The development goal of the
project is to enhance the capacity of the Government of Uganda; the municipality
council of Arua to empower vulnerable urban youth for socio-economic inclusion
and development.
To establish a One Stop Youth
Centre (OSYC) in Arua Municipality that will enhance the capacity of youth and
youth organizations to acquire and promote entrepreneurship skills for income
generation.
To strengthen the capacity of the
Arua municipality to undertake youth development activities.
Expected Accomplishments
Approximately 7,000 youth in Arua
will benefit from the establishment of this centre.
Barriers to the social economic
development of young people particularly focusing on their participation in
creation of skills, employment and livelihood improvement opportunities will be
addressed.
Providing skills, and relevant
information on policy issues, capacity building for urban planning and
mainstreaming of youth issues in the sectors to support slum improvement for vulnerable
groups of youth. Specifically the project will:
(a) Establish a youth centre with
capacity to empower and deliver services. The services will include ICT, good governance,
entrepreneurship, environment protection and management, sports, reproductive
health, and employment opportunities.
(b) Promote skills and knowledge
enhancement as well as access to employment opportunities for youth.
(c) Build self-esteem and personal
goal setting for young women to enable them get into
the skills development programme.
This will minimize social exclusion of young
women towards accessing financial
services for the youth entrepreneurs
(d) Lessons learnt from the
project process and implementation will be documented and
shared through a documentary on
implementation of the project under the
Monitoring and Evaluation
framework of the join programming.
