The knowledge brief describes Global Communities' approach to implementing sustainable workforce development interventions at scale that targeted the informal construction sector. It outlines the key elements of the approach, assesses whether there are early signs of sustainability, and presents some recommendations.
This brief outlines the elements of the improved apprenticeship model developed by Global Communities in the construction sector in Ghana and examines its effectiveness as an avenue to provide skills training to disadvantaged youth, facilitate their entry into employment, and provide some lessons learned.
Every year, 25 million young people in Africa enter the labor market, more than half of them (14 million) in rural areas. By the year 2030, 320 million new jobs will need to be created, which makes Rural Youth Employment one of the most pressing and challenging topics, but also presents an enormous opportunity for economic development in capitalizing on this “youth dividend”. This report aims at highlighting good practices and lessons from GIZ programs on rural youth employment.
This guidance explains how employability centers can take the essential steps required for them to offer basic services: registering jobseekers, registering vacancies, job matching and referring jobseekers to employers, collecting and disseminating LMI and statistics, and counseling in some cases. It concludes with recommendations for revising the current service protocols, with a particular focus on registration and vacancy handling.
This video describes the Integrated Country Approach, an FAO’s youth project in Uganda that provides strategic technical support to Uganda’s government in developing youth inclusive National Policies and Strategies for Youth Employment in Agriculture. Through capacity building, the ability of youth is enhanced to advocate for themselves and to participate in productive agriculture. The videos also explains the FAO-MAAIF model of using youth as champions and role models to inspire their peers to engage in agribusiness.
This study provides a new lens for understanding labor market information systems (LMIS) and offers guidance for the focus and sequencing of investments in their development.
Young women in Africa are less likely to be employed than young men, as a result of gaps in access to resources such as skills, time, and capital, and due to underlying social norms. Adolescence is a particularly critical time to intervene, as teenage pregnancy or dropping out of school can have severe impacts on future employment and earnings with significant consequences on their lives. At the macroeconomic level, investing in adolescent girls is also crucial for Sub-Saharan Africa`s demographic dividend.
This report captures the experience of young people in the agrifood system — both those who innovate (innovators) and those they design solutions for (adopters). Instead of looking separately at these groups, the research sees innovators and adopters as part of a larger interconnected landscape, supported by those who contribute to building the enabling environments that help get technologies to communities (promoters).
This report will be of interest to government officials, potential investors, producers, and the donor agencies working on agricultural entrepreneurship in Lesotho where the government is trying to attract investment in primary agriculture and agro-processing.
The purpose of this study is to review the effectiveness of projects that supported jobs for youth in Niger over the years 2007-2018. This report reviews the design and performance of 50 jobs projects carried out under the aegis of the Government of Niger over the years 2007-2018.
