Year: 2025

Unlocking Better Work Conditions in the Informal Transport Sector Through Labour Impact Assessments – Catch Up with Recording from Our Research Forum

Welcome to catch up with this recording from a VREF Research Forum held 12 February 2025, focusing on services and workers’ conditions in informal transport. The Forum introduced a new research paper exploring the potential of labour impact assessments as a means to enhance workers’ conditions in Africa’s informal transport sector – and provided an

New research paper from VREF and International Transport Federation

The Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) are proud to present a new research paper exploring the potential of labour impact assessments as a means to enhance workers’ conditions in Africa’s informal transport sector. The paper, which can be found at the bottom of this page, is available

The 3rd Paratransit / Popular Transportation Day at Transforming Transportation 2025

Dear colleagues in the VREF Community,If you are joining Transforming Transportation in Washington, D.C. this year we welcome you to also be part of Paratransit / Popular Transportation Day on March 13. For the full program and registration, please visit https://www.populartransport.net/3rdpptd2025 VREF is part of organizing  this day and looks forward to a mini-conference focusing