SAMOA NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON YOUTH EMPLOYMENT …

SAMOA NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON YOUTH EMPLOYMENT

(SNAP)

The Samoa National Action Plan on Youth Employment was produced by the Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development through the Division for Youth in partnership with the International Labour Organization, Samoa National Youth Council and sector partners.

The Lead Authors of this Report are Misa Seletuta Visesio Pita and Dr. Joshua Schoop with technical support by the ILO through Matthieu Cognac, Edward Bernard and Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson. Contributing Authors include Angharad Toma, Jordanna Mareko and Khoshrow Siisiilafia. The Division for Youth team were responsible for coordinating national input for this publication.

The Samoa National Action Plan on Youth Employment was funded by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA).

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SAMOA NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON YOUTH EMPLOYMENT (SNAP)

2 Samoa National Action Plan on Youth Employment

CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................5

2. SUMMARY OF SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS ...........................................................6

3. PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS ...................................................................................8

4. PRIORITY POLICIES ..................................................................................................9Figure 1: Provides a summary of the main problems identified: ............................. 11Figure 2: Main cause/effect relation is illustrated in the following diagram: ............ 12

5. GOALS ......................................................................................................................... 13

6. SPECIFIC YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OBJECTIVES AND TARGETS ........... 14

6.1. Objective 1 .............................................................................................................. 14Enhance employability amongst young people (15-29) through better alignment of skills and labour market–demands by 2020.6.2. Objective 2 ............................................................................................................. 14Promote youth employment opportunities through the development of village economies.

7. KEY OUTCOMES AND OUTPUTS ...................................................................... 15 7.1. Priority 1 .................................................................................................................. 15 7.2. Priority 2 .................................................................................................................. 15

8. RESOURCES .............................................................................................................. 16

9. IMPLEMENTATION AND COORDINATING MECHANISMS ...................... 16

10. MONITORING AND EVALUATION ...................................................................... 17

ANNEX 1 - Youth Employment Action Plan Framework: 2016 - 2020 ........ 18

BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................................................................................ 23

LIST OF ACRONYMS

EWACC Economy Wide Adaptation on Climate ChangeILO International Labour OrganizationIYB Improve Your BusinessKAB Knowledge About BusinessMCIL Ministry of Commerce, Industry and LaborMWCSD Ministry of Women, Community, and Social DevelopmentNAP National Action PlanNUS National University of SamoaSRC Samoan Red CrossSATVETI Samoa Association of Technical and Vocational Education InstitutionsSBEC Samoa Business Enterprise CenterSCOC Samoa Chamber of CommerceSNYC Samoa National Youth CouncilSPBD South Pacific Business DevelopmentSQA Samoa Qualifications AuthoritySYB Starting Your BusinessTVET Technical Vocational Education and TrainingVYG Village Youth GroupsWIBDI Women In Business Development Inc. YEP Youth Employment Programme


MESSAGE FROM THE MINISTER

Talofa and greetings to all our young people as well as partners who are passionate and are leading the efforts for the advancement of our young people across various sectors.

The Government of Samoa continues to prioritise the empower-ment of young people through job creation and skills development for decent employment. Sound national policies are a critical tool for coordination of efforts, prioritisation and resource mobilisation towards achieving the desired outcome of having more of our young

people independently earning a living either through working in other peoples businesses or running one themselves. The Samoa National Action Plan on Youth Employment is in three parts. The first section summarize the current situation of youth employment in Sa-moa. The second part highlights policy options identified to address youth employment challenges. The last part describes the operational aspects relating to the implementation of the policy and action plan. The annexes provides the framework with plan of work for the next five years, with estimate resources and list of key leading and supporting partners whom will drive and implement this plan.

The development of the Samoa National Action Plan on Youth Employment has been a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development key stakeholders in the public, private and non-government sectors with technical support from the ILO. We are indebted to the International Labour Organization and the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) for the financial and technical contribution which made this project possible. This is hopefully the start of many great opportunities for our youth and we look forward and are excited by the possibiliy to continue the partnerships with ILO and other development partners in implementing SNAP. Finally, we acknowledge our young people and partners who have contributed tothe development of this National Action Plan on Youth Employment. My last words of encouragement “Ia e tupu i se fusi” (May you thrive in a swamp). This Samoan proverb expresses the hopes of parents and elders for their children to grow in such a manner that the future of the family, its prestige and stability, is assured, despite the many challenges faced.

Hon. Tolofuaivalelei Falemoe LeiatauaMinister for Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development

Hon. Tolofuaivalelei Falemoe Leiataua

Minister for Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development

Samoa National Action Plan on Youth Employment 5

Over the past 20 years, conditions in the Samoan labor market have shifted, prompting a re-configuring of policy and processes to support the development of youth employment. With encouragement from the ILO, the Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development (MWCSD), and the Samoan National Youth Council (SNYC), the Samoan government seeks to create a National Action Plan (NAP) for youth employment.

The purpose of this document is to outline the priorities and objectives related to the next five years (2016 to 2020) of Samoan National Youth Employment Policy and Plan of Action. As defined by the MWCSD, the goals for this process related to youth are to:

1. increase youth jobs to improve their livelihoods, 2. promote pathways to sustainable employment by building youth skills and opportunities,

and 3. ensure a trained pipeline of talent for local economic and private sector activity.

These goals support findings from the Youth Situational Analysis, and incorporate input from organizational stakeholders from across public, private and civil sectors of Samoa. This document outlines the priority areas and strategies for undertaking the NAP. The docu-ment begins by providing an overview of the current economic and employment conditions, and other related trends as they pertain to the youth labor market. The focus then shifts toward outlining, in detail, priority areas, strategies, activities, and measurement for the NAP goals. These strategies are rooted in trends from economic and labor data in Samoa, youth and stakeholder perspectives of work, and other contextual factors related to achieving suc-cessful implementation. The ideas throughout are supported by a foundational belief that every young person deserves an equal opportunity for gainful, meaningful employment, which is at the heart of “faasamoa” (the Samoan way).

INTRODUCTION

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SUMMARY OF SITUATIONAL ANALYSISThe ILO conducted a Youth Situational Analysis reviewing the existing conditions related to youth labor force participation and other key data to support application of the NAP. The analysis produced several key findings for consideration related to the development and implementation of the NAP over the next five years.

