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Inclusive growth through a Market Systems Development (MSD) approach
Expanding Impact: Public-Private Development Partnerships (PPDP) project enters phase 2 in Nakuru, Kajiado, and Narok Counties
Following the Public Private Development Partnerships (PPDP) project phase 1's achievements in Nakuru and Narok, the expansion into Kajiado County aims to address challenges in agriculture, eco-tourism, and green industries.
Kenya's fodder sector skills assessment
Skills gap assessment in the fodder sector that promotes inclusive decent employment and productive livelihood in Nakuru, Narok and Kajiado...
This assessment identifies the skills needed to strengthen Kenya’s fodder value chain and expand inclusive, decent employment in Nakuru, Narok and Kajiado counties.
Climate action
Climate justice in Kenya begins with local livelihoods
In Kenya’s Narok County, climate change is reshaping pastoralist livelihoods, water access and tourism, showing why local communities must be at the centre of climate adaptation.
Skills development
Kenya turns skills evidence into new curricula
New occupational curricula in Kenya’s tourism and fodder sectors show how labour market evidence can help training providers equip young people and workers with skills that employers need.
Skills development
Skills assessments in Kenya reveal training gaps and opportunities
New skills gap assessments supported by the International Labour Organization in Kenya’s tourism and fodder sectors show how stronger links between employers, training providers and young people can help align training with labour market needs.
Market Systems Development
ILO Market Systems Development approach boosts sustainable livelihoods in Kenya
ILO is strengthening local markets in Kenya’s Nakuru, Narok and Kajiado counties through a Market Systems Development approach that empowers women, youth and persons with disabilities in the fodder and tourism sectors, with funding from the Swedish...
Circular economy
Green Jobs in the Maasai Mara empower women and youth
A new circular economy initiative in Kenya’s Maasai Mara is creating green jobs for women and young people while protecting one of the world’s most treasured ecosystems.
Gender analysis
From data to dignity: Gender-responsive design is strengthening livelihoods in Kenya
The ILO’s Public Private Development Partnership Model (PPDP) Phase 2 project in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley is using gender analysis to design inclusive training, market systems and community initiatives that promote decent work for all.
Care economy
Market daycares empower mothers and boost livelihoods
Discover how innovative market-daycare initiatives like WowMom in Kenya are empowering women in the informal economy through vital childcare support and improved livelihoods.
Care economy
Bridging Kenya’s intergenerational care gap
Learn how Kenya is tackling the intergenerational care gap through ILO and government efforts that promote inclusive policies and partnerships for dignified care across generations.
Youth employment
Kenyan Youth Harness AI to Tackle Unemployment
A youth-driven AI hackathon in Nakuru, Kenya, supported by the International Labour Organization, empowered young innovators to design tech-driven solutions to unemployment, ranging from digital farming advice to inclusive online learning platforms.
Gender equality
How Narok County in Kenya is ending female genital mutilation and opening doors to opportunity
Narok County’s adoption of the Anti-Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Policy implementation matrix marks a powerful step forward in the fight to protect girls' rights, advance gender equality, and create pathways to decent work for women.
Market Systems Development
Empowering development through market systems development training in Kenya
Public-private development partnerships for inclusive decent employment and productive livelihoods
Phase 2 of the "Inclusive Growth through Decent Work in the Great Rift Valley" project aims to deepen its impact on socio-economic development across Kenya’s Nakuru, Narok, and Kajiado counties. Building on Public Private Development Partnership...