# Tabiya Documentation ## Tabiya Documentation - [Welcome](https://docs.tabiya.org/readme.md): Welcome to Tabiya docs! This collection of documents provides an overview of our overall approach and our work. - [About Tabiya](https://docs.tabiya.org/overview/about-tabiya.md): In the next decade, about 1 billion young people will enter the labor force. We want to empower them with better data. - [The Global Youth Employment Challenge](https://docs.tabiya.org/overview/labor-markets-in-sub-saharan-africa.md): Youth employment in low- and middle-income countries is in crisis, with rapid population growth outpacing job creation, leaving millions unemployed or trapped in informal, low-quality work. - [The Role of Labor Market Intermediation](https://docs.tabiya.org/overview/labor-markets-in-sub-saharan-africa/the-role-of-labor-market-intermediation.md) - [Digital Platforms and AI in LMIC Labor Market Intermediation](https://docs.tabiya.org/overview/labor-markets-in-sub-saharan-africa/digital-platforms-and-ai-in-lmic-labor-market-intermediation.md) - [Regional Spotlight: the Sub-Saharan African Labor Market](https://docs.tabiya.org/overview/labor-markets-in-sub-saharan-africa/regional-spotlight-the-sub-saharan-african-labor-market.md) - [Open-Source Tech for Labor Markets](https://docs.tabiya.org/open-source-tech-for-labor-markets.md) - [Inclusive Livelihoods Taxonomy](https://docs.tabiya.org/our-tech-stack/inclusive-livelihoods-taxonomy.md): We aim to make visible and usable the human capital of everyone in an economy. This page outlines our foundational approach to building a taxonomy that covers the full spectrum of economic activities. - [Methodology](https://docs.tabiya.org/our-tech-stack/inclusive-livelihoods-taxonomy/methodology.md): Creating an inclusive livelihoods taxonomy involves assigning human capital and skills to activities that are usually unseen, which comes with challenges. - [Why ESCO?](https://docs.tabiya.org/our-tech-stack/inclusive-livelihoods-taxonomy/why-esco.md): The European Skills, Competences, Qualifications, and Occupations (ESCO) taxonomy provides a comprehensive - albeit improvable - taxonomy of skills and occupations, on which our work builds. - [Lessons Learned](https://docs.tabiya.org/our-tech-stack/inclusive-livelihoods-taxonomy/lessons-learned.md): Extending the ESCO taxonomy by including the unseen economy while adapting our methodology to the challenges met gave us valuable lessons. - [Core Taxonomy](https://docs.tabiya.org/our-tech-stack/inclusive-livelihoods-taxonomy/core-version.md): Our Core Taxonomy introduces important changes to ESCO to better reflect the livelihoods and economic realities in low- and middle-income countries, but avoids country-specific adaptations. - [Open Taxonomy Platform](https://docs.tabiya.org/our-tech-stack/inclusive-livelihoods-taxonomy/open-taxonomy-platform.md): Labor markets are diverse and fast changing, so a useful taxonomy must be localizable and adaptable in a transparent way. Our open taxonomy platform empowers partners to do this. - [Open Taxonomy Platform API](https://docs.tabiya.org/our-tech-stack/inclusive-livelihoods-taxonomy/open-taxonomy-platform/open-taxonomy-platform-api.md): Labor markets are diverse and fast changing, so a useful taxonomy must be localizable and adaptable in a transparent way. Learn more about the API that powers our open taxonomy platform. - [Taxonomy CSV Format](https://docs.tabiya.org/our-tech-stack/inclusive-livelihoods-taxonomy/csv-format.md): The Tabiya CSV format is used to import and export data from the Tabiya Open Taxonomy platform. - [Livelihoods Classifier](https://docs.tabiya.org/our-tech-stack/livelihoods-classifier.md) - [Getting Started](https://docs.tabiya.org/our-tech-stack/livelihoods-classifier/getting-started.md) - [Web Application](https://docs.tabiya.org/our-tech-stack/livelihoods-classifier/web-application.md) - [Datasets](https://docs.tabiya.org/our-tech-stack/livelihoods-classifier/datasets.md) - [Training](https://docs.tabiya.org/our-tech-stack/livelihoods-classifier/training.md) - [Advanced Topics](https://docs.tabiya.org/our-tech-stack/livelihoods-classifier/advanced-topics.md): In this page we aim to give further details about the classes and functions located to the GItHub repository. - [Contributing Guide](https://docs.tabiya.org/our-tech-stack/livelihoods-classifier/contributing-guide.md) - [FAQs](https://docs.tabiya.org/our-tech-stack/livelihoods-classifier/faqs.md) - [Compass](https://docs.tabiya.org/our-tech-stack/compass.md): Unlock your potential, discover your skills - [Technical Overview](https://docs.tabiya.org/our-tech-stack/compass/technical-overview.md) - [Compass API](https://docs.tabiya.org/our-tech-stack/compass/technical-overview/compass-api.md): Compass is an innovative, AI-powered chatbot designed to revolutionize the way a young person identifies, articulates, and showcases their skills. Learn more about the API that powers Compass. - [UX