Samoa is a country of roughly 191000 people with approximately 68% (117000) represent-ing the working age population (15 to 65 years of age).1 The current economic conditions indicate the pillar of the Samoan economy continues to be remittances (averaging 22% of GDP over the past two decades).2 Employment opportunities reflect tourism is also a driver of production with nearly 15% of formal jobs falling in the tourism sector. Coupled with the services sector (approximately 30% of employment), much of the job growth in Samoa has existed in these two areas. The majority of Samoans, however, continue work and exist on subsistence agriculture. While the recent global financial crisis resulted in reductions in growth in manufacturing (16.6% in 2001 to 8.2% of GDP in 2011) and agricultural (14.8% in 2001 to 9.9% of GDP in 2011), these two sectors also represent a large portion of employ-ment opportunities. Given these conditions, priority areas within employment and youth employment align with the Samoan development goals to boost production in manufactur-ing and agriculture, and advance tourism. Key strategies for achieving these goals are to lift the contributions of the agriculture sector to 20% of GDP, while increasing the contribution from tourism.3

Comprehending the full picture of the Samoan labor market is murky, as jobs data does not capture the full extent of labor force participation, unemployment, and what constitutes a job within informal sector and subsistence agriculture due to definitional factors of what constitutes a youth. As defined by the Samoan government, the youth population in Samoa represents young people between the age of 18 and 35. The best data indicates that ap-proximately 42000 Samoans are between the ages of 15 and 29, which represents 22% of the total population and with 26% of those in the labor force.4 Within the group, roughly 37% are in school, leaving the remaining 63% as the possible labor force. However, approximately 17000 of those “out-of-school youth” are considered “inactive” in the labor force, 11000 are “active” and roughly 1850 are unemployed meaning they are seeking work but cannot find it. One cultural implication to note when considering these circumstances is most Samoan youth do not both work and go to school simultaneously.

Within the labor market, an important factor relates to the number of people participating in “informal” economic activity and subsistence agriculture. The informal economy represents roughly 68% of the total labor force in Samoa and is considered to absorb the majority of new people (i.e. youth) entering the labor force.5 Combined with subsistence agriculture, the majority of activity in the labor market is captured by these two sectors.

1 Samoan Labor Force Survey2 Based on Table A.7 in Appendix of ILO 20133 Strategy for the Development of Samoa4 Based on Table A.7 in Appendix of ILO 2013.5 Ibid.

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Education data on Samoa indicates significant advancement, particularly in achievement of development goals to reach universal basic education. Literacy rates are excellent with over 99% of males and females able to read and write.6 Over 76% of Samoan youth complete primary school with 82% of females and 71% of males continuing on to enroll in secondary school. 68.4% of the working age population (15 to 65 years old) completes secondary school education with 13.5% of Samoan workers possessing a post-secondary education (7.4% TVET credentials and 6.1% tertiary education). Education is critical for finding wage employ-ment with 60% of the working age population having a tertiary education, 31% secondary, and only 16% primary. Thus, obtaining secondary education and more is of fundamental impor-tance for accessing good jobs locally and abroad. Furthermore, in 2010 45% of private sector firms indicated a shortage in skilled labor, meaning competition for high skilled labor is high.

Post-secondary TVET qualifications have been a consistent offering of technical schools in Samoa both in Apia and rural areas. A challenge for youth aspiring to seek out TVET quali-fications is that it is only offered to students who complete year 13, and thus those younger students (year 10 to 12) do not have options to earn TVET certifications.7 The Samoan gov-ernment aspires to continue to expand and build-out the existing TVET programming for a broader range of youth, while simultaneously improving quality in aligning certification and training with the local labor market. This aspiration is rooted in evidence demonstrating that TVET graduates have more pathways to paid employment with 56% of graduates in 2009 to 2011 finding paid work after graduation.

Existing data indicates that youth perspectives of employment offer insights into potential policy priorities.8 Most Samoan youth surveyed indicated satisfaction with current employ-ment, and that they would pursue new opportunities if it meant more income. Interestingly, many young Samoans indicate they are not interested in formal work (roughly 13% (n = 3700)). This indicates that many Samoans may be interested in work but may be dissatis-fied with the possible opportunities and thus view the opportunities as undesirable.

Samoans transitioning from school to work are able to find opportunities if they choose, however this does not indicate the quality of the opportunities. Data indicates many youth in Samoa considered themselves “overeducated” for the employment opportunities available, while conversely employers believed many young people lack the necessary skills to fulfill the employment opportunities.9 This “skills mismatch” represents the difficulty graduates experience in finding a job that matches their qualifications, and acknowledges that busi-ness lack candidates with necessary skills to meet their needs. The lack of available skills was highlighted as a significant barrier to business growth in Samoa. The school to work transition is a key area of concern for the NAP.

6 UNICEF Atlas http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/samoa_statistics.html#1177 Technical, vocational education and training (TVET) in secondary schools, Feasibility study for Samoa, Final draft report, 26 May 2014, Education Resource Facility, DFAT and MESC.8 Samoa School-to-Work Transition Survey, 20129 Elder, p. 44.


PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS

Several organizations have already undertaken significant work within the youth landscape in Samoa. It is important to acknowledge the work of these vital stakeholders as committed partners as articulated in the situational analysis report, while activities related to the NAP are rolled out to further existing work.

These partners are vital for the implementation of the NAP. Their input, coupled with the situation analysis, reveals that conditions for youth employment in Samoa are ripe for inno-vative approaches to continue supporting existing structures, while focusing on delivering new strategies to spark youth in the pursuit of employment, entrepreneurship, and decent work for all.

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PRIORITY POLICIES

44.1. Problem Identification

Despite progress in economic sector and investment to expand the private sector and to increase domestic demand and inflows of foreign direct investments; employment remains a pressing challenge especially for the younger cohorts. The data on the youth labour mar-ket indicates that:

• The education and training system is currently unable to address the employability challenges faced by young Samoans. The increase in quality and relevance of educa-tion is not yet matching the increases in overall quantity. Lifelong learning opportu-nities and the possibility for early school leavers to return to education and training are still limited. The relations between the TVET system and industry are still weak and youth often enter the labour market with poor core employability skills; and the lack of a reliable labour market information system and career guidance for youth complicates their transition to a career job, therefore high inactivity rate of youth in rural areas. It is estimated that approximately 58 per cent of workers that considered themselves over educated for the occupations available or job offer, while, quite the contrary, businesses are unable to find employees with the skills to meet their needs – skills shortage. A worrying aspect of the transition from school to work is that still large share of young people neither in school nor in employment, comprising 38% of the total youth share in the working age population.

