The Samoa National Action Plan on Youth Employment was produced by the Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development through the Division for Youth in partnership with the International Labour Organization, Samoa National Youth Council and sector partners.
The Lead Authors of this Report are Misa Seletuta Visesio Pita and Dr. Joshua Schoop with technical support by the ILO through Matthieu Cognac, Edward Bernard and Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson. Contributing Authors include Angharad Toma, Jordanna Mareko and Khoshrow Siisiilafia. The Division for Youth team were responsible for coordinating national input for this publication.
The Samoa National Action Plan on Youth Employment was funded by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA).
Graphic Design and Layout: Capital DesignsPublishing Coordinator: Lagipoiva Cherelle JacksonPrinting: Printing Division, Ministry of Women Community and Social Development, Government of Samoa
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CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................5
2. SUMMARY OF SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS ...........................................................6
3. PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS ...................................................................................8
4. PRIORITY POLICIES ..................................................................................................9Figure 1: Provides a summary of the main problems identified: ............................. 11Figure 2: Main cause/effect relation is illustrated in the following diagram: ............ 12
5. GOALS ......................................................................................................................... 13
6. SPECIFIC YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OBJECTIVES AND TARGETS ........... 14
6.1. Objective 1 .............................................................................................................. 14Enhance employability amongst young people (15-29) through better alignment of skills and labour market–demands by 2020.6.2. Objective 2 ............................................................................................................. 14Promote youth employment opportunities through the development of village economies.
7. KEY OUTCOMES AND OUTPUTS ...................................................................... 15 7.1. Priority 1 .................................................................................................................. 15 7.2. Priority 2 .................................................................................................................. 15
8. RESOURCES .............................................................................................................. 16
9. IMPLEMENTATION AND COORDINATING MECHANISMS ...................... 16
10. MONITORING AND EVALUATION ...................................................................... 17
ANNEX 1 - Youth Employment Action Plan Framework: 2016 - 2020 ........ 18
BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................................................................................ 23
LIST OF ACRONYMS
EWACC Economy Wide Adaptation on Climate ChangeILO International Labour OrganizationIYB Improve Your BusinessKAB Knowledge About BusinessMCIL Ministry of Commerce, Industry and LaborMWCSD Ministry of Women, Community, and Social DevelopmentNAP National Action PlanNUS National University of SamoaSRC Samoan Red CrossSATVETI Samoa Association of Technical and Vocational Education InstitutionsSBEC Samoa Business Enterprise CenterSCOC Samoa Chamber of CommerceSNYC Samoa National Youth CouncilSPBD South Pacific Business DevelopmentSQA Samoa Qualifications AuthoritySYB Starting Your BusinessTVET Technical Vocational Education and TrainingVYG Village Youth GroupsWIBDI Women In Business Development Inc. YEP Youth Employment Programme
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MESSAGE FROM THE MINISTER
Talofa and greetings to all our young people as well as partners who are passionate and are leading the efforts for the advancement of our young people across various sectors.
The Government of Samoa continues to prioritise the empower-ment of young people through job creation and skills development for decent employment. Sound national policies are a critical tool for coordination of efforts, prioritisation and resource mobilisation towards achieving the desired outcome of having more of our young
people independently earning a living either through working in other peoples businesses or running one themselves. The Samoa National Action Plan on Youth Employment is in three parts. The first section summarize the current situation of youth employment in Sa-moa. The second part highlights policy options identified to address youth employment challenges. The last part describes the operational aspects relating to the implementation of the policy and action plan. The annexes provides the framework with plan of work for the next five years, with estimate resources and list of key leading and supporting partners whom will drive and implement this plan.
The development of the Samoa National Action Plan on Youth Employment has been a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development key stakeholders in the public, private and non-government sectors with technical support from the ILO. We are indebted to the International Labour Organization and the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) for the financial and technical contribution which made this project possible. This is hopefully the start of many great opportunities for our youth and we look forward and are excited by the possibiliy to continue the partnerships with ILO and other development partners in implementing SNAP. Finally, we acknowledge our young people and partners who have contributed tothe development of this National Action Plan on Youth Employment. My last words of encouragement “Ia e tupu i se fusi” (May you thrive in a swamp). This Samoan proverb expresses the hopes of parents and elders for their children to grow in such a manner that the future of the family, its prestige and stability, is assured, despite the many challenges faced.
Hon. Tolofuaivalelei Falemoe LeiatauaMinister for Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development
Hon. Tolofuaivalelei Falemoe Leiataua
Minister for Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development
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Over the past 20 years, conditions in the Samoan labor market have shifted, prompting a re-configuring of policy and processes to support the development of youth employment. With encouragement from the ILO, the Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development (MWCSD), and the Samoan National Youth Council (SNYC), the Samoan government seeks to create a National Action Plan (NAP) for youth employment.
The purpose of this document is to outline the priorities and objectives related to the next five years (2016 to 2020) of Samoan National Youth Employment Policy and Plan of Action. As defined by the MWCSD, the goals for this process related to youth are to:
1. increase youth jobs to improve their livelihoods, 2. promote pathways to sustainable employment by building youth skills and opportunities,
and 3. ensure a trained pipeline of talent for local economic and private sector activity.
These goals support findings from the Youth Situational Analysis, and incorporate input from organizational stakeholders from across public, private and civil sectors of Samoa. This document outlines the priority areas and strategies for undertaking the NAP. The docu-ment begins by providing an overview of the current economic and employment conditions, and other related trends as they pertain to the youth labor market. The focus then shifts toward outlining, in detail, priority areas, strategies, activities, and measurement for the NAP goals. These strategies are rooted in trends from economic and labor data in Samoa, youth and stakeholder perspectives of work, and other contextual factors related to achieving suc-cessful implementation. The ideas throughout are supported by a foundational belief that every young person deserves an equal opportunity for gainful, meaningful employment, which is at the heart of “faasamoa” (the Samoan way).
INTRODUCTION
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SUMMARY OF SITUATIONAL ANALYSISThe ILO conducted a Youth Situational Analysis reviewing the existing conditions related to youth labor force participation and other key data to support application of the NAP. The analysis produced several key findings for consideration related to the development and implementation of the NAP over the next five years.
