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Samoa ‘One United Nations’
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMME supported by:
United Nations Development Programme
International Labour Organisation
Food and Agriculture Organisation
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
United Nations Volunteers
Project Overview Programme Country
Samoa
Proposal Name/Title
One United Nations (Samoa) Youth Employment Programme (YEP)
Programme Area
Youth Empowerment
Programme Duration
3 Years
Anticipated Start/End Dates
26th June 2015 – 31st December 2017
Fund Management Option
NIM
Convening Agency
UNDP
Administrative Agency
UNDP
Total Budget (USD)
3,700,000
Joint Programme Financing
Agency
Requested
UNDP Samoa
289,000
289,000
ILO Pacific
239,500
239,500
UNDP SDG-F
500,000
500,000
2,671,500
TBC
3,700,000
1,028,500
Other TBC Totals Programme Outcome
Programme Outputs
Agency Contribution
Youth in Samoa, inclusive of those who are marginalised from mainstream economic activities, secure productive employment and decent work and contribute to sustainable and resilient economic growth. 1.
A technologically enabled ‘Youth Employment Network’ that provides youth with information and employment services to facilitate their successful entry to the labour market.
2. Youth have the knowledge and skills required to access employment opportunities created by climate change adaption strategies and within the local economic development value chains relating to agriculture, creative industries and communitybased tourism. 3. Youth-led micro- and small businesses are strengthened as a result of tailored and comprehensive support services, which include policies, strategies and dialogue that facilitate an enabling environment for the growth of micro- and small businesses and enhance the protection for youth through the legal empowerment of the informal economy.
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Table of Contents Project Overview ................................................................................................................... 2 Brief Description ..........................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 1.
Situation Analysis ........................................................................................................... 7 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6
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Socio-economic situation ............................................................................................................ 7 Labour force and employment creation ..................................................................................... 8 Youth demographics ................................................................................................................. 10 Youth unemployment................................................................................................................ 10 Youth and traditional culture.................................................................................................... 11 Youth and Climate Change ....................................................................................................... 11
National response to youth issues ................................................................................. 12 2.1 2.2
Samoa’s National Youth Policy ................................................................................................. 13 UN Youth Employment Project Initiation Plan .......................................................................... 14
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Regional Mandates and Frameworks for Youth Engagement ......................................... 15
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Rationale for 1UN-YEP intervention .............................................................................. 16 4.1
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Programme Outputs ................................................................................................................. 16
Programme Strategy ..................................................................................................... 25 5.1 5.2 5.3
Public-Private Partnerships ....................................................................................................... 27 Resource mobilisation strategy ................................................................................................ 27 Sustainability and exit strategy ................................................................................................ 36
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Results and Resources Framework ................................................................................ 37
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Annual Work Plans 2015 – 2017 .................................................................................... 46
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Funding, Coordination and Management Arrangements................................................ 46 8.1
Funding Arrangements ............................................................................................................. 50
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Monitoring Framework And Evaluation ......................................................................... 50
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Legal Context or Basis of Relationship ......................................................................... 52
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Annexes ..................................................................................................................... 54
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Abbreviations AA
Administrative Agent
ADB
Asian Development Bank
ARR
Assistant Resident Representative
ACEO
Assistant Chief Executive Officer
AWP
Annual Work plans
CA
Convening Agent
CCA
Common Country Assessment
CEO
Chief Executive Officer
CO
Country Office
CoC
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
CROP
Council of Regional Organizations in the Pacific
CSO
Civil Society Organizations
DIM
Directly Implementation Modality
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organisation
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
GEF
Global Environment Facility
GMS
General Management Services
GOE
General Operating Expenses
GPRU
Governance and Poverty Reduction Unit
HDI
Human Development Index
ILO
International Labour Organisation
IP
Implementing Partner
M&E
Monitoring & Evaluation
MAF
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
MCIL
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour
MCO
Multi-Country Office
MDGs
Millennium Development Goals
MWCSD
Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development
NGO
Non-Governmental Organization
NUS
National University of Samoa
NVYS
National Volunteer Youth Scheme
OVOP
One Village One Product
PAC
Project Appraisal Committee
PPP
Public-Private Partnership
PSET
Post Secondary Education and Training
PUNO
Participating UN Organization
QPR
Quarterly Progress Report 5
RC
Resident Coordinator
RR
Resident Representative
SBAA
Standard Basic Assistance Agreement
SBEC
Samoa Business Enterprise Centre
SDS
Strategy for Development of Samoa
SHA
Samoa Hotel Association
SHD
Sustainable Human Development
SIDS
Small Island Development States
SNAP-YE
Samoa National Action Plan on Youth Employment
SNYC
Samoa National Youth Council
SP
Strategic Plan
SROS
Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa
SUNGO
Samoa Umbrella of Non-Government Organisations
TCMSP
Trade, Commerce and Manufacturing Sector Plan
ToR
Terms of Reference
UN
United Nations
UNDAF
United Nations Development Assistance Framework
UNDG
United National Development Group
UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
UNESCO
United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
UNRC
United Nations Resident Coordinator
UNV
United Nations Volunteers
USP
University of the South Pacific
WIBDI
Women in Business Development Incorporated
YEN
Youth Employment Network
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Situation Analysis
This section provides a brief overview of the major issues impacting on youth and employment in Samoa. The text draws heavily on existing analysis and reporting by the Government of Samoa, plus its development partners and national stakeholders. The age range of youth in Samoa, as defined by the National Youth Policy (2011 – 2015) is between 18 years and 35 years. 1.1
Socio-economic situation
The Samoan economy is based largely on fisheries, agriculture, small-scale manufacturing and tourism. The performance of the tourism industry has been particularly good but the Samoan economy remains vulnerable due to remoteness, income volatility, limited economic diversification, and susceptibility to natural disasters, environmental damage and limited institutional capacity. In recent years, the Samoan economy and labour market has suffered from the global economic crisis of 2008, the tsunami of 2009 and Cyclone Evan in late 2012. The Agriculture Sector (including fisheries) remains an important driver of economic growth and is key to ensuring food security, income generation and enhances export capacity. Subsistence agriculture and fishing are integral to Samoan livelihoods; more than two-thirds of households are engaged in these activities. While the Samoan economy also relies heavily on development assistance (16 per cent) as well as on private remittances (25 per cent) from overseas, sound economic management and high governance standards have contributed to positive economic growth. Over the past ten years, per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Samoa has shown average growth of 2.5 per cent (GDP in 2013 was US$801.9 million. Source: World Bank). Economic reforms aimed at improving the efficiency of the public sector, opening up the economy (including reducing import tariffs) and developing the small private sector in Samoa have been implemented since 1997. The World Bank’s Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) rating and a Transparency International corruption perceptions rating indicate that Samoa has a relatively strong governance environment overall (World Bank, 2012). Samoa has an extreme imbalance of trade in commodities. The value of imported goods in the year to September 2011 (SAT$669.89m) was worth over 24 times the value of exported goods in the same period (SAT$27.15m). Tourism receipts (SAT$287.52m) and remittances (SAT$369.76m) in the year to September 2011 (Ministry of Finance, 2012) have helped Samoa sustain large current account deficits. The Government of Samoa has run Budget deficits for eight of the last ten years. Samoa’s public debt at the end of 2010 / 2011 was 50.2 per cent of GDP. Almost all this debt was external. Samoa faces a critical challenge in supporting sustained economic and employment growth and poverty reduction in the aftermath of the 2008 global economic crisis, the 2009 tsunami and the 2012 cyclone. In fiscal year (FY) 2011/12, the economy grew by 1.2 per cent, and 7
growth slowed to 0.9 per cent in FY 2012/13, reflecting the impact of Cyclone Evan on the economy. In FY 2013/14, economic growth recovered to 3.1 per cent. The growth of decent and productive employment opportunities plays a key role in further strengthening and sustaining this recovery and in reducing poverty in Samoa. Samoa has a United Nations Human Development Index that ranks it 96th out of 182 countries. Based on the HDI, Samoa has one of the higher levels of social development in the Pacific, showing higher overall educational and health standards than other Pacific islands. The country is broadly on track to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) on health and education. Categorised by the World Bank as a Least Developed Country since 1971, Samoa graduated to Middle Income Country status as of January 2014. Gender issues, such as the promotion and protection of women’s rights, gender equity and women and discrimination are of high importance in Samoa, being a matrilineal society. The level of women’s participation in the paid labour force is relatively high, and their access to education and achievement in the formal educational system is virtually equal to men. Women occupy a number of senior positions in the public sector. The church plays a key role in influencing public opinion and in education through the provision of schools at all levels. 1.2
Labour force and employment creation
Samoa’s labour market is characterized by the formal segment and the non-formal segment. The formal segment is estimated to account for around 40 per cent of the labour force in Samoa and the non-formal segment for around 60 per cent of the labour force. An improvement in the employment situation in Samoa thus requires appropriate policies addressed at both segments. Supporting the growth of employment in the formal segment is a key priority pro-poor economic and employment growth in Samoa as it provides opportunities for workers in the non-formal segment (including the poor) to move into better jobs in the formal segment. It also offers opportunities to the young women and men who enter the labour market each year in search of wage employment in the formal segment. Since 2005 however, job growth in the formal segment in Samoa has become weak. Between 2000 and 2007, the number of jobs in the private sector increased from 12,168 to 16,921 but fell to 12,711 in 2010. Analysis of census results tells a similar story, with wage employment declining from 28,179 in 2006 to 23,365 in 2011. The decline in jobs in the formal segment has coincided with a decline of value added in manufacturing. Between 2000 and 2005, manufacturing GDP grew by 35 per cent but decreased -36.7 per cent between 2005 and 2010. Such development is likely to have been influenced in part by the expiration of the Multi-Fiber Agreement, which expired at the beginning of 2005 and under which Chinese investors produced garments for export – garments were one of Samoa’s leading exports in the first half of the 2000s. Furthermore, 8
