Economic Empowerment
1ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENTECONOMIC EMPOWERMENTNURTURING ENTERPRISING YOUTH IN AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES (NEYAT)INVESTING IN YOUTHIsDB INTERVENTIONS IN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
INVESTING IN YOUTH: IsDB INTERVENTIONS IN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT3BDCsBusiness Development CentersCORAFWest and Central African Council forAgricultural Research and DevelopmentECDEarly Childhood DevelopmentE4EEducation for EmploymentE4CEducation For CompetitivenessGVCsGlobal Value ChainsHPsHarmful PracticesICTsInformation and Communication TechnologiesIHSIn Her Shoes MethodologyIsDB-BISEWIslamic Development Bank-Bangladesh Islamic Solidarity Educational WaqfIsDBIslamic Development BankISFDIslamic Solidarity Fund for DevelopmentIYFInternational Youth ForumLDMCsLeast Developed Member CountriesMENAMiddle East and North AfricaMCsMember CountriesMDBsMultilateral Development BanksMFIsMediating Financial InstitutionsMSEsMedium to Small Size EnterprisesM4PMaking Markets Work for the PoorOICOrganization of Islamic CooperationNCoSNational Center of SpecializationNEYATNurturing Enterprising Youth in Agricultural TechnologiesPFIsParticipating Financial InstitutionsSIGAsSurvival Income Generating ActivitiesSDIsService Delivery IndicatorsSDGsSustainable Development GoalsS&TScience and TechnologyVCAValue Chain ApproachVCsValue ChainsVETVocational Educational TrainingVOLIPThe Vocational Literacy ProgramWBGWorld Bank GroupUPAYUnemployed Potentially Active YouthYDFYouth Development ForumYDSYouth Development StrategyYESYouth Employment SupportECONOMIC EMPOWERMENTList of Acronyms
4INVESTING IN YOUTH: IsDB INTERVENTIONS IN YOUTH DEVELOPMENTExecutive SummaryECONOMIC EMPOWERMENTSince the mid 1990s, youth1 have been recognized as a specific social categorywith specific needs and challenges that demand dedicated interventions based onsound policies and adequate diagnostic. Across the world, a number of countries,including the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) memebr countries (MC) havestarted to develop and implement youth programs and national youth policiesand strategies. The political desire to engage youth has especially mounted inthe last few years. Between 2013 and 2014, for instance, the number of stateswith a national youth policy has increased from 99 (50% out of 198 countries)2to 122 (62% out of 198 countries)3. Currently, about 50% of the Organization ofIslamic Cooperation (OIC) MCs (27 out of 57 MCs) has national youth policies;the majority of those were developed in the early 2000s4.BETWEEN 2013 AND 2014, THE NUMBER OFSTATES WITH A NATIONAL YOUTH POLICYHAS INCREASED FROM 99 TO 12250%62%CURRENTLY, ABOUT 50% OF THE OIC MCs(27 OUT OF 57 MCS) HAS NATIONAL YOUTHPOLICIES; THE MAJORITY OF THOSE WEREDEVELOPED IN THE EARLY 2000s57MCs50%This political will has been driven in part by youthdemographics. The world has never been thisyoung: In 2014, people aged 10 to 24 amountedto 1.8 billion making up a youth constituencythat is greater than any point in human history5.The IsDB-served regions host a significantproportion of the world’s youth constituency.Since 2014, the Arab region, for example, hasbeen hosting the youngest population in theworld —the largest youth generation the regionhas witnessed in 50 years— and in Africaalone, there are almost 200 million people agedbetween 15 and 24.6There has been a paradigm shift in how youthare perceived, from “problems to be managed”to a more positive image of youth as important“resourceful” members of society that arecrucial players in advancing the SustainableDevelopment Goals (SDG) agenda. It is now wellunderstood that youth-inclusive societies aremore likely to prosper and that the exclusion ofyouth not only results in a missed generation forglobal development but also leads to numerouschallenges, from stinted growth, lack of creativityto loss of social cohesion and stability that could1 The Youth Development Strategy of the IsDB defines “youth” as the transition from the childhood state of dependence tothe full independence of adulthood, covering the age bracket of 15 to 35 years.2 The State of youth policy 2014. Youth Policy Press.3 An up-to-date list is available at Youthpolicy.org. http://www.youthpolicy.org/nationalyouthpolicies/4 Calculations are made by the author using Youthpolicy.org data. http://www.youthpolicy.org/nationalyouthpolicies5 The State of World Population 2014, United Nations Population Fund.6 ibid.