Jobs in the Informal and Rural Economy

January 2016 – December 2017

The programme aims to promote more and better jobs for young people and women in the rural and informal economy. This will be achieved by promoting skills development, entrepreneurship and local economic development to place beneficiaries in self and wage employment. Efforts will be
focused on economic sectors with employment creation potential and local economic opportunities.

The initiative aims at promoting public and private sector employment programmes in job-rich sectors such as infrastructure by revamping labour-based training capacities. The centrality of jobs will be promoted through national and sectoral employment creation potential analyses and dialogues on the future of work and the role of the labour market in driving investment and inclusive growth and development. To achieve this objective, the programme seeks to deliver the following outcomes:

• Training and post training support for wage and self-employment delivered to training beneficiaries.
• Decent work mainstreamed in rural development policies and programmes.