📋 Tender Overview
Project sponsor: Jugend Eine Welt - Don Bosco development cooperation
Country: Eastern Africa, regional/multi-country Funding amount: € 1,168,000.00 Start: 01/01/2023 End: 12/31/2026
BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
project goal
Promoting gender equality and improving access to market-relevant, environmentally friendly, technical jobs for vulnerable youth, especially 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; At the centers there is gender-specific support for graduation and the period after graduation; Success stories in the field of green, gender-sensitive VET are communicated to the public; Best practices and experiences are shared with national/international stakeholders.
target group
The program targets at-risk girls and boys, women and men aged 14 to 30 in Bombo, Kamuli, Palabek, Muhazi and Gatenga. In total, the program reaches 4,140 direct beneficiaries: 4,000 students (including 1,600 women) and 140 teachers and administrative staff of Don Bosco Vocational Training Centers. The total number of indirect beneficiaries amounts to 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; Development of gender policies at regional level and in vocational training centers; conducting training courses for employees on gender policies; Providing gender content for Green Clubs; establishment of gender clubs; development and introduction of safeguarding mechanisms; Adaptation of the infrastructure for the participation of women/girls; provision of counseling and case management for students and staff; removing gender-specific barriers to student access; raising community awareness of gender equality; Financial support for vulnerable young people, esp. for women/girls; Analysis of teaching methods and content for gender equality; development of materials for gender-sensitive teaching; Consultation with industry players; Environmental protection analysis for core courses and development of green teaching modules; improvement of infrastructure; Preparation of 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; organization of accredited examinations; Provision of tool kits and training courses on entrepreneurship skills, especially for girls and women; mapping of actors and incubators for companies; facilitating internships; Support after graduation, esp. for girls and women; presenting success stor
