Economic opportunities for young men and women through inclusive youth participation, capacity building, influencing and partnerships

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Description

Launched in 2017, the Youth Participation and Employment (YPE) programme is a five-year initiative, implemented by Oxfam IBIS (Denmark), and funded by the Danish Arab Partnership program. YPE aims to improve economic opportunities for young women and men in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia. By building diverse and effective partnerships, it seeks to achieve three outcomes: (i) strengthened technical and life skills that enable young people to actively engage in society; (ii) increased organisational capacity of institutions, the private sector, entrepreneurs and communities to support young people; (iii) enhanced advocacy and dialogue between youth, public and private institutions, and business.

Implementation of the Project/Activity

The program will support partners in capacity-building and developing strategies. Stakeholders will be supported to promote inclusive youth participation through networking with private companies, facilitating contact between employers and job seekers, promoting decent work through internship and matchmaking and identifying employers. Partners will be supported in influencing policies and practices related to youth employment through awareness-raising campaign, research on entrepreneurship and innovation, fostering decent job opportunities for young people and enhancing women’s safety at work.
Influencing work ought to tackle the three priorities to induce sustainable and long-lasting impact for young people in the labour market: (i) tackling the tax infrastructure to make it more conducive and supportive for young entrepreneurs aiming to grow and secure dignified work for employees they hire; (ii) actively engaging with the issue of unpaid care work and influencing governments and private sector actors to assume responsibility in recognizing, redistribution, and reducing unpaid care work for women; (iii) tackling inequalities in the labour market, especially for women and youth on the basis of decent and dignified work.
Country teams will implement the program in partnership with local organizations. A project management unit governs the overall operation and adds value through its regional component.

Partners

OXFAM IBIS; King Hussein Foundation; Leaders of Tomorrow; Jordan Hashemite Fund for Human Development; Phenix Centre for Economic & Informatics Studies; I Dare for Sustainable Development; Alwan wa Awtar; AUC Venture Lab; Innoventures; El Nidaa Foundation; El Rehla; RiseUp; Better Life Association; Basharsoft; Techne; AUC Policy Hub; Centres de Carrière et de Certification des Compétences; Impact Partner; AFTURD; Institut Arabe des Chefs d'Entreprises; FIDEL; Shanti; Amal Al Mansour Association for Solidarity and Development; Casal Dels Infants

SDGS & Targets

Goal 8

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

8.1

Sustain per capita economic growth in accordance with national circumstances and, in particular, at least 7 per cent gross domestic product growth per annum in the least developed countries

8.1.1

Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita

8.2

Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors

8.2.1

Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person

8.3

Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services

8.3.1

Proportion of informal employment in total employment, by sector and sex

8.4

Improve progressively, through 2030, global resource efficiency in consumption and production and endeavour to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation, in accordance with the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production, with developed countries taking the lead

8.4.1

Material footprint, material footprint per capita, and material footprint per GDP

8.4.2

Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP

8.5

By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value

8.5.1

Average hourly earnings of female and male employees, by occupation, age and persons with disabilities

8.5.2

Unemployment rate, by sex, age and persons with disabilities

8.6

By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training

8.6.1

Proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years) not in education, employment or training

8.7

Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms

8.7.1

Proportion and number of children aged 5‑17 years engaged in child labour, by sex and age

8.8

Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment

8.8.1

Fatal and non-fatal occupational injuries per 100,000 workers, by sex and migrant status

8.8.2

Level of national compliance with labour rights (freedom of association and collective bargaining) based on International Labour Organization (ILO) textual sources and national legislation, by sex and migrant status

8.9

By 2030, devise and implement policies to promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products

8.9.1

Tourism direct GDP as a proportion of total GDP and in growth rate

8.10

Strengthen the capacity of domestic financial institutions to encourage and expand access to banking, insurance and financial services for all

8.10.1

(a) Number of commercial bank branches per 100,000 adults and (b) number of automated teller machines (ATMs) per 100,000 adults

8.10.2

Proportion of adults (15 years and older) with an account at a bank or other financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider

8.a

Increase Aid for Trade support for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, including through the Enhanced Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance to Least Developed Countries

8.a.1

Aid for Trade commitments and disbursements

8.b

By 2020, develop and operationalize a global strategy for youth employment and implement the Global Jobs Pact of the International Labour Organization

8.b.1

Existence of a developed and operationalized national strategy for youth employment, as a distinct strategy or as part of a national employment strategy