• Despite existence of several employment services and career advisory programs in operation, most young people can’t access employment services, or have heard of it but do not know how to access it. The current employment services is solely inclined to formal sector jobs, however, young job-seekers would require a more proactive service. Young job-seekers have the fear of waiting too long with uncertainty of get-ting a job through these services. The MCIL employment register only register the


young job-seeker and wait until a job is matched. This can take a while and in the last four years, about 400 registered youth were recorded. There is no system in place to follow-up or monitor the job placements. Youth call for a more proactive labour market supply system that can facilitate and support skills development, career path-way, and facilitate not only job matching but also workplace learning interventions. Employment services have yet to take advantage of the technology to ensure better access and youth friendly of these services.

• The economic and social policies pursued to date paid little attention to addressing the constraints small and medium enterprises as well as young entrepreneurs faced in creating more jobs. Limited start-up capital, financial and non-financial support, high training costs, combined with strict credit policy, still hinder the employment po-tential of many micro to small-medium-enterprises and as well as emerging young entrepreneur in the villages. The private sector is almost not able to accommodate the increasing number of youth coming out of school approximately 4,000 on an an-nual basis (out-of-school and/or early school leavers). Hence, the need to refocus strategic interventions and resources to support the development of village economy to flourish employment opportunities for rural youth.

• Although there is a general lack of decent work opportunities for youth in the formal economy, not all young people face the same risk of being excluded from the labour market. Young women, the early school leavers or low level of education, youth with special needs, youth living in rural areas are more likely to be unemployed than other groups.

• Employment in the informal economy remains pervasive with higher incidence among young people, low skilled workers and with prevalence in certain sectors of the econ-omy, such as agriculture, manufacturing, tourism and services. In referenced to the youth employment situational analysis report, informal employment accounts for 68% share of youth in the labour force. “Formal” employment in Samoa is very small indeed. It is not at all obvious that young Samoans opt for informality.

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• Low capacity of the formal economy to create jobs,

• Investment levels (domestic) to boost employment growth,

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• Lack of relevance of education outcomes to labour market needs – the supply and demand side are not aligned,

• Limited linkages with industry and work,• Education and training system is inclined to white collar jobs,• Entrepreneurial education is not offered in school, • No career education in schools except career advisory services only for

secondary level only for awareness raising and advocacy,• Lifeskills learning and lifelong learning opportunities limited, • No support system for students transitioning from school to work,• Limited and lack access to second chance education opportunities espe-

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• Low participation of young people and women in the labour market,

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• Increase percentage of long term unemployment among youth work-ing age population,

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• High incidence of informality rate amongst young workers,

• Inactive labour market supply system and programs,

• No career pathway intervention as part of the labour market support system,

• No employment policy in place,

• Labour and Employment Act does not cover youth in the informal economy,

• High rates of youth in temporary, casual and seasonal employment,

• Migration (overseas and rural-urban drift)

• Lack of mechanism and support system to provide work experience and work place learning for young job-seekers,

• Ineffective and limited opportunities for youth to take and access the apprenticeship program

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The overarching goal of the Samoa National Action Plan on Youth Employment is to promote and create more jobs for young men and women in the villages.

The time frame of the Samoa National Action Plan on Youth Employment is five years, from 2016-2020. This timeframe allows the alignment of the Action Plan to the Strategy for De-velopment of Samoa, Community Development Sector Plan, National Youth Policy 2016 - 2020, budgetary planning framework of the government and the objectives of the an-ticipated National Employment Policy. The total number of young people targeted is 42,000 between 15 and 29 years old, namely over 38% per cent of the total working age population of 117,000.

GOAL

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6.1. Objective 1

Enhance employability amongst young people (15-29) through better alignment of skills and labour market–demands by 2020.

The impact of the reform of the educational and training system will yield results only in the medium to long term. To remedy the continuous increase in the number of youth transition from school to work every year as well as many school leavers and out-of-school, lifelong learning opportunities will be expanded to address the employability needs of those young people who are outside the formal education system. But increasing youth employability with-out addressing the capacity of creating more decent work opportunities will erode the benefits generated by a more skilled youth workforce. Hence, the second priority objective is to:

6.2. Objective 2

Promote youth employment opportunities through the development of village economies.

The private sector is also not able to create sufficient jobs to accommodate the continuous influx of early school leavers, school-drop outs and youth neither in education, employment or training. The NAP is timing to promote innovation and creativity through integrated and inclusive approach of supporting and creating employment opportunities for youth in a very small economy of Samoa with market challenges. Therefore, the second priority will direct focus on investment, incentives and skills training for youth in the villages. In light of our economic realities, this is a realistic strategy for Samoa to create more jobs in view of our available resources, traditional and cultural knowledge, strengths and skills, and utilizing our existing structures at village level.

Simply increasing the employability of young people and promoting the capacity of the economy to create more and better jobs will not be sufficient to address the needs of those young people who face multiple barriers in the labour market and accessing systems and resources. Equity concerns demand that specific measures and strategies be in place to provide enabling environment for youth in the informal economy. Thus, last outcome of second priority draws attention and intervention to address this.

SPECIFIC YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OBJECTIVES AND TARGETS

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The detail policy interventions, outputs and baseline information are provided in Annex 1 – Youth Employment Action Plan Framework. The following summarise key outcomes under each of the two priority areas of the NAP.

7.1. Priority 1

Enhance employability amongst young people (15-29) through better alignment of skills and labour market–demands by 2020.

• Outcome 1.1. The education and training system is aligned to labour market re-quirements.

• Outcome 1.2. A system is in place for labour market training to provide relevant skills and experience leading to employment for young job-seekers.

• Outcome 1.3. Young people have access to career development services.

7.2. Priority 2

Promote youth employment opportunities through the development of village economies.

• Outcome 2.1. Incentives are in place to foster youth employment and job creation in rural areas at community level.

• Outcome 2.2. A system is established to promote youth entrepreneurship.

• Outcome 2.3. Create an enabling environment to better support and empower youth in the informal sector.

KEY OUTCOMES AND OUTPUTS

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The NAP matrix in the annex outlines the specifics of resources required in supporting the implementation of the NAP, however at the same time integrating with existing sector programs and services already underway with prospect to generating employment oppor-tunities for youth.

The focal point of the coordination of the implementation of the NAP falls within the MW-CSD through the Samoa One-UN Youth Employment Programme (YEP). The YEP Pro-gramme Management Unit is housed under the auspices of the MWCSD and they will be responsible with overall management, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the NAP through the YEP programme. The Community Development sector already have gover-nance structures in place of which the Youth development Sub-sector committee exist to provide oversight of all related youth development priorities including the work on NAP.

