RO - Africa

ILO Regional Office for Africa: (Based in Addis Ababa)

Regional Coordinator for youth employment:
Diego Rei: rei(at)ilo.org

Website

Publications

Africa’s Response to the Youth Employment Crisis:
Synthesis of Key Issues and Outcomes from Eleven National Events on Youth Employment
May 2012 - Africa

CO–Abuja

ILO Country Office for Nigeria, Gambia, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone

Focal point for youth employment:
Dennis Zulu: zulu(at)ilo.org

Website

Projects

Joint Programme for the employment and empowerment of young women and men in Liberia
(January 2009- December 2011) - Liberia - Donor: the Government of Denmark

Quick Impact Employment Creation for Youth through Labour Based Public Works (QIEC)
(2011-2012) - Sierra Leone - Donor: Multidonor Trust Fund

Sierra Leone: Local economic development through labour-intensive infrastructure development to create jobs for young men and women
(2010-2015) - Sierra Leone - Donor: Regular Budget Supplementary Account (RBSA)

CO–Addis Ababa

ILO Country Office for Ethiopia and Somalia

Focal point for youth employment:
Kidist Chala: kidist(at)ilo.org

Website

Projects

Life Skill Based Education (LSBE)
Somalia - Donor: Japan (through UNICEF)

Promoting Community Security through engagement with Youth at-Risk
(2011-ongoing) - Somalia - Donor: Japan (through UNICEF)

Events

National Symposium on Decent Work for the youth: The Engine of Ethiopia’s Transformation
(2 April 2012) - Ethiopia

CO–Algiers

ILO Country Office for Algeria, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Morocco and Tunisia

Focal point for youth employment:
Constance Schimmel: schimmel(at)ilo.org

Website

Projects
Engaging Tunisian Youth to Achieve the UN MDGs - Tunisia
(2009-2012) - Tunisia - Donor: MDGF (Spain)

Youth @ Work, Partnership for Employment of Young Women and Men in Morocco
(2012-2016) - Morocco - Donor: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)

Promoting productive and decent work for youth in Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, and Tunisia
(2008-2012) - Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, and Tunisia - Donor: Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID)

Events

Les jeunes et les politiques de l’emploi
(12 April 2012) - Tunisia

CO–Antananarivo

ILO Country Office for Madagascar, Comoros, Djibouti, Mauritius and Seychelles

Focal point for youth employment:
Harivao Rakotoarinia: hfr(at)ilo.org

Website

Projects

APROJEC/Comores – Appui à la pérennisation de la paix par la promotion de l’emploi des jeunes et des femmes aux Comores
(2010-2012) - Comoros - Donor: UN Peace building Fund

Creation of 500 jobs for young men and women in Agricultural field in Comoros
(March 2012 – March 2013) - Comoros - Donor: Australia

Events
Relance du développement en consolidant la paix par la promotion de l’emploi des jeunes
(22 March 2012) - Madagascar

CO - Dar es Salaam

ILO Country Office for the United Republic of Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda

Focal point for youth employment:
Naiz Mavura: mavura(at)ilo.org

Website

Projects

Youth Employment Support – Jobs for the Unemployed and Marginalized Young People (YES-JUMP) in Kenya
(June 2009 - July 2011) - Kenya - Donor: ILO RBSA (Germany)

Job creation: Capacity building
(March 2009 - July 2012 ) Kenya - Donor: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)

Joint programme of support for implementation of the national population policy
(March 2011 – April 2014) - Uganda - Donor: UNFPA

Youth to Youth (Y2Y) Fund (Implementing partner: Youth Employment Network)
(2009-ongoing) - East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda) - Donor: Danish Africa Commission

Youth Entrepreneurship Facility
(2009-ongoing) - East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda) - Donor: Danish Africa Commission

Events

National Youth Employment Forum: Working Together to Create Decent Work for Youth
(4 April 2012) - Tanzania

Young Entrepreneurs Exhibition and National Youth Employment Event
(4 April 2012) - Kenya

CO - Harare

ILO Country Office for Zimbabwe

Focal points for youth employment:
Iris Mabuwa: mabuwa(at)ilo.org
Adolphus Chinomwe: chinomwe(at)ilo.org
Eliam Mahohoma:

Website

Projects

Skills for Youth Employment and Rural Development in Western and Southern Africa (Co-implemented with ILO Dakar)
(Phase 1: 2010-2011 and Phase 2: 2012-2014) - Benin, Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe and Zambia - Donor: Danish Africa Commission

Youth Employment Support – Jobs for the Unemployed and Marginalized Young People (YES-JUMP) in Zimbabwe
(June 2009 - July 2011) - Zimbabwe - Donor: ILO RBSA (Germany)