Samoa is a country of roughly 191000 people with approximately 68% (117000) represent-ing the working age population (15 to 65 years of age).1 The current economic conditions indicate the pillar of the Samoan economy continues to be remittances (averaging 22% of GDP over the past two decades).2 Employment opportunities reflect tourism is also a driver of production with nearly 15% of formal jobs falling in the tourism sector. Coupled with the services sector (approximately 30% of employment), much of the job growth in Samoa has existed in these two areas. The majority of Samoans, however, continue work and exist on subsistence agriculture. While the recent global financial crisis resulted in reductions in growth in manufacturing (16.6% in 2001 to 8.2% of GDP in 2011) and agricultural (14.8% in 2001 to 9.9% of GDP in 2011), these two sectors also represent a large portion of employ-ment opportunities. Given these conditions, priority areas within employment and youth employment align with the Samoan development goals to boost production in manufactur-ing and agriculture, and advance tourism. Key strategies for achieving these goals are to lift the contributions of the agriculture sector to 20% of GDP, while increasing the contribution from tourism.3
Comprehending the full picture of the Samoan labor market is murky, as jobs data does not capture the full extent of labor force participation, unemployment, and what constitutes a job within informal sector and subsistence agriculture due to definitional factors of what constitutes a youth. As defined by the Samoan government, the youth population in Samoa represents young people between the age of 18 and 35. The best data indicates that ap-proximately 42000 Samoans are between the ages of 15 and 29, which represents 22% of the total population and with 26% of those in the labor force.4 Within the group, roughly 37% are in school, leaving the remaining 63% as the possible labor force. However, approximately 17000 of those “out-of-school youth” are considered “inactive” in the labor force, 11000 are “active” and roughly 1850 are unemployed meaning they are seeking work but cannot find it. One cultural implication to note when considering these circumstances is most Samoan youth do not both work and go to school simultaneously.
Within the labor market, an important factor relates to the number of people participating in “informal” economic activity and subsistence agriculture. The informal economy represents roughly 68% of the total labor force in Samoa and is considered to absorb the majority of new people (i.e. youth) entering the labor force.5 Combined with subsistence agriculture, the majority of activity in the labor market is captured by these two sectors.
1 Samoan Labor Force Survey2 Based on Table A.7 in Appendix of ILO 20133 Strategy for the Development of Samoa4 Based on Table A.7 in Appendix of ILO 2013.5 Ibid.
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Education data on Samoa indicates significant advancement, particularly in achievement of development goals to reach universal basic education. Literacy rates are excellent with over 99% of males and females able to read and write.6 Over 76% of Samoan youth complete primary school with 82% of females and 71% of males continuing on to enroll in secondary school. 68.4% of the working age population (15 to 65 years old) completes secondary school education with 13.5% of Samoan workers possessing a post-secondary education (7.4% TVET credentials and 6.1% tertiary education). Education is critical for finding wage employ-ment with 60% of the working age population having a tertiary education, 31% secondary, and only 16% primary. Thus, obtaining secondary education and more is of fundamental impor-tance for accessing good jobs locally and abroad. Furthermore, in 2010 45% of private sector firms indicated a shortage in skilled labor, meaning competition for high skilled labor is high.
Post-secondary TVET qualifications have been a consistent offering of technical schools in Samoa both in Apia and rural areas. A challenge for youth aspiring to seek out TVET quali-fications is that it is only offered to students who complete year 13, and thus those younger students (year 10 to 12) do not have options to earn TVET certifications.7 The Samoan gov-ernment aspires to continue to expand and build-out the existing TVET programming for a broader range of youth, while simultaneously improving quality in aligning certification and training with the local labor market. This aspiration is rooted in evidence demonstrating that TVET graduates have more pathways to paid employment with 56% of graduates in 2009 to 2011 finding paid work after graduation.
Existing data indicates that youth perspectives of employment offer insights into potential policy priorities.8 Most Samoan youth surveyed indicated satisfaction with current employ-ment, and that they would pursue new opportunities if it meant more income. Interestingly, many young Samoans indicate they are not interested in formal work (roughly 13% (n = 3700)). This indicates that many Samoans may be interested in work but may be dissatis-fied with the possible opportunities and thus view the opportunities as undesirable.
Samoans transitioning from school to work are able to find opportunities if they choose, however this does not indicate the quality of the opportunities. Data indicates many youth in Samoa considered themselves “overeducated” for the employment opportunities available, while conversely employers believed many young people lack the necessary skills to fulfill the employment opportunities.9 This “skills mismatch” represents the difficulty graduates experience in finding a job that matches their qualifications, and acknowledges that busi-ness lack candidates with necessary skills to meet their needs. The lack of available skills was highlighted as a significant barrier to business growth in Samoa. The school to work transition is a key area of concern for the NAP.
6 UNICEF Atlas http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/samoa_statistics.html#1177 Technical, vocational education and training (TVET) in secondary schools, Feasibility study for Samoa, Final draft report, 26 May 2014, Education Resource Facility, DFAT and MESC.8 Samoa School-to-Work Transition Survey, 20129 Elder, p. 44.
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PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
Several organizations have already undertaken significant work within the youth landscape in Samoa. It is important to acknowledge the work of these vital stakeholders as committed partners as articulated in the situational analysis report, while activities related to the NAP are rolled out to further existing work.
These partners are vital for the implementation of the NAP. Their input, coupled with the situation analysis, reveals that conditions for youth employment in Samoa are ripe for inno-vative approaches to continue supporting existing structures, while focusing on delivering new strategies to spark youth in the pursuit of employment, entrepreneurship, and decent work for all.
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PRIORITY POLICIES
44.1. Problem Identification
Despite progress in economic sector and investment to expand the private sector and to increase domestic demand and inflows of foreign direct investments; employment remains a pressing challenge especially for the younger cohorts. The data on the youth labour mar-ket indicates that:
• The education and training system is currently unable to address the employability challenges faced by young Samoans. The increase in quality and relevance of educa-tion is not yet matching the increases in overall quantity. Lifelong learning opportu-nities and the possibility for early school leavers to return to education and training are still limited. The relations between the TVET system and industry are still weak and youth often enter the labour market with poor core employability skills; and the lack of a reliable labour market information system and career guidance for youth complicates their transition to a career job, therefore high inactivity rate of youth in rural areas. It is estimated that approximately 58 per cent of workers that considered themselves over educated for the occupations available or job offer, while, quite the contrary, businesses are unable to find employees with the skills to meet their needs – skills shortage. A worrying aspect of the transition from school to work is that still large share of young people neither in school nor in employment, comprising 38% of the total youth share in the working age population.
