📋 Tender Overview
Project sponsor: Youth One World - Don Bosco Development Cooperation
Country: Eastern Africa, regional/multi-country Funding amount: € 1,168,000.00 Start: 01.01.2023 End: 31.12.2026
Short description:
project goal
Promoting gender equality and improving access to market-relevant, environmentally friendly, technical vocational activities for at-risk youth, particularly adolescent girls and young women, in Uganda and Rwanda.
expected results
Gender policies exist in all five Don Bosco vocational training centers; measures to implement the gender policies are implemented at the centers; market-relevant, gender-equitable, green vocational training courses are offered at the Don Bosco training centers; there are gender-equitable offers to improve the employability of female and male trainees; the centers offer gender-specific support for graduation and the period after graduation; success stories in the field of green, gender-equitable vocational training are communicated to the public; best practices and experiences are shared with national/international stakeholders.
target group
The programme targets vulnerable girls and boys, women and men aged 14 to 30 years in Bombo, Kamuli, Palabek, Muhazi and Gatenga. The programme will reach a total of 4,140 direct beneficiaries: 4,000 students (including 1,600 women) and 140 teachers and administrative staff of the Don Bosco Vocational Training Centres. The total number of indirect beneficiaries is 5,100 people (1,600 community members and 3,500 family members of students).
Measures
The activities include: Conducting a gender analysis (Rwanda) to analyze gender-specific access/participation requirements; developing gender policies at regional level and in the vocational training centers; conducting training for employees on gender policies; conveying gender content for green clubs; setting up gender clubs; developing and introducing safeguarding mechanisms; adapting the infrastructure to involve women/girls; providing counseling and case management for students and employees; removing gender-specific barriers to student access; raising community awareness of gender equality; financial support for at-risk youth, especially women/girls; analyzing teaching methods and content for gender equality; developing materials for gender-sensitive teaching; consulting with industry stakeholders; environmental protection analyses for focus courses and developing green teaching modules; improving infrastructure; preparing the Training of the Trainers (ToT); learning visits for teachers; Integration of gender in Job Service Officer (JSO) and Life Skills Manuals and training of JSOs; organisation of accredited examinations; provision of toolkits and training on entrepreneurial skills, especially for girls and women; mapping of actors and incubators for companies; facilitation of internships; post-graduation support, especially for girls and women; presentation of success stories and production of radio