However, the integral part of implementing the NAP embraces the spirit of integration, in-clusive and creating partnerships to achieve outcomes of the NAP in the next five years. Youth employment is a cross cutting priority and therefore the NAP value the leadership of key leading agencies with mandate and commitment to address and support youth em-ployment priorities. A full list of lead and collaborating institutions is in the NAP matrix in the annex of this document.

RESOURCES

IMPLEMENTATION AND COORDINATING MECHANISMS

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MONITORING AND EVALUATION

10The monitoring and evaluation lies with the MWCSD in close collaboration with key leading and supporting agencies implementing the NAP. With consultation from other relevant part-ners, these institutions have outlined “indicators of change” for each of the strategies and activities. These indicators will be tracked throughout the implementation and NAP activities to monitor and measure whether targets are being met under each initiative. Real time re-porting will be conducted throughout the evaluation to maintain consistency in understand-ing the impact of the NAP.

The monitoring of the NAP will comprise the regular examination of the inputs, outputs and outcomes of policy interventions. It will be based on a system of information gathering and analysis of performance indicators and set targets. The YEP Programme Management Unit under the MWCSD will have the responsibility to systematize the monitoring information generated by line ministries and partner agencies for reporting and dissemination to all partners involved. All of these will be aligned to the overarching monitoring and evaluation framework of the Community Development Sector Plan 2016 – 2020.

Each lead agency involved will produce annual work plans that translate the National Action Plan into operational activities. These will detail inputs, the activities to be conducted and the expected results as well as indicate schedules and persons and/or institutions responsible. The action plan matrix appended as Annex 1 provides the general frame for monitoring the results achieved. The evaluation system will be integrated into the National Youth Policy 2016 – 2020 and YEP programme cycle.

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es d

omin

ates

hig

hest

sha

re o

f you

th u

nem

ploy

men

t rat

e by

80%

of

1,8

50 (1

6.8%

you

th u

nem

ploy

men

t rat

e).

• At

Pos

t-se

cond

ary

educ

atio

n an

d tr

aini

ng re

cord

s a

tota

l enr

olm

ent o

f 5,2

59 in

201

2. 5

6% o

f thi

s fo

und

paid

em

ploy

men

t, 18

% e

ngag

ed in

unp

aid

wor

k as

vol

unte

ers

whe

reas

5%

act

ivel

y se

ekin

g em

ploy

men

t.

• 59

% o

f you

th in

wor

king

age

pop

ulat

ion

are

over

-edu

cate

d fo

r the

ir jo

bs.

This

is fu

rthe

r exp

lain

ed

by th

e sk

ills

mis

mat

ch a

nd s

kills

sho

rtag

e is

sues

rela

tive

to y

outh

em

ploy

men

t.

• TV

ET c

ours

es o

nly

avai

labl

e up

on c

ompl

etio

n of

Yea

r 13.

The

re is

no

syst

em in

pla

ce to

pro

vide

Yr

10, Y

r 11

and

Yr 1

2 st

uden

ts w

ith a

ltern

ativ

e op

tions

incl

udin

g TV

ET s

ubje

cts

for q

ualifi

catio

n th

at

are

rele

vant

to th

e la

bour

mar

ket d

eman

ds.

Incr

ease

in n

umbe

r of

seco

ndar

y ed

ucat

ion

leav

ers

who

are

em

-pl

oyed

. Dis

aggr

egat

ed

by g

ende

r, ag

e an

d in

clus

ive

of p

eopl

e w

ith

disa

bilit

ies.

Incr

ease

in n

umbe

r of

TVET

gra

duat

es s

uc-

cess

fully

tran

sitio

n in

to

empl

oym

ent.

Dis

ag-

greg

ated

by

gend

er, a

ge

and

incl

usiv

e of

peo

ple

with

dis

abili

ties.

Incr

ease

in n

umbe

r of

yout

h tr

aine

d in

spe

cial

-iz

ed tr

aini

ng o

r tra

de/

skill

s tr

aini

ng. D

isag

-gr

egat

ed b

y ge

nder

, age

an

d in

clus

ive

of p

eopl

e w

ith d

isab

ilitie

s.

MES

CSQ

AM

CIL

Not

e –

ITC

part

ners

hip

in

deliv

erin

g sk

ills

deve

lopm

ent

cour

ses

2017

2019

• M

ost s

ucce

ssfu

l tra

nsiti

on to

labo

ur m

arke

t by

obta

inin

g di

plom

a: T

VET

Gra

duat

es –

App

rox.

4,

000

(39.

8% o

f 900

0) U

nive

rsity

: App

rox.

3,0

00 (1

8.2%

of 1

7,00

0) S

econ

dary

Gra

duat

es-

Appr

ox.

1000

(20.

1% o

f 500

0). T

houg

h th

ere

is a

hig

h su

cces

s ra

te in

Tra

nsiti

on fr

om T

VET

stud

ies,

it is

fo

und

that

TVE

T gr

adua

tes

foun

d em

ploy

men

t out

side

thei

r fiel

d of

stu

dies

, thu

s co

nfirm

ing

a m

ism

atch

of s

kills

and

em

ploy

men

t.

Out

puts

:

1.1.

1. T

VET

and

Seco

ndar

y le

vel c

urric

ula

to m

oder

nise

to in

clud

e en

trepr

eneu

rshi

p sk

ills

and

wor

k-ba

sed

lear

ning

.

1.1.

2. M

ains

tream

TVE

T co

urse

s at

sec

onda

ry e

duca

tion

leve

l.

1.1.

3. A

ppre

ntic

eshi

p pr

ogra

m to

prio

ritis

e an

d ta

rget

Yr 1

0, 1

1 &

Yr 1

2 sc

hool

leav

ers.

1.1.

4. L

abou

r mar

ket s

uppl

y sy

stem

in p

lace

to id

entif

y, al

igne

d an

d in

form

ed s

kills

dev

elop

men

t tr

aini

ng p

rogr

am fo

r you

th.

1.1.

5. S

kills

dev

elop

men

t cou

rses

and

pro

gram

s ar

e de

velo

ped

to b

uild

cap

acity

of y

outh

in s

mal

l bu

sine

sses

.

Out

com

e 1.