Events

Building a future with Decent Work for Young People
(29 March 2012) - Zimbabwe

Publications

NEWSLETTER: Skills for Youth Employment and Rural Development in Zimbabwe
(2011-2012) - Zimbabw

CO - Kinshasa

ILO Country Office for Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon

Focal point for youth employment:
Kavunga Kambale: kambale(at)ilo.org

Website

Projects

Programme d’Activités pour l’Emploi des Jeunes dans la Province du Katanga (PAEJK)
(2012-2015) - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Donor: Belgian Ministry for Development Cooperation

Events

Travail décent pour les jeunes dans un contexte de reconstruction et de modernisation de la République Démocratique du Congo
(29 March 2012) - Democratic Republic of the Congo

CO - Lusaka

ILO Country Office for Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique

Focal points for youth employment:
Belinda Chanda: chanda(at)ilo.org
John Banda: bandajs(at)ilo.org

Website

Projects

Joint Programme on Promotion of Youth Employment
(2008-2011) - Mozambique - Donors: Multi-donor, UNDP

Joint Programme on Youth Employment and Empowerment
(March 2010 - June 2012) - Malawi - Donors: FAO, UNICEF, UNDP and WFP

Support to the National Plan of Action of the National Youth Policy
(2012 - ongoing) - Zambia - Donor: Sweden

Events

National Youth Employment Promotion Event
(6-7 March 2012) - Zambia

The 2012 Young entrepreneurship exhibition
(13-15 September 2012) – Zambia

Careers Expo
(5 September 2012) - Zambia

CO - Cairo

ILO Country Office for Egypt, Eritrea, Sudan and South-Sudan

Focal point for youth employment
Amal Mowafy: mowafy(at)ilo.org

Website

Projects

Effective school to work transition through career guidance for youth employment
(2008 - 2012) - Egypt - Donor: Italian Cooperation for Development

Decent Jobs for Egypt's Young People: Tackling the Challenges Together
(2011 - 2016) - Egypt - Donor: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)

Career guidance project in Egypt (phase II)
(2012 - 2014) - Egypt - Donor: Italian Egyptian Debt Swap Programme

Decent Jobs for Egypt's Young People: Tackling the Challenge of Young People in Agriculture
(2012 - 2013) - Egypt - Donor: the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAid)

Creating opportunities for Youth Employment in South Sudan
(2009 - 2012) - Sudan and South-Sudan - Donor: MDGF (Spain)

Events

Launch of the UN World Youth Report on Youth Employment: Youth Perspectives on the Pursuit of Decent Work in Changing Times and an Overview of the UN Programmes for Egyptian Youth (21 March 2012) - Egypt

CO - Dakar

ILO Country Office for Senegal, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Guinea–Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Togo

Focal point for youth employment:
Dramane Haidara: haidara(at)ilo.org
Redha Ameur: ameur(at)ilo.org

Website

Research

Projet régional commun d’étude sur les mobilités des enfants et des jeunes en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre
(Phase 1: 2008-2010 and phase 2 : 2011-2015) - Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea and Togo

Quelle protection pour les enfants concernés par la mobilité en Afrique de l'Ouest et du centre: nos positions et nos recommandations (publication related to the above research) Published in 2011

Projects

Skills for Youth Employment and Rural Development in Western and Southern Africa (co-implemented with ILO Dakar)
(Phase 1: 2010-2011 and Phase 2: 2012-2014) - Benin, Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe and Zambia - Donor: Danish Africa Commission

Programme d'insertion des sortants de la formation professionnelle
(October 2008 - December 2012) - Senegal - Donor: The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Projet d’appui à l’insertion des jeunes
(January 2008 – July 2012) - Mali - Donor: The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Programme pour l'emploi des jeunes et la cohésion sociale
(2009 - ongoing) - Cape Verde - Donor: UNDP)

Youth to Youth (Y2Y) Fund (Implementing partner: Youth Employment Network)
(2009 - ongoing) - Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone - Donor: Danish Africa Commission

Events

Journée de l’emploi des jeunes 5 April 2012 - Togo

CO - Pretoria

ILO Country Office for South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland

Focal point for youth employment:
Sindile Moitse: moitse(at)ilo.org

Website

Projects
● Youth Employment Promotion towards Poverty Reduction in Lesotho
(January 2010 – December 2012) - Lesotho - Donors: UNDP, UNICEF, Government of Lesotho

Events

Youth employment summit: South Africa (7-8 May 2012) - South Africa

Know About Business (KAB) Curriculum Teacher Educator Workshop (7-11 May 2012) - South Africa

CO - Yaoundé

ILO Country Office for Cameroon, Angola and Sao Tome and Principe

Focal point for youth employment:
Paul Ningini: ningini(at)ilo.org

Website

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