Work without recognised proof
Millions of workers complete valuable tasks but never build a durable record that can be reused across jobs, programmes, or institutions.
2B+
Informal workers globally
60%
Of global employment is informal
ECA
Primary focus region
Problem
In informal and semi-formal labour markets, work history often disappears as soon as the task is complete. Without portable and trusted proof, productive workers remain economically invisible.
Solution
Not a credential platform. Not a blockchain token. Not an app for techies. A practical trust layer between workers and the institutions that need better evidence.
positioning
"A practical trust layer between workers and the institutions that need better evidence."
Focus
Informal and underserved workers
Design principle
Validation before record creation
Initial region
Europe and Central Asia
Current stage
Concept definition and pilot preparation
Process
01
A worker finishes a structured field task through a simple, low-friction workflow that can operate in constrained environments.
02
The task is reviewed through a practical confirmation process built to reduce false records and strengthen institutional trust.
03
Once validated, the system converts that work into a worker-owned digital employment record linked to completed activity.
04
Approved lenders, employers, and programmes can review relevant parts of the record when making credibility or eligibility decisions.
Why It Works
VERI is intended for settings where device quality, bandwidth, and formal labour documentation cannot be taken for granted.
Designed for low-connectivity settings. Core flows keep moving even when the network doesn't.
Shaped around entry-level smartphones — no high-bandwidth assumptions or desktop-heavy processes.
Institutions can begin with targeted pilot use cases and expand only as trust is established.
Trust comes from workflow design and operational discipline — not from idealized conditions.
Impact
Make real work more visible, more trusted, and more economically useful.
A growing history of verified work can help make capability legible beyond informal networks and one-off references.
Better evidence can improve how programmes, employers, and lenders assess credibility in contexts where formal records are thin.
When real work becomes easier to verify, labour participation becomes more visible and access pathways can become fairer.
Roadmap
Now
Clarifying product logic, validation approach, user journey, and trust model.
Next
Preparing a narrow first pilot in Europe and Central Asia with high-informality context.
Then
Evaluating whether the record format and validation design create genuinely useful proof.
Later
Scaling depends on real pilot learning and clear value for workers and institutions.
Team
A student-led founding team combining technical depth with strategic and commercial thinking.
Contact
VERI is inviting early conversations with NGOs, employers, development programmes, lenders, and ecosystem partners.