Why
Studies show that young people want to start businesses, yet the established business rate among adults is substantially higher than it is for youth. This implies that young people face higher barriers to entrepreneurship than adults, and there is a need for better policies aimed at enabling young entrepreneurs to realize their ambitions. Youth-led enterprises also primarily employ their peers, which could potentially catalyze more quality job creation in an enabling environment.
What
Decent Jobs for Youth focuses on supporting the development of policies, regulations and institutions that enable and encourage the creation of youth-led enterprises. To tackle weak skills and knowledge transfer, it is crucial to foster peer-to-peer support networks. Improving access to adequate information, training, finance and technology can help lift many of the obstacles that prevent young people from succeeding in business.
Who
The ILO, ITC, UNCDF, UNCTAD and UNIDO lead on this thematic priority. Decent Jobs for Youth brings together a growing number of partners who are committed to unleashing the potential of youth entrepreneurship and self-employment through fostering enabling environments and improving access to productive assets.
Enroll 1 million HP LIFE users between 2016-2025
Lifelong learning that supports upskilling, re-skilling, and entrepreneurial thinking will be critical to power thisfuture economy. HP LIFE (Learning Initiative for Entrepreneurs), an HPFoundation program aims to enroll 1 million users worldwide between 2016 and 2025. HP LIFE currently provides 32 business and IT skills training courses in seven languages. It is best leveraged by those approximately 16 years of age or older.
Teaching Agriculture Practically (TAP)
Teaching Agriculture Practically ensures that Uganda’s future agriculture teachers and instructors have the pedagogical and technical competencies as well as the necessary relations with key actors in the agriculture sector to deliver quality, relevant agricultural education and training. Through effective teaching, these teachers and instructors ensure that students gain the skills they need to start their own businesses, get a job or pursue higher studies in agriculture. The 2.56 million EUR initial commitment to the capacity development of the National Teachers Colleges Mubende and Unyama and National Instructors College Abilonino benefits 980 student-teachers and 249 student-instructors over the period 2019-2021.