Creation of Job Opportunities for Youth in Sudan through Labour Intensive Work Opportunities Project

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1 Creation of Job Opportunities for Youth in Sudan through Labour Intensive Work Opportunities Project The first South-South Cooperation Project between the Government of Sudan, the India, Brazil and South Africa Facility for Hunger and Poverty Alleviation, and the United Nations Development Programme in Sudan Quarterly Progress Report 16 April- 15 July 2016 Training sessions at Family Bank- Entrepreneurship Location Khartoum State, Sudan Duration March 2014-December 2016 Focus area South- South Partners Achieving the MDGs and Reducing Human Poverty India, Brazil and South Africa Facility for Hunger and Poverty Alleviation (IBSA Fund) Budget IBSA: USD 1,300,000 UNDP: USD 200,000 National Partners Contact person in UNDP o Ministry of Labour and Administrative Reform (MOLAR) o Khartoum State o Ministry of Youth & Sports o Ministry of International Cooperation Nahla Mahmoud, Programme Specialist nahla.mahmoud@undp.org

2 Project Overview The project s ultimate goal is to promote sustainable long-term productive employment opportunities for young women and men with emphasis on needy groups such as persons with disability and ex-combatants. The Project in a Nutshell: Two Outputs: - Labour-Based Coordination Unit established within MOLAR, functional and operational - Capacities of unskilled young workers developed Number of Target Beneficiaries: 2,000 unemployed unskilled and semiskilled youth labourers in Khartoum State The project s main objective is to create a laborintensive model in Sudan to avail of rapid employment opportunities for unemployed, unskilled and semiskilled youth through laborintensive infrastructure development, and linkage of these youth to longer term employment and livelihood opportunities. The project will rapidly generate demand for youth labourers using local resource and labour intensive approaches to contribute to a modern infrastructure and utilities for rural and urban populations. Project Progress OUTPUT 1- ESTABLISHMENT OF LABOUR BASED COORDINATION UNIT 1.1 Study Tour: Arrangements for a Study Tour, as part of Capacity Development component to LBCU, is pending the authorization/ support from Embassy of India in Sudan. 1.2 Information Database for Labour Intensive Record: The project staff in addition to newly recruited two National UN Volunteers have sustained working on establishing new filing system (manual and electronic) with efficient classification of targeted groups, recording training sessions, categorization of employment opportunities and more importantly keeping regular record of the youth in order to ensure that effective monitoring and tracking mechanism is in place. To date the project managed to proceed with actual Data entry of 827 Applications forms. OUTPUT 2- DEVELOPMENT OF UNSKILLED YOUNG WORKERS CAPACITIES: 2.1 Targeting, Categorization and Classification Process: To refine the targeting, categorization and classification process of the targeted youth and to ensure its efficiency and accuracy, the Project has signed Letter of Agreement with the assigned Focal Governmental body (Social Development Foundation- SDF) responsible for targeting, categorization and classification process. Under Letter of Agreement, the SDF is continuing the filtering and classification of the applications, identify the youth needs for employment, undertake regular sessions with the youth for constant updates and facilitate job placement and funding opportunities, form the groups and follow up on the performance of the training, employment and funding processes. 2

3 2.2 Training: Second batch of the training completed for 348 youth on Entrepreneurship/ group formation. The third batch of the training will start for 400 youth on vocational skills The total number of youth trained so far is 2,317 (1,238 on waste management, 1,079 on Entrepreneurship. Key Challenges and Recommendations Training sessions at Family Bank- Entrepreneurship During the month of Ramadan (from June 6 th to July 6 th 2016), the project activities have been immensely slowed down and/ or slightly stopped at the government institutions and at beneficiaries levels. It has particularly affected the training as well as group formation/ employment/ funding process. Ministry of Labour recurrent restructuring have adverse impact on the Project Labour Based Coordination Unit. The Project Unit staff have been reassigned to perform other duties at the Ministry. Some of the Unit staff have been replaced and some are partially working on the project. This has resulted in partial dysfunction of the Unit. Proper manual documentation/ filing of the trainees records still remains a challenge due to lack of beneficiaries proof of identity. Due to the staff high turnover which resulted in shortage of project staff, two young National UN Volunteers have been recruited to carry on the activities of data collection for the project database. 3

