| The 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. Youth organizations have first hand experience of the needs of young people but need of financial and/or technical support to reach their goals. Therefore grants of USD 2 000 to 50 000 will be awarded through an open, transparent, and competitive selection process.
Furthermore, the scheme serves as a laboratory to test innovative projects, in order to gain insight and extract lessons learned to be shared with the broader development community for possible replication and up-scaling.
Projects should contribute to youth employment in any of the following areas:
- Community projects and services
- Transition from school to work
- Vocational training for young people
- Youth entrepreneurship
- Economic empowerment of young women
As sustainability is an important aspect of the scheme preference will be given to partnerships with other stakeholders such as private enterprises, business associations, foundations, or government agencies.
Information sessions on grant scheme
A series of information events will be organized in the MRU to provide practical information on the grant scheme. It also seeks to build the capacity of potential applicants by providing assistance on proposal design and application procedures. If you are interested in attending one of these sessions you can register on the Information sessions page.
If you have problems filling out the application form electronically please contact the National youth focal point in your country for assistance.
National Youth Focal Points:
Liberia
Youth Crime Watch of Liberia
James Barr's Compound,
Opposite Parker Paint Factory
Post Office Box 2635, Paynesville
1000 Monrovia 10, Liberia
West Africa
Main contact: Zuo Taylor
Email: zuotaylor@yahoo.com |
Côte d’Ivoire
UNIDO Office
Immeuble CCIA, 17 ème Etage
B.P. 1747 Abidjan 01
Telephone: (00225) 20 22 28 02 / 20 22 28 06
FAX: +(00225) 20 22 28 07
E-mail: office.cotedivoire@unido.org
Main contact: Patrice Bogna
Email: pateny3@yahoo.fr |
Guinea
L'ONG Les Amis du Futur «LAF» sise à l'immeuble du Cyber de Ratoma.
CONAKRY- République de GUINEE
BP:5651
Téléphone fixe:(00224) 30 47 85 02
Téléphone mobile: (00224) 64 38 44 98 / 67 38 44 98 /64 23 97 15/ 63 27 39 72.
Main contact : Mohammed Camara
E-mail : medcragn@yahoo.fr |
Sierra Leone
Siége du Secrétariat de l’Union du Fleuve Man
DELCO HOUSE
Boite Postale 133
12 rue Lightfoot Boston, Freetown, Sierra Leone
Tel: (00232) 76 50 99 11
Main contact: Juliana Fornah
Email: madajee@yahoo.com |
How to apply
Application forms are to be filled out and sent to the YEN secretariat at yenetwork@ilo.org
before February 14, 2009. Application guidelines have been developed to assist applicants in filling out the application form and should be read in conjunction with the Information Note.
What is the time line for applications?
Call for proposals: December 1, 2008
Deadline for receiving proposals: February 14, 2009
Notification of awards: March 31, 2008
Signing grant agreements with selected applicants and first disbursement: April 15, 2009 |
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