Technical support on Job creation on the informal and rural economies

This project aims at job creation in the informal and rural economies in Zimbabwe. The focus will be on promoting skills development, entrepreneurship, the economic empowerment of women, and local economic development to create self and wage employment. Targeted policies and programmes that to contribute to decent work and productive employment in rural areas will be developed and implemented, as will a strategy and action plan for promoting decent working conditions among women workers in the public and private sectors . Women’s control and ownership in key economic sectors will be increased through improved access to financial and technical resources for women entrepreneurs. The capacity of training providers to design and deliver gender and enterprise development services will be strengthened. ILO will provide training and post-training support for wage and self-employment, focussing on women and young people in rural areas and including support to value chain development and the integration of an employment-intensive approach in rural and urban infrastructure development. The capacity of constituents and other relevant stakeholders to mainstream decent work in rural development policies and programmes will be strengthened.

Project symbol

ZWE/16/01/RBS

Admin unit

CO-Harare

Start date

01/01/2016

End date

28/02/2018

Total allocation

429842

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

429842

Development Partners

Core voluntary funds (RBSA)

Country/Countries

Zimbabwe

Outcomes

Decent work in the rural economy