Technical support on decent and productive employment in Tanzania

This project aims at increasing opportunities for decent work and productive employment for young men and women. ILO will provide support in the context of the National Youth Employment Creation Programme and the national strategy for poverty reduction. Work will focus on improving coordination of youth employment initiatives and will be based on research on labour market outcomes and impact evaluations of such initiatives. Tripartite plus evidence-based policy dialogue will be promoted and knowledge on youth employment practices shared. Decent work for youth will be promoted by workers’ organizations through the empowerment of young trade unionists. Pilot interventions to improve young women’s and men’s employability will include work-based training programmes, economic empowerment of selected rural communities, and the implementation of Public-Private Partnership strategies, and new approaches to connect innovative, growth-oriented young entrepreneurs to knowledge, markets, networks and capital. Work will be anchored in the UN System-wide Action Plan on Youth and the UN Joint Programme on Youth Employment.

Project symbol

TZA/16/01/RBS

Admin unit

CO-Dar es Salaam

Start date

01/01/2016

End date

28/02/2018

Total allocation

236047

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

236047

Development Partners

Core voluntary funds (RBSA)

Country/Countries

United Republic of Tanzania

Outcomes

More and better jobs for inclusive growth and improved youth employment prospects