Niger Delta Youth Employment Pathways (NDYEP) began in 2018 to develop models of youth training in which marginalized young people are trained in market-relevant skills and subsequently supported into sustainable jobs or enterprises. In phase 1 PIND worked through 13 implementing partners in the aquaculture, construction, and ICT sectors, in Rivers, Abia, and Akwa Ibom states. These case studies explore the methods applied and the mid-term results achieved in the ICT sector in Abia state, aquaculture sector in Akwa Ibom, and construction sector in Rivers State, using the example of the project implemented by Clintonel Innovation Centre (CIC), Dr. Fish Agric Consult (DFAC), and MRE Consortium: a partnership between Entrepreneurship and Innovation Centre Ltd + Est Master Construction + Rivers State University, respectively. And in phase 2, the project was extended to one more sector, the Finished Leather sector in Abia State, working through 23 implementing partners in the aquaculture, construction, ICT, and finished leather sectors.
The NDYEP is a two-year collaboration between Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) and Ford Foundation which aims to contribute to addressing the critical issue of youth unemployment in the Niger Delta. In its first year, the pilot programme has focused on three priority states of Abia, Akwa Ibom, and Rivers.
The overall goal of project is to develop models of youth job readiness that provide marginalized young men and women in the Niger Delta the opportunity to secure sustainable jobs through training that prepares them with market relevant skills.
To achieve this, the project articulated four strategic change objectives expressing the implementation logic of the project, to:
- Develop an understanding of the employment and skills landscape in the Niger Delta region to inform strategic investments in skills development programming;
- Promote a demand-driven approach to skills development in the Niger Delta through partnerships between youth employment ecosystem players, especially employers, policymakers, development partners and training institutions;
- Develop programs that demonstrate model pathways from skills training to employment through the provision of direct vocational training in three sectors of the economy, IC T, agriculture and construction, and other sectors where opportunities are identified; and
- Monitor and evaluate the project and document, and disseminate key learnings.
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