Projects

• YEN Lead Country Process
  21 Lead country nations who have committed to tackle youth employment challenges at the highest level by formulating, implementing, monitoring and evaluating National Action Plans on youth employment (NAP) and regularly report on their progress to the YEN secretariat.
• Competitive Grant Scheme
  YEN's competitive grant scheme supports youth employment projects in the Mano River Union (MRU) (Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone). It serves to identify and support small scale, innovative projects with potential to provide employment opportunities for young people (ages 15 to 30) while allowing youth organizations to actively participate in development.
• Private Sector Initiative
  The Private Sector Initiative (PSI) is project of YEN’s subregional office for West Africa. The PSI is a multi-stakeholder platform for business action on youth employment supported by the United Kingdom’s Department of Work and Pensions. The PSI aims to strengthen the role that business in West Africa can play in enhancing employment opportunities for youth.
• Youth Employment Databank West Africa
  An online databank providing detailed information on over 300 organizations tackling youth employment in all 16 West African countries (database forthcoming)..