4. fao-ifad - ifad’s engagement with rural youth
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LAUNCH AND POLICY DIALOGUE
REGIONAL FAO-IFAD ProjectSTRENGHENING DECENT RURAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
FOR YOUNG WOMEN AND MEN IN THE CARIBBEAN
7 - 9 September 2015Bridgetown, Barbados
IFAD's engagement with rural youth
Andrea Marchetti - IFAD
OverviewContext
What is IFAD
Challenges/Opportunities in Agriculture and Rural Development
IFAD in the LAC region
IFAD’s engagement with rural youth
General Outlook
Strategic priorities
IFAD’s work on youth in the LAC countries
A key partnership for the Caribbean
What is IFAD
IFAD is the only global IFI/UN Agency exclusively dedicated to rural development. Its goal is to empower poor people to achieve higher incomes and improved food security
IFAD works with governments and with rural communities, while being a catalyst for partnerships and alliances, bringing in co-financing from other organizations and the private sector
IFAD provides financing, through loans and grants, to governments, NGOs and research institutes for the promotion and impact of rural development activities.
Challenges in Agriculture and Rural
Development
• Rural Population
– A large proportion of the most
entrepreneurial rural workforce has
migrated.
– The rural adult population is ageing...
◦ …and farmers’ children don’t necessarily want to continue being farmers. Rural youth aspirations are now similar to those of urban youth
Challenges in Agriculture and
Rural Development
Latin America and the
Caribbean
Predominantly made of Middle Income
Countries (MICs), mainly in continental Latin
America, plus Small islands developing
states (SIDS) in the Caribbean.
Increasingly urban, with high levels of
disparities vs the rural areas.
Highly vulnerable to climate change effects
and natural disasters.
High rates of unemployment in the rural
areas, particularly for women and youth,
resulting in migration of skilled labour force
IFAD
CURRENT
INVESTMENT
PORTFOLIO
IN LAC
IFAD in LAC
IFAD and the LAC region
IFAD’s engagement with Youth
IFAD has currently no corporate strategy on
youth…
…HOWEVER
In 2010, IFAD adopted its 2011-2015 Strategic
Framework which points at "the creation of
viable opportunities for rural youth" as one of
its principles of engagement with its clients
IFAD’s engagement with
Youth• Since then, IFAD addressed the issue of rural
youth in a number of corporate and global
events
2011 IFAD Governing
Council
2012 Farmers' Forum
2014 – The
International Year of Family Farming
IFAD’s engagement with
Youth• Currently, there are 40 ongoing IFAD-financed projects
worldwide with focus on youth
• LAC is the most covered region with 10 projects
IFAD’s engagement with Youth
Focus on:
Policy dialogue
Strengthening and sharing
knowledge
Entrepreneurship and
employment
Policy dialogue
2010 IFAD's Cartagena workshop on rural youth:
creation of the Global Youth Innovation Network
(GYIN), to foster participation of young
people in public policies processes
IFAD Grant for inclusion of young people in policy
processes:
training of 40 young leaders from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay (2013)
2012 Farmers’ Forum:
Adoption of Youth Declaration for future
inclusion of at least 30% of young farmer
representatives in future Farmers’ Forums
Strengthening and sharing knowledge
Partnership with ILO:
2013 Report on impact of
decent employment
policies in rural areas
Policy Briefs on youth
A guide to provide policy-
makers with practical
advices for addressing rural
youth issues (2012)
IFAD Lessons learned:
Supporting rural young people in
IFAD projects (2014)
Joint IFAD/FAO/CTA publication:
Youth and agriculture -key challenges and concrete solutions
(2014)
Entrepreneurship and employment
Entrepreneurship promotion through its
projects:
Colombia’s Oportunidades and
Sierra Norte created a
Learning Fund to promote youths’ access
to resources for economic initiatives
IFAD in El Salvador:
In 2014 and 2015, IFAD’s activities in the country: (i)
supported training to approx. 2,000 young
people; (ii) provided 45 scholarships and (iii) co-organized 5 business fairs on entrepreneurship skills.
Child Labour in Agriculture:
IFAD is member of this Partnership, involved
in safe agricultural practices to reduce hazardous work and
dependence on child labour
A key partnership for the Caribbean
Strengthening decent rural employment opportunities for young women and men in the Caribbean (FAO-FIDA Youth CARIBE)
US$ 1.8 million grant to FAO to implement the three-year regional programme, entirely focused on youth
Strategic partnership between two UN agencies (FAO-IFAD) in the Caribbean
Possibility for scaling up successful experiences from a closed grant-financed project in the DR-Haiti border, financed by IFAD and implemented by FAO DO and PROCASUR
FAO-FIDA Youth CARIBE
Focus on:
6 initial participating countries (Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana and Haiti) + 3 other (Barbados, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines) expected to participate
3-year programme implementation period
120 mini-projects funded through a grant competitive process
FAO-FIDA Youth CARIBE : Some figures
FAO-FIDA Youth CARIBE
IFAD (Grant): US$ 1.8 Million
FAO: US$ 0.5 Million
PROCASUR: US$ 0.1 MillionPart. Govts: US$ 0.5 Million
Total: US$ 2.9 Million
FAO-FIDA Youth CARIBE
Aligned with IFAD’s approach in SIDS as it aims to enhance opportunities for smallholder agriculture to become a vibrant business for youth
Implemented by FAO SLC, a full-fledged and highly dynamic sub-regional office, based in Barbados
Will encourage strong partnerships with other organizations in the region (ILO, CAFAN etc.)
Will work in collaboration with Governments of participating countries
Closing Remarks
"The key to meeting the world's future food needs is to
create an environment that will encourage and enable
young women and men to remain in their communities. They
need opportunities to improve their own lives, obtain decent
work and pursue prosperity."
IFAD President, Kanayo F. Nwanze.
IFAD:
Investing in
young
rural
people
THANK YOU