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThe IsDB has been working to addressyouth development related issues since itsestablishment, specifically in the areas relatingto young people’s education, skills development,employment and engagement” ppparticipation.During the past decade, IsDB has strengthenedits work towards youth development, focusingon enabling youth to unlock their potential aspartners and leaders in sustainable development.This new stage is crystallized in the Bank’s10-Year Strategic Framework (10-YS), thePresident’s Five-Year Program (P5P) and thedevelopment of the Youth Development Strategy(2020-2025). The Youth Development Strategy(YDS) seeks to provide a coherent, coordinated,and holistic framework for the Bank’s futureyouth development activities to increase impactof its interventions and to ensure that they arebest placed to achieve the desired outcomes.Furthermore, the Bank is committed todeveloping knowledge products and undertakinganalytical work that can inform and examineissues and progress in the area of youthdevelopment. As such, this publication isintended for more than documenting the stridesmade by IsDB interventions. Rather, it aimsto (i) contribute to the global debate on youthby raising awareness on youth issues, anddocumenting good practices and successfulapproaches.The publication reviews a number of youthoriented initiatives implemented by the IsDB inMCs and through Communities Outreach in NonMember Countries. The report is organized intothree sections corresponding to the strategicpillars of the YDS. In the first section, thereview of the select cases on the Bank’s effortstowards improving young people’s educationaloutcomes. The second section examines casestudies in the area of economic empowermentthat aim to increase youth employment andeconomic opportunities. The final sectionpresents the Banks’s interventions for enhancedyouth engagement.The analytical review of the cases follows astandardized structure across sections. Thereview first introduces the scope of the selectedcases (objectives, target segments, activities,etc.); it then identifies their value-added andsignificance.The select cases cover a range of relevant andsalient development challenges to young people.Addressing these challenges and striving, morelargely, to empower youth, the cases are fullyaligned with the commitments of the Bankand its MCs to the 2030 Agenda “leave no onebehind” and the Sustainable Development Goals.They also reinforce the IsDB’s growing role as acenter of excellence.ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENTlead to crisis and conflicts. Young people, assuch, play a critical role in development. This rolehas been especially reinforced in contemporarysocieties, where young women and men aremore aware of development challenges and areincreasingly willing and able to publicly expresstheir quest for equitable economic opportunities,good governance, and greater wellbeing.5
6INVESTING IN YOUTH: IsDB INTERVENTIONS IN YOUTH DEVELOPMENTIntroductionEconomic empowerment is necessary not only to ensure economic well-being ofyouth, but also to enhance their capacity to be positive and productive agents intheir community and to mitigate the challenges and risks that face young people.ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENTTo help MCs improve their youth’s livingconditions, one area of action the IsDB engagesin is job creation, where the IsDB strives bothto increase the number and the quality ofjobs available to youth and strengthen theiremployability skills. Job creation interventionsalso include promoting youth entrepreneurshipas an additional path for integrating youth intomarkets, while enabling them to become jobproviders.Another key area where the IsDB focuseson is improving youth’s access to financialservices. In its efforts for greater youth financialinclusion, IsDB has been pioneering in theinstitutionalization of Islamic microfinanceschemes to enable young entrepreneurs toestablish Micro & Small-to-Medium sizedEnterprises (MSMEs) as viable paths forgraduation from poverty to self-sufficiency.The Bank also complements its financialsupport with non-financial services. ExamplesREVIEWEDPROJECTS1.2.3.4.5.6.7.for that are the provision of support for theestablishment of training and entrepreneurshipfacilities and incubators, as well as building thecapacity of financial institutions and educatorsfor youth-owned MSMEs.To enhance and ensure inclusive youtheconomic empowerment, the Bank strivesto adapt a gender sensitive lens and