• Despite existence of several employment services and career advisory programs in operation, most young people can’t access employment services, or have heard of it but do not know how to access it. The current employment services is solely inclined to formal sector jobs, however, young job-seekers would require a more proactive service. Young job-seekers have the fear of waiting too long with uncertainty of get-ting a job through these services. The MCIL employment register only register the
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young job-seeker and wait until a job is matched. This can take a while and in the last four years, about 400 registered youth were recorded. There is no system in place to follow-up or monitor the job placements. Youth call for a more proactive labour market supply system that can facilitate and support skills development, career path-way, and facilitate not only job matching but also workplace learning interventions. Employment services have yet to take advantage of the technology to ensure better access and youth friendly of these services.
• The economic and social policies pursued to date paid little attention to addressing the constraints small and medium enterprises as well as young entrepreneurs faced in creating more jobs. Limited start-up capital, financial and non-financial support, high training costs, combined with strict credit policy, still hinder the employment po-tential of many micro to small-medium-enterprises and as well as emerging young entrepreneur in the villages. The private sector is almost not able to accommodate the increasing number of youth coming out of school approximately 4,000 on an an-nual basis (out-of-school and/or early school leavers). Hence, the need to refocus strategic interventions and resources to support the development of village economy to flourish employment opportunities for rural youth.
• Although there is a general lack of decent work opportunities for youth in the formal economy, not all young people face the same risk of being excluded from the labour market. Young women, the early school leavers or low level of education, youth with special needs, youth living in rural areas are more likely to be unemployed than other groups.
• Employment in the informal economy remains pervasive with higher incidence among young people, low skilled workers and with prevalence in certain sectors of the econ-omy, such as agriculture, manufacturing, tourism and services. In referenced to the youth employment situational analysis report, informal employment accounts for 68% share of youth in the labour force. “Formal” employment in Samoa is very small indeed. It is not at all obvious that young Samoans opt for informality.
Macro-economic framework
• Low capacity of the formal economy to create jobs,
• Investment levels (domestic) to boost employment growth,
Educ
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• Lack of relevance of education outcomes to labour market needs – the supply and demand side are not aligned,
• Limited linkages with industry and work,• Education and training system is inclined to white collar jobs,• Entrepreneurial education is not offered in school, • No career education in schools except career advisory services only for
secondary level only for awareness raising and advocacy,• Lifeskills learning and lifelong learning opportunities limited, • No support system for students transitioning from school to work,• Limited and lack access to second chance education opportunities espe-
cially school drop-outs and early school leavers,• TVET courses is available only at secondary level for Yr 12 & 13 students,
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• Low job creation capacity of enterprises in the formal economy,• Limited support for youth entrepreneurship initiatives,• Limited and no access to credit facilities and start-up capital,• Lack coordination and integration of employment opportunities
across sectors,• Limited access to technical skills development, research, advisory
services and networks,• No investment and support for young entrepreneurs• Limited markets (domestic)
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• Low participation of young people and women in the labour market,
• Skills mismatch and skills shortage,
• Increase percentage of long term unemployment among youth work-ing age population,
• High inactivity rate of youth,
• High incidence of informality rate amongst young workers,
• Inactive labour market supply system and programs,
• No career pathway intervention as part of the labour market support system,
• No employment policy in place,
• Labour and Employment Act does not cover youth in the informal economy,
• High rates of youth in temporary, casual and seasonal employment,
• Migration (overseas and rural-urban drift)
• Lack of mechanism and support system to provide work experience and work place learning for young job-seekers,
• Ineffective and limited opportunities for youth to take and access the apprenticeship program
FIGURE 1: PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED:
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The overarching goal of the Samoa National Action Plan on Youth Employment is to promote and create more jobs for young men and women in the villages.
The time frame of the Samoa National Action Plan on Youth Employment is five years, from 2016-2020. This timeframe allows the alignment of the Action Plan to the Strategy for De-velopment of Samoa, Community Development Sector Plan, National Youth Policy 2016 - 2020, budgetary planning framework of the government and the objectives of the an-ticipated National Employment Policy. The total number of young people targeted is 42,000 between 15 and 29 years old, namely over 38% per cent of the total working age population of 117,000.
GOAL
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6.1. Objective 1
Enhance employability amongst young people (15-29) through better alignment of skills and labour market–demands by 2020.
The impact of the reform of the educational and training system will yield results only in the medium to long term. To remedy the continuous increase in the number of youth transition from school to work every year as well as many school leavers and out-of-school, lifelong learning opportunities will be expanded to address the employability needs of those young people who are outside the formal education system. But increasing youth employability with-out addressing the capacity of creating more decent work opportunities will erode the benefits generated by a more skilled youth workforce. Hence, the second priority objective is to:
6.2. Objective 2
Promote youth employment opportunities through the development of village economies.
The private sector is also not able to create sufficient jobs to accommodate the continuous influx of early school leavers, school-drop outs and youth neither in education, employment or training. The NAP is timing to promote innovation and creativity through integrated and inclusive approach of supporting and creating employment opportunities for youth in a very small economy of Samoa with market challenges. Therefore, the second priority will direct focus on investment, incentives and skills training for youth in the villages. In light of our economic realities, this is a realistic strategy for Samoa to create more jobs in view of our available resources, traditional and cultural knowledge, strengths and skills, and utilizing our existing structures at village level.
Simply increasing the employability of young people and promoting the capacity of the economy to create more and better jobs will not be sufficient to address the needs of those young people who face multiple barriers in the labour market and accessing systems and resources. Equity concerns demand that specific measures and strategies be in place to provide enabling environment for youth in the informal economy. Thus, last outcome of second priority draws attention and intervention to address this.
SPECIFIC YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OBJECTIVES AND TARGETS
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The detail policy interventions, outputs and baseline information are provided in Annex 1 – Youth Employment Action Plan Framework. The following summarise key outcomes under each of the two priority areas of the NAP.
7.1. Priority 1
Enhance employability amongst young people (15-29) through better alignment of skills and labour market–demands by 2020.
• Outcome 1.1. The education and training system is aligned to labour market re-quirements.
• Outcome 1.2. A system is in place for labour market training to provide relevant skills and experience leading to employment for young job-seekers.
• Outcome 1.3. Young people have access to career development services.
7.2. Priority 2
Promote youth employment opportunities through the development of village economies.
• Outcome 2.1. Incentives are in place to foster youth employment and job creation in rural areas at community level.
• Outcome 2.2. A system is established to promote youth entrepreneurship.
• Outcome 2.3. Create an enabling environment to better support and empower youth in the informal sector.
KEY OUTCOMES AND OUTPUTS
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The NAP matrix in the annex outlines the specifics of resources required in supporting the implementation of the NAP, however at the same time integrating with existing sector programs and services already underway with prospect to generating employment oppor-tunities for youth.
