Opportunities For Youth Employment

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.

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.

• Young women and men aged 18-30
  
• Youth’s households
  
• Training and Vocational Education institutes (TVETs) and Community Based Organizations (CBOs)

• Young women and men have accessed (self-) employment.
  
• Youth-led business enterprises are established and generate income.

Resultados previstos:  

• 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.

Resultados de las fases anteriores:  

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.

MasterCard Foundation (MCF)

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)

Fase 1 01.07.2015 - 31.12.2019   (Completed)