Selection process and selection criteria
All proposals received before the deadline will go through a twofold selection process:
-The YEN secretariat will do a first scoring of all proposals and establish a short list plus a reserve list.
-Short listed proposals will be presented to a Selection Committee. The Committee will decide on the final selection of applicants. Summary sheets on the selected projects will be published on YEN’s website.
The selection committee is made up of the following members:
- 1. Markus Pilgrim - Manager of the Youth Employment Network Secretariat
- 2. Abraham Boure - Secretary General of the Mano River Union Secretariat
- 3. Said Djinnit - Special Representative of the Secretary General, United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA)
Côte d'Ivoire
- 4. Alesco Adigra - Ministry of Youth
- 5. Djedjé Daniel - Ministry of Employment
- 6. Jerome Affi N'Gessan - Youth Representative
Guinea
- 7. Ibrahima Barry - Chef du Cabinet
- 8. Cherrif Diallo - Youth Representative
Liberia
- 9. Sam Hare - Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports
Sierra Leone
- 10. Anthony Koroma - National Director of Youth
- 11. Morlia Conteh - Youth representative, Waterloo Rural Youth Council
UNIDO/Arab Gulf Fund for United Nations Development Organizations AGFUND
- 12. Afif Barhoumi - ITPO Bahrain, Investment Promotion Expert, AGFUND projec
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Selection criteria are:
- Targeting: aim at improving the employment opportunities for young people between the ages of 15 and 30.
- Innovation: extent to which the proposed project differs from existing approaches. YEN is particularly interested in projects which introduce a new approach, process or technology.
- Sustainability: organizational capacity and expertise to continue the activities after the end of grant funding.
- Results and Measurability: well defined and quantifiable outcomes and outputs.
- Growth Potential: potential of the project to be applied on a larger scale or replicated elsewhere.
- Partnerships: potential to initiate strategic alliances and bring different stakeholders together.
- Promoting gender equity: promote inclusion and active participation of young women.
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