IOM, Migration Health
Vientiane – The Government of Japan is contributing 220 million Japanese yen (approximately USD 2 million) to promote safe, regular and orderly migration in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic by supporting the International Organization for Migration (IOM) immigration and border management programming in Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
Designed in close consultation with the Department of Immigration (DoI), Ministry of Public Security (MoPS), the two-year project aims to facilitate safe and orderly cross-border mobility of people through the implementation of effective and efficient border and migration management, using an integrated approach.
The funding from the Government of Japan will address both technological and infrastructure needs to improve Lao Government human and technical capacities to effectively manage cross border movements at international airports and land borders.
Fetch.ai Launches Mobility Framework: A Decentralized Multi-Agent AI Mobility Solution To Revolutionize The Mobility-as-a-Service Ecosystem - Decentralizing The Gig Economy With The Use Of AI-Based Autonomous Agents Is Predicted To Reduce Participation Transaction Fees By Over 20%, And Increase Input Productivity By 55% Date
17/12/2020 Fetch.ai (https://fetch.ai/), a Cambridge-based artificial intelligence lab building an open-access decentralized machine learning network for smart infrastructure, announced today the launch of its Mobility Framework and the results of initial field trials in Cambridge, UK. The Mobility Framework is a platform powered by Fetch.ai, a decentralized protocol, where anyone can create autonomous economic agents for tailored participation in the delivery-gig economy.
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U.K.-based artificial intelligence lab Fetch.ai Ltd. today announced the launch of its Mobility Framework that helps support delivery drivers by eliminating the middleman.
Fetch.ai says that although the delivery economy has boomed throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s concerned that the majority of the profits in that business are being sucked up by what it calls “big tech” companies. It notes that ride-hailing companies alone generated an estimated $23.5 billion in profit in commissions from their drivers this year.
Fetch.ai said its Mobility Framework, launched today, is meant to increase the return of fees into the local economy by reducing the extraction of capital from its participants. The framework also provides more benefits to its end-users and increases productivity for drivers, the company said.