Somalia - Socio-Economic Reintegration of Ex-Combatants and Youth at Risk Project

The Socio-economic reintegration of ex-combatants and youth at risk project directly contributes to Somalia’s on-going recovery efforts and the measures to promote stability and inclusion. The project is tackling one of the drivers of fragility and illegal migration in Somalia (youth unemployment). It will also contribute to improved technical capacity and governance at the sector level. It adopts a two-pronged approach by directly equipping vulnerable youth with technical and vocational skills relevant for the labour market while supporting capacity building of relevant state institutions to enable them address youth unemployment and vulnerability issues on a more sustainable basis in the near future. The main project interventions are: provision of psycho-social counselling, technical and vocational skills training, financial literacy training, apprenticeship and mentorship, job placement through apprenticeships and provision of basic tools as start-up kits to trained youth. The total cost is estimated at UA 3.30 million excluding taxes and duties.