2. A

sys

tem

is in

pla

ce fo

r lab

our m

arke

t tra

inin

g to

pro

vide

rele

vant

ski

lls a

nd e

xper

ienc

e le

adin

g to

em

ploy

men

t for

you

ng jo

b-se

eker

s.

Base

line:

• U

nem

ploy

men

t rat

e am

ongs

t you

th –

16.

8% (1

,850

), of

whi

ch 8

0% a

re T

VET

and

seco

ndar

y ed

u-ca

tion

leav

ers.

• 20

11-2

014

– 4

00 jo

b se

eker

s re

gist

ered

und

er th

e M

CIL

seek

ing

for j

obs,

how

ever

ther

e is

no

trac

king

sys

tem

to id

entif

y su

cces

sful

job

plac

emen

t.

• 48

% (1

5,00

0) o

f the

tota

l sha

re o

f you

th n

ot in

the

labo

ur fo

rce

that

nei

ther

act

ive

nor e

ngag

ed in

an

y ec

onom

ic a

ctiv

ity.

• Sc

hool

s &

Inst

itutio

ns d

o no

t hel

p w

ith th

e tr

ansi

tions

of y

oung

peo

ple

from

sch

ool t

o w

ork.

• 20

14 -

Tot

al A

ppre

ntic

es =

148

(all

mal

e -8

9 ar

e yo

uths

)

• 20

13 -

Tot

al A

ppre

ntic

es =

143

(all

mal

e -

82 a

re y

outh

s)

Out

puts

:

1.2.

1. C

omm

unity

you

th p

rofil

es a

re c

aptu

red

in th

e yo

uth

empl

oym

ent e

-pla

tform

is li

nked

to th

e M

CIL

labo

ur m

arke

t sys

tem

for s

kills

trai

ning

thro

ugh

the

appr

entic

eshi

p pr

ogra

m a

nd jo

b m

atch

ing.

Incr

ease

in th

e nu

mbe

r of

you

th jo

b-se

eker

s ar

e pl

aced

in jo

bs. D

isag

-gr

egat

ed b

y ge

nder

, age

an

d in

clus

ive

of p

eopl

e w

ith d

isab

ilitie

s.

Incr

ease

in th

e nu

mbe

r of

you

th jo

b-se

eker

s ac

-ce

ss to

app

rent

ices

hip

and

labo

ur m

arke

t tra

in-

ing

prog

ram

s. D

isag

-gr

egat

ed b

y ge

nder

, age

an

d in

clus

ive

of p

eopl

e w

ith d

isab

ilitie

s.

Incr

ease

num

ber o

f yo

ung

fem

ales

taki

ng

appr

entic

eshi

p co

urse

s.D

isag

greg

ated

by

gen-

der,

age

and

incl

usiv

e of

pe

ople

with

dis

abili

ties.

SNYC

MCI

L$1

0,00

0 (IL

O)

$50,

000

(TRA

C/YE

P)

2017

2020

1.2.

2. D

evel

op a

Pro

fess

iona

l Etiq

uette

and

wor

k et

hics

pro

gram

as

part

of l

abou

r mar

ket t

rain

ing

and

accr

edite

d by

SQ

A.

1.2.

3. D

ecen

tral

ise

TVET

app

rent

ices

hip

and

entre

pren

eurs

hip

prog

ram

mes

for b

ette

r acc

essi

bilit

y by

co

mm

unity

you

th.

1.2.

4. I

ncen

tive

sche

me

and

mod

erni

se e

ntry

crit

eria

for f

emal

e to

take

app

rent

ices

hip

prog

ram

and

TV

ET c

ours

es.

Out

com

e 1.

3. Y

oung

peo

ple

have

acc

ess

to c

aree

r dev

elop

men

t ser

vice

s.

Base

line:

• To

tal y

outh

pop

ulat

ion

out o

f sch

ool,

27,5

00, o

f whi

ch 1

7,00

0 ar

e en

gage

d in

sub

sist

ence

farm

ing

and

11,0

00 a

re in

the

labo

ur fo

rce.

• SQ

A is

pro

vidi

ng c

aree

r adv

isor

y se

rvic

e ta

rget

ing

seco

ndar

y ed

ucat

ion

leve

l in

colla

bora

tion

with

pu

blic

and

priv

ate

sect

ors.

• Th

ere

are

no c

aree

r adv

isor

y ed

ucat

ion

and

serv

ices

mai

nstre

amed

in s

choo

l at a

ll le

vels

.

• So

me

1,00

0 un

empl

oyed

gra

duat

es (6

1% o

f 1,8

50) s

urve

yed

note

d la

ck o

f hel

p fro

m th

eir t

rain

ing

inst

itutio

ns a

nd te

ache

rs.

• So

me

3,00

0 (2

5% o

f 11,

000)

of T

VET

stud

ents

wer

e em

ploy

ed b

y th

eir w

ork

expe

rienc

e or

gani

sa-

tions

pro

ving

the

criti

cal c

ontr

ibut

ion

of th

is n

otio

n.

Out

puts

:

1.3.

1 Ca

reer

edu

catio

n m

ains

tream

ed in

sec

onda

ry e

duca

tion

leve

l and

TVE

T in

stitu

tions

to fa

cilit

ate

smoo

th s

choo

l-to-

wor

k tr

ansi

tion

for s

choo

l dro

p-ou

ts.

1.3.

2 Ca

reer

pat

hway

pac

kage

is p

riorit

ised

for y

outh

(15

– 2

9) jo

b-se

eker

s as

an

inte

gral

par

t of t

he

Labo

ur M

arke

t sup

ply

syst

em.

1.3.

3 Lo

cal y

outh

inte

rnsh

ip p

rogr

am m

ains

tream

ed a

t pub

lic a

nd p

rivat

e se

ctor

s fo

r wor

k-ba

sed

lear

ning

and

exp

erie

nce

as p

art o

f the

car

eer d

evel

opm

ent s

ervi

ce.

1.3.

4 Su

ppor

t ent

repr

eneu

rial s

kills

trai

ning

at t

echn

ical

voc

atio

nal i

nstit

ute

as p

art o

f the

car

eer

path

way

pro

gram

.

Num

ber o

f sec

onda

ry

educ

atio

n st

uden

ts re

-ce

ivin

g ca

reer

edu

catio

n se

rvic

es.

Dis

aggr

egat

ed b

y ge

n-de

r, ag

e an

d in

clus

ive

of

peop

le w

ith d

isab

ilitie

s.

