The Youth Services Directory (YSD), which will serve as a platform for local institutions to advertise available training opportunities and support available through different partners. The YSD is open to the general public, specifically Gambian youth. This is for institutions and people who interact with young Gambians on a daily basis and are in need of up-to-date information about training and business development opportunities offered through the support of Tekki-Fii partners as well as other partners.
The campaign aims to inform young Gambians about ongoing support programmes of the government and its partners and to change perceptions regarding irregular migration while showcasing and encouraging them to make it at home. The campaign is sponsored by the ‘Make it in The Gambia – Tekki Fii’ project, an initiative of the Government of The Gambia to significantly scale quality job opportunities available to young Gambians, focusing on the most vulnerable ones. The project is funded by the European Union Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF) and implemented by the International Trade Centre (ITC), German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), Instituto Marquês de Valle Flôr (IMVF) and the Belgian Development Agency, Enabel. The project builds on existing EU-funded initiatives such as ITC’s Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) and the European Union-International Organization for Migration (IOM) Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration.
The EUTF supports all aspects of stability and contributes to addressing destabilization, forced displacement and irregular migration in particular by promoting resilience, economic and equal opportunities, security and development, and the improvement and implementation of planned and well-managed migration policies. The EUTF aims at improving living conditions in Africa. It seeks to help people live in a peaceful and stable environment, and to work in dignity. For more information, visit https://ec.europa.eu/trustfundforafrica/
The International Trade Centre (ITC) is the joint agency of the World Trade Organization and the United Nations. ITC assists small and medium-sized enterprises in developing and transition economies to become more competitive in global markets, thereby contributing to sustainable economic development within the frameworks of the Aid-for- Trade agenda and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
Website link http://www.intracen.org/
Enabel is the Belgian development agency. Our mission is to implement and coordinate the Belgian international development policy. The present intervention of Enabel in The Gambia is part of larger program aiming at contributing to socio-economic development and to nurture positive prospects for local populations and returning migrants in the Gambia involving other development agencies, including IMVF and GIZ, covering all The Gambia territory. Enabel’s intervention works in the North Bank Region and the Central River Region, focusing on the rehabilitation/ building of structuring economic investments in the agriculture sector, supporting sustainable production, increased productivity and value addition by private actors in selected food value chains. It will also facilitate the development of sustainable management systems and upgrade TVET facilities in both Regions.
Website link https://www.enabel.be/
The German Development Corporation (GIZ) is a development agency that provides services in international cooperation. Since 2018, it has been implementing a project targeting over 5000 youths and youth-led businesses that aims to contribute to sustainable jobs and/or job creation in 17 market relevant areas. With a geographical focus on Greater Banjul Area, Lower and Upper River Regions the programme prioritizes privileges for youths not in education, employment and training, as well as women and returning migrants.
Website link https://www.giz.de/en/html/index.html
Instituto Marquês de Valle Flôr (IMVF) is a foundation for development and cooperation that started as a non-governmental development organization in 1988 in São Tomé and Príncipe. The foundation has since expanded to other countries, mainly Portuguese-speaking, and broadened its scope of intervention in Africa and Latin America.
Website link https://www.imvf.org/en/home/