4 ANNEX 4 - IBSA FUND GUIDELINES REVISION 8 RRF Monitoring Tool Ref: Approved 2016 Annual Work Plan # EXPECTED PROJECT OUTPUTS, INDICATORS & ANNUAL TARGETS 1 Output 1 Labour Based Coordination Unit within MOLAR, established, functional and operational Indicators: 1.1 Number of key partners participated in the project Study tours 1.2 Number of Study tours organized 2015 Baseline: staff have been assigned to fully filled the LBCU positions/ functions staff went on Training 1.3 LBCU structure is in place 1.4 LBCU manual for procedure is in place Targets: key partners participated in the project Study tours study tours organized PLANNED ACTIVITIES Activity Result 1.1: The technical capacity of the LBCU staff is developed Action 1.1.1: Continue on the job trainings for the staff Action 1.1.2: Organize study visit Action 1.1.3: Follow up on staff performance through regular assessments EXPENDITU RESULTS OF ACTIVITIES RES (IN US$) 2,419 Activity Result 1: LBCU staff capacity in Project Management, Microsoft Excel fundamentals-information Database for Labour Intensive Record Software, labour coordination process, English language, Manpower Information System and Communication have been developed. The Ministry has a local component for 2016 amounting to 1 million SDG to contribute in building their staff capacity as well as to work in labour intensive different sectors. New filing system (manual and electronic) is sustained for easily classification of targeted groups, recording training sessions, categorization of employment opportunities and more importantly keeping regular record of the youth in order to ensure that effective monitoring and tracking mechanism is in place. 827 Applications forms Data have been entered. PROGRESS TOWARDS ACHIEVING OUTPUTS Arrangements for a Study Tour, as part of Capacity Development component to LBCU, is pending the authorization/ support from Embassy of India in Sudan. The project staff in addition to newly recruited two National UN Volunteers have continued their work in establishing new filing system (manual and electronic) for easily classification of targeted groups, recording training sessions, categorization of employment opportunities and more importantly keeping regular record of the youth in order to ensure that effective monitoring and tracking mechanism is in place. To date the project managed to proceed with actual Data entry of 827 Applications forms. 5

5 ANNEX 4 - IBSA FUND GUIDELINES REVISION 8 2 Output 2 Capacities for unskilled young workers developed through labour based and business development methods Indicators: 2.1 Number of youth disaggregated by gender trained in waste management skills, entrepreneurial skills, and vocational skills 2.2 Number of youth disaggregated by genderemployed after the training 2.3 Number of business/ labour groups formed 2.4 Percentage of business/labour groups got access to finance Activity Result 2.1: The trained youth are organized into business groups and linked with financial institutions Action 2.2.1: Conduct waste management training Action 2.2.2: Conduct entrepreneurial training Action Conduct vocational skills training Commitment (267,677.85) Expenditure: 19,123 Activity Result 2: A total of 2,317 youth (1,238 on waste management, 1,079 on Entrepreneurship. 1,502 youth have been trained. Second batch of the training completed for 348 youth on Entrepreneurship/ group formation. The third batch of the training will start for 400 youth on vocational skills 2015 Baseline: youth trained on in waste management skills and entrepreneurial skills, 1,233 in Waste management and 687 in entrepreneurial skills youth employed after the training 2.3 Zero 2.4 Zero Targets: 2.1 1,500 unskilled youth (30% female) trained in different skills 2.2 At least 3000 youth (30% female) in employment 2.4 At least 40 business/ labour groups formed % of business/labour groups received finance Action 2.2.4: Assist in formation of business/ labour groups Action 2.2.5: Facilitate and coordinate job placement Action 2.2.6: Link the business groups and individual youth to financial institution 6

6 ANNEX 4 - IBSA FUND GUIDELINES REVISION Project Staff in place and Project Boards meetings and stakeholders effectively organised. Indicators: Number of Project Board meeting held Number of Risk and issues logs and lessonslearned updated on quarterly basis 2015 Baseline: 3.2.1: One Project Board meeting held The Project Associate is on board while the Project Manager resigned and the Technical Specialist concluded his tenure Risk and issues logs updated in Activity Result: Project Board meeting held at least once per year Action : Develop Project Board meeting materials and presentations and organize and hold the meeting Activity Result 3.2.2: Project is managed efficiently 32,314 Activity Result 1: The Project Third Board meeting for 2016, took place on 17 Feb Activity Result 2: The Project Annual Plan for 2016 has been prepared. The Project Manager has resigned in Dec 2015, the Technical Specialist and the Advocacy assistant concluded their tenures. The Programme Specialist is taking the role of Project Manager Two young National UN Volunteers have been recruited to carry on the activities of data collection for the project database. Targets: 3.2.1: One Project Board meeting held Risk and issues and lessons-learned quarterly updated Total $ 53,856 7