FUE Eyes to Digitizing the COP Platform with Stakeholders and ICT Ministry for Interactions on Agreement of Policy Proposals.
The Federation of Uganda Employers (FUE) has engaged stakeholders ahead of 2025 on purposes of translating the research that is being undertaken from ground work documents regarding the newly formed Community of Practice (COP) to see it being implemented to the next level.
The engagement on Wednesday, follows the previous two community of practice workshops still held in Kampala, the launch and the recently concluded assessment engagement that focused at analysing the degree of effectiveness for the launched COP platform.
During the meeting, Mr. Douglas Opio the executive director of FUE, also disclosed that by next year the focus shall as be on the formation of system that is digital, hoping to bring together employers, stakeholders and government players. The platform shall be used for policy proposals at work place level, job creation level, supporting innovations in ICT, supporting of young people from school to work.
He added that by around April next year, the platform shall be completed and launched, ready for use and fully designed. However, currently there are simple platforms like whatsapp which members use to support each other and receive feedback.
The participants are excellent and the attendance is quite so good because the demand for the meetings is coming from the members themselves to see that they guve views that shall be later looked into by the ministry of ICT, Opio said.
Mr. Isaih Masiga Head of internal Employment at the Ministry of Gender Labour and Social Development mentioned that the Ministry is also concerned about labour rights but the population should as well be manufacturing skills not only giving birth to unskilled children and stop at that.
Masiga also Urged the need to get the telecom companies on board so that they make sure there is communication and internet coverage across the country to enhance work of digital workers. More people should take advantage of the ever-expanding digital economy as because its the way to go, he noted.
The workshop has been organized under the theme, “The Gig Economy and Labor Rights”. That explores the challenges of protecting the rights of gig workers, who often lack traditional employment benefits like minimum wage, overtime pay, and workers' compensation.
It aligns with the Community of Practice's mission to influence policy, promote decent work, and engage stakeholders in a coordinated effort toward addressing labor rights issue that limit participation in Uganda’s digital economy, especially for marginalized groups. However, the themes give stakeholders opportunity to collaborate share knowledge and advocate for policies which protects the rights of workers in Uganda’s digital economy.
Some among the objectives of the 3rd engagement include to discuss the current labour rights needs in the digital economy, Identifying opportunities and policy gaps in protecting the rights of workers in the digital economy and haring the existing best practices for promoting decent work in the digital economy.