with high levels of remittances and tourism earnings, it has coincided with an appreciation of the tala in real terms by over 40 per cent between 2000 and 2012, likely dampening investment, and hence employment growth, in the tradable sector. Agro-processing has widely been identified as an industry with potential in Samoa. Labour intensive manufacturing provides another opportunity. With manufacturing being the only sector in Samoa with a higher share of women in employment than men, this can also serve to enhance income-earning opportunities for women. Within policies aimed at supporting employment growth in the formal segment, a focus on the dynamic sectors of the economy in addition to manufacturing is also warranted. Tourism has been widely recognized as a sector that can contribute to economic development, employment growth and poverty reduction. Private sector employment in the “accommodation, cafes and restaurants” nearly tripled between 2000 and 2007. Other services, particularly “Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Business Services” have also seen rapid growth, with employment in the sector more than tripling between 2000 and 2007. With the advance of information technology, which mitigates the constraint of geographical distance, sectors such as business process outsourcing (such as call centers and data entry and processing) could also be explored. Such industrial and sectorial policies that mainstream both quantitative and qualitative employment objectives can serve to spur employment growth in the formal segment, which offers expanding opportunities for workers in the non-formal segment to move into better jobs in the formal segment, and which in turn can serve to extend the coverage of social security. It also serves to diversify exports, which in Samoa is currently largely restricted to primary commodities (fresh fish, noni juice and coconut oil account for nearly three-fourths of exports), lessening the volatility of growth. Expanding employment opportunities in the formal segment is a priority consideration in Samoa but critically this must be coupled with appropriate policies addressed at the nonformal segment, where the majority of Samoan workers earn their living. In the non-formal segment, the vast majority of workers are subsistence oriented (agriculture and fishing). According to the 2011 Census, 35 per cent of the employed were in subsistence activities, a share that has increased from 29.0 per cent in 2006. The majority of the poor are found in the non-formal segment. Raising agricultural productivity with a view to increasing market production while maintaining levels of subsistence production required to feed families can thus play an important role in raising incomes and addressing income poverty. Importantly, policy initiatives to support off-farm employment opportunities are also required. Such opportunities can serve to supplement incomes from on-farm activities but also attract workers away from (or absorb workers) from agriculture, which in turn would allow incomes/wages for agricultural work to rise. In this regard, agro-processing and tourism provide opportunities for both off-farm 9
employment and in reducing the labour force in the non-formal segment. However, some poor households, due to inadequate opportunities for training and education, may lack the capacities to take up employment opportunities in the off-farm activities or in the urban formal segment, and thus government programmes to directly provide employment as a social protection mechanism, in the form of public works or employment guarantee schemes, can also serve to diversify household income sources. In the design of any such programmes, careful gender considerations will be required. The above discussion has highlighted the importance of raising labour productivity and recognition of workers in the non- formal segment while at the same time supporting adequate employment growth in the formal segment. Facilitating this structural transformation will need to be underpinned by significant investments in education, vocational training, skills development and legal protection of workers in the non-formal segment that meet the requirements of the labour market, the proper accreditation and recognition of skills, including village-based skills and upgrading of business environment for small businesses 1.3
Youth demographics
According to the 2011 National Census, Samoa has a resident population of 186,340. Approximately 49 per cent are female. Population growth rates have averaged around 1 per cent since the early 1970s. Three quarters of the population live on the island of Upolu, with 21 per cent in the urban area of the capital city, Apia. Approximately 63 per cent of the population is less than 30 years of age. Youth aged between 15 and 29 years of age comprise approximately 25 per cent of the total population. Geographically, almost 50 per cent of youth are resident in the Apia Urban Area. Roughly one third live in North West Upolu and the remainder live in either rural Upolu or Savaii. 1.4
Youth unemployment
Notwithstanding Samoa’s economic and social progress, employment and more particularly youth unemployment and underemployment remain critical development challenges for Samoa. The rural to urban drift of young people for better education and employment opportunities is putting an enormous strain on the Government to generate adequate jobs for new entrants into the labour force, leading to higher levels of youth unemployment in urban areas. Furthermore, it is likely that the reverse drift of young people who failed to secure jobs in urban areas gets pushed back to rural areas where they are engaged in subsistence agriculture. The unemployment rate for youth in Samoa is 16.4 per cent. This is almost double the national unemployment rate of 8.7 per cent.1 Young women in particular continue to face challenges in securing employment relative to young men. The 2012 LFS clearly indicates that 1 Government of Samoa (2012) Labour Force Survey
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females have a higher unemployment rate at 20.2% relative to males at 14%. Only one in four women is economically active, while the share for men is two in five. In addition, out of the 31,203 young people classified to be not in employment, education or training and engaged in subsistence production, the majority were females (52.3%). Young women traditionally end up being engaged in unpaid family work, without access to skills enhancement or employment services. A key youth employment challenge in Samoa is how to satisfy the country’s unskilled and unqualified workforce. Formal employment opportunities for youth in Samoa are very limited. The 2012 survey reveals that 40.3% of young people left school without graduating, the majority falling out of the school system during secondary education. Youths in the age group of 15-19 years are the most likely to be unemployed (20.1% vs. 11.8% for the 25-29 age group). Solutions are scare and highlight the urgency to implement policies and programmes on skills and entrepreneurship. 1.5
Youth and traditional culture
Samoan culture - fa’asamoa - is the invisible resin that keeps Samoan society together. Fa’aSamoa places great importance on the dignity and achievement of the group, rather than its individual members. Fa’asamoa also provides for distinct and different roles of men, women, youth and children in society. This stratification of Samoan society provides both significant strengths and challenges in relationship to youth participation and empowerment. Culturally and historically, young people have a limited public or leadership role in Samoan society. The Samoan culture is significant in defining one’s identity and in determining interrelationships and responsibilities; and this greatly influences the young people’s aspirations on selfdevelopment and maintaining their identity2. Typically Samoan culture is an oral culture, and strategies to promote employment among groups of young people must always begin with community meetings to discuss and identify the problem of youth unemployment and elicit suggestions for solutions. 1.6
Youth and Climate Change
Climate change is, and will continue to be, one of the most significant challenges to the future of Samoa and the rest of the Pacific Island Countries. Across the Pacific the Asian Development Bank (ADB) forecasts that if the world were to stay on the current fossil-fuel intensive growth model (the ‘business-as-usual’ scenario), total climate change cost is estimated to reach 12.7% of annual GDP equivalent by 2100. Samoa has witnessed hurricane and cyclones and there is threat of tsunami and flooding all the time. The impacts natural disasters have varying impacts on the working population in formal and informal economies. For example, Cyclone Evan devastated Samoa’s economy in December 2012, which caused damage and losses estimated at 30 per cent of GDP.
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Samoa National Youth Policy 2011-2015, Division of Youth, Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development
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Subsequently, the economy contracted by 0.3 per cent in fiscal year 2013 (see Table 1), with heavy impacts on agriculture. Samoa has received significant financing for climate projects in the last ten years. For example, Samoa received Global Environment Facility Trust Fund (GEF) grants totaling US$13,159,851 resources for 11 national projects since it joined GEF, the projects include four projects in biodiversity, four in climate change, one multi-focal area, one in persistent organic pollutants, and one in land degradation. Samoa has also been part of 19 regional and global projects financed by the GEF totaling US$106,169,106. This includes the Economy Wide Adaptation to Climate Change (EWACC) project, with funding totally USD12.3 million over six years (2014 – 2019) provided by the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) channeled through the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE). While climate change has significant impacts on economic growth and employment, currently climate change resilience and adaption funds and projects typically do not have a proactive job creation focus. As was highlighted at the September 2014 SIDS Conference, these investments can contribute significantly to employment creation and sustainable economic growth. 2.
National response to youth issues
The Samoan Government’s overall strategic priorities are contained in the Strategy for the Development of Samoa (SDS) 2012 – 2016. This Policy presents the key development strategies and priority sectors for the development of Samoa. In pursuit of the national vision of ‘Improved Quality of Life for All’, the national policy is geared towards achieving a number of key strategic outcomes. These include maintaining macroeconomic stability; scaled-up investment in tourism to promote Samoa as an attractive tourist destination; promoting a healthy and an educated Samoa; improved business environment; strengthening social cohesion and stability; improved infrastructural services; and recognizing the importance of the environment through sustainable management of natural resources, increased investment in renewable energy sources, and mainstreaming climate change and disaster resilience. Employment is mainstreamed in the SDS, with for example measures and targets to increase:
Number of new employment in export oriented industries through improving the enabling environment for business development; Employability of graduates from Post-Secondary Education Training (PSET) through better quality and access to education, training and learning outcomes; Level of subsistence agriculture moving towards semi commercial status through reinvigorating agriculture; and Number of women and youth engaged in community based program/business through targeted programmes and community engagement.
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Samoa’s National Youth Policy
The government authority whose primary mandate is to coordinate youth policies and programmes is the Division for Youth of the Samoan Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development (MWCSD). MWCSD established the Samoa National Policy for Youth (2011-2015), which defined the youth development objectives in Samoa, which has as a vision: ‘For all young people to positively connect with their key spiritual, social, cultural, physical and economic environments through having equal access to opportunities and realize their full potential to pro-actively participate and contribute fully into sustainable community development’.
The definition of youth in the Samoa National Policy for Youth is between the age bracket of 18 – 35 years. The policy concentrates its resources in the following policy outcome areas:
Building knowledge on youth development so as to ensure responsive and relevant interventions in the medium and long term. Improved accessibility of youth to vocational training and second chance education with respect to employment creation in both the formal and informal sector. Improved support for economic development initiatives towards decreasing levels of hardship and vulnerability amongst youth. Improved health of young people towards a healthy and vibrant youth population. Strengthened family relationships, partnerships with various sectors and responsive community networks to ensure a high degree of social protection for young people.
The Policy includes an implementation plan, and some of the key employment and training related programmes and institutions included in the plan include, inter alia:
Youth representation and engagement through the Samoa National Youth Council (SNYC). As a spin-off of the Division of Youth activities the Samoa National Youth Council (SNYC) was established in 2012, expecting to involve young people directly in the youth development activities and reflect their voice at the national level. SNYC has village youth leaders as its local functionaries. SNYC is still in its very early stage of development. Apprenticeship scheme: the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (MCIL) in collaboration with the National University of Samoa Institute of Technology (NUSIOT), supports young workers through the Apprenticeship Scheme encouraging skilled workforce of trades people and full employment of local workforce through trade training and testing scheme in collaboration with the Training Service provider. Job-seeker registration and referral - MCIL has a registration and referral of jobseekers to employers and to explore employment opportunities through timely collection and assessment of labour market information to ensure continuous development and growth of private sector. Small enterprise development -- The Samoa Small Business Enterprise Centre (SBEC) along with the Samoan Chamber of Commerce have introduced self-employment programmes. According to their reports, they have so far contributed ST12 million to 13
the economy, have supported 1000 SMEs and have provided 2,500 job opportunities (http://unctad.info/). Improved access to technical/vocational education and second chance education training – the Ministry of Education Sports and Culture along with non-formal learning providers were to introduce programmes. However, despite the youth policy aspirations and programmes they are recent and seemed largely to exist only on paper. Consequently there is a need to:
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Strengthen the institutional framework mandated to coordinate, monitor and report on the delivery of youth employment programmes. Assist the agencies with assigned responsibilities in the National Youth Policy to review the effectiveness of their existing employment and training programmes and resources, and the potential to up-scale these programmes to meet the need of young Samoans.
UN Youth Employment Project Initiation Plan
The UN Youth Employment Programme Initiation Plan (UN-YEP-IP) was developed to facilitate support for young people towards economic opportunities at the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) conference from 28th August to 4th September 2014. The three components of the project were: •
Component 1 - Training youth in the farm-to-table value chain process, including organic agricultural products which are locally produced and supplied to local businesses and restaurants;
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Component 2 - Train young artisans in production, packaging and business skills to show case their creative businesses and generate sales/incomes at the Youth Forum and Side Events during the SIDS conference.
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Component 3: Strengthening institutional capacity of SNYC to coordinate the Youth Employment Network of young people participating at SIDS and beyond.
