Joint Programme: Wealth Creation, Employment and Economic Empowerment

The Joint Programme on Wealth creation, Employment and Economic Empowerment has been designed to increase access to sustainable income opportunities and productive employment, and to increase food security in rural and urban areas pro poor growth. The focus is on promoting an enabling environment for the development of the micro and small-medium enterprises and development of entrepreneurship skills for youth, women and people with disabilities.

Project Objective

• Strengthening Institutional capacity to implement the National Employment Creation Programme, and to mainstream Employment and income opportunities into National policies
• Strengthening capacity of Government and stakeholders to monitor and manage Food nutritional Security.
• Increasing equitable opportunities for decent work and rural livelihoods, with improved agricultural productivity, quality of products, and market access

Expected Outcome

• Institutional capacity strengthened at National level to develop and manage information systems with gender perspective for better policy making in employment and productive activities
• National capacities anchored on gender equity created and strengthened to enhance economic functions of the Science, Technology and Innovation system
• Increased and equitable opportunities for decent work and livelihoods for men and women promoted through improvement in agro productivity, product quality and market access in Mtwara and Lindi focusing on selected commodities (cashew nuts, local chicken, simsim and cassava.