Advancing Just Transition in Yemen for Accelerated Socioeconomic Recovery through an integrated green business development and apprenticeship model

This RBSA-funded intervention supports Yemen’s Just Transition agenda by helping build the capacity of local Small and Micro Enterprises (SMEs) to create green jobs for youth and women, including within the renewable energy sector. It seeks to address some of the critical challenges confronting green job creation and youth employment in Yemen, with a view to strengthening the country’s resilience to climate change and its ability to create decent employment in the sectors promoting a green transition. The intervention targets SMEs, students and employers in the cities of Aden and Sanaa. Through this intervention, the ILO supports the Small and Micro Enterprise Promotion Service (SMEPS) to strengthen its capacity as a provider of training services and certifications for young people in the renewable energy sector. In addition, the ILO collaborates with the Sanaa’s Chamber of Commerce to support skills certification for green SMEs, especially women-led, to deliver apprenticeship programmes. The expected results of the intervention are improved capacity of business development service providers on environmentally friendly entrepreneurship and businesses, and improved capacity of SMEs, especially those led by women, to promote green businesses.

Project symbol

YEM/23/01/RBS

Admin unit

RO-Arab States/DWT-Beirut

Start date

01/04/2023

End date

31/03/2025

Total allocation

400000

Total expenditure

Status

Active

395975

Development Partners

Core voluntary funds (RBSA)

Country/Countries

Yemen

Outcomes

Outcome 4: Sustainable enterprises for inclusive growth and decent work
Outcome 3: Full and productive employment for just transitions
Outcome 2: Strong, representative and influential tripartite constituents and effective social dialogue