Entrepreneurship training for youth in Ukraine

Youth unemployment in Ukraine remains a challenge despite an increase in overall employment rates. According to the 2019 Labour Force Survey (LFS), 80.1 percent of those unemployed are young people between the ages of 15-24. Entrepreneurship provides an opportunity to create jobs through self-employment. Therefore, the ILO offers entrepreneurship training specially tailored to youth between 18 to 24 years of age. In total, 52 representatives from the Public Employment Services and Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) schools receive Training of Trainers (ToT). This ToT is nationwide to ensure as large a coverage as possible. Trainers are trained in the ILO’s “Biz-Up - Self-employment skills for young people” methodology which enables counsellors and facilitators to form young people’s entrepreneurial skills. The Biz-Up methodology has been used effectively since 2007 in several countries. It is a step-by-step guidance to enhance young people’s understanding of self-employment through explaining the basic concepts related to setting up an enterprise. Once counsellors and facilitators have been trained, they go on to train young people all over the country on the basic concepts of entrepreneurship.

Project symbol

UKR/19/02/CZE

Admin unit

DWT/CO-Budapest

Start date

01/01/2020

End date

30/06/2023

Total allocation

137113

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

136408

Development Partners

Czech Republic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Country/Countries

Ukraine

Outcomes

Outcome 4: Sustainable enterprises for inclusive growth and decent work