Evaluation](https://docs.tabiya.org/our-tech-stack/compass/ux-evaluation.md): In August 2024, Tabiya tested the user experience of Compass with job-seekers recruited from Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator. - [UX Testing Discussion Guide](https://docs.tabiya.org/our-tech-stack/compass/ux-evaluation/ux-testing-discussion-guide.md) - [Compass Customization Guide](https://docs.tabiya.org/our-tech-stack/compass/compass-customization-guide.md) - [Roadmap](https://docs.tabiya.org/our-tech-stack/compass/roadmap.md) ## South Africa - [South Africa: Tabiya X Harambee](https://docs.tabiya.org/inclusive-taxonomy-south-africa/south-africa-tabiya-x-harambee.md): In South Africa, Tabiya partners with Harambee, a not-for-profit social enterprise working on youth unemployment and an anchor-partner for SA Youth, the national employment pathway management network. - [Context: the South African Labour Market](https://docs.tabiya.org/inclusive-taxonomy-south-africa/context-the-south-african-labour-market.md): Characterized by the world's highest unemployment rates and persistent effects of historical social segregation, the South African labor market presents a particularly challenging context. - [Employment Journeys](https://docs.tabiya.org/inclusive-taxonomy-south-africa/context-the-south-african-labour-market/employment-journeys.md): The Employment Journey (EJ) dataset compiled by Harambee is a valuable source of information about job-seekers' previous experience. - [Time-Use](https://docs.tabiya.org/inclusive-taxonomy-south-africa/context-the-south-african-labour-market/time-use.md): Understanding how young jobseekers spend their time highlights the main activities through which they might develop valuable human capital. - [Seen Economy](https://docs.tabiya.org/inclusive-taxonomy-south-africa/seen-economy.md): "Seen" activities are those which are accounted for as productive (including informal work) in the System of National Accounts (SNA). \[to be edited later] - [Alternative Titles](https://docs.tabiya.org/inclusive-taxonomy-south-africa/seen-economy/alternative-titles.md): Including all diverse experiences and skills held by young South African entails ensuring they identify with the titles of occupations provided on our platform. - [Entrepreneurial Skills](https://docs.tabiya.org/inclusive-taxonomy-south-africa/seen-economy/entrepreneurial-skills.md): To validate our approach for the informal economy, we conducted a survey among a subset of South African micro-entrepreneurs registered to the Harambee website. - [Unseen Economy](https://docs.tabiya.org/inclusive-taxonomy-south-africa/unseen-economy.md): Tabiya and Harambee's work on the unseen economy is an effort to recognize and utilize human capital built through unpaid work done by young jobseekers, particularly women. - [ICATUS X ESCO Mapping](https://docs.tabiya.org/inclusive-taxonomy-south-africa/unseen-economy/icatus-x-esco-mapping.md): The ICATUS Taxonomy provides a complete picture of how people use their time. Based on the assumption that all activities build human capital, we attempt to connect ICATUS and ESCO. - [Harambee Panel](https://docs.tabiya.org/inclusive-taxonomy-south-africa/unseen-economy/harambee-panel.md): As one of our main tools to build a localized and inclusive ESCO taxonomy for South Africa, Tabiya organized a panel discussion to channel Harambee's knowledge of South African young jobseekers. - [Harambee's Platform Version 0.1](https://docs.tabiya.org/inclusive-taxonomy-south-africa/harambees-platform-version-0.1.md): Tabiya's work on the South African taxonomy will be directly channeled by Harambee through the SAyouth.mobi platform. Concomitantly, it is used as a basis for Compass, our AI chatbot. - [Ordering of Skills: Review of Evidence](https://docs.tabiya.org/inclusive-taxonomy-south-africa/harambees-platform-version-0.1/ordering-of-skills-review-of-evidence.md): There is ample evidence that the way options are presented to users influence their picks. Understand users' biases is critical to improve the functioning of the Harambee platform. - [Ordering of Skills: A/B testing](https://docs.tabiya.org/inclusive-taxonomy-south-africa/harambees-platform-version-0.1/ordering-of-skills-a-b-testing.md): As the ordering of skills is likely to greatly influence users' picks, testing different ordering of skill is essential to identify options improving users' experience. - [Evaluating Compass's Performance](https://docs.tabiya.org/inclusive-taxonomy-south-africa/harambees-platform-version-0.1/evaluating-compasss-performance.md) - [Takeaways Regarding ESCO](https://docs.tabiya.org/inclusive-taxonomy-south-africa/takeaways-regarding-esco.md): Beyond providing a localised technical answer to Harambee, Tabiya's work in South Africa also allowed us to evaluate the possibility to use the ESCO taxonomy in other national set ups. --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. 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