Goals 8 – DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH – Oxford College of Business Sri Lanka

DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

2024/25 Highlights

✔ Launched the FutureWork Academy to build post-pandemic graduate employability
✔ Hosted the first OCB Blue-Collar Business Forum bridging vocational skills and entrepreneurship
✔ Created Learn-Earn Fellowships for working learners
✔ Rolled out Career+360, a digital career intelligence dashboard for all students
✔ Introduced Return to Rise, a re-employment accelerator for displaced professionals

Quantitative Impact

Metric	Outcome
Students trained through FutureWork Academy	220 students
Part-time Learn-Earn Fellowships awarded	10 fellows
Blue-Collar Forum attendees and pilots launched	600+ attendees
Active users of Career+360 Dashboard	2,400 students
Participants in Return to Rise re-employment program	30 professionals

SDG 8 Targets Addressed

8.3: Promote policies that support productive activities and decent job creation
8.5: Achieve full and productive employment and equal pay for all
8.6: Substantially reduce youth not in employment, education, or training (NEET)
8.9: Promote sustainable tourism and entrepreneurship
8.B: Develop and operationalize a youth employment strategy