Generation Kenya – Youth Employment and Decent Work
Background Information
The overall programme goal is to address the skills gap that hinders economic growth. By shrinking this gap through training, Generation equips young unemployed people with the expertise to enter and maintain employment, while simultaneously providing Kenyan employers with adequately skilled labour.
Implementing Partners
Generation Program Kenya
UN Crescent
Gigiri, Nairobi
January 2019 – December 2023
About 4 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
• Digitalization and ICT (includes ODeL)
• Entrepreneurship
• Life employability skills
• Lifelong learning
• Private Sector engagement/ linkages with industry
• Student Support services (e.g., career counselling)
• Youth Technical Skills Training
- Health
- Information and Communication Technology (ICT)/ Digitial economy
- Textiles; clothing; leather; footwear