Green and decent jobs for youth (WeWork)

The intervention logic follows the framework structure where on the supply-side of the labour market, the portfolio will target increased employability of youth (Result Domain 1) by: (1) Promotion of TVET for green economy and for agriculture as employment pathways; (2) Demanddriven formal and non-formal skills development, and; (3) General employment services ensuring that work-ready youth actually access decent jobs. Straddling the supply and demand side, Result Domain 2 aims to create new businesses that offer decent jobs through (4) Entrepreneurship promotion. Finally on the demand side, the portfolio will aim to create more decent jobs and training opportunities by enhancing the sustainability and production of existing businesses (Result Domain 3). This will be achieved through 5) Enterprise development and 6) Value chain development in agriculture and the green economy. The Green and Decent Jobs for Youth (WeWork) project is an initiative aimed at providing skills training and job opportunities for young people, particularly young women, in Uganda. Focused on the regions of Rwenzori & Albertine, this project falls under Social Infrastructure. Employment policy and administrative management sector, which is part of the broader Social services (16xxx) top sector. The main objective of the WeWork project is to equip young people with skills necessary for decent jobs or entrepreneurship opportunities in agriculture and the green and sustainable economy. To achieve this goal, the project targets increased employability of youth by promoting Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) for both green economy and agriculture as employment pathways. The project also aims to ensure that work-ready youth access decent jobs through general employment services. Additionally, it seeks to create new businesses offering decent jobs through entrepreneurship promotion. On the demand side, the project aims to enhance the sustainability and production of existing businesses to create more decent jobs and training opportunities. The WeWork project is funded by Enabel, a Belgian development agency for international cooperation, under a grant financing type with ODA typology.

SO1 - Employability Young people, at least half of whom are women, have access to high quality skills development that offers the prospect of decent and green jobs -- SO 2 - Employment and Entrepreneurship Trained young people, at least half of whom are women, are guided and supported to find decent and green jobs or to start a successful business