Num

ber o

f you

th b

enefi

t fro

m th

e ca

reer

pat

hway

pr

ogra

m o

f the

MCI

L la

bour

mar

ket s

uppl

y sy

stem

.D

isag

greg

ated

by

gen-

der,

age

and

incl

usiv

e of

pe

ople

with

dis

abili

ties.

Num

ber o

f you

th p

lace

d un

der t

he in

tern

ship

pr

ogra

m.

Dis

aggr

egat

ed b

y ge

n-de

r, ag

e an

d in

clus

ive

of

peop

le w

ith d

isab

ilitie

s.

SQA

MES

CSN

YC

$100

,000

(TRA

C/YE

P)

SQA-

TVE

T sc

hem

e

2016

2020

Obj

ectiv

e: P

rom

ote

yout

h em

ploy

men

t opp

ortu

nitie

s th

roug

h th

e de

velo

pmen

t of v

illag

e ec

onom

ies.

Targ

et:

1.

Empl

oym

ent r

ate

of y

outh

(15

– 2

9) in

crea

sed

to a

t lea

st 5

%.

2.

Rate

of e

cono

mic

ally

act

ive

yout

h (1

5 –

29)

in ru

ral a

reas

is in

crea

sed

by 1

5%.

3.

Redu

ce to

10%

of p

eopl

e liv

ing

belo

w th

e N

atio

nal P

over

ty L

ine

by 2

020.

OU

TCO

MES

AN

D O

UTP

UTS

IND

ICAT

ORS

RE-

SPO

N-

SIBL

E AG

ENCY

FIN

ANCI

AL

INPU

TTI

MEF

RAM

E

EXIS

TIN

G

SOU

RCES

U

SD$

Star

t En

d

Out

com

e 2.

1. In

cent

ives

are

in p

lace

to fo

ster

you

th e

mpl

oym

ent a

nd jo

b cr

eatio

n in

rura

l are

as a

t com

-m

unity

leve

l.

Base

line:

• Yo

uth

not i

n th

e La

bour

For

ce –

31,

000

(74%

) WAP

• U

nem

ploy

men

t rat

e of

you

th –

185

0 (1

6.8%

)

• “U

nem

ploy

men

t,” re

fers

to th

ose

who

are

not

wor

king

but

are

ava

ilabl

e to

& lo

okin

g fo

r wor

k in

the

labo

ur m

arke

t, th

is d

oes

not i

nclu

de th

ose

who

are

not

look

ing

but w

ant t

o w

ork

and

thos

e w

ho

are

in s

ubsi

sten

ce fa

rmin

g.

• Th

ere

are

no s

peci

fic s

tart

-up

gran

t sys

tem

s or

str

uctu

re p

rese

ntly

ava

ilabl

e fo

r you

ng p

eopl

e to

st

art p

roje

cts

and

othe

r ini

tiativ

es.

• Th

e La

bour

and

Em

ploy

men

t Act

doe

s no

t cov

er y

outh

ope

ratin

g in

the

info

rmal

eco

nom

y.

• Th

ere

is n

o N

atio

nal E

mpl

oym

ent p

olic

y in

pla

ce to

pro

vide

pol

icy

dire

ctio

n an

d en

ablin

g en

viro

n-m

ent f

or y

outh

in th

e in

form

al e

cono

my.

Out

put:

2.1.

1. Y

outh

Em

ploy

men

t Fun

d is

est

ablis

hed

unde

r the

CSS

P fa

cilit

y to

dire

ct s

uppo

rt fo

r com

mun

i-ty

-bas

ed y

outh

mic

ro-e

nter

pris

e in

itiat

ives

on

prio

rity

area

s an

d em

ergi

ng o

ppor

tuni

ties.

2.1.

2. C

onne

ct y

oung

farm

ers

(aum

aga

and

aual

uma)

with

agr

icul

ture

ext

ensi

on s

ervi

ces

to a

cces

s co

ntin

uous

tech

nica

l agr

icul

tura

l tra

inin

g su

ppor

t to

boos

t/st

reng

then

/impr

ove

and

sust

ain

agric

ultu

ral i

nitia

tives

and

ser

vice

s.

Incr

ease

in th

e nu

mbe

r of

yout

h ac

cess

to s

tart

-up

fund

s an

d sc

hem

es to

st

art s

mal

l bus

ines

ses

in

villa

ges.

D

isag

greg

ated

by

gend

er,

age

and

incl

usiv

e of

pe

ople

with

dis

abili

ties.

Incr

ease

in th

e nu

mbe

r of

yout

h re

ceiv

ed te

chni

cal

skill

s tr

aini

ng a

nd a

cces

s to

sup

port

ser

vice

s.D

isag

greg

ated

by

gend

er,

age

and

incl

usiv

e of

pe

ople

with

dis

abili

ties.

MW

CSD

CSSP

MCI

LSB

ECCS

Os

- Yo

uth

$200

,000

(EW

ACC/

CSSP

)

ST$1

50,0

00

(SAC

EP p

rogr

)

FAO

tech

nica

l su

ppor

t

Agri-

busi

ness

Pr

ojec

t cre

dit

sche

me

via

finan

cial

su

ppor

t

2016

2020

2.1.

3. A

gri-b

usin

ess

cred

it sc

hem

e en

try

cond

ition

s an

d cr

iteria

are

revi

sed

to b

ette

r sup

port

com

-m

unity

-bas

ed y

oung

ent

repr

eneu

rs a

nd y

outh

gro

ups

for a

gro-

proc

essi

ng m

icro

-bus

ines

ses.

2.1.

4. S

tart-

up fu

nds

avai

labl

e/ e

stab

lishe

d to

sup

port

youn

g en

trepr

eneu

rs b

usin

ess

plan

.

Out

com

e 2.

2. A

sys

tem

is e

stab

lishe

d to

pro

mot

e yo

uth

entre

pren

eurs

hip.

Base

line:

• To

tal y

outh

pop

ulat

ion

out o

f sch

ool,

27,5

00, o

f whi

ch 1

7,00

0 ar

e en

gage

d in

sub

sist

ence

farm

ing.

• In

activ

ity ra

te a

mon

gst y

outh

is 4

9% (1

5,00

0 of

the

tota

l you

th n

ot in

labo

ur fo

rce

that

is 3

1,00

0).

• U

nem

ploy

men

t rat

e of

you

th –

185

0 (1

6.8%

) •

The

Nat

iona

l You

th A

war

ds w

hich

pro

vide

sup

port

for y

oung

peo

ple

in e

stab

lishe

d en

trepr

eneu

rial

proj

ects

, 300

you

ng p

eopl

e ha

ve b

een

regi

ster

ed fr

om 2

001

– 2

015.