The focal point of the coordination of the implementation of the NAP falls within the MW-CSD through the Samoa One-UN Youth Employment Programme (YEP). The YEP Pro-gramme Management Unit is housed under the auspices of the MWCSD and they will be responsible with overall management, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the NAP through the YEP programme. The Community Development sector already have gover-nance structures in place of which the Youth development Sub-sector committee exist to provide oversight of all related youth development priorities including the work on NAP.
However, the integral part of implementing the NAP embraces the spirit of integration, in-clusive and creating partnerships to achieve outcomes of the NAP in the next five years. Youth employment is a cross cutting priority and therefore the NAP value the leadership of key leading agencies with mandate and commitment to address and support youth em-ployment priorities. A full list of lead and collaborating institutions is in the NAP matrix in the annex of this document.
RESOURCES
IMPLEMENTATION AND COORDINATING MECHANISMS
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MONITORING AND EVALUATION
10The monitoring and evaluation lies with the MWCSD in close collaboration with key leading and supporting agencies implementing the NAP. With consultation from other relevant part-ners, these institutions have outlined “indicators of change” for each of the strategies and activities. These indicators will be tracked throughout the implementation and NAP activities to monitor and measure whether targets are being met under each initiative. Real time re-porting will be conducted throughout the evaluation to maintain consistency in understand-ing the impact of the NAP.
The monitoring of the NAP will comprise the regular examination of the inputs, outputs and outcomes of policy interventions. It will be based on a system of information gathering and analysis of performance indicators and set targets. The YEP Programme Management Unit under the MWCSD will have the responsibility to systematize the monitoring information generated by line ministries and partner agencies for reporting and dissemination to all partners involved. All of these will be aligned to the overarching monitoring and evaluation framework of the Community Development Sector Plan 2016 – 2020.
Each lead agency involved will produce annual work plans that translate the National Action Plan into operational activities. These will detail inputs, the activities to be conducted and the expected results as well as indicate schedules and persons and/or institutions responsible. The action plan matrix appended as Annex 1 provides the general frame for monitoring the results achieved. The evaluation system will be integrated into the National Youth Policy 2016 – 2020 and YEP programme cycle.
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uate
s an
d 31
%
are
seco
ndar
y le
vel g
radu
ates
.
• TV
ET a
nd s
econ
dary
leve
l gra
duat
es d
omin
ates
hig
hest
sha
re o
f you
th u
nem
ploy
men
t rat
e by
80%
of
1,8
50 (1
6.8%
you
th u
nem
ploy
men
t rat
e).
• At
Pos
t-se
cond
ary
educ
atio
n an
d tr
aini
ng re
cord
s a
tota
l enr
olm
ent o
f 5,2
59 in
201
2. 5
6% o
f thi
s fo
und
paid
em
ploy
men
t, 18
% e
ngag
ed in
unp
aid
wor
k as
vol
unte
ers
whe
reas
5%
act
ivel
y se
ekin
g em
ploy
men
t.
• 59
% o
f you
th in
wor
king
age
pop
ulat
ion
are
over
-edu
cate
d fo
r the
ir jo
bs.
This
is fu
rthe
r exp
lain
ed
by th
e sk
ills
mis
mat
ch a
nd s
kills
sho
rtag
e is
sues
rela
tive
to y
outh
em
ploy
men
t.
• TV
ET c
ours
es o
nly
avai
labl
e up
on c
ompl
etio
n of
Yea
r 13.
The
re is
no
syst
em in
pla
ce to
pro
vide
Yr
10, Y
r 11
and
Yr 1
2 st
uden
ts w
ith a
ltern
ativ
e op
tions
incl
udin
g TV
ET s
ubje
cts
for q
ualifi
catio
n th
at
are
rele
vant
to th
e la
bour
mar
ket d
eman
ds.
Incr
ease
in n
umbe
r of
seco
ndar
y ed
ucat
ion
leav
ers
who
are
em
-pl
oyed
. Dis
aggr
egat
ed
by g
ende
r, ag
e an
d in
clus
ive
of p
eopl
e w
ith
disa
bilit
ies.
Incr
ease
in n
umbe
r of
TVET
gra
duat
es s
uc-
cess
fully
tran
sitio
n in
to
empl
oym
ent.
Dis
ag-
greg
ated
by
gend
er, a
ge
and
incl
usiv
e of
peo
ple
with
dis
abili
ties.
Incr
ease
in n
umbe
r of
yout
h tr
aine
d in
spe
cial
-iz
ed tr
aini
ng o
r tra
de/
skill
s tr
aini
ng. D
isag
-gr
egat
ed b
y ge
nder
, age
an
d in
clus
ive
of p
eopl
e w
ith d
isab
ilitie
s.
MES
CSQ
AM
CIL
Not
e –
ITC
part
ners
hip
in
deliv
erin
g sk
ills
deve
lopm
ent
cour
ses
2017
2019
• M
ost s
ucce
ssfu
l tra
nsiti
on to
labo
ur m
arke
t by
obta
inin
g di
plom
a: T
VET
Gra
duat
es –
App
rox.
4,
000
(39.
8% o
f 900
0) U
nive
rsity
: App
rox.
3,0
00 (1
8.2%
of 1
7,00
0) S
econ
dary
Gra
duat
es-
Appr
ox.
1000
(20.
1% o
f 500
0). T
houg
h th
ere
is a
hig
h su
cces
s ra
te in
Tra
nsiti
on fr
om T
VET
stud
ies,
it is
fo
und
that
TVE
T gr
adua
tes
foun
d em
ploy
men
t out
side
thei
r fiel
d of
stu
dies
, thu
s co
nfirm
ing
a m
ism
atch
of s
kills
and
em
ploy
men
t.
Out
puts
:
1.1.
1. T
VET
and
Seco
ndar
y le
vel c
urric
ula
to m
oder
nise
to in
clud
e en
trepr
eneu
rshi
p sk
ills
and
wor
k-ba
sed
lear
ning
.
1.1.
2. M
ains
tream
TVE
T co
urse
s at
sec
onda
ry e
duca
tion
leve
l.
1.1.
3. A
ppre
ntic
eshi
p pr
ogra
m to
prio
ritis
e an
d ta
rget
Yr 1
0, 1
1 &
Yr 1
2 sc
hool
leav
ers.
1.1.
4. L
abou
r mar
ket s
uppl
y sy
stem
in p
lace
to id
entif
y, al
igne
d an
d in
form
ed s
kills
dev
elop
men
t tr
aini
ng p
rogr
am fo
r you
th.
1.1.
