Training for rural economic empowerment: users' manual for planning and implementing programes in Pacific Island countries
This manual serves as a useful tool to facilitate the creation of more sustained income earning opportunities, especially in the rural areas, and contribute to tackling the huge challenge of youth unemployment in the Pacific.
Training for Rural Economic Empowerment (TREE) is a programme developed by the Skills and Employability Department of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and conceptualized under the principles of community-based training.
TREE promotes income generation and local development, emphasizing the role of skills and knowledge for creating new economic and employment opportunities for the poor, the underemployed, the unemployed, informal economy workers and the otherwise disadvantaged, towards sustained economic activities.
The TREE methodology consists of a set of processes that are distinct but coherently linked, to guide the articulation of local development initiatives and the identification and implementation of income generation opportunities. Starting with institutional arrangements and planning among partner organisations at the national and local levels, these processes aim to systematically identify employment and income-generating opportunities at the community/local level; design and deliver appropriate training program; and provide the necessary post-training support , for example access to market and credit. TREE promotes decent work and equal opportunity for men and women.
TREE promotes income generation and local development, emphasizing the role of skills and knowledge for creating new economic and employment opportunities for the poor, the underemployed, the unemployed, informal economy workers and the otherwise disadvantaged, towards sustained economic activities.
The TREE methodology consists of a set of processes that are distinct but coherently linked, to guide the articulation of local development initiatives and the identification and implementation of income generation opportunities. Starting with institutional arrangements and planning among partner organisations at the national and local levels, these processes aim to systematically identify employment and income-generating opportunities at the community/local level; design and deliver appropriate training program; and provide the necessary post-training support , for example access to market and credit. TREE promotes decent work and equal opportunity for men and women.