Out

put:

2.2.

1. E

stab

lish

cent

ralis

e an

d co

mm

unity

-bas

ed y

outh

sm

all b

usin

ess

incu

bato

r (SB

I) m

odel

(with

-in

wal

ls a

nd w

ith-o

ut w

alls

con

cept

).2.

2.2.

Bas

ic

com

mun

ity-b

ased

infr

astr

uctu

re w

orks

, dis

aste

r res

pons

e an

d go

vern

men

t sm

all-s

cale

co

ntra

ctua

l ser

vice

s ar

e ou

tsou

rced

to c

omm

unity

you

th fo

r em

ploy

men

t. 2.

2.3

Gre

en jo

bs o

ppor

tuni

ties

for y

outh

thro

ugh

com

mun

ity-b

ased

clim

ate

chan

ge a

nd e

nviro

n-m

enta

l ini

tiativ

es.

2.2.

4. Y

oung

ent

repr

eneu

rs tr

aine

d an

d be

nefit

from

the

use

of IC

T fo

r res

earc

h, n

etw

orki

ng a

nd e

-m

arke

ting

of th

eir p

rodu

cts

and

busi

ness

es.

2.2.

5 Va

lue-

chai

n sy

stem

is in

pla

ce to

sup

port

you

ng e

ntre

pren

eurs

and

info

rm p

oten

tial i

ncom

e ge

nera

ting

nich

e pr

oduc

ts.

2.2.

6. N

atio

nal Y

oung

Ent

repr

eneu

rs E

xcha

nge

Foru

m a

nd A

war

d is

org

anis

ed o

n an

ann

ual b

asis

to

awar

d in

nova

tion

and

crea

tivity

.2.

2.7.

Con

nect

ing

pote

ntia

l you

ng e

ntre

pren

eurs

to b

usin

ess

com

mun

ities

thro

ugh

inte

rnsh

ip p

ro-

gram

s/m

ento

ring

prog

ram

s.

Incr

ease

in n

umbe

r of

mic

ro s

mal

l bus

ines

ses

esta

blis

hed

and

sus-

tain

ed b

y yo

ung

peop

le

in th

e vi

llage

s. D

isag

gre-

gate

d by

gen

der,

age

and

incl

usiv

e of

peo

ple

with

di

sabi

litie

s.

Incr

ease

in n

umbe

r of

jobs

cre

ated

/eco

nom

ic

activ

ity fo

r you

th in

vil-

lage

s. D

isag

greg

ated

by

gend

er, a

ge a

nd in

clus

ive

of p

eopl

e w

ith d

isab

ili-

ties.

Redu

ce d

epen

denc

y ra

te

amon

gst y

oung

peo

ple

thro

ugh

inco

me

earn

ed

from

sm

all b

usin

ess/

econ

omic

act

ivity

. Dis

ag-

greg

ated

by

gend

er, a

ge

and

incl

usiv

e of

peo

ple

with

dis

abili

ties.

MW

CSD

SBEC

CoC

MCI

L

$500

,000

(E

WAC

C/YE

P)

$200

,000

(Ko-

rean

Em

bass

y fu

ndin

g)

Hig

h Te

ch

Yout

h N

etw

ork

NZ

fund

ing

supp

ort

Yout

h Em

ploy

men

t Fu

nd (C

SSP)

2016

2018

Out

com

e 2.

3. C

reat

e an

ena

blin

g en

viro

nmen

t to

bette

r sup

port

and

empo

wer

you

th in

the

info

rmal

sec

tor.

Base

line:

• To

tal y

outh

pop

ulat

ion

out o

f sch

ool,

27,5

00, o

f whi

ch 1

7,00

0 ar

e en

gage

d in

sub

sist

ence

farm

ing.

• In

activ

ity ra

te a

mon

gst y

outh

is 4

9% (1

5,00

0 of

the

tota

l you

th n

ot in

labo

ur fo

rce

that

is 3

1,00

0).

• U

nem

ploy

men

t rat

e of

you

th –

185

0 (1

6.8%

) O

utpu

t:

2.3.

1. P

rofil

ing

youn

g en

trepr

eneu

rs in

the

info

rmal

sec

tor a

nd re

plic

ate

thei

r suc

cess

sto

ries

and

best

pra

ctis

es.

2.3.

2. Y

outh

Em

ploy

men

t prio

ritie

s ar

e in

tegr

ated

into

the

Nat

iona

l Em

ploy

men

t pol

icy.

2.3.

3. I

nteg

ratin

g yo

uth

in th

e in

form

al s

ecto

r ind

icat

ors

at n

atio

nal d

evel

opm

ent s

trat

egy

and

stat

is-

tics

to c

aptu

re in

form

al e

cono

my

cont

ribut

ion

to th

e ec

onom

y.2.

3.4.

Stre

ngth

enin

g da

taba

se o

f you

ng p

eopl

e w

ith li

velih

ood

initi

ativ

es th

roug

h th

e us

e of

exi

stin

g st

ruct

ures

.

Yout

h em

ploy

men

t pri-

oriti

es a

re in

tegr

ated

into

th

e N

atio

nal E

mpl

oym

ent

Polic

y.

Yout

h ec

onom

ic a

c-tiv

ities

in th

e vi

llage

are

ca

ptur

ed a

s in

dica

tors

in

nat

iona

l dev

elop

men

t pl

ans

and

stat

istic

s.

Yout

h in

the

info

rmal

ec

onom

y ar

e co

vere

d in

th

e La

bour

& E

mpl

oym

ent

Act.

MCI

L M

WCS

D$2

5,00

0 (T

RAC/

YEP-

(c

onsu

ltatio

n co

sts)

2017

2020


2.1.

3. A

gri-b

usin

ess

cred

it sc

hem

e en

try

cond

ition

s an

d cr

iteria

are

revi

sed

to b

ette

r sup

port

com

-m

unity

-bas

ed y

oung

ent

repr

eneu

rs a

nd y

outh

gro

ups

for a

gro-

proc

essi

ng m

icro

-bus

ines

ses.

2.1.

4. S

tart-

up fu

nds

avai

labl

e/ e

stab

lishe

d to

sup

port

youn

g en

trepr

eneu

rs b

usin

ess

plan

.

Out

com

e 2.

2. A

sys

tem

is e

stab

lishe

d to

pro

mot

e yo

uth

entre

pren

eurs

hip.

