Social protection and employability promotion to mitigate the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 in Antigua and Barbuda

This intervention will mitigate the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 on vulnerable families and persons, including women, through cas transfers via scaled up social protection systems in Antigua and Barbuda, as well as strengthen social protection systems to respond to future shocks. It will provide beneficiaries and other impacted individuals with the option for employability training to boost their future job opportunities. In particular, the online training will be used to deliver entreprenuership and employability training, targeting those negatively affected by COVID-19 who can benefit from such training, with particular focus on women, given the disproportionate impacts of the pandemic on their employment condition. The training will also include building the capacity of relevant public sector institutions to deliver this training using online platforms.

Project symbol

ATG/21/50/UND

Admin unit

DWT/CO-Port-of-Spain

Start date

15/01/2021

End date

15/11/2021

Total allocation

100034

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

85508

Development Partners

Multi Partner Trust Fund Office, UNDP

Country/Countries

Antigua and Barbuda

Outcomes

Outcome 5: Skills and lifelong learning to facilitate access to and transitions in the labour market