YOUTH TRG&EMPL PROJ

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In response to the expansion of unemployment especially of youth between the ages of 15-25 in the recent period of recession, the Government created Youth Training and Employment Partnership Program (YTEPP) as a temporary program to better prepare, motivate and assist youth to enter gainful employment. The proposed project would assist the Government to improve the design, delivery, and effectiveness by pursuing four objectives : a) improve the quality and relevance of education and training through curriculum development, instructor training and provision of equipment for training facilities; b) increase opportunities for youth to acquire work experience in private enterprises or public agencies; c) promote self-employment initiatives of youth; and d) strengthen the management of YTEPP Program. Project objectives would be attained through three components : 1) "education and training" would assist YTEPP in improving design of its education and training courses, upgrading quality of the teaching staff, and providing supplementary instructional equipment; 2) "post training assistance" would support, with parallel co-financing by the private sector, work experience placements for trainees in order to facilitate their first entry into labor markets; 3) "program management strengthening" would strengthen management of YTEPP's training programs, establish project monitoring and evaluation systems and support a labor market information system.