The key responsible parties for implementation of the above components were Small Business Enterprise Centre (SBEC), Women in Business Development Inc (WIBDI) and Samoa National Youth Council (SNYC). Overall the YEP-IP project achieved 100% of expected outputs with outstanding results evident across the different activities and components with youth gaining income from organic farms and art works sold at the SIDS Conference venue. 2.2.1 Youth Art and Youth Organic Produce at the SIDS Conference A total number of 96 young artists participated at the SIDS Village at the conference centre, 75 male and 21 female. The majority of young artists were from Leulumoega School of Fine Art. They included tapa makers and traditional weavers. Young people with special needs 14
actively participated at the SIDS Village exhibition, engaging specifically in demonstrations of woodcarving, weaving and siapo making. In addition the youth artists prepared statues and carvings that decorated the SIDS village. These statues highlighted Samoan culture, prints, myths and legends. A ‘live’ carving demonstration provided verification that the students do produce such artwork. There was an organic food kiosk in the SIDS Food Court that showcased organic smoothies, fruits, coconut juice and pastries made from gluten free breadfruit and cassava flour. Farm To Table Programme was heavily promoted together with recognition of partners’ logo on its smoothie cups, uniform t-shirts worn by staff, brochures as well as signage and banners. 2.2.2 Youth Employment Network During this project the Samoa National Youth Council began the development of the Youth Employment Network database to serve as an e-platform data bank for jobs for young people. This process started off with data collection through the village based youth representatives both in Upolu and Savaii. As part of the process, a template was designed to guide the initiation of the Youth Employment Network through data and information collection from village based youth representatives that started in April 2014. A one-week of practical training of two youth volunteers was conducted focusing on translating the template into a simple Excel sheet, and transmitting data and information into the database. The 1UN-YEP builds directly on the success of the YEP-IP and aims to upscale the work in the areas of young visual artists, young organic farmers and supporting the SNYC. 3.
Regional Mandates and Frameworks for Youth Engagement
In September 2011 the leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum met in Auckland, New Zealand. The Forum Communiqué issued at the conclusion of that meeting stated “…the need for greater action in mainstreaming youth issues nationally and regionally, increasing employment and other meaningful opportunities for youth, and including the voice of youth in decision-making.” The Pacific Plan, coordinated by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS), has stated that one of its thirteen strategic objectives is to enable the ‘Enhanced involvement of Youth’. This objective is identified as necessary to meet its overall goal ‘To Enhance and stimulate economic growth, sustainable development, good governance and security for Pacific countries through regionalism.’ The UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) 2013-17 for the Pacific Sub-Region, which covers Samoa, aligns its programme around five Outcome Areas. This programme will contribute specifically to the delivery of UNDAF Outcome Area 3, which states that the UN system across the Pacific will promote the capacity to stimulate equitable growth, create economic opportunities and decent work especially for the youth, and promote sustainable livelihoods and social protection systems. Furthermore, the UNDP Sub-Regional Programme 15
Document (SRPD) 2013-17 for the Pacific Centre, and Fiji and Samoan Multi-Country Offices (MCOs) identifies women and young people as two marginalized and disadvantaged groups and states that the issues confronting them will inform the entire UNDP Pacific Programme for the period. According to the SRPD, UNDP should focus in particular on developing leadership and governance skills of young people and facilitating employment opportunities for them to effectively express their voice. 4.
Rationale for 1UN-YEP intervention
Addressing the challenge of youth unemployment in Samoa is a complex process. It requires political willpower and strategic inputs coordinated with actors in both the economic and social sectors. The 1UN-YEP will bring government policy-makers and legislators together with strategically positioned actors within the private sector and civil society to deliver results that will impact practically and sustainably on youth in Samoa. The 1UN-YEP outputs will contribute strategically to the following outcome: Youth in Samoa, inclusive of those who are marginalised from mainstream economic activities, secure productive employment and decent work and contribute to sustainable and resilient economic growth. The programme is designed with a holistic approach to address specific labour market constraints on the supply- and demand-side, and to ensure that youth have access to the information and other supporting services they need in order to access employment opportunities. Output 1 specifically addresses the gap between supply and demand in the labour market. Youth need access to information about employment and business opportunities, and to supporting services, including work experience, that can facilitate their successful entry to the labour market. Output 2 addresses the supply-side, helping youth to gain the technical skills and entrepreneurial knowledge that will generate employment and income opportunities created by climate change adaptation strategies and specifically within the agricultural, communitybased tourism and creative industries value chains. Output 3 addresses the demand-side, focusing on private sector-led growth and the policies and strategies that create an enabling environment for micro-enterprises to survive and grow sustainably, and a legally empowered informal economy that offers greater protection and reduced vulnerability for youth. 4.1
Programme Outputs
The 1UN-YEP can be represented visually as follows:
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Figure 1:
1UN-YEP Outputs and activity results Outputs
1. A technologically enabled ‘Youth Employment Network’ provides youth with information and employment services that facilitates their successful entry to the labour market.
Activity results
Partners
1.1 Youth are registered on an e-platform that provides essential labour market information and facilitates communications between youth entrepreneurs and the marketplace. 1.2 Development of processes and capacities for the effective use of the YEN e-platform. 1.3 Increased volume of business-to-business communications between youth producers and buyers through the YEN e-platform.
SNYC MWCSD MCIL
1.4 A National Youth Volunteer Scheme (NYVS) is established to provide youth with a decent work experience that enhances their future employability.
2. Youth have the knowledge and skills required to access employment opportunities created by climate change adaption strategies and within the local economic development value chains relating to agriculture, creative industries and community-based tourism.
2.1 The agricultural value-chain provides opportunities for youth to gain skills and entrepreneurship knowledge that will secure income generation and employment opportunities. 2.2 The ‘One Village One Product’ approach to community-based tourism generates employment and expanded livelihood-diversification options for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge. 2.3 The creative industries provide sustainable new employment opportunities for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge. 2.4 Climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa have new opportunities to incorporate youth employment results within their design and operational strategies.
3. Youth-led micro- and small businesses are strengthened as a result of tailored and comprehensive support services, which include policies, strategies and dialogue that facilitate an enabling environment for the growth of micro- and small businesses and enhance the protection for youth through the legal empowerment of the informal economy.
3.1 A Youth Small Business Incubator scheme is established to provide youth entrepreneurs with continuous access to a comprehensive range of tailored business development services.
3.2 Youth entrepreneurship is facilitated by policies, strategies and dialogue that improve the enabling environment for micro- and small business growth, and increases the protection for youth through the legal empowerment of the informal economy.
WIBDI MNRE MAF SBEC SHA SNYC CBOs SPREP
CoC SAME SBEC WIBDI MWCSD MCIL
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Output 1: A technologically enabled ‘Youth Employment Network’ provides youth with information and employment services to facilitate their successful entry to the labour market. In Samoa, youth have limited access to information regarding vacancies, the skills in demand from employers, how to prepare job applications, how to be successful in interviews and what to expect when they enter formal employment. Less than 2 per cent of graduates each year register to the Public Employment Service3. On the demand side, employers do not have access to information on where and how they can find the skills and human resources needed for their business. Activity Result 1.1 Youth are registered on an e-platform that provides essential labour market information and facilitates communications between youth entrepreneurs and the marketplace. The first function of e-platform will be to provide a database of youth planning to enter the labour market, and an effective ‘matching service’ between youth and employers in both the private and public sector. Innovative approaches to Internet and mobile phone SMS technology will enable up-to-date labour market information to be made available to youth and employers. Activity Result 1.2 Development of processes and capacities for the effective use of the YEN e-platform. The e-platform will also support the monitoring and technical review of the Apprenticeship Programme of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (MCIL). In this regard, the e-platform will provide youth with information and guidance on the Apprenticeship Programme, and will profile case studies of youth who have secured labour market success through this government programme. Programme inputs will focus on developing the necessary skills, capacities and systems within SNYC and MCIL that will enable the YEN e-platform to function effectively and produce data that will support monitoring of progress and evaluation of impact. Activity Result 1.3 Increased volume of business-to-business communications between young producers and buyers through the YEN e-platform. The second function of the e-platform will be to provide an innovative Business-2-Business (B2B) channel for youth entrepreneurs to gather commercial information and communicate effectively with the marketplace.
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Information gathered during UN interviews with MCIL September 2014
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Activity Result 1.4 A National Youth Volunteer Scheme is established to provide youth with a decent work experience that enhances their future employability. The ethos of volunteerism is deeply embedded within the culture of Samoa. Volunteerism is an integral part of village, family and cultural responsibilities. In addition, volunteerism through formal organisations such as The Red Cross Society, performs an important function in mobilising youth and bringing them together with other members of society in public interest actions, including strengthening the resilience and response to natural disasters. There is an opportunity to extend the concept of volunteerism and to highlight its potential to guide the career aspirations of youth, and to provide a pathway into future paid employment. The Samoa National Youth Council is an institution strategically positioned to promote youth volunteerism through its membership network of rural and urban youth. Youth volunteerism, through a structured programme managed and monitored by the SNYC, could play a key role in developing the agency of youth, raising their awareness of the importance of civic engagement and the role of youth as agents for positive change. An SNYC youth volunteer programme could also provide a pathway for youth into the world of work. Volunteerism, as promoted by the United Nations Volunteer (UNV) programme, has proven to be successful in generating knowledge, experience and skills that can assist youth in their transition to the labour market. The SNYC, with adequate technical and capacity building support from the programme partners, could establish, monitor and manage a youth volunteering programme which provides a structured learning and capacity development experience for youth that will increase their employability and facilitate their successful transition into the labour market. A well-planned volunteering assignment will develop knowledge, competencies and both hard and soft skills in youth. The positive experience gained and the skills developed will enhance the future employability of youth and improve their prospects for securing and retaining paid employment. The target beneficiaries of the National Youth Volunteer Scheme will include youth who are in full-time education or training and who have not yet started their transition into the labour market; youth who are still considering their career options, and unemployed youth who are actively seeking employment opportunities. The youth volunteer experience will be closely monitored by SNYC to ensure it is a constructive and useful experience for youth. In consultation with Ministry for Women, Community and Social Development (MWCSD), the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (MCIL), civil society and private sector representatives and other relevant authorities, the SNYC will establish criteria, regulations and processes that will enable the National Youth Volunteer Scheme to receive official accreditation, thereby deepening the labour market value of the volunteer experience. SNYC will also be supported to development knowledge products to highlight the link between volunteerism and employability, and to communicate the success stories from the NYVS. 19
Output 2: Youth have the knowledge and skills required to access employment opportunities created by climate change adaption strategies and within the local economic development value chains relating to agriculture, creative industries and communitybased tourism. Activity Result 2.1 The agricultural value-chain provides opportunities for youth to gain skills and entrepreneurship knowledge that will secure income generation and employment opportunities. This output builds on the successful UNDP-led YEP-IP activities carried out in 2014 in preparation for the global SIDS Conference. The output will upscale the agricultural skills training and capacity building for product development and marketing. The focus of this output is to enhance the livelihood and employment opportunities for youth in the production of both organic and conventional agriculture. The results will include skills development for youth in agricultural production techniques capitalising on the local produced products; application of a Train-the-Trainer methodology and strengthened rural outreach services from agencies (e.g. FAO, MAF, WIBDI) with established technical expertise in the agricultural production. Ongoing mentoring, technical and capacity-building support will be provided to young farmers and other youth who generate income and employment along the domestic and export value chains. This activity can also be linked to Output 1, utilizing the e-platform managed to SNYC to introduce members of its Youth Employment Network database to the income generation and the employment potential of both organic and conventional farming. Activity Result 2.2 The ‘One Village One Product’ approach to community-based tourism generates employment and expanded livelihood-diversification options for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge. This output will also build on the success of the September 2014 SIDS conference and the UNDP-led YEP-IP activities. Youth are now in a position to benefit from emerging Government policies that aim to expand the contribution of the tourism sector to sustainable economic growth in Samoa. Enhanced technical skills, entrepreneurship knowledge and access to new markets will enable youth in Samoa to make a major contribution towards the diversification of existing strategies of community livelihoods. This enhanced resilience will in turn enable communities to reduce their vulnerabilities to economic shocks resulting from climate change. The output activities will apply the best practices of ‘One Village One Product’ (OVOP) methodology, adapted to the specific context of youth in Samoa. The OVOP methodology, which was pioneered in Japan in the late 1970s, has been replicated successfully in other
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countries4 for the benefit of local economic development. The OVOP approach encourages the mobilization of local human, material, and cultural resources to create value-added products and services for domestic and external markets. In partnership with strategically positioned institutions and groups including the Samoa Tourism Authority, the Samoa Hotel Association (SHA), SBEC and community youth groups and individuals; target areas will be selected to be the focus of programme inputs. In close consultation with village leadership, different villages around Samoa will be provided with tailored support services that will enable youth and other community members to exploit local economic opportunities within the tourism market. These economic opportunities could relate to location specific and unique cultural and ecological heritage. Income generation and employment for youth will be stimulated by creating viable markets for the creative industries, including music, dancing, art, handicrafts and leisure, among others. Activity Result 2.3 The creative industries provide sustainable employment opportunities for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge. This output will also build on the success of the September 2014 SIDS conference and the UNDP-led YEP-IP activities. Youth are in a position to benefit economically through the promotion of Samoa’s cultural heritage and unique natural resources. Enhanced technical skills in traditional arts including handicrafts, wood carving and siapo making, combined with entrepreneurship knowledge and access to new markets will enable youth in Samoa to make a major contribution towards promoting and preserving the cultural heritage while enabling the diversification of existing strategies of community livelihoods. This better resilience will in turn enable communities to reduce their vulnerabilities to economic shocks resulting from climate change. Income generation and employment for youth will be stimulated by creating viable markets and technical support through business planning for the creative industries, including music, dancing, art, handicrafts and leisure, among others. Activity Result 2.4
Climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa have new opportunities to incorporate youth employment results within their design and operational strategies.