5. S
kills
dev
elop
men
t cou
rses
and
pro
gram
s ar
e de
velo
ped
to b
uild
cap
acity
of y
outh
in s
mal
l bu
sine
sses
.
Out
com
e 1.
2. A
sys
tem
is in
pla
ce fo
r lab
our m
arke
t tra
inin
g to
pro
vide
rele
vant
ski
lls a
nd e
xper
ienc
e le
adin
g to
em
ploy
men
t for
you
ng jo
b-se
eker
s.
Base
line:
• U
nem
ploy
men
t rat
e am
ongs
t you
th –
16.
8% (1
,850
), of
whi
ch 8
0% a
re T
VET
and
seco
ndar
y ed
u-ca
tion
leav
ers.
• 20
11-2
014
– 4
00 jo
b se
eker
s re
gist
ered
und
er th
e M
CIL
seek
ing
for j
obs,
how
ever
ther
e is
no
trac
king
sys
tem
to id
entif
y su
cces
sful
job
plac
emen
t.
• 48
% (1
5,00
0) o
f the
tota
l sha
re o
f you
th n
ot in
the
labo
ur fo
rce
that
nei
ther
act
ive
nor e
ngag
ed in
an
y ec
onom
ic a
ctiv
ity.
• Sc
hool
s &
Inst
itutio
ns d
o no
t hel
p w
ith th
e tr
ansi
tions
of y
oung
peo
ple
from
sch
ool t
o w
ork.
• 20
14 -
Tot
al A
ppre
ntic
es =
148
(all
mal
e -8
9 ar
e yo
uths
)
• 20
13 -
Tot
al A
ppre
ntic
es =
143
(all
mal
e -
82 a
re y
outh
s)
Out
puts
:
1.2.
1. C
omm
unity
you
th p
rofil
es a
re c
aptu
red
in th
e yo
uth
empl
oym
ent e
-pla
tform
is li
nked
to th
e M
CIL
labo
ur m
arke
t sys
tem
for s
kills
trai
ning
thro
ugh
the
appr
entic
eshi
p pr
ogra
m a
nd jo
b m
atch
ing.
Incr
ease
in th
e nu
mbe
r of
you
th jo
b-se
eker
s ar
e pl
aced
in jo
bs. D
isag
-gr
egat
ed b
y ge
nder
, age
an
d in
clus
ive
of p
eopl
e w
ith d
isab
ilitie
s.
Incr
ease
in th
e nu
mbe
r of
you
th jo
b-se
eker
s ac
-ce
ss to
app
rent
ices
hip
and
labo
ur m
arke
t tra
in-
ing
prog
ram
s. D
isag
-gr
egat
ed b
y ge
nder
, age
an
d in
clus
ive
of p
eopl
e w
ith d
isab
ilitie
s.
Incr
ease
num
ber o
f yo
ung
fem
ales
taki
ng
appr
entic
eshi
p co
urse
s.D
isag
greg
ated
by
gen-
der,
age
and
incl
usiv
e of
pe
ople
with
dis
abili
ties.
SNYC
MCI
L$1
0,00
0 (IL
O)
$50,
000
(TRA
C/YE
P)
2017
2020
1.2.
2. D
evel
op a
Pro
fess
iona
l Etiq
uette
and
wor
k et
hics
pro
gram
as
part
of l
abou
r mar
ket t
rain
ing
and
accr
edite
d by
SQ
A.
1.2.
3. D
ecen
tral
ise
TVET
app
rent
ices
hip
and
entre
pren
eurs
hip
prog
ram
mes
for b
ette
r acc
essi
bilit
y by
co
mm
unity
you
th.
1.2.
4. I
ncen
tive
sche
me
and
mod
erni
se e
ntry
crit
eria
for f
emal
e to
take
app
rent
ices
hip
prog
ram
and
TV
ET c
ours
es.
Out
com
e 1.
3. Y
oung
peo
ple
have
acc
ess
to c
aree
r dev
elop
men
t ser
vice
s.
Base
line:
• To
tal y
outh
pop
ulat
ion
out o
f sch
ool,
27,5
00, o
f whi
ch 1
7,00
0 ar
e en
gage
d in
sub
sist
ence
farm
ing
and
11,0
00 a
re in
the
labo
ur fo
rce.
• SQ
A is
pro
vidi
ng c
aree
r adv
isor
y se
rvic
e ta
rget
ing
seco
ndar
y ed
ucat
ion
leve
l in
colla
bora
tion
with
pu
blic
and
priv
ate
sect
ors.
• Th
ere
are
no c
aree
r adv
isor
y ed
ucat
ion
and
serv
ices
mai
nstre
amed
in s
choo
l at a
ll le
vels
.
• So
me
1,00
0 un
empl
oyed
gra
duat
es (6
1% o
f 1,8
50) s
urve
yed
note
d la
ck o
f hel
p fro
m th
eir t
rain
ing
inst
itutio
ns a
nd te
ache
rs.
• So
me
3,00
0 (2
5% o
f 11,
000)
of T
VET
stud
ents
wer
e em
ploy
ed b
y th
eir w
ork
expe
rienc
e or
gani
sa-
tions
pro
ving
the
criti
cal c
ontr
ibut
ion
of th
is n
otio
n.
Out
puts
:
1.3.
1 Ca
reer
edu
catio
n m
ains
tream
ed in
sec
onda
ry e
duca
tion
leve
l and
TVE
T in
stitu
tions
to fa
cilit
ate
smoo
th s
choo
l-to-
wor
k tr
ansi
tion
for s
choo
l dro
p-ou
ts.
1.3.
2 Ca
reer
pat
hway
pac
kage
is p
riorit
ised
for y
outh
(15
– 2
9) jo
b-se
eker
s as
an
inte
gral
par
t of t
he
Labo
ur M
arke
t sup
ply
syst
em.
1.3.
3 Lo
cal y
outh
inte
rnsh
ip p
rogr
am m
ains
tream
ed a
t pub
lic a
nd p
rivat
e se
ctor
s fo
r wor
k-ba
sed
lear
ning
and
exp
erie
nce
as p
art o
f the
car
eer d
evel
opm
ent s
ervi
ce.
1.3.
4 Su
ppor
t ent
repr
eneu
rial s
kills
trai
ning
at t
echn
ical
voc
atio
nal i
nstit
ute
as p
art o
f the
car
eer
path
way
pro
gram
.
Num
ber o
f sec
onda
ry
educ
atio
n st
uden
ts re
-ce
ivin
g ca
reer
edu
catio
n se
rvic
es.
Dis
aggr
egat
ed b
y ge
n-de
r, ag
e an
d in
clus
ive
of
peop
le w
ith d
isab
ilitie
s.