paysparticular attention to closing the gender gapsin skills, access to finance, and economicopportunities, while raising communityawareness on and promoting positive socialnorms for greater gender equality to ensuresustainable economic outcomes and equalopportunities.To demonstrate the IsDB’s work andinterventionsforyoutheconomicempowerment, a flagship employment supportprogram and six NGO-led projects wereselected as Best practice examples.Nurturing Enterprising Youth in Agricultural Technologies (NEYAT)- Ninecountries in West AfricaYouth Employment Support Program (YES)- EgyptImproving Employability of Kyrgyzstani YouthEmpowerment of 100 Orphans in Apiculture in the Region of Izmir-TurkeyScaling up Entrepreneurship, Business and Life Skills Training Among theYouth of Kabale District, Kigezi Region, UgandaEmpowerment of Rural Women of Amezmiz Community Through theValorisation of Local Products -MoroccoEmpowerment of Poor Muslim Women and Adolescent Girls Through VocationalSkills Training in Acha Momo Division, North West Region of Cameroon.The reviewed cases are meant to be inspiringexamples of youth centered interventionsto learn from. Lessons learned can lead tosustainable livelihood and the economicempowerment of young women and men.This can result in youth settling into decentwork and gainful employment, having socialand economic protection, and realizingtheir potential as partners and leaders indevelopment.
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8INVESTING IN YOUTH: IsDB INTERVENTIONS IN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT2.1 NURTURING ENTERPRISING YOUTH IN AGRICULTURALTECHNOLOGIES (NEYAT)ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENTSUMMARY OF THE REVIEWED CASETitle of ProjectsProject 1 Launching of Knowledge for Employment Web ChannelProject 2 Empowering Youth for Agripreneurship in West andCentral AfricaProject 3 Promoting Youth Entrepreneurship Through Agricultureand Innovation in West AfricaLocationBenin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Mali, Niger,Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.DurationProject 1 10 Months (2013-14)Project 2 10 Months (2016-17)Project 3 12 Months (2018-19)IsDB FinancingProject 1 US 40,000Project 2 US 60,000Project 3 US 140,00ObjectivesTo boost youth employment in agriculture and empower them toconsolidate the agricultural value chainsThe Project “Nurturing Enterprising Youth inAgricultural Technologies” (NEYAT) coversa series of collaborations between Westand Central African Council for AgriculturalResearch and Development (CORAF) and IsDBfor consolidating a regional approach to tackleyouth unemployment in West and Central Africathrough the following 3 projects:I. Launching of Knowledge for EmploymentWeb Channel;II. Empowering Youth for Agripreneurship inWest and Central Africa; andIII. Promoting Youth Entrepreneurship ThroughAgriculture and Innovation in West Africa.The overarching goal of the Program to promotesustainable improvements to competitivenessand productivity in the agricultural sector, byfocusing on utilizing high impact agriculturaltechnologies and ICT to boost youth employmentin the sector.Each project was implemented and coordinatedby CORAF and, as regional initiatives they eachcovered eight IsDB MCs, namely: Benin, BurkinaFaso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Mali,Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.2.1.1 OVERVIEW OF NEYAT PROJECTS AND PHASES2.1.1.1 PROJECT PHASE-I: LAUNCHINGOF KNOWLEDGE FOR EMPLOYMENT WEBCHANNELThe main objective of the Project was toincrease the utilization of the outputs of scientificresearch to generate new knowledge-based jobsin agriculture as a solution particular to youthunemployment. To realize this objective, theProject has:I. Supported research centres in the area ofagriculture for the production of video lectureson using agricultural technologies in creatingnew jobs;