The UN and the Pacific Island Forum’s statement last year stressed that climate change and ocean acidification remains the greatest threat to the livelihoods, security and well-being of the peoples of the Pacific. The statement also emphasised the critical importance of sustainable development, management and conservation of the region’s oceans, coastal areas and fisheries, reaffirming the unique and particular vulnerabilities and development needs of the SIDS. The clear message from the Pacific island countries at the Rio plus 20 Conference was the importance of the sustainable management of the Pacific Ocean and its vast resources. The 4
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‘green economy’ is therefore very much a ‘blue economy’. There are many technologies, work processes, products and services that reduce humanity’s environmental footprint, and contribute to economic growth becoming more sustainable. The Government of Samoa has also taken significant steps both at the policy and implementation of various environment protection programmes that will help in creating green and blue jobs. The 1UN-YEP strategy will therefore focus on the green/blue economy5 and on jobs that do not generate pollution or waste, are highly efficient in its use of energy, water and materials, and contribute appreciably to maintaining or restoring environmental quality and avoiding future damage to the ecosystems. Output 3: Youth-led micro- and small businesses are strengthened as a result of tailored and comprehensive support services, which include policies, strategies and dialogue that facilitate an enabling environment for the growth of micro- and small businesses and enhanced protection for youth through the legal empowerment of the informal economy. The theme of the Government’s overarching Development Strategy (SDS) is ‘boosting productivity for sustainable development’. In a small economy like Samoa, the opportunity for employment creation is limited. Self-employment is often the only feasible option for income generation. Creating, managing and sustaining a commercially viable micro-enterprise is a complex and challenging process. Youth in particular those from poorer households, or with limited formal education, are often marginalised from mainstream economic activities. In addition, they face other complex obstacles and challenges, some of which are related to prevailing perceptions regarding their role in society and in economic affairs. Many youth who may have entrepreneurial ability do not have the knowledge, the self-confidence, the information networks or supporting systems and services that are necessary to bring a small enterprise from initial concept through to survival and growth in the competitive market place. In Samoa, approximately 80% of the private sector is comprised of micro-businesses, the majority of which operate within the ‘informal economy’. While the problems and needs of various categories within the informal economy are different, they are commonly termed ‘informal’ because they lack recognition or protection under the national legal, institutional and regulatory, judicial and dispute resolution frameworks. They are also usually excluded from the advantages of formal financial and business support systems. In Samoa, approximately 57% of employed youths are working within the ‘informal’ economy. There is therefore a need to examine the informal economy from a policy perspective, to 5
According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), “environmental protection consists of activities to measure, prevent, limit, minimize, or correct environmental damage to water, air, and soil, as well as problems related to waste, noise, and ecosystems. This includes activities, cleaner technologies, products, and services that reduce environmental risk and minimize pollution and resource use.”
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ensure that appropriate employment and social protection measures are established for youth employees in the informal sector, including occupational health and safety and social security. Other progressive actions would include the establishment of legal frameworks that promote transitions from informality to formality, such as incentives, enterprise training and the mandatory application of labour standards in the informal sector. Activity Result 3.1 A Youth Small Business Incubator scheme is established to provide youth entrepreneurs with continuous access to a comprehensive range of tailored business development services. A Small Business Incubator fosters innovative enterprise creation and supports the development and growth of micro-enterprises. The enterprise incubation process provides new entrepreneurs with an enabling environment at the crucial start-up stage of enterprise development. The services they provide helps to reduce the cost of launching the enterprise, increases the confidence and capacity of the entrepreneur and links the entrepreneur to the resources required to start and grow a competitive enterprise. Entrepreneurs accepted into the enterprise incubator stay until an agreed upon milestone is reached, often measured in terms of sales revenue or profitability. Enterprise incubators vary in their strategies to support entrepreneurs, depending on the context. Some incubators are located in an actual ‘with walls’ physical space meant to foster networking among entrepreneurs and their mentors. Others can operate successfully on a ‘without walls’ virtual basis. A Public-Private Partnership modality will be applied in order to provide aspiring youth entrepreneurs with an accessible location and a range of technical trainings, knowledge products and business development services that will enable the creation of small business initiatives that are economically viable and can be scaled-up to enter the formal economy, generate youth employment and contribute to private sector-led growth. This package of trainings, products and services will include an incubator for youth entrepreneurship ideas, tailored mentorship and small business development services, facilitated access to markets, provision of appropriate financial services and assistance to comply with Government regulations for licencing and registration. Together these inputs will enable youth entrepreneurs to have the tools and the capacity to create new and exploit existing economic opportunities that generate youth employment in the private sector and operate with sensitivity to corporate social and environmental responsibilities within the formal economy. Activity Result 3.2 Youth entrepreneurship is facilitated by policies, strategies and dialogue that improves the enabling environment for micro- and small business growth, and increases the protection for youth through the legal empowerment of the informal economy. Informal employment is most often defined as a job without paid sick or annual leave, or in an unregistered organisation with 5 or less employees. In general informal employment is associated with lower wages and job satisfaction, poorer working conditions and reduced job security. Informal workers are more financially vulnerable and are not protected with social 23
security schemes, health and safety, and maternity leave or other mandates of the labour legislation. Informal workers are not usually provided with representation, training opportunities or collective bargaining. In Samoa, informal employees are not considered to be covered under the current Labour and Employment Relations Act (2013). Informal work can however become a stepping-stone for transitioning from school to work because young people who do not get the opportunity to acquire skills early after leaving school risk facing a career of lower skills and poorer pay. Workers in the informal economy are estimated to comprise approximately 60 per cent of the labour force in Samoa. While extended families have played a central role in providing social protection, rapid social and economic changes are breaking down the traditional way of living and undermining community values. The Government of Samoa therefore faces a policy challenge to find feasible ways whereby the benefits of social security can be extended to workers within the informal economy, particularly youth and women who live in rural areas or to self-employed workers, many of them also youth and women in the urban informal sector. The challenge for the legal empowerment of the informal economy is to change the legislative frameworks from being perceived as anti-informal business – to being supportive in increasing legal protection and active in facilitating the transition to the formal economy. The legal empowerment agenda covers the following: - Strengthening Governance from supply side (capacity building) and demand side (supporting local or community driven initiatives) - Reforming and Transforming Institutions (inclusion, cohesion and accountability) - Making laws (e.g. Alternative Dispute Resolution) work for the informal businesses, and - Rights (knowledge and understanding of rights, asserting and enforcing rights collectively) Business formalization typically consists of reducing the cost of establishing a business or simplifying the process of registration. This approach has succeeded in making businesses formal but has lacked the necessary tools to fully empower them to operate within the formal economy on a sustainable basis. This output will be delivered through a new approach to an integrated framework that facilitates the legal empowerment of informal businesses. Technical expertise and capacity building inputs will contribute to the design, adaptation and application of legal and policy tools that directly benefit small businesses operating within the informal economy and provides increased protection for their employees, which are predominantly youth and women. The premise for this output is that the pro-poor empowerment of businesses operating within the informal economy is an essential pillar of decent work. Existence and transparency of legal procedures, accountability of the Executive branch and public faith in the judicial systems governing the labour market are pre-requisites to achieving a satisfactory level of empowerment of businesses within the informal economy.
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Activities contributing to the delivery of this output will include research into the specific nature of the informal economy in Samoa; analysis of the impact of legal empowerment on youth; negotiation with Government agencies regarding the provision of tax reliefs and investment incentives for informal economy SMEs; discussion with financial institutions on the development of tailored packages with favourable terms for access to credit services; initiating a high-level dialogue on the nature and dimensions of legal exclusion of youth and women in relation to four thematic areas of legal empowerment – namely access to justice, property rights, labour rights and rights to livelihoods; development of a strategy and roadmap for legal empowerment; trainings for youth within the informal economy to build knowledge of their legal rights and capacity to access the services to which they are entitled. 5.