Num
ber o
f you
th b
enefi
t fro
m th
e ca
reer
pat
hway
pr
ogra
m o
f the
MCI
L la
bour
mar
ket s
uppl
y sy
stem
.D
isag
greg
ated
by
gen-
der,
age
and
incl
usiv
e of
pe
ople
with
dis
abili
ties.
Num
ber o
f you
th p
lace
d un
der t
he in
tern
ship
pr
ogra
m.
Dis
aggr
egat
ed b
y ge
n-de
r, ag
e an
d in
clus
ive
of
peop
le w
ith d
isab
ilitie
s.
SQA
MES
CSN
YC
$100
,000
(TRA
C/YE
P)
SQA-
TVE
T sc
hem
e
2016
2020
Obj
ectiv
e: P
rom
ote
yout
h em
ploy
men
t opp
ortu
nitie
s th
roug
h th
e de
velo
pmen
t of v
illag
e ec
onom
ies.
Targ
et:
1.
Empl
oym
ent r
ate
of y
outh
(15
– 2
9) in
crea
sed
to a
t lea
st 5
%.
2.
Rate
of e
cono
mic
ally
act
ive
yout
h (1
5 –
29)
in ru
ral a
reas
is in
crea
sed
by 1
5%.
3.
Redu
ce to
10%
of p
eopl
e liv
ing
belo
w th
e N
atio
nal P
over
ty L
ine
by 2
020.
OU
TCO
MES
AN
D O
UTP
UTS
IND
ICAT
ORS
RE-
SPO
N-
SIBL
E AG
ENCY
FIN
ANCI
AL
INPU
TTI
MEF
RAM
E
EXIS
TIN
G
SOU
RCES
U
SD$
Star
t En
d
Out
com
e 2.
1. In
cent
ives
are
in p
lace
to fo
ster
you
th e
mpl
oym
ent a
nd jo
b cr
eatio
n in
rura
l are
as a
t com
-m
unity
leve
l.
Base
line:
• Yo
uth
not i
n th
e La
bour
For
ce –
31,
000
(74%
) WAP
• U
nem
ploy
men
t rat
e of
you
th –
185
0 (1
6.8%
)
• “U
nem
ploy
men
t,” re
fers
to th
ose
who
are
not
wor
king
but
are
ava
ilabl
e to
& lo
okin
g fo
r wor
k in
the
labo
ur m
arke
t, th
is d
oes
not i
nclu
de th
ose
who
are
not
look
ing
but w
ant t
o w
ork
and
thos
e w
ho
are
in s
ubsi
sten
ce fa
rmin
g.
• Th
ere
are
no s
peci
fic s
tart
-up
gran
t sys
tem
s or
str
uctu
re p
rese
ntly
ava
ilabl
e fo
r you
ng p
eopl
e to
st
art p
roje
cts
and
othe
r ini
tiativ
es.
• Th
e La
bour
and
Em
ploy
men
t Act
doe
s no
t cov
er y
outh
ope
ratin
g in
the
info
rmal
eco
nom
y.
• Th
ere
is n
o N
atio
nal E
mpl
oym
ent p
olic
y in
pla
ce to
pro
vide
pol
icy
dire
ctio
n an
d en
ablin
g en
viro
n-m
ent f
or y
outh
in th
e in
form
al e
cono
my.
Out
put:
2.1.
1. Y
outh
Em
ploy
men
t Fun
d is
est
ablis
hed
unde
r the
CSS
P fa
cilit
y to
dire
ct s
uppo
rt fo
r com
mun
i-ty
-bas
ed y
outh
mic
ro-e
nter
pris
e in
itiat
ives
on
prio
rity
area
s an
d em
ergi
ng o
ppor
tuni
ties.
2.1.
2. C
onne
ct y
oung
farm
ers
(aum
aga
and
aual
uma)
with
agr
icul
ture
ext
ensi
on s
ervi
ces
to a
cces
s co
ntin
uous
tech
nica
l agr
icul
tura
l tra
inin
g su
ppor
t to
boos
t/st
reng
then
/impr
ove
and
sust
ain
agric
ultu
ral i
nitia
tives
and
ser
vice
s.
Incr
ease
in th
e nu
mbe
r of
yout
h ac
cess
to s
tart
-up
fund
s an
d sc
hem
es to
st
art s
mal
l bus
ines
ses
in
villa
ges.
D
isag
greg
ated
by
gend
er,
age
and
incl
usiv
e of
pe
ople
with
dis
abili
ties.
Incr
ease
in th
e nu
mbe
r of
yout
h re
ceiv
ed te
chni
cal
skill
s tr
aini
ng a
nd a
cces
s to
sup
port
ser
vice
s.D
isag
greg
ated
by
gend
er,
age
and
incl
usiv
e of
pe
ople
with
dis
abili
ties.
MW
CSD
CSSP
MCI
LSB
ECCS
Os
- Yo
uth
$200
,000
(EW
ACC/
CSSP
)
ST$1
50,0
00
(SAC
EP p
rogr
)
FAO
tech
nica
l su
ppor
t
Agri-
busi
ness
Pr
ojec
t cre
dit
sche
me
via
finan
cial
su
ppor
t
2016
2020
2.1.
3. A
gri-b
usin
ess
cred
it sc
hem
e en
try
cond
ition
s an
d cr
iteria
are
revi
sed
to b
ette
r sup
port
com
-m
unity
-bas
ed y
oung
ent
repr
eneu
rs a
nd y
outh
gro
ups
for a
gro-
proc
essi
ng m
icro
-bus
ines
ses.
2.1.
4. S
tart-
up fu
nds
avai
labl
e/ e
stab
lishe
d to
sup
port
youn
g en
trepr
eneu
rs b
usin
ess
plan
.
Out
com
e 2.
2. A
sys
tem
is e
stab
lishe
d to
pro
mot
e yo
uth
entre
pren
eurs
hip.
Base
line:
• To
tal y
outh
pop
ulat
ion
out o
f sch
ool,
27,5
00, o
f whi
ch 1
7,00
0 ar
e en
gage
d in
sub
sist
ence
farm
ing.
• In
activ
ity ra
te a
mon
gst y
outh
is 4
9% (1
5,00
0 of
the
tota
l you
th n
ot in
labo
ur fo
rce
that
is 3
1,00
0).
