Project profile — The Youth Venture Initiative: Harmonized Programs for Economic Opportunities

• Ethiopia (90.00%)
• Canada (10.00%)

• Basic Education: Basic life skills for youth and adults (11230) (75.00%)
• Banking And Financial Services: Education/training in banking and financial services (24081) (15.00%)
• Unallocated/ Unspecified: Promotion of development awareness (99820) (10.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (significant objective)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

This project aims to strengthen the capacity of Ethiopian organizations serving youth by offering marginalized youth entrepreneurship training that enhances their employment prospects. The initiative introduces a mentoring program along with access to capital for youth wishing to establish their own small businesses. The project targets youth from the inner city and urban slums of the Addis Ababa and Amhara regions of Ethiopia. This initiative aims to better equip youth to pursue livelihood options, establish their own small business, and make choices, such as furthering their formal education, leading to a healthier and more self-sufficient future. This is one of two components of a project with a total CIDA contribution of $311,851. The first component has been completed.

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