Programme Strategy
The 1UN-YEP will contribute to the implementation of the National Youth Policy (2011 – 2015). In this regard, the activities will fall within the umbrella of the pending Samoa National Action Plan on Youth Employment (SNAP on YE) being developed through 2015 by the MWCSD and the ILO. The definition of youth in the Samoa National Policy for Youth is between the age bracket of 18 – 35 years. The programme strategy will be inclusive of all youth within this national age bracket, including youth with disabilities, out-of-school youth nor in employment or training, youth returnees and youth offenders. For the latter group, the opportunities to engage in training, employment skills training and structured work experience can be regarded as a protective factor against further offending. Potentially suitable offenders could enter the programme via probation (ie under a sentence of supervision) or as part of the soon-to-be established Alcohol and Other Drugs Court (AOD Court). Capacity building of the SNYC will be a central element of the programme, cutting across all three outputs. The capacity building of SNYC will focus on strengthening its ability to function effectively as a representative youth-led organisation, responding to the current and future needs of youth with a range of services, and advocating for youth issues at the village and national level. This programme will apply a ‘One-UN’ (1UN-YEP) approach to the delivery of the three outputs for which it is accountable. This collaborative approach will enable the distinctive strengths, technical abilities and comparative advantages of the different UN agencies operating in Samoa to be combined and coordinated in a way that delivers maximum positive impact on the programme beneficiaries. Furthermore, the 1UN-YEP will apply a South-South Cooperation approach to programme implementation. This approach will be operationalized through the UNDP Multi-Country Office in Samoa and supported by the UNDP Pacific Centre in Fiji, with specific funding provided by UNDPs Sustainable Development Goals Fund. All activities within the 1UN-YEP will promote gender equality and be inclusive of youth who are marginalized from mainstream economic activities. 25
The new programme will build on the successes and lessons learned from previous work of UN agencies in Samoa relating to youth and employment. This includes the T.A.L.A.V.O.U programme run by the MWCSD from 2004 to 2010. This includes targeting community based youth groups and individual networks who are champions and role models of the T.A.L.A.V.O.U programme and current youth employment programmes of the Ministry. The programme will benefit from the UN’s access to knowledge on global best practices and lessons learned in youth development. Partnerships with government ministries including MWCSD, MCIL and MAF and expertise from the private and civil society sectors will enable this global knowledge to be adapted to the specific context of Samoa. The programme will apply a South-to-South approach in the delivery of its outputs, focusing on technical expertise from within the Pacific and / or Asia-Pacific region, when needed in order to maximise the impact on the youth beneficiaries in Samoa. UNDP and ILO, who initiated the concept behind the programme and contributed the initial funding, will provide the principal leadership to the 1UN-YEP. Other UN agencies that have agreed to support the programme with specific technical inputs include FAO, UNESCO and UNV. FAO’s principal support will be to the activities regarding agricultural value chains, including organic farming and technical advice to micro-enterprises within the agri-business sector. The principal support from UNESCO will be related to activities to generate youth employment within the creative industries and community-based tourism initiatives. UNESCO will continue with its specific focus on out-of-school youth, thereby addressing the needs of some of the 40.3 per cent of young people who are reported to leave school without formal qualifications. The UNV programme will provide support to the Samoa National Youth Council, specifically in the development of the National Youth Volunteer Scheme and the YEN e-platform. ILO will lead the activities related to Output 1, i.e. the Youth Employment Network. MCIL and SNYC will be the principal partners with ILO in delivering the results expected in Output 1. Since March 2015 the ILO has already begun implementation of SNAP on YE, which provides an overarching policy to youth employment initiatives in Samoa. UNDP will lead the activities related to Output 3, i.e. micro-enterprise development, the enabling environment for private sector-led growth and the legal empowerment of the informal economy. In addition to close collaboration with Government Ministries including MWCSD and MCIL in the delivery of Output 3, UNDP will forge productive working relationships with well-established and credible local organisations including WIBDI, SBEC, CoC and SAME in delivering the results expected from Output 3.
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Both UNDP and ILO agencies will share leadership on different activities within Output 2, i.e. knowledge and skills for youth to access new employment opportunities within climate change adaptation strategies and local economic development value chains. UNDP will lead the activities related to Activity Result 2.1: the agricultural value chain. ILO will have a specific focus on the inclusion of youth employment strategies and the promotion of green jobs within climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa. With technical inputs from FAO and UNESCO, the principal partners in the delivery of Output 2 will include SPREP, MNRE, MAF, SNYC and SHA in addition to WIBDI and SBEC. The programme will be implemented, monitored and evaluated in close coordination with the MWCSD. The UN and the MWCSD will ensure that gender equality issues are mainstreamed across all programme activities, and that delivery and impact is inclusive of marginalised youth. 5.1
Public-Private Partnerships
The 1UN-YEP will work closely with the Government of Samoa and representatives of the private sector to develop a model of Public-Private Partnership (PPP). A PPP will serve as the mechanism to reduce the long-term dependence on external donor funds. Furthermore, a PPP can reduce the cost incurred by the programme, specifically for physical infrastructure needs, while increasing the market relevance of technical inputs, specifically for micro-enterprise development and employment skills training. Finally, a PPP can ensure the sustainability of outputs beyond the programme timeframe. UNDP is well positioned to support the development of such PPP mechanisms, having access to global best practices and substantial institutional knowledge regarding successful PPP innovation across a range of social and economic sectors that have resulted in positive and sustainable impacts on human development. 5.2
Resource mobilisation strategy
At the beginning of the programme timeframe (June 2015), a significant portion of the 1UNYEP is unfunded. However, this current constraint will not prevent the commencement of preliminary activities. A carefully planned phasing and sequencing approach will allow the implementation of preliminary activities to commence while the resource mobilisation strategy is being operationalized. 5.2.1 Implementation Phase 1 The financial resources (USD239,500) that ILO have committed to 1UN-YEP through parallel funding, will be used in Year 1 to cover programme management costs and to start selected activities within Output 1 (Activity Result 1.1: YEN e-platform), Output 2 (Activity Result 2.2: OVOP community tourism; 2.3: creative industries, and 2.4: youth employment within climate change projects) and Output 3 (Activity Result 3.1 small business incubator and Activity Result 3.2: legal empowerment of the informal economy). 27
Existing UNDP-sourced funds will be used to cover programme management costs for Year 1 and portions of Years 2 and 3, and to support activities relating to Output 1 (Activity Result 1.4: National Youth Volunteering Scheme; Output 2 (Activity Result 2.1, agricultural initiatives with youth), and Output 3 (Activity result 3.1: small business incubator). These activities relating to agricultural value chains will build on and scale-up the successful activities started during the September 2014 SIDS Conference, when UNDP worked productively with ILO, local partner WIBDI and the MWCSD. 5.2.2 Implementation Phase 2 The resource mobilisation phase will be active in seeking funding and/or co-funding for bilateral, multilateral and private sector donors, in addition to cost-sharing by Government of Samoa either through Public-Private Partnership modalities or by project budget contributions. Other parallel funding opportunities from the UN agencies in Samoa partnering within the 1UN-YEP are expected to emerge throughout 2015, 2016 and 2017. A multi-pronged strategy will be applied to ensure the 1UN-YEP receives the financial resources required for the effective implementation of activities and the overall management of the full programme.
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Table 1:
1UN-YEP programme budget
Project Summary
Estimated budget (USD) 2015 - 2017 Sourced funding (May 2015) 2015
2016
2017
Grand Total
UNDP
ILO
Output 1 A technologically enabled ‘Youth Employment Network’ provides youth with information and employment services to facilitate their successful entry to the labour market. Activity Result 1.1: Youth are registered on an e-platform that provides essential labour market information and facilitates communications between youth entrepreneurs and the marketplace.
100,000
50,000
50,000
200,000
SNAP-YE 2015
Activity Result 1.2: Development of processes and capacities for the effective use of the YEN e-platform.
25,000
Activity Result 1.3: Increased volume of business-tobusiness communications between young producers and buyers through the YEN e-platform.
30,000
35,000
35,000
100,000
Activity Result 1.4: A National Youth Volunteer Scheme is established to provide youth with a decent work experience that enhances their future employability.
50,000
25,000
25,000
100,000
Sub-total Output 1 (YEN)
10,000
25,000
25,000
75,000
5,000 SNAP-YE 2015
205,000
135,000
135,000
475,000
14,000
5,000
TRAC 2015 - 2017
SNAP-YE 2015
14,000
20,000
Output 2: Youth have the knowledge and skills required to access employment opportunities created by climate change adaption strategies and within the local economic development value chains relating to agriculture, creative industries and community-based tourism. Sourced funding (May 2015) 2015 Activity Result 2.1: The agricultural value-chain provides opportunities for youth to gain skills and entrepreneurship knowledge that will secure income generation and employment opportunities.
150,000
Activity Result 2.2: The ‘One Village One Product’ approach to community-based tourism generates employment and expanded livelihood-diversification options for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge.
150,000
Activity Result 2.3: The creative industries provide sustainable new employment opportunities for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge.
150,000
Activity Result 2.4: Climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa have new opportunities to incorporate youth employment results within their design and operational strategies.
100,000
Sub-total Output 2 (LED)
2016 150,000
2017 150,000
Grand Total 450,000
UNDP
ILO
450,000 SDG-F 2015 - 2017
200,000
100,000
450,000
25,000 SNAP-YE 2015
150,000
150,000
450,000
25,000 SNAP-YE 2015
200,000
200,000
500,000
35,000 SNAP-YE 2015
550,000
700,000
600,000
1,850,000
450,000
85,000
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Output 3: Youth-led micro- and small businesses are strengthened as a result of tailored and comprehensive support services, which include policies, strategies and dialogue that facilitate an enabling environment for the growth of micro- and small businesses and enhance the protection for youth through the legal empowerment of the informal economy. Sourced funding (May 2015) 2015
2016 150,000
2017
ILO
250,000
Activity Result 3.2: Youth entrepreneurship is facilitated by policies, strategies and dialogue that improve the enabling environment for micro- and small business growth, and increases the protection for youth through the legal empowerment of the informal economy.
200,000
Sub-total Output 3 (Private Sector)
450,000
300,000
210,000
960,000
50,000
90,000
Total Programming Costs
1,205,000
1,135,000
945,000
3,285,000
514,000
195,000
110,000
500,000
UNDP
Activity Result 3.1: A Youth Small Business Incubator scheme is established to provide youth entrepreneurs with continuous access to a comprehensive range of tailored business development services.
150,000
100,000
Grand Total
50,000
5,000
SDG-F 2015 - 2017
SNAP-YE 2015
460,000
85,000 SNAP-YE 2015
TRAC 2015 – 2017 SDG-F 2015- 2017
Programme Coordination
40,000
40,000
50,000
130,000
105,000
15,000
TRAC 2015 - 2017
Programme Management and Implementation
50,000
75,000
100,000
225,000
124,500
15,000
TRAC 2015 - 2017
Contingencies
20,000
20,000
20,000
60,000
45,500
14,500
TRAC 2015 - 2017
GRAND TOTAL
1,315,000
1,270,000
1,115,000
3,700,000
789,000
239,500
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Table 2:
1UN-YEP programme budget: Summary Budget Summary Grand Total 1UN-YEP cost
US$ 3,700,000
UNDP confirmed funding (May 2015)
789,000
ILO confirmed funding (May 2015)
239,500
Total Programme funding confirmed
1,028,500
Total programme unfunded budget
2,671,500
Total cost Year 1
1,315,000 Funding secured Year 1 553,5006 Funding to be secured Year 1 761,500
Programming cost (to be secured) Programme management (to be secured) Total cost Year 2
761,500 0 1,270,000
Funding secured Year 2 245,0007 Funding to be secured Year 2 1,025,000 Programming cost (to be secured)
935,000
Programme management (to be secured)
90,000
Total cost Year 3
1,115,000 Funding secured Year 3 230,0008 Funding to be secured Year 3 885,000
Programming cost (to be secured)
845,000
Programme management (to be secured)
40,000
The resource mobilisation strategy will include, but not limited to, the following opportunities for resource mobilisation:
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UNDP TRAC 114,000 + ILO 239,500 +SDGF 200,000 = 553,500 UNDP TRAC 45,000 +SDGF 200,000 = 245,000 8 UNDP TRAC 130,000 + SDGF 100,000 = 230,000 7
1UN-YEP will seek strategic partnerships and cost-sharing opportunities with other non-UN youth-focused development programmes in Samoa and / or the Pacific region that have overlapping objectives with YEP (e.g. World Bank, ADB, EWACC project, TCMSP, etc.). Selected outputs will be delivered through a cost-sharing Public-Private Partnership approach, specifically the Youth Small Business Incubator proposed in Output 3.1. Bilateral and multilateral development partners who have strategic interests in youth development in Samoa will be approached with funding proposals. Private sector foundations with strategic interests in youth development and / or the Pacific region will be approached with funding proposals. Innovative fundraising initiatives (e.g. crowd-funding) will be explored and utilized. Options to resource the unfunded portion of the budget will include as follows:
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Table 3:
1UN-YEP programme budget: unsecured funding Outputs
Activity Results
Source of Funds UNDP
1. A technologically enabled ‘Youth Employment Network’ provides youth with information and employment services that facilitates their successful entry to the labour market.
