The Hub of Expertise pools knowledge from across the UN system and partners and connects it with country demand. It complements national and UN country-team capacity with tailored, high-quality support for implementing Global Accelerator roadmaps.
The Global Accelerator offers specialized technical support through its Hub of Expertise. It complements existing country expertise with tailored technical assistance, practical tools and methodologies, a digital knowledge repository, and peer learning through a Community of Practice.
The Technical Support Facility develops tools and guides, documents progress in pathfinder countries and shares good practices on integrated approaches, financing and collaboration to support mutual learning.
View resourcesA global platform for peer learning and knowledge exchange that connects Pathfinder countries, UN agencies and partners implementing integrated jobs and social protection reforms.
Developed with the International Training Centre of the ILO, the online toolkit helps practitioners understand the foundational principles of the Global Accelerator and learn good practices they can adapt to their countries.
Through on-demand technical assistance, the Hub of Expertise connects countries with specialised expertise to strengthen capacities and support the implementation of Global Accelerator roadmaps.
Support to improve the strategic and accountability architecture of the Global Accelerator at country level and ensure coherence of the initiative. Requests may cover the development of action-oriented national roadmaps based on broad collaboration and the development of national results frameworks.
Support for countries designing sustainable financing strategies for integrated jobs, social protection and skills policies, including public finance, domestic resource mobilization, fiscal policy, social investment, practical financing tools and engagement with international financial institutions and development partners.
Support for coherent policy packages that connect decent jobs, social protection and formalization, including institutional coordination, service delivery, formalization strategies, links between social assistance, social insurance and active labour market policies, systems strengthening, digital integration and capacity development.
Support for gender-responsive and inclusive policies that prioritize youth, persons with disabilities, informal workers and other disadvantaged groups. This covers gender equality, disability inclusion, youth, informality, migration, displacement, care systems, participatory policymaking, inclusive data and targeting.
The process ensures that requests are within scope, prioritized transparently and matched with the most appropriate expertise.
A UN Country Team identifies a technical assistance need that cannot be addressed with available in-country expertise or resources and submits a request to the Hub of Expertise.
The Hub reviews the request to confirm that it falls within the Global Accelerator’s scope and identifies the most appropriate support.
Requests are assessed and prioritized based on country needs, expected impact and available resources.
The Hub identifies and mobilizes the most suitable expertise from across the UN system or, where needed, external specialists.
Technical assistance is provided through tailored support, including advisory services, training, technical clinics, mentoring and practical tools, delivered remotely or in person.
Lessons learned and good practices are captured and shared through knowledge products and the Community of Practice to support continuous learning across Pathfinder countries.