• U
nem
ploy
men
t rat
e of
you
th –
185
0 (1
6.8%
) •
The
Nat
iona
l You
th A
war
ds w
hich
pro
vide
sup
port
for y
oung
peo
ple
in e
stab
lishe
d en
trepr
eneu
rial
proj
ects
, 300
you
ng p
eopl
e ha
ve b
een
regi
ster
ed fr
om 2
001
– 2
015.
Out
put:
2.2.
1. E
stab
lish
cent
ralis
e an
d co
mm
unity
-bas
ed y
outh
sm
all b
usin
ess
incu
bato
r (SB
I) m
odel
(with
-in
wal
ls a
nd w
ith-o
ut w
alls
con
cept
).2.
2.2.
Bas
ic
com
mun
ity-b
ased
infr
astr
uctu
re w
orks
, dis
aste
r res
pons
e an
d go
vern
men
t sm
all-s
cale
co
ntra
ctua
l ser
vice
s ar
e ou
tsou
rced
to c
omm
unity
you
th fo
r em
ploy
men
t. 2.
2.3
Gre
en jo
bs o
ppor
tuni
ties
for y
outh
thro
ugh
com
mun
ity-b
ased
clim
ate
chan
ge a
nd e
nviro
n-m
enta
l ini
tiativ
es.
2.2.
4. Y
oung
ent
repr
eneu
rs tr
aine
d an
d be
nefit
from
the
use
of IC
T fo
r res
earc
h, n
etw
orki
ng a
nd e
-m
arke
ting
of th
eir p
rodu
cts
and
busi
ness
es.
2.2.
5 Va
lue-
chai
n sy
stem
is in
pla
ce to
sup
port
you
ng e
ntre
pren
eurs
and
info
rm p
oten
tial i
ncom
e ge
nera
ting
nich
e pr
oduc
ts.
2.2.
6. N
atio
nal Y
oung
Ent
repr
eneu
rs E
xcha
nge
Foru
m a
nd A
war
d is
org
anis
ed o
n an
ann
ual b
asis
to
awar
d in
nova
tion
and
crea
tivity
.2.
2.7.
Con
nect
ing
pote
ntia
l you
ng e
ntre
pren
eurs
to b
usin
ess
com
mun
ities
thro
ugh
inte
rnsh
ip p
ro-
gram
s/m
ento
ring
prog
ram
s.
Incr
ease
in n
umbe
r of
mic
ro s
mal
l bus
ines
ses
esta
blis
hed
and
sus-
tain
ed b
y yo
ung
peop
le
in th
e vi
llage
s. D
isag
gre-
gate
d by
gen
der,
age
and
incl
usiv
e of
peo
ple
with
di
sabi
litie
s.
Incr
ease
in n
umbe
r of
jobs
cre
ated
/eco
nom
ic
activ
ity fo
r you
th in
vil-
lage
s. D
isag
greg
ated
by
gend
er, a
ge a
nd in
clus
ive
of p
eopl
e w
ith d
isab
ili-
ties.
Redu
ce d
epen
denc
y ra
te
amon
gst y
oung
peo
ple
thro
ugh
inco
me
earn
ed
from
sm
all b
usin
ess/
econ
omic
act
ivity
. Dis
ag-
greg
ated
by
gend
er, a
ge
and
incl
usiv
e of
peo
ple
with
dis
abili
ties.
MW
CSD
SBEC
CoC
MCI
L
$500
,000
(E
WAC
C/YE
P)
$200
,000
(Ko-
rean
Em
bass
y fu
ndin
g)
Hig
h Te
ch
Yout
h N
etw
ork
NZ
fund
ing
supp
ort
Yout
h Em
ploy
men
t Fu
nd (C
SSP)
2016
2018
Out
com
e 2.
3. C
reat
e an
ena
blin
g en
viro
nmen
t to
bette
r sup
port
and
empo
wer
you
th in
the
info
rmal
sec
tor.
Base
line:
• To
tal y
outh
pop
ulat
ion
out o
f sch
ool,
27,5
00, o
f whi
ch 1
7,00
0 ar
e en
gage
d in
sub
sist
ence
farm
ing.
• In
activ
ity ra
te a
mon
gst y
outh
is 4
9% (1
5,00
0 of
the
tota
l you
th n
ot in
labo
ur fo
rce
that
is 3
1,00
0).
• U
nem
ploy
men
t rat
e of
you
th –
185
0 (1
6.8%
) O
utpu
t:
2.3.
1. P
rofil
ing
youn
g en
trepr
eneu
rs in
the
info
rmal
sec
tor a
nd re
plic
ate
thei
r suc
cess
sto
ries
and
best
pra
ctis
es.
2.3.
2. Y
outh
Em
ploy
men
t prio
ritie
s ar
e in
tegr
ated
into
the
Nat
iona
l Em
ploy
men
t pol
icy.
2.3.
3. I
nteg
ratin
g yo
uth
in th
e in
form
al s
ecto
r ind
icat
ors
at n
atio
nal d
evel
opm
ent s
trat
egy
and
stat
is-
tics
to c
aptu
re in
form
al e
cono
my
cont
ribut
ion
to th
e ec
onom
y.2.
3.4.
Stre
ngth
enin
g da
taba
se o
f you
ng p
eopl
e w
ith li
velih
ood
initi
ativ
es th
roug
h th
e us
e of
exi
stin
g st
ruct
ures
.
Yout
h em
ploy
men
t pri-
oriti
es a
re in
tegr
ated
into
th
e N
atio
nal E
mpl
oym
ent
Polic
y.
Yout
h ec
onom
ic a
c-tiv
ities
in th
e vi
llage
are
ca
ptur
ed a
s in
dica
tors
in
nat
iona
l dev
elop
men
t pl
ans
and
stat
istic
s.
Yout
h in
the
info
rmal
ec
onom
y ar
e co
vere
d in
th
e La
bour
& E
mpl
oym
ent
Act.
MCI
L M
WCS
D$2
5,00
0 (T
RAC/
YEP-
(c
onsu
ltatio
n co
sts)
2017
2020
Samoa National Action Plan on Youth Employment 23
2.1.
3. A
gri-b
usin
ess
cred
it sc
hem
e en
try
cond
ition
s an
d cr
iteria
are
revi
sed
to b
ette
r sup
port
com
-m
unity
-bas
ed y
oung
ent
repr
eneu
rs a
nd y
outh
gro
ups
for a
gro-
proc
essi
ng m
icro
-bus
ines
ses.
2.1.
4. S
tart-
up fu
nds
avai
labl
e/ e
stab
lishe
d to
sup
port
youn
g en
trepr
eneu
rs b
usin
ess
plan
.
Out
com
e 2.
