Opportunities For Youth Employment

Projet terminé
Babati, Tanzania © SNV

SDC contributes to the existing project Opportunities for Youth Employment (OYE) implemented by SNV since September 2013, for its upscaling in Tanzania. OYE aims to improve the livelihoods of young women and men by developing and expanding their set of skills and by matching them with existing rural job markets and opportunities for self-employment in agri-business, renewable energy, sanitation and hygiene in 5 regions of the Central Corridor (CC). Co-funding donor of OYE besides SDC is the MasterCard Foundation.

Pays/région Thème Période Budget
Tanzanie
Emploi & développement économique
Formation professionelle
Agriculture et sécurité alimentaire
Education
Soutien commerciale & inclusion économique
Création d'emplois
Formation professionnelle
Développement de la chaîne de valeur agricole (til 2016)
Facultés quotidiennes de base
01.07.2015 - 31.12.2019
CHF  6’255’000
Contexte

Every year in Tanzania 800’000 to 1’000’000 low-skilled young women and men enter a job market that can only absorb a small portion of them. Unemployment is rampant and fuels dissatisfaction and unrest. A majority finds either vulnerable employment or is underemployed. The government has pledged support to youth through many different policy instruments but in general the implementation of those policies is, at best, inefficient.

Objectifs

The overall goal of the project is to improve the livelihoods of 18’000 young women and men in Tanzania by creating youth employment opportunities in agri-business, renewable energy, sanitation and hygiene and to improve vocational skills delivery and access to employment. SDC contribution will target 6’550 youths in five regions of the Central Corridor.

Groupes cibles
  • Young women and men aged 18-30
  • Youth’s households
  • Training and Vocational Education institutes (TVETs) and Community Based Organizations (CBOs)
Effets à moyen terme
  • Young women and men have accessed (self-) employment.
  • Youth-led business enterprises are established and generate income.
Résultats

Principaux résultats attendus:  

  • 18’000 young women and men (6’500 of which through SDC contribution in the Central Corridor) with basic training in technical, life and business skills improved by means of trainings (total enrolled);
  • 15’500 skilled young women and men (5’400 of which through SDC contribution in the Central Corridor)  matched with market opportunities;
  • 400 young women and men (130 of which through SDC contribution in the Central Corridor) prepared for setting up new enterprises.


Principaux résultats antérieurs:  

This is the first phase. A risk assessment positively assessed SNV’s capacity of absorbing new funds and also its capacity to deliver results.  Before the start of the Entry Phase a study “Assessment of vision of opportunities and bottlenecks for youth in rural Tanzania” provided comprehensive oversight of youth employment activities in Tanzania for SDC’s selection.

In its first two years of implementation OYE has enrolled 4’541 young people; 1’886 of them already found employment. 166 new youth-led enterprises have also been created.


Direction/office fédéral responsable DDC
Crédit Coopération au développement
Partenaire de projet Partenaire contractuel
ONG internationale ou étrangère
  • Other international or foreign NGO North
  • SNV


Autres partenaires

MasterCard Foundation (MCF)

Coordination avec d'autres projets et acteurs

Main synergies are with other projects implemented by SNV, namely:

  • ”Commercialization of Milk Marketing in Tanga region” funded by DfID.
  • Tanzania Domestic Biogas Program
  • Results Based Financing: Rural Market Development of Pico-Pv Solar (EnDev-RBF)
  • Sustainable Sanitation & Hygiene for All (SSH4A)
  • The multi-donor trust fund Agriculture Market Development Trust (AMDT)
Budget Phase en cours Budget de la Suisse CHF    6’255’000 Budget suisse déjà attribué CHF    6’303’133
Phases du projet Phase 2 01.03.2020 - 31.05.2024   (Phase en cours)

Phase 1 01.07.2015 - 31.12.2019   (Completed)