Ethiopia

This project links to the Government of Ethiopia’s efforts to address the problem of youth unemployment. The strategies of Empower Youth for Work (EYW) project in Ethiopia are:

• Organising and strengthening local youth groups;
• Sharpening the skills and confidence of the target youth through a research and evidence-based approach;
• Engaging the private sector in facilitating sufficient economic opportunities for youth;
• Grounding and legitimising change through youth-driven and community-based approaches;
• Building upon traditional and modern communication systems to expand and disseminate youth and women’s empowerment;
• Contributing to the gradual transformation of the traditional socio-cultural definitions of women’s/girls’ empowerment;
• Engaging religious and tribal leaders, as well as other influential personalities;
• Contributing to the creation and strengthening of an enabling environment for youth and women’s empowerment.

To facilitate implementation, the project is establishing a multi-stakeholder platform in each of the two intervention regions. The platform will serve as an important entity to facilitate effective project implementation, as well as to closely oversee and follow-up on the achievement of project results. The platform will have youth representatives as members who will ensure that decisions are made according to the needs of young women and men.