, to how talent is matched to opportunity, to how employers engage with displaced workers in practice. 

This Summit brings together jobtech platforms, skilling providers, employers, intermediaries, and funders working at the intersection of technology and refugee employment for a frank, practice-grounded conversation about where this pipeline is breaking down and what it would take to make it work.

Read the study that inspired all this here.