81285722-Promoting Employment and Entrepreneurship in Turkana West" (Special Initiative "Tackling the root causes of displacement, reintegrating refugees"/ SI Forced Displacement)

On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) is supporting the Government of Kenya with the project "Promoting Employment and Entrepreneurship in Turkana West". With a duration of three years (01/22 - 12/2024), the project aims at strengthening the socio-economic self-reliance of youth in the refugee community and the host population in Turkana West. Output 1 aims to improve the conditions for socio-economic self-reliance of youth in the refugee and host population in Turkana West; Output 2 aims to improve access of young people from the refugee and host population to target group-oriented and employment-oriented skills training; Output 3 aims to improve access to business-related services and support. The contractor is responsible for achieving Output 2. The contractor will strengthen the competencies of trainers and capacities of local training providers to expand their offers and introduce higher-quality vocational training. Youth groups will also play a role strengthening basic skills (and social cohesion). To meet local needs, the projects targets two groups: 1) already pre-qualified young people, and 2) young people without secondary school qualification. Trainees (Output 2) should be informed and linked to relevant services of Output 1 (certification, promotion of access to work permits or business licenses) and Output 3 (business support services). Relevant key activities in Output 2 include the expansion of holistic qualification offers that prepare young people for (self-employed) employment; the development of a train-the-trainer module to integrate life skills into technical training; support to local training providers in introducing higher-level vocational qualification measures; support to local training providers in providing needs-based support to encourage young women"s participation; promotion of inclusive youth activities to strengthen life skills and social cohesion. The associated output indicators 2.1 and 2.2 are described below. Target values for output and outcome indicators include 50% refugees, 50% host communities of whom at least 30% are female: - Indicator 2.1: 7,000 young people have successfully participated in employment-generating skills training. Baseline: 6,212 young people Target: 7,000 young people (of whom 70 % are young people without a formal educational background) - Indicator 2.2: 5 higher-quality vocational qualification measures that meet the requirements of the local labour market are offered by local training providers. Baseline: 1 higher-level vocational qualification measure Target value: 5 higher-level vocational qualification measures Moreover, the contractor is contributing to the achievement of module objective indicators 1, 2 and 4. The indicators are described below: - Indicator 1: 80% of the 1,000 participants in employment promotion measures (of whom 50% are refugees and 50% are host populations, and of whom 30% are women overall) confirm the benefit to their individual employability with a score of 2 or 1 after completing the measure. Baseline: 0 participants (no employability surveys yet) Target value: 80% of 1,000 participants - Indicator 2: 50% of 800 individuals who participated in income-generating activities have an increase in their income up to 3 months after the end of the activity. Baseline: 40 people Target value: 50% of 800 respondents