ILO
1.1: Youth are registered on an e-platform that provides essential labour market information and facilitates communications between youth entrepreneurs and the marketplace.
10,000
1.2: Development of processes and capacities for the effective use of the YEN e-platform.
5,000
Sub-total Output 1: 2. Youth have the knowledge and skills required to access employment opportunities created by climate change adaption strategies and within the local economic development value chains relating to agriculture, creative industries and community-based tourism.
2.2: The ‘OVOP’ approach to community-based tourism generates employment and expanded livelihood-diversification options for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge.
190,000
200,000
70,000
75,000
GoS cost share CSSP Other donors TBC
100,000
100,000
CSSP/ PSSF Other donors TBC
14,000
5,000
TRAC 2015 - 2017
14,000 2.1: The agricultural value-chain provides opportunities for youth to gain skills and entrepreneurship knowledge that will secure income generation and employment opportunities.
Other
GoS cost share CSSF Other donors TBC
1.3: Increased volume of business-to-business communications between young producers and buyers through the YEN e-platform. 1.4: A NYVS is established to provide youth with a decent work experience that enhances their future employability.
Total budget 2015 - 2017
81,000
100,000
CSSP Other donors TBC
20,000
441,000
450,000
475,000 450,000
SDG-F 2015 - 2017
25,000
425,000 CSSP, SHA Other donors TBC
450,000
2.3: The creative industries provide sustainable employment opportunities for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge.
25,000
2.4: Climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa have new opportunities to incorporate youth employment results within their design and operational strategies.
35,000
Sub-total Output 2: 3. Youth-led micro- and small businesses are strengthened as a result of tailored and comprehensive support services, which include policies, strategies and dialogue that facilitate an enabling environment for the growth of micro- and small businesses and enhance the protection for youth through the legal empowerment of the informal economy.
3.1: A Youth Small Business Incubator scheme is established to provide youth entrepreneurs with continuous access to a comprehensive range of tailored business development services.
425,000
450,000
UNESCO CSSP, SHA Other donors TBC
465,000
500,000
GEF SGP Other donors TBC
450,000
85,000
1,315,000
1,850,000
50,000 (SDG-F)
5,000
445,000
500,000
MWCSD (EWACC) SGP Other donors TBC
3.2: Youth entrepreneurship is facilitated by policies, strategies and dialogue that improves the enabling environment for micro- and small business growth, and increases the protection for youth through the legal empowerment of the informal economy.
85,000
375,000
460,000
GoS cost-share Other donors TBC
Sub-total Output 3:
50,000
90,000
820,000
960,000
Total Programming Costs
514,000
195,000
2,576,000
3,285,000
UNDP
ILO
Other donors TBC
275,000
44,500
95,500
UNDP
ILO
Other donors TBC
789,000
239,500
2,671,500
Total Management and Coordination Costs
GRAND TOTAL
415,000
3,700,000 35
5.3
Sustainability and exit strategy
The 1UN-YEP will be implemented and managed in close collaboration with the MWCSD and MCIL. UN-led programme management activities will be gradually shared with MWCSD and MCIL during the third year of 1UN-YEP operation, and capacity-building inputs delivered as required. As the objectives of 1UN-YEP are aligned with the overarching Samoa Development Strategy (SDS) and contribute directly to the employment component of the Samoa National Youth Policy, the sustainability of successful inputs and results is significantly enhanced. Furthermore, core activities will be implemented by established local organisations including Women In Business Development Incorporated (WIBDI), the Samoa National Youth Council (SNYC), Samoa Business Enterprise Centre (SBEC) and the Chamber of Commerce. These organisations will receive technical and capacity-building support to ensure that successful inputs can be sustained beyond the timeframe of 1UN-YEP.
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Results and Resources Framework
UNDP SP Outcome: Growth and development are inclusive and sustainable, incorporating productive capacities that create employment ad livelihoods for the poor and excluded. Programme Outcome: Youth in Samoa, inclusive of those who are marginalised from mainstream economic activities, secure productive employment and decent work and contribute to sustainable and resilient economic growth. Programme Outputs: 1.
A technologically enabled ‘Youth Employment Network’ provides youth with information and employment services that facilitates their successful entry to the labour market
2.
Youth have the knowledge and skills required to access employment opportunities created by climate change adaption strategies and within the local economic development value chains relating to agriculture, creative industries and community-based tourism.
3.
Youth-led micro- and small businesses are strengthened as a result of tailored and comprehensive support services, which include policies, strategies and dialogue that facilitate an enabling environment for the growth of micro- and small businesses and enhance the protection for youth through the legal empowerment of the informal economy.
Output Indicators: 1.1 1.2 1.3 2.1 3.1 3.2
Number of youth registered on YEN e-platform, disaggregated by gender, village, age and educational status. Number of youth who gain employment through the YEN e-platform, disaggregated by gender, village, age and educational status. Perception of SNYC staff on their capacity to operate YEN e-platform effectively and without support from 1UN-YEP Number of youth who secure employment and income-generation as a result of climate change adaptation strategies and within the agricultural value chain, community-based tourism or creative industries, disaggregated by sector, gender, village, age and educational status. Number of youth-led micro-businesses strengthened through services from the Small Business Incubator. Number of actions made to strengthen policies and legal frameworks affecting small businesses within the informal economy.
Partnership Strategy: This Youth Employment Programme will adopt a ‘One-UN’ approach to the delivery of the outputs for which it is accountable. This collaborative approach will enable the distinctive strengths and technical abilities of the different UN agencies operating in Samoa to be combined and coordinated in a way that delivers maximum positive impact on the beneficiaries. Futhermore, the programme will apply a South-South Cooperation approach to the implementation, supported by the UNDP Pacific Centre in Fiji, with the funding provided by UNDPs Sustainable Development Goals Fund. Project title and ID (ATLAS Award ID): One UN (Samoa) Youth Employment Programme ATLAS Award ID 0008739
Activity results 1.1
Youth are registered on an e-platform that provides essential labour market information and facilitates communications between youth entrepreneurs and the marketplace.
Targets
YEN E-platform is designed through consultative process with SNYC, MCIL and MWCSD.
Baseline (2015): Zero youth registered on e-platform Indicators: Number of youth registered on YEN eplatform, disaggregated by gender, village, age and educational status.
At least 200 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, are registered on e-platform database.
Indicative Activities Consultations between SNYC, MWCSD, MCIL and UN regarding appropriate design and functionality of e-platform.
Participating UN Agency
Inputs US$200,000
ILO
Contract an e-platform system designer to develop the interface between website and mobile phone short message functions. Contracting a local web designer to develop the e-platform. Procurement of IT equipment and installation at SNYC
Contractual services; equipment purchasing; SNYC staff training on e-platform; development of operation manual; orientation on eplatform for youth, employers, business operators and youth entrepreneurs; public communications and registration processes; monitoring on e-platform usage and impact.
Technical training and capacity building to SNYC on e-platform operation. 1.2
Development of processes and capacities for the effective use of the YEN eplatform. Baseline (2015): Zero processes and capacities. Zero YEN e-platform. Indicators: Perception (qualitative survey-based) of SNYC staff on capacity to operate YEN eplatform effectively.
US$100,000 All SNYC staff receive training and capacitybuilding inputs on systems and processes for YEN e-platform operation.
Publicity on e-platform and communication via SNYC YEN network
Registration of youth, employers and entrepreneurs on e-platform.
ILO UNV
Public, private and community sector consultation costs, contractual services; SNYC staff training on operations; development of operation manual; M&E and communications on success stories.
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1.3
Increased volume of Business-to-Business communications between young producers and buyers through the YEN e-platform. Baseline (2015): Zero Business-to-Business communications Zero YEN e-platform
US$75,000 YEN E-platform business-to-business functionality is designed through consultative process with SNYC, MWCSD, MCIL and CoC.
Publicity on e-platform and communication via SNYC YEN network
ILO UNV
Public, private and community sector consultation costs, contractual services; SNYC staff training on operations; development of operation manual; M&E and communications on success stories.
Indicators: Volume of business to business communications on YEN e-platform Percentage increase (month to month) of business to business communications on YEN e-platform 1.4
A National Youth Volunteer Scheme (NYVS) is established to provide youth with a decent work experience that enhances their future employability. Baseline (2015): SNYC do not have a National Youth Volunteer Scheme Indicators: Number of youth who gain volunteer experience through SNYC that enhances their employability.
At least 25 businesses engage in regular business-to-business communication through YEN eplatform.
A NYVS is designed through consultative process with SNYC, MCIL and MWCSD.
At least 100 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, register and gain volunteer experience that enhances their employability.
Consultations between SNYC, MWCSD, MCIL and UNV to agree the appropriate design, operations and regulation of the NYVS. Promotion of NYVS with public, private and community organisations to be partners in NYVSP.
US$100,000 ILO UNV UNDP
Launch of NYVS with first batch of volunteers and recipient organizations.
Public, private and community sector NYVS consultation costs, contractual services; NYVS equipment purchase; SNYC staff training on NYVS operations; development of NYVS operation manual; M&E and communications on NYVS success stories
M&E of impact on youth employability of NYVS. Development of knowledge products re: volunteerism and employability, and communication of NYVS success stories.
Programming Cost Output 1
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Activity results
2.1
The agricultural value-chain provides opportunities for youth to gain skills and entrepreneurship knowledge that will secure income generation and employment opportunities. Baseline (2015): 44 youth from YEP-IP at SIDS Conference 2014 Indicators: Number of youth who secure income generation within the agricultural value chain.
Targets
At least 150 youth, disaggregated by gender, village, age and educational status, receive formally accredited skills, entrepreneurship and business development training to enable access to agricultural produce value chains.
At least 50 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, secure sustainable employment within the agricultural value chains.
Indicative Activities
Awareness raising for youth of agricultural value chain employment opportunities. Identification of commercially viable agricultural opportunities for youth.
Participating UN Agency
Inputs
US$450,000 UNDP FAO
Technical trainings (by FAO, MAF, WIBDI) conducted for youth on organic and conventional agricultural production.
Technical and business development trainings conducted for youth to enable access to commercially viable opportunities within the agricultural value chain.
