Technical Support on Employment

The project aims at strengthening policies, strategies and regulatory frameworks for the promotion of employment-rich and inclusive growth, in line with the vision of graduating Nepal from LDC category to a developing country status by 2022. The project has a strong focus on women and vulnerable groups and will benefit from the Danish-funded Inclusive Growth Programme which is providing tested tools and methodologies on evidence-based advocacy. The Korean-funded Labour Market Information project will strengthen the extension of basic employment services like registration of job seekers, vocational and career counselling, job search, LMI dissemination, with particular attention to women, youth and migrant workers. Technical assistance will be provided to the Ministry of Labour and Employment to work with line ministries (Ministries of Agriculture, Federal Affairs and Local Development, Cooperative, Tourism Development and Industry) towards integrating gender responsive employment generation programmes into their annual plans, including at selected district levels. An important dimension of the interventions will be the partnership with the Ministry of Industry in creating enabling environment for the growth of SMES and for improving quality and quantity of jobs in SMES, as well as collaboration with UNDP.

Project symbol

NPL/16/01/RBS

Admin unit

CO-Kathmandu

Start date

01/01/2016

End date

28/02/2018

Total allocation

198214

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

198214

Development Partners

Core voluntary funds (RBSA)

Country/Countries

Nepal

Outcomes

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