NURTURING ENTERPRISING YOUTH IN AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES (NEYAT)2.1.1.2 ACHIEVEMENT AND KEY RESULTS14 video lectures accessible onlinewere produced and broadcasted,which to date have enabled more than83,995 individuals to become aware ofagricultural technologies and innovations fromthe featured videos 72.1.1.3 IMPLEMENTATION & ACTIVITIESTo achieve its core objective and the broader goalof supporting youth employment in agriculture,the Project undertook interventions under fourmain components, as summarized below:PROJECT COMPONENT 1: Identification ofSuitable TechnologiesThis component selected and identified suitableagricultural technologies to be recorded asvideo lectures from the existing technologiesdeveloped by National Centres of Specialization(NCoS) under the World BM’s West AfricaAgricultural Productivity Program (WAAPP).8Selection of agricultural technologies wereguided by whether they have been developed &tested by the NCoS, which could possibly serveas entry points for value chains, Therefore,acting as an opportunity for job creation andproject initiation, Furthermore, the selection ofagricultural technologies depended on the easeof implementation and its environmental impact.The lectures covered a variety of agriculturaltechnologies ranging from increasing theproductivity of crops, processing food crops,farming, to meat and milk processing.PROJECT COMPONENT 2: Production ofLecturesThrough this component, the Project requestedthe NCoS to prepare the video lectures basedon the selected technologies. Lectures wererecorded in segments based on a kittenscenario, using simple language. Segmentsaimed to equip the viewers with practical stepsand necessary information on the utilization ofpresented technology, elaborating especiallyon: the purpose and benefits of the presentedtechnology, overview of its usage, the requiredraw materials, the cost elements of projectinitiation around the technology, necessary skillsof the project staff (if any), locations suitablefor implementing the technology, and howto get more information about the presentedtechnologies.PROJECT COMPONENT 3: Sharing of LecturesThis component undertook activities to ensureaccess to and enable distribution of videolectures. The recorded lectures were uploadedboth to IsDB’s already existing channel onYouTube and CORAF website and web-basedchannel, as such enabling free online access.PROJECT COMPONENT 4: Information andAdvisory ServicesThe final component aimed at providingadvisory services to all interested viewers onhow to transform the presented knowledge intonew jobs related to the specified technologies.Importantly, the information and advisoryservices were projected to continue afterthe completion of the project, becoming partof Knowledge Management System, andaddressing viewer inquiries.2.1.1.4 VALUE ADDITIONThe Project had the specific aim ofstrengthening the linkages between science andtechnology (S&T) and agriculture and generatingknowledge-based jobs in the sector. By focusingon S&T integration, the Project took the firststep to improve the agriculture value chain fornational and regional competiveness and, in7 Videos can be accessed from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature player detailpage&v Oe4WgUeNDNk andhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?feature player detailpage&v 2-oki4zTcF08 Funded by the World Bank and several other donors including the members of the CORAP/ CARD, WAAP project aimedat improving the regional integration through the transfer of agricultural technologies across the West African counties.ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENTII. Facilitated access to video lectures by makingthem available on a free of charge web-basedvideo channel.9
10INVESTING IN YOUTH: IsDB INTERVENTIONS IN YOUTH DEVELOPMENTtandem, make the sector more attractive toeducated youth. As such, the Project could serveas a vehicle to contribute to the regional effortsfor tackling youth unemployment by increasingyouth engagement in agriculture.as Facebook and Twitter, for outreach andcommunication.2.1.2.1 PROJECT/PHASE-II : EMPOWERINGYOUTH FOR AGRIPRENEURSHIP IN WESTAFRICAThis component organized special nationalagripreneurshipworkshopsinselectedexisting youth training centres in each countryto build & strengthen the capacity and skillsof youth in management and leadership. Aregional workshop, which was organizedin Dakar, Senegal, focused especially onencouraging young people to use ICT in thepractice of agriculture and agro-businesses toaccess markets and collect and disseminateinformation. The workshop also raised theawareness of youth on agricultural opportunitiesto change their perceptions of agriculture as a‘dirty’, ‘low-paying’ and ‘demanding’ businessto a more positive perception of agriculture asa profession.ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENTBased on the lessons learnt drawn fromPhase-I and user recommendations on thevideos, Phase-II focused on out-scaling theprevious Project and consolidating the regionalapproach to address the common issue ofyouth unemployment. The main objective of theProject was to strengthen the capacities of youthin agripreneurship and create entrepreneurialopportunities for educated youth in agriculture.To realize its objectives, the Project has:Provided technical support to enhance youngviewers’ access to the on-line videos anddeveloped the architecture of a virtual platformthat would provides instantaneous informationto youth on technological solutions, helped themwith problem solving, and offered advise on howto use the knowledge gained to build their ownbusinesses.2.1.2.2 ACHIEVEMENTS AND KEY RESULTSThe Project received 3254 applicationsfor the trainings out of which 1600youth met the criteria and wereselected, 50% being females.2.1.2.3 IMPLEMENTATION AND ACTIVITIESTo achieve its objectives, the Project undertookinterventions under three Components:PROJECT COMPONENT 2: Capacity Building onYouth EntrepreneurshipPROJECT COMPONENT 3: Virtual PlatformThe final component of the Project was buildingthe architecture of a virtual platform to beset up at the CORAF. The platform providedadvisory services to help young people developcompetencies and knowledge for job creationrelated to the identified technologies and toenabled them to invest in agribusiness. Theplatform is before linked with social medianetworks mostly used: Facebook, Youtube, andTwitter.Notably, the virtual platform also functioned as aCall Center to provide counselling and advisoryservices to youth as well as instantaneousinformation on technological solutions andproblem solving.PROJECT COMPONENT 1: Dissemination ofSelected Technologies2.1.2.4 VALUE ADDITIONThe main focus of this component was toincrease access to video lectures especiallyfor young viewers. The aim was to utilizesocial media platforms and networks, suchThe Project improved the efforts of the previousphase by enhancing access to video lecturesand establishing the architecture of a virtualplatform that would provide knowledge flow
NURTURING ENTERPRISING YOUTH IN AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES (NEYAT)2.1.3.1 PROJECT PHASE-III : PROMOTINGYOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP THROUGHAGRICULTURE AND INNOVATION IN WESTAFRICAWith the success in the previous phases, themain objective of the third and last Project wasto enhance entrepreneurial opportunities foreducated youth in the agriculture sector in WestAfrica. To realize this objective, the Project aimedto developed skills and expertise of youth forcreating entrepreneurial opportunities; as well asset up an adequate institutional environment forsharing agricultural knowledge, innovation, andtechnologies.2.1.3.2 ACHIVEMENTS AND KEY RESULTSPhase III of the Project achieved the followingkey results:1000 direct beneficiaries reached bythe instant learning virtual platform;122 youth received an onlinementorship by 14 mentors who wereselected to offer online mentorshipto the mentees and development ofa database on 27 mentors;200 direct beneficiaries had accessto internships, training, and jobplacements and 30,000 indirectbeneficiaries.2.1.3.3 IMPLEMENTATION AND ACTIVITIESThe Project activities were comprised of twomain components as described below:PROJECT COMPONENT 1: Development of aKnowledge-Based hub on Agribusiness in theExisting PlatformI. Establishing a Distant Learning VirtualPlatformThis activity transformed the existing virtualplatform (established through Phase-II) into aknowledge-based hub in agriculture to promoteagricultural technologies & innovations andto offer a knowledge flow to youth (advisoryservices mentorship, online courses) toenhance their capacity regarding challengesof globalization and new market opportunities.The activity managed to reach to 1,000 directbeneficiaries.II. Establishing an Online Mentorship ProgramThis activity aimed to develop agribusinesscourse curricula and set up an online mentoringprogram for young agripreneurs through thevirtual knowledge-hub. The online mentorshipprogram was launched through a validationworkshop hosted in Dakar, Senegal, whichdelivered a three-day training for 20 mentees outof the 122 selected for mentorship in Phase-II.The online mentorship included online courseson key soft skills covering the following modules:starting up, adopting a value chain approach,and building and developing a business model.3254 youth included in a G-maimailing list;III. Establishing a Web TV100,000 views through the webchannel; andThe activity established a 24 hour-Web TV,which broadcasts and showcases successstories, to disseminate high impact agriculturaltechnologies and innovations to a widerECONOMIC EMPOWERMENTand advisory services to youth. Most notably,it introduced capacity and skill building effortsof youth in entrepreneurship. By introducingthis component, the second Phase attemptedto systematically look at entrepreneurshipfrom a youth perspective. In other words, itstrived to bear a youth-oriented approach toagripreneurship and agribusiness by buildingand capitalizing on youth’s potential forconsolidation of agricultural value chains.11
