Increased employment creation and opportunities in Sierra Leone through entrepreneurship training, business development services and labour intensive insfrastructure development

After a series of crises that have affected Sierra Leone in the past decades, the country has prioritized job creation and the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as strategies to boost economic growth with social inclusion. This project supports the government and the social partners in assessing the environment for business formalization and productivity and in formulating, through social dialogue, proposals to reform the policy, regulatory and institutional framework with a view to enhancing resilience and the sustainability of enterprises. The project includes partnerships between the ILO and the Sierra Leone’s SME Development Agency to establish institutional mechanisms aimed at the provision of non-financial services to micro businesses and SMEs, and with financial service providers to ensure access to microcredits and insurance. It contributes to the development of a network of certified trainers on entrepreneurship methodologies, supporting especially young women and men in the agribusiness sector. The project also promotes employment-intensive approaches in infrastructure development through the adoption of guidelines for local contracting, capacity building for potential contractors and supervision of working conditions in public works.

Project symbol

SLE/16/01/RBS

Admin unit

CO-Abuja

Start date

01/11/2017

End date

31/12/2021

Total allocation

945364

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

945364

Development Partners

Core voluntary funds (RBSA)

Country/Countries

Sierra Leone

Outcomes

Outcome 4: Sustainable enterprises as generators of employment and promoters of innovation and decent work