Base

line:

• To

tal y

outh

pop

ulat

ion

out o

f sch

ool,

27,5

00, o

f whi

ch 1

7,00

0 ar

e en

gage

d in

sub

sist

ence

farm

ing.

• In

activ

ity ra

te a

mon

gst y

outh

is 4

9% (1

5,00

0 of

the

tota

l you

th n

ot in

labo

ur fo

rce

that

is 3

1,00

0).

• U

nem

ploy

men

t rat

e of

you

th –

185

0 (1

6.8%

) •

The

Nat

iona

l You

th A

war

ds w

hich

pro

vide

sup

port

for y

oung

peo

ple

in e

stab

lishe

d en

trepr

eneu

rial

proj

ects

, 300

you

ng p

eopl

e ha

ve b

een

regi

ster

ed fr

om 2

001

– 2

015.

Out

put:

2.2.

1. E

stab

lish

cent

ralis

e an

d co

mm

unity

-bas

ed y

outh

sm

all b

usin

ess

incu

bato

r (SB

I) m

odel

(with

-in

wal

ls a

nd w

ith-o

ut w

alls

con

cept

).2.

2.2.

Bas

ic

com

mun

ity-b

ased

infr

astr

uctu

re w

orks

, dis

aste

r res

pons

e an

d go

vern

men

t sm

all-s

cale

co

ntra

ctua

l ser

vice

s ar

e ou

tsou

rced

to c

omm

unity

you

th fo

r em

ploy

men

t. 2.

2.3

Gre

en jo

bs o

ppor

tuni

ties

for y

outh

thro

ugh

com

mun

ity-b

ased

clim

ate

chan

ge a

nd e

nviro

n-m

enta

l ini

tiativ

es.

2.2.

4. Y

oung

ent

repr

eneu

rs tr

aine

d an

d be

nefit

from

the

use

of IC

T fo

r res

earc

h, n

etw

orki

ng a

nd e

-m

arke

ting

of th

eir p

rodu

cts

and

busi

ness

es.

2.2.

5 Va

lue-

chai

n sy

stem

is in

pla

ce to

sup

port

you

ng e

ntre

pren

eurs

and

info

rm p

oten

tial i

ncom

e ge

nera

ting

nich

e pr

oduc

ts.

2.2.

6. N

atio

nal Y

oung

Ent

repr

eneu

rs E

xcha

nge

Foru

m a

nd A

war

d is

org

anis

ed o

n an

ann

ual b

asis

to

awar

d in

nova

tion

and

crea

tivity

.2.

2.7.

Con

nect

ing

pote

ntia

l you

ng e

ntre

pren

eurs

to b

usin

ess

com

mun

ities

thro

ugh

inte

rnsh

ip p

ro-

gram

s/m

ento

ring

prog

ram

s.

Incr

ease

in n

umbe

r of

mic

ro s

mal

l bus

ines

ses

esta

blis

hed

and

sus-

tain

ed b

y yo

ung

peop

le

in th

e vi

llage

s. D

isag

gre-

gate

d by

gen

der,

age

and

incl

usiv

e of

peo

ple

with

di

sabi

litie

s.

Incr

ease

in n

umbe

r of

jobs

cre

ated

/eco

nom

ic

activ

ity fo

r you

th in

vil-

lage

s. D

isag

greg

ated

by

gend

er, a

ge a

nd in

clus

ive

of p

eopl

e w

ith d

isab

ili-

ties.

Redu

ce d

epen

denc

y ra

te

amon

gst y

oung

peo

ple

thro

ugh

inco

me

earn

ed

from

sm

all b

usin

ess/

econ

omic

act

ivity

. Dis

ag-

greg

ated

by

gend

er, a

ge

and

incl

usiv

e of

peo

ple

with

dis

abili

ties.

MW

CSD

SBEC

CoC

MCI

L

$500

,000

(E

WAC

C/YE

P)

$200

,000

(Ko-

rean

Em

bass

y fu

ndin

g)

Hig

h Te

ch

Yout

h N

etw

ork

NZ

fund

ing

supp

ort

Yout

h Em

ploy

men

t Fu

nd (C

SSP)

2016

2018

Out

com

e 2.

3. C

reat

e an

ena

blin

g en

viro

nmen

t to

bette

r sup

port

and

empo

wer

you

th in

the

info

rmal

sec

tor.

Base

line:

• To

tal y

outh

pop

ulat

ion

out o

f sch

ool,

27,5

00, o

f whi

ch 1

7,00

0 ar

e en

gage

d in

sub

sist

ence

farm

ing.

• In

activ

ity ra

te a

mon

gst y

outh

is 4

9% (1

5,00

0 of

the

tota

l you

th n

ot in

labo

ur fo

rce

that

is 3

1,00

0).

• U

nem

ploy

men

t rat

e of

you

th –

185

0 (1

6.8%

) O

utpu

t:

2.3.

1. P

rofil

ing

youn

g en

trepr

eneu

rs in

the

info

rmal

sec

tor a

nd re

plic

ate

thei

r suc

cess

sto

ries

and

best

pra

ctis

es.

2.3.

2. Y

outh

Em

ploy

men

t prio

ritie

s ar

e in

tegr

ated

into

the

Nat

iona

l Em

ploy

men

t pol

icy.

2.3.

3. I

nteg

ratin

g yo

uth

in th

e in

form

al s

ecto

r ind

icat

ors

at n

atio

nal d

evel

opm

ent s

trat

egy

and

stat

is-

tics

to c

aptu

re in

form

al e

cono

my

cont

ribut

ion

to th

e ec

onom

y.2.

3.4.

Stre

ngth

enin

g da

taba

se o

f you

ng p

eopl

e w

ith li

velih

ood

initi

ativ

es th

roug

h th

e us

e of

exi

stin

g st

ruct

ures

.

Yout

h em

ploy

men

t pri-

oriti

es a

re in

tegr

ated

into

th

e N

atio

nal E

mpl

oym

ent

Polic

y.

Yout

h ec

onom

ic a

c-tiv

ities

in th

e vi

llage

are

ca

ptur

ed a

s in

dica

tors

in

nat

iona

l dev

elop

men

t pl

ans

and

stat

istic

s.

Yout

h in

the

info

rmal

ec

onom

y ar

e co

vere

d in

th

e La

bour

& E

mpl

oym

ent

Act.

MCI

L M

WCS

D$2

5,00

0 (T

RAC/

YEP-

(c

onsu

ltatio

n co

sts)

2017

2020

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