Awareness raising consultations, showcasing economic opportunities for youth, technical trainings on agriculture production, costs of organic certification, small business development training for youth entrepreneurs within agricultural value chains, facilitating access to commercially viable markets for products, technical trainings on customer service, quality control processes, M&E and communications on youth success stories.
Access to markets for agricultural products is facilitated for youth entrepreneurs. 2.2
The ‘One Village One Product’ approach to community-based tourism generates employment and expanded livelihooddiversification options for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge.
US$450,000 At least 150 youth, disaggregated by gender, village, age and educational status, receive formally accredited skills,
Consultations with MWCSD, SHA and other stakeholders re: OVOP and creative industries for youth employment.
ILO UNESCO
Identification of target areas, consultations with selected OVOP leadership, SHA certification processes,
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Baseline (2015): Zero OVOP approach to community-based tourism in Samoa.
entrepreneurship and business development training to enable sustainable income generation within community-based tourism.
Indicators: Number of youth who secure income generation in community-based tourism and a resilient livelihood strategy as a result of OVOP approach.
At least 50 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, secure sustainable employment within community-based tourism the community-based tourism value chain.
UNDP Comprehensive scanning and analysis of existing livelihood strategies, climate change vulnerability and new local economic opportunities for youth in target areas.
Technical skills training for youth in selected community tourism initiatives.
identification of commercially viable opportunities in community tourism and creative industries, technical, entrepreneurship and employment trainings for youth, facilitating youth access to strategic partnerships with private sector and access to sustainable economic markets.
Entrepreneurship, small business development and local employment training for youth in target areas.
Establishing strategic partnerships with private sector actors to improve access to markets for community tourism. 2.3
The creative industries provide sustainable employment opportunities for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge. Baseline (2015): To be established Q3 2015 Indicators: Number of youth who secure income generation in the creative industries and a more resilient livelihood strategy.
US$450,000 At least 150 youth, disaggregated by gender, village, age and educational status, receive formally accredited skills, entrepreneurship and business development training to enable sustainable income generation within the creative industries sector.
Consultations with MWCSD, SHA and other stakeholders re: creative industries for youth employment.
ILO UNESCO UNDP
Comprehensive scanning and analysis of existing livelihood strategies, climate change vulnerability and new local economic opportunities for youth
Identification of target areas, consultations with selected OVOP leadership, SHA certification processes, identification of commercially viable opportunities in community tourism and creative industries, technical, entrepreneurship and employment trainings for
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in target areas. At least 50 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, secure sustainable employment within the creative industries sector.
youth, facilitating youth access to strategic partnerships with private sector and access to sustainable economic markets.
Technical skills training for youth in selected creative industries.
Entrepreneurship, small business development and local employment training for youth in target areas.
Establishing strategic partnerships with private sector actors to improve access to markets. 2.4
Climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa have new opportunities to incorporate youth employment results within their design and operational strategies. Baseline (2015): To be established Q3 2015 Indicators: Proportion of climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa that include strategies with funds allocation to support youth employment and the creation of green jobs for youth.
50 per cent of new climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa include strategies and allocate funds to support gender-sensitive youth employment and the creation of green jobs for youth.
Stocktake of existing national climate change and resilience projects/programmes.
US$500,000 ILO
National workshops on international best practice. Bi-lingual information-sheets profiling climate change projects and their potential inclusion of a job creation focus.
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Activity results
3.1
A Youth Small Business Incubator scheme is established to provide youth entrepreneurs with continuous access to a comprehensive range of tailored business development services. Baseline (2015): Zero Youth Small Business Incubator
Targets
Percentage increase in income generated from micro-business activity.
Small Business Incubator operating within a sustainable Public-Private Partnership modality.
Participating UN Agency
Inputs
US$500,000 At least 100 youth-led microbusinesses, 50 per cent of which are female-led, received tailored support that strengthens their sustainability and potential for employment creation.
Indicators: Number of youth-led (data disaggregated) micro-businesses strengthened through inputs from Small Business Incubator.
Indicative Activities
The Youth Small Business Incubator is operating effectively and sustainably through a PPP modality.
Female and male youth-led micro-enterprises demonstrate an increase of 15 per cent in incomegeneration from microbusiness activity
Discuss with Ministries and private sector on concept of Youth Small Business Incubator and PPP modality.
Draft technical proposal for creation of Youth Small Business Incubator
UNDP ILO
Consultations with Government, youth and private sector, renovating and equipment physical location, developing strategic plan and operational guidelines for Youth Small Business Incubator within PPP modality, recruitment and training of staff.
Conduct publicity to raise awareness of new youth entrepreneurship facility.
Recruit and train technical and management staff for Youth Small Business Incubator.
Use SNYC e-platform to mobilise youth entrepreneurs to use the facilities of the Youth Small Business Incubator.
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3.2
Youth entrepreneurship is facilitated by policies, strategies and dialogue that improve the enabling environment for micro- and small business growth, and increases the protection for youth through the legal empowerment of the informal economy. Baseline (2015):
US$460,000 Gender-sensitive legal empowerment of youth within the informal economy is incorporated into the strategic actions points of the Samoa Youth Employment National Action Plan.
To be established Q3 2015 Indicators: Number of actions made to strengthen policies and legal frameworks affecting small businesses within the informal economy.
Roadmap with policy and legislative amendments for the empowerment of the informal economy approved by Government.
Research into the specific nature of the informal economy in Samoa, including analysis of the impact on youth of legal empowerment of the informal economy.
UNDP ILO
Consultations with Government, private sector and SNYC, technical inputs to policy and legislative review and Roadmap, production of knowledge resources, training of SMEs with youth workers in informal economy.
Negotiation with Government agencies regarding the provision of tax reliefs and investment incentives for informal economy SMEs.
Discussion with financial institutions on the development of tailored packages with favourable terms for access to credit services;
High-level dialogue on the nature and dimensions of legal exclusion of youth in relation to four thematic areas of legal empowerment – namely access to justice, property rights, labour rights and rights to livelihoods.
Development of a strategy and roadmap for legal empowerment of the informal economy.
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Incorporate youth within the informal economy into strategic actions points of the Samoa Youth Employment National Action Plan.
Conduct trainings for youth within the informal economy to build knowledge of their legal rights and capacity to access the services to which they are entitled.
Programming Cost Output 3
US$
960,000
Programming Cost Output 2
US$
1,850,000
Programming Cost Output 1
US$
475,000
Total Programming costs
US$
3,285,000
Programme management, implementation and coordination
US$
415,000,
Grand Total 1UN-YEP
US$
3,700,000
Total confirmed funding (UNDP / ILO) as at 26th May 2015
US$
1,028,500
Total unfunded budget as at 26th May 2015
US$
2,671,500
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7.
Annual Work Plans 2015 – 2017
Please see Annex 4 for AWP 2015, Annex 5 for AWP 2016 and Annex 6 for AWP 2017. 8.
Funding, Coordination and Management Arrangements
The project will follow the UNDG Guidelines for UN Joint Programmes. Unless specifically stated otherwise in a funding contribution, the project will be executed according to UNDP’s National Implementation Modality (NIM), as per NIM guidelines agreed by UNDP and the Government of Samoa. Accordingly, this project document may be refined during the inception workshop, to be carried out in the following 3 months after signature. Contributions from non-UNDP suppliers may follow specific arrangements that will be accordingly described in a partnership agreement. The activities linked to the budget secured by ILO through SNAP-YE project will be integrated in this project, but their management will follow its original arrangements (as an ILO project under Direct Implementation Modality). Future contributions from other UN agencies may also be managed as parallel funding and may follow the policies and procedures of the supplier agency if required. Community Development Sector National Steering Committee
Youth Sub-sector Committee
Project Assurance UNDP (GPR Unit)
Project Director (MWCSD) Project Management Unit: Programme Coordinator M&E Officer Support staff
Programme activities Implementing Partner, Responsible parties and other partners
Implementing Partner (IP). At the national level, the Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development (MWCSD) will act as the Implementing Partner (Programme Executive) of the 1UN-YEP. Based on the standard NIM procedures, MWCSD will be responsible for the overall programme, including reporting to the Government of Samoa’s Community Development Sector Steering Committee. The MWCSD has the mandate to coordinate government actions to advance the social and economic wellbeing of youth in Samoa. As implementing partner, MWCSD has the general responsibility for organizing and overseeing all phases of the programme as well as for coordinating all other responsible parties involved. This will include coordination with other government ministries, to include the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (MCIL) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF), as well as bilateral and multilateral development partners, private and civil society sector organizations. The objective of this coordination will be to secure a broad ownership of the programme and the commitment and support of other parties to the successful delivery of the outputs of the 1UN-YEP. MWCSD will establish a Programme Management Unit (PMU) in Apia. The PMU will be led by a full time Programme Coordinator. Other core staff will be recruited to support the Programme Coordinator as required. This will include a specialized Monitoring and Evaluation Officer. The Programme Executive (MWCSD) will appoint the ACEO of the Division for Youth, MWCSD as the Programme Director (PD). The PD will be supported by the Programme Coordinator within the PMU. Responsible Party (RP). A Responsible Party is an entity selected to act on behalf of the Implementing Partner on the basis of a written agreement or contract to purchase goods or provide services using the project budget. This project will include the following responsible parties: Output 1
(Youth Employment Network):
ILO and UNV
Output 2
(Local Economic Development):
UNDP, FAO, ILO and UNESCO
Output 3
(Private Sector Development):
UNDP and ILO
ILO will provide the overall leadership for the delivery of Output 1: Youth Employment Network. This will involve close collaboration with the Samoa National Youth Council in the development of the e-platform for facilitating youth access to basic labour market information. UNV will provide technical support to the development of the National Youth Volunteering Scheme, as a specific result within Output 1. UNDP will provide overall leadership for the delivery of Output 2: Local Economic Development. FAO will provide technical inputs to support the delivery of the results relating to 2.1 re: agricultural value chains. UNESCO and ILO will provide technical inputs to
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support the delivery of the results relating to 2.2 and 2.3 re: community based tourism and the creative industries. ILO and UNDP will support the delivery of the results relating to 2.4 re: climate change adaptation, disaster resilience and youth employment. Audit arrangements: Audits will be conducted in accordance with the UNDP NIM Audit policies and procedures, and based on UN Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfer (HACT) policy framework. A certified audit firm will conduct the audit. UNDP will support the MWCSD as Implementing Partner in making the arrangements for audit. The Programme Coordinator and the Programme Management Unit (PMU) will address the audit recommendations. Community Development Sector National Steering Committee (CDSSC) will provide highlevel oversight and policy advice to the programme and meets on a quarterly basis. The Youth Subsector Committee will perform the functions of the Project Board. The Project Board is responsible for making management decisions for a project in particular when guidance is required by the Programme Coordinator. The Project Board plays a critical role in project monitoring and evaluations by quality assuring these processes and products, and using evaluations for performance improvement, accountability and learning. Its oversight ensures that required resources are committed and it arbitrates on any conflicts within the project or negotiates a solution to any problems with external bodies. In addition, it approves the appointment and responsibilities of the Programme Coordinator and any delegation of its Project Assurance responsibilities. Based on the approved Annual Work Plan, the Project Board can also consider and approve the quarterly plans (if applicable) and also approve any essential deviations from the original plans for submission and endorsement of the Community Development Sector National Steering Committee. Project Board decisions will be made in accordance to standards that shall ensure management for development results, best value money, fairness, integrity, transparency and effective international competition. In the very unlikely case consensus cannot be reached within the Board of this UN Joint Programme, the final decision shall rest with the CEO of MWCSD and the United Nations Resident Coordinator. The Youth Subsector Committee / Project Board contains three distinct roles, including: 1)
The Executive, which is responsible for ensuring that the Board meets regularly and all issues are addressed to ensure all outcomes of the project are achieved to the highest quality, will be the Division for Youth of the MWCSD. The Programme Director (ACEO Division for Youth MWCSD), assisted by the Programme Coordinator will report to the Project Board on progress of implementation and results achieved. The Programme Coordinator will be responsible for supporting the Programme Director in
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3)
coordinating the flow of results and knowledge from the programme to the project Board / Youth Subsector Committee. Senior Suppliers: This group represents the interests of the parties concerned that provide technical expertise to the programme. The Senior Supplier’s primary function within the Project Board / Youth Subsector Committee is to provide guidance regarding the technical feasibility of the project: i) make sure progress towards the outputs remains consistent from the supplier perspective; ii) promote and maintain focus on the expected project outputs from the point of view of supplier management; iii) ensure that supplier resources required for the programme are made available; iv) contribute supplier opinions on project board / Youth Subsector Committee decisions on whether to implement recommendations on proposed changes; v) arbitrate on, and ensure resolution of, any supplier priority or resource conflicts. Suppliers should also advise on the selection of strategy, design and methods to carry out project activities; ensure that any standards defined for the project are met and used to good effect; monitor potential changes and their impact on the quality of deliverables from a supplier perspective; monitor any risks in the implementation aspects of the project. These senior suppliers are: UNDP, ILO, FAO, UNESCO, UNV, MWCSD and private sector / civil society organisations. Senior Beneficiary: an individual or group of individuals representing the interests of those who will ultimately benefit from the project. The Senior Beneficiary’s primary function within the Board is to ensure the realisation of programme results from the perspective of the beneficiaries. This role includes: i) ensuring the expected output and related activities of the programme are well defined; ii) ensuring progress towards the outputs required by the beneficiaries remains consistent from beneficiaries; iii) promote and maintain focus on the expected programme outputs; iv) prioritise and contribute beneficiaries’ opinions on Project Board / Youth Subsector Committee decisions on whether to implement recommendations on proposed changes; v) resolve priority conflicts.