2. A
sys
tem
is e
stab
lishe
d to
pro
mot
e yo
uth
entre
pren
eurs
hip.
Base
line:
• To
tal y
outh
pop
ulat
ion
out o
f sch
ool,
27,5
00, o
f whi
ch 1
7,00
0 ar
e en
gage
d in
sub
sist
ence
farm
ing.
• In
activ
ity ra
te a
mon
gst y
outh
is 4
9% (1
5,00
0 of
the
tota
l you
th n
ot in
labo
ur fo
rce
that
is 3
1,00
0).
• U
nem
ploy
men
t rat
e of
you
th –
185
0 (1
6.8%
) •
The
Nat
iona
l You
th A
war
ds w
hich
pro
vide
sup
port
for y
oung
peo
ple
in e
stab
lishe
d en
trepr
eneu
rial
proj
ects
, 300
you
ng p
eopl
e ha
ve b
een
regi
ster
ed fr
om 2
001
– 2
015.
Out
put:
2.2.
1. E
stab
lish
cent
ralis
e an
d co
mm
unity
-bas
ed y
outh
sm
all b
usin
ess
incu
bato
r (SB
I) m
odel
(with
-in
wal
ls a
nd w
ith-o
ut w
alls
con
cept
).2.
2.2.
Bas
ic
com
mun
ity-b
ased
infr
astr
uctu
re w
orks
, dis
aste
r res
pons
e an
d go
vern
men
t sm
all-s
cale
co
ntra
ctua
l ser
vice
s ar
e ou
tsou
rced
to c
omm
unity
you
th fo
r em
ploy
men
t. 2.
2.3
Gre
en jo
bs o
ppor
tuni
ties
for y
outh
thro
ugh
com
mun
ity-b
ased
clim
ate
chan
ge a
nd e
nviro
n-m
enta
l ini
tiativ
es.
2.2.
4. Y
oung
ent
repr
eneu
rs tr
aine
d an
d be
nefit
from
the
use
of IC
T fo
r res
earc
h, n
etw
orki
ng a
nd e
-m
arke
ting
of th
eir p
rodu
cts
and
busi
ness
es.
2.2.
5 Va
lue-
chai
n sy
stem
is in
pla
ce to
sup
port
you
ng e
ntre
pren
eurs
and
info
rm p
oten
tial i
ncom
e ge
nera
ting
nich
e pr
oduc
ts.
2.2.
6. N
atio
nal Y
oung
Ent
repr
eneu
rs E
xcha
nge
Foru
m a
nd A
war
d is
org
anis
ed o
n an
ann
ual b
asis
to
awar
d in
nova
tion
and
crea
tivity
.2.
2.7.
Con
nect
ing
pote
ntia
l you
ng e
ntre
pren
eurs
to b
usin
ess
com
mun
ities
thro
ugh
inte
rnsh
ip p
ro-
gram
s/m
ento
ring
prog
ram
s.
Incr
ease
in n
umbe
r of
mic
ro s
mal
l bus
ines
ses
esta
blis
hed
and
sus-
tain
ed b
y yo
ung
peop
le
in th
e vi
llage
s. D
isag
gre-
gate
d by
gen
der,
age
and
incl
usiv
e of
peo
ple
with
di
sabi
litie
s.
Incr
ease
in n
umbe
r of
jobs
cre
ated
/eco
nom
ic
activ
ity fo
r you
th in
vil-
lage
s. D
isag
greg
ated
by
gend
er, a
ge a
nd in
clus
ive
of p
eopl
e w
ith d
isab
ili-
ties.
Redu
ce d
epen
denc
y ra
te
amon
gst y
oung
peo
ple
thro
ugh
inco
me
earn
ed
from
sm
all b
usin
ess/
econ
omic
act
ivity
. Dis
ag-
greg
ated
by
gend
er, a
ge
and
incl
usiv
e of
peo
ple
with
dis
abili
ties.
MW
CSD
SBEC
CoC
MCI
L
$500
,000
(E
WAC
C/YE
P)
$200
,000
(Ko-
rean
Em
bass
y fu
ndin
g)
Hig
h Te
ch
Yout
h N
etw
ork
NZ
fund
ing
supp
ort
Yout
h Em
ploy
men
t Fu
nd (C
SSP)
2016
2018
Out
com
e 2.
3. C
reat
e an
ena
blin
g en
viro
nmen
t to
bette
r sup
port
and
empo
wer
you
th in
the
info
rmal
sec
tor.
Base
line:
• To
tal y
outh
pop
ulat
ion
out o
f sch
ool,
27,5
00, o
f whi
ch 1
7,00
0 ar
e en
gage
d in
sub
sist
ence
farm
ing.
• In
activ
ity ra
te a
mon
gst y
outh
is 4
9% (1
5,00
0 of
the
tota
l you
th n
ot in
labo
ur fo
rce
that
is 3
1,00
0).
• U
nem
ploy
men
t rat
e of
you
th –
185
0 (1
6.8%
) O
utpu
t:
2.3.
1. P
rofil
ing
youn
g en
trepr
eneu
rs in
the
info
rmal
sec
tor a
nd re
plic
ate
thei
r suc
cess
sto
ries
and
best
pra
ctis
es.
2.3.
2. Y
outh
Em
ploy
men
t prio
ritie
s ar
e in
tegr
ated
into
the
Nat
iona
l Em
ploy
men
t pol
icy.
2.3.
3. I
nteg
ratin
g yo
uth
in th
e in
form
al s
ecto
r ind
icat
ors
at n
atio
nal d
evel
opm
ent s
trat
egy
and
stat
is-
tics
to c
aptu
re in
form
al e
cono
my
cont
ribut
ion
to th
e ec
onom
y.2.
3.4.
Stre
ngth
enin
g da
taba
se o
f you
ng p
eopl
e w
ith li
velih
ood
initi
ativ
es th
roug
h th
e us
e of
exi
stin
g st
ruct
ures
.
Yout
h em
ploy
men
t pri-
oriti
es a
re in
tegr
ated
into
th
e N
atio
nal E
mpl
oym
ent
Polic
y.
Yout
h ec
onom
ic a
c-tiv
ities
in th
e vi
llage
are
ca
ptur
ed a
s in
dica
tors
in
nat
iona
l dev
elop
men
t pl
ans
and
stat
istic
s.
Yout
h in
the
info
rmal
ec
onom
y ar
e co
vere
d in
th
e La
bour
& E
mpl
oym
ent
Act.
MCI
L M
WCS
D$2
5,00
0 (T
RAC/
YEP-
(c
onsu
ltatio
n co
sts)
2017
2020
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