TITLE OF THE ACTION

Innovative Approach to

Inclusion of Disadvantaged

and Vulnerable Youth,

Particularly Young Women,

into Employment Opportunities

through VET Outreach Program

COUNTRY

TANZANIA

LEAD APPLICANT

PLAN INTERNATIONAL

BELGIUM

CO-APPLICANTS

1. Vocational Education

and Training Authority (VETA)

2. Amani Girls Home (AGH)

3. Small Industrie Development

Organisations (SIDO)

GRANT AWARDED

€ 400.000

DURATION

20 months

CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

Co-funded by the European Union A multi partner project

Innovative strategies and approaches to improveemployment opportunities

for disadvantaged and vulnerable groups

through VET

OBJECTIVE

Contribute to disadvantaged and vulnerable youth’s, particularly young women’s, improved employability and inclusive access to the labour market.

The specific objectives are:

1. to pilot the transferability of innovative strategies, conducive towards improved market-relevant skills and sustainable employment for disadvantaged and vulnerable youth, particularly young women;

2. to contribute to an enabling environment for disadvantaged and vulnerable youth, particularly young women, towards improved employability and inclusive access to the labour market.

GRANT

TARGET GROUPS

• 400 disadvantaged and vulnerable youth, particularly young women (aged 15-24)• 800 parents/guardians• 80 members of Youth Forums• 20 master craftspersons• 10 Vocational Education and Training Authority outreach instructors• 4 Community Resource Persons• 20 private sector partners• 20 caregivers• 80 district and community leaders

VET Toolbox Coordination HubEnabel – Belgian Development Agency, Rue Haute 147, 1000 Brussels – BelgiumT + 32 (0) 2 505 37 00 | grant@vettoolbox.eu | www.vettoolbox.eu

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ACTIVITIES

• Market-driven & skills-based VET curriculum• Awareness raising campaigns on equal opportunities for all and gender• Child care support• Youth-led Village Savings and Loan Associations with the support of Community Resource Persons• Access to digital tools and literacy training• Enable linkage to financial institutions and to employers

• Support registration of new businesses, identify market opportunities, develop business cases• Offer career guidance and post-training mentoring • Introduce apprenticeship programs and enhance peer education• Identify and disseminate good practices and draw on lessons learnt

EXPECTED RESULTS

Targeting disadvantaged and vulnerable youth, particularly young women…

… of which 400 access and complete VET through an innovative, inclusive and market-drivenoutreach program.…of which 300 transition successfully from VET to sustainable and inclusive formal and informal labour market opportunities and receive access to financial services.…of which 300 benefit from sustained and continuous learning support.…of which 300 are empowered to represent their interests vis-à-vis the private sector and through public decision-making processes, while transferable innovative good practices are identified and disseminated.