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Inclusive Economic Growth through Decent Work in the Great Rift Valley
Background Information
Poverty reduction and improved living conditions through decent work and rights-based services among the rural population in the Great Rift Valley, focusing on women and youth.
Implementing Partners
- Generation Kenya (You Employed Inc. and Career Readiness Social Initiative Limited)
UN Crescent
Gigiri, Nairobi
May 2018 – June 2023
+ new phase being planned (for July 2023-Dec 2025 with possibility for extension)
About 5 MUSD
Lena Rupp
Counsellor/Senior Programme Manager
T +254 (0) 70996 4000/DL 4041
C +254 (0) 110592941
lena.rupp@gov.se
www.swedenabroad.se/nairobi
The Counties of Focus
• Access to Finance (including scholarships, grants)
• Apprenticeship and Internship
• Curriculum Development/reforms
• Entrepreneurship
• Equipment and infrastructure
• Life employability skills
• Lifelong learning
• Private Sector engagement/ linkages with industry
• Student Support services (e.g., career counselling)
• Teacher Training (includes continuous professional development or Youth Instructor Training)
• Youth Technical Skills Training
• Automotive and Mechanics
• Electrical and Electronics
• Fashion and Design
• Hospitality and Tourism
• Mechanical and electrical engineering
• Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
• Textiles; clothing; leather; footwear