12INVESTING IN YOUTH: IsDB INTERVENTIONS IN YOUTH DEVELOPMENTaudience of youth. The Web TV also offer liveand interactive online debates on critical issuesregarding opportunities for youth employmentin agriculture. The activity managed to reach100,000 views through the web-channel.PROJECT COMPONENT2: Promotion of YouthInternship and Employment in the PrivateAgribusiness SectorECONOMIC EMPOWERMENTThis activity set up a digital platform within theexisting virtual platform to enable youth to havegreater access to opportunities for placements,jobs, internships, trainings and mentorshipsand to connect young talent with suitablejobs in agriculture and agribusiness. Theactivity assisted 200 direct and 30,000 indirectbeneficiaries.2.1.3.4 VALUE ADDITIONThe last phase, utilizing ICTs as a time- andcost-effective tool, has managed to set up anoverall institutional environment for sharing ofagricultural knowledge for the broader goalsof promoting youth entrepreneurship andconsolidating agricultural value chains in theregion.More specifically, through the interactivevirtual platform and online mentorship, theProject was able to meet knowledge needs ofdomestic agro-industry stakeholders, includingyouth, in agribusiness development. Providinginstantaneous information in an interactivemanner is crucial given that timely access toinformation and communication can allowyoung farmers to be aware of strains andopportunities in the market (increasing prices,the expansion and integration of food chain, etc.).The Project also developed a digital platform toenhance the access of young people to businessdevelopment services and to connect themdirectly to placement, training, and internshipopportunities in the sector.In brief, based on the lessons learnt from theprevious phases and utilizing ICTs, the Projectdeveloped a viable mechanism for introducingS&T into agriculture and, more broadly, foroptimizing job creation in the sector as wellas creating new incentives that would lead toincreased youth engagement in agriculture.2.2.2 POST-COMPLETION PROGRESSAs the Program has “living products”, such asthe Web TV and online mentorship platform,improvements have continued throughout andafter the completion of the three phases. Sincethe start of the Project 3/Phase III, improvementshave included, most notably:The revamping of the NEYATProgram website;The Web TV has gained furthertraction;The NEYAT web platform hasbecome more interactive allowinggreater flexibility for interactionand engagement between usersand website;An initiative to create a websitefor disseminating informationon organic food by-products hasbeen created;Twoyouthproject-fundingprograms were published.Finally, in addition to the activities undertakenby each component, the validation workshophosted in Dakar under Phase III, has proved tobe effective as attested by the rapid results it hasproduced. The below testimony is from one ofthe mentees who attended the Dakar validationworkshop, it further exemplifies how traineesbenefited from the NEYAT training:
13ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENTNURTURING ENTERPRISING YOUTH IN AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES (NEYAT)MENTEE TESTIMONYFamilola Abimbola, Computer Scientist, Nigeria:“Participating in ICT for Agriculture Forum held in Dakar has enabled me to have good knowledgeof recent advances on the use of technology in agribusiness NEYAT platform motivated meto start a cassava agribusiness and also created in me passion to start a Masters degreeresearch on Digital and Computational Agriculture through accelerating plant breeding andoptimizing farming practices through high performance computing. I am currently workingon digitalizing crop phenotypes to accelerate plant breeding and create digital technology thatwill improve agricultural practices and local agribusiness in developing countries. Participatingin NEYAT Program has given me the opportunity to contribute positively to my communitydevelopment in the area of crop cultivation. I have successfully trained 40 local farmers onhow to achieve optimal and sustainable cultivation strategies.”
14INVESTING IN YOUTH: IsDB INTERVENTIONS IN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT2.2 IsDB- YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT PROGRAM-EGYPT (YES-EGYPT)ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENTSUMMARY OF THE REVIEWED CASETitle of the ProgramYouth Employment Support Program YES-EgyptLocationPoverty pockets and the least developed communities in thecountry, identified through the Needs Assessment Study.Duration5 years (2011-16)IsDB Financing 52.88 millionObjectivesCreate employment and self-employment opportunities in favour ofpotentially active young men and women to contribute to the socioeconomic development of the countryTarget group(s)- Unemployed Potentially Active Youth (Alumni of Universitiesand Vocational/ Professional Institution and Higher Institutes ofTechnology), both men and women.- Specifically, 80,000 Potentially-Active-Youth to benefit frommarket training and entrepreneurship programs.Program Components &ImplementationComponent 1: Lines of Financing Schemes to Survival IncomeGenerating Activities and Micro, Small & Medium EnterprisesComponent 2: Capacity Building for Participating FinancialIntermediariesComponent 3: Capacity Building for Training ProvidersComponent 4: Market Oriented Training & Awareness CampaignThe Youth Employment Support Program (YES),aimed to help the Middle East and North Africa(MENA) region to reduce youth unemploymentby fostering youth entrepreneurship. Targetingparticularly higher education graduates, theProgram, on the one hand, improved the abilityof financial institutions and educators (includingvocational education) to assist youth to buildtheir capacity for creating micro and small tomedium sized enterprises (MSEs) , and, onthe other hand, provides the required financingto these MSEs. The YES Program as a wholehas been approved for US 250 million IsDBfinancing, covering four MCs: Egypt, Tunisia,Yemen, and Libya.Being part of the broader YES, YES-Egypt aimedto contribute to the country’s pressing needsof youth employment and self-employmentand therefore, support the Egyptian economyto recover from its employment crisis. TheProgram was implemented through theGovernment of Egypt’s Micro, Small and MediumEnterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA). The
IsDB- YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT PROGRAM-EGYPT (YES-EGYPT)disbursement plan of the Program was designedto cover 5 years. The IsDB financing for theProgram included US 52.00 million, coveringMicro & Small Enterprise Venture InvestmentProgram (MSE/VIP) as well as a TechnicalAssistance (TA) Grant.Islamic microfinance services throughincreasing the capacity of Partner FinancialInstitutions (PFI’)s and training providersby extending: a) MSEs lines of financingfor promising rural and urban businessactivities; and b) capacity building programsfor delivering youth oriented sustainableMSEs Islamic lending schemes.2.2.1 OVERVIEW OF THE YES-EGYPT PROGRAMi.2.2.1.1 ACHIEVEMENTS AND KEY RESULTSFor its 5 years of implementation, the Programtargeted to achieve the following Key Results:24,000 MSEsdeveloped;86,000 employmentwere created;Bolster youth’s technical skills andcapacities through increasing their accessto a mix of Micro & Small-to-Mediumsize Enterprise (MSEs) financial ser
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