The Project Assurance role supports the Project Board Executive / Youth Subsector Committee by carrying out objective and independent project oversight and monitoring functions. The Head of the UNDP Governance and Poverty Reduction Unit will play the role of Project Assurance in this UN Joint Programme. Programme Coordinator: The Programme Coordinator has the authority to run the programme on a day-to-day basis on behalf of the Implementing Partner within the constraints laid down by the Project Board / Youth Subsector Steering Committee. The Programme Coordinator’s prime responsibility is to ensure that the activities produce the results specified in the programme document, to the required standard of quality and within the specified constraints of time and cost.
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8.1
Funding Arrangements
The UN Agencies collaborating on the 1UN-YEP will adopt a parallel fund management approach for core resources provided by each agency. Funding arrangements under this option follow each agency’s regulations and rules for individual programming and project processes with requirements for quarterly progress reporting to the Executive and Project Board. With the agreement of the Government of Samoa, UNDP will allocate the amount of USD$289,000 to the project which will be advanced on a quarterly basis to the Government via Ministry of Finance following standard NIM financial management arrangements. The Ministry of Finance will submit quarterly FACE Forms and narrative reports to UNDP for the acquittal of funds disbursed and reporting, Under parallel funding arrangements, ILO’s SNAP project will provide co-funding of US$239,500 to the IUNYEP which will be accessed directly by ILO in the IRIS / FISEXT management system, however USD$54,000 of the total is transferred to the Ministry of Finance for implementation of Component 1 & 2 of the SNAP project by MWCSD. In case of funds channelled through more than one agency, UNDP will act as the recipient of funds and will sign a UN-UN transfer agreement to distribute the funds. 9.
Monitoring Framework And Evaluation
The monitoring and evaluation framework for the 1UN-YEP will be developed and implemented in consultation with the UN Resident Coordinators Office and the national partners represented on the Project Board / Youth Subsector Committee. In brief, the M&E framework will be as follows: At start of programme:
The MWCSD will liaise with the Programme Coordinator to develop quality management criteria for the approved activity results. The development of quality management criteria will require the identification of appropriate indicators and the means of their verification. It will also require the collection (or identification) of baseline data against which progress will be measured over time. All programme staff and advisors / trainers will work with the Programme Coordinator to develop assessment tools for the different activities to be implemented under the 1UN-YEP. The PMU will develop data collection tools to assist in monitoring activities, the performance of technical agencies and the evaluation of the impact of the results achieved. In addition, the PMU will clarify (or develop) reporting guidelines for the
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technical agencies / NGO / private sector partners, and will ensure that all technical partners are clear about their reporting requirements. On a quarterly basis:
The Programme Coordinator will assess progress using the quality criteria and methods developed at the start of the programme. The Issue Log will be reviewed and updated as necessary to facilitate tracking and resolution of potential problems or requests for changes in the programme document. Risks will be re-assessed by reviewing the external environment that may affect programme implementation. The outcomes of the quarterly risk re-assessments will be recorded in the Risk Log (though updates). Based on the above information, and on information obtained through technical partners reports, the Programme Coordinator will prepare Quarterly Progress Reports using the standard UNDP format. The report will be submitted to the Youth Development Sub-Sector Committee. The Project Assurance unit will be responsible for verifying the information contained in the QPRs.
On an annual basis:
An Annual Review Report (ARR) will be prepared by the Programme Coordinator in partnership with the MWCSD and submitted to the Youth Development SubSector Committee through the Project Assurance unit. The ARR will summarize progress made against targets set for the year, identify issues related to programme performance and make recommendations for changes to the programme design and/or work plan. The ARR will bring together information from the QPRs as well as a summary of results achieved at the activity and output level. Based on the ARR, an Annual Programme Review (APR) will be conducted during the fourth quarter of the year or soon thereafter by the MWCSD in collaboration with the Programme Coordinator, to assess the performance of the programme and to appraise the Annual Work Plan for the subsequent year. Participatory review methods will be used during this process, especially in meetings with locallevel stakeholders. The APR at the field level will be led by the PMU. The findings of the APR will be shared with the Community Development Sector National Steering Committee through the Youth Subsector Steering Committee.
At programme mid-point:
An external Mid-Term Review (MTR) will be carried out before the end of the second year. The MTR will be carried out in accordance with UNDP evaluation
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policies. The aim of the MTR will be to review programme progress against targets, assess the programme implementation strategy and make recommendations for design or delivery changes that could enhance overall effectives. The MTR report will be shared with all relevant stakeholders. At end of programme:
10.
Beginning in the first half of the third year, the PMU together with the MWCSD will initiate a lessons learned review process. The process will engage a select number of stakeholders in a series of workshops on identifying lessons learned and deciding on how these lessons would be best documented and disseminated. The process of documenting the programme lessons should be allocated at least three months, and may require support of an external consultant. The output of this process (a Lessons Learned report) will be shared with programme stakeholders and other interested parties at an end of project stakeholders workshop. A Terminal Evaluation will be carried out by an external evaluation team within six months of the operational closing of the programme. Like the MTR, the evaluation will be carried out in coordination with the UNDP Evaluation Office. The objective of the Terminal Evaluation will be to assess the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the Programme in achieving its intended output, review the implementation strategy and management structure, identify lessons learned and provide recommendations to inform future design of youth employment programmes in Samoa. An End of Programme Review Report will be prepared within a month after the operational closure of the programme, followed by an End of Programme Review. The findings of the End of Programme Review will be shared with stakeholders at a final Youth Subsector Committee meeting, which will determine the official closure of the 1UN-YEP.
Legal Context or Basis of Relationship
The Samoa UNDAF provides the legal framework between Government of Samoa and UN agencies. The UNDAF covers the full duration period for the Joint Programme (2013-2017). This document together with the UNDAF Action Plan, signed by the Government, UNDP and partner UN agencies through the UNDAF Country Result Matrix, which is incorporated herein by reference, constitute together a Joint Project Document as referred to in the Standard Basic Assistance Agreement (SBAA); as such all provisions of the UNDAF Action Plan apply to this document. All references in the SBAA to “Executing Agency” shall be deemed to refer to “Implementing Partner”, as such term is defined and used in the UNDAF Action Plan and this document. The Participating UN Organizations (PUNO) shall comply with the policies, procedures and practices of the United Nations safety and security
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management system. They agree to undertake all reasonable efforts to ensure that none of the funds received pursuant to this Joint Programme are used to provide support to individuals or entities associated with terrorism and that the recipients of any amounts provided by Participating UN organizations do not appear on the list maintained by the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999). The list can be accessed via http: www.un.org/Docs/sc/ committees/1267/1267ListEng.htm. This provision must be included in all sub-contracts or sub-agreements entered into under this Project Document.
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11.
Annexes
Annex 1:
Terms of Reference - Project Board / Youth Subsector Committee
The Youth Subsector Committee / Project Board will have overall responsibility for providing strategic guidance and oversight of the programme. The Youth Subsector Committee is responsible for making consensual management decisions concerning programme issues and risks and will provide advice and guidance when required by the Programme Coordinator. Approval of budget revisions and approval of Annual Work Plans (AWP) is also a key role of the Youth Subsector Committee / Project Board. The Youth Subsector Committee / Project Board will also be used as a mechanism for leveraging partnerships and mobilization of resources for the implementation of the programme. Programme reviews by the Youth Subsector Committee / Project Board will be made at designated decision points during the running of the programme, or as necessary when raised by the Programme Coordinator. The Programme Coordinator will consult the Youth Subsector Committee / Project Board for decisions if / when tolerances (i.e. constraints normally in terms of time and budget) have been exceeded. In particular the Youth Subsector Committee / Project Board will: 1.
2. 3.
4. 5.
Provide strategic guidance and advice to the Programme Coordinator on programme related activities particularly on specific problems and issues that may have a bearing on the progress of the achievements of the programme. Review and approve proposed annual work plans for the programme. Help facilitate and ensure that targets identified in the annual work plans are met within agreed timeframes and with given resource allocations and provide alternative remedial solutions where the need arises. Facilitate exchange of information on awareness of programme developments, lessons learnt and best practices Fulfill any other responsibilities that may be identified for the Youth Subsector Committee / Project Board by the Government of Samoa.
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Annex 2: Terms of Reference - Programme Coordinator Background The United Nations in Samoa is responding to the request by the Government of Samoa to assist in its ongoing efforts to address youth unemployment. A programme of coordinated activities has been designed with the specific objective of assisting youth to develop the knowledge and skills needed to enter the labour market and secure decent work opportunities in either waged employment or in small business development. The programme will actively promote gender equality and will be inclusive of youth who are marginalized from mainstream economic and social life. The programme is aligned with the National Youth Policy, and will be implemented in close cooperation with the ongoing activities to develop Samoa’s National Action Plan on Youth Employment. The implementation of the programme will combine the different strengths and technical capacities of the UN agencies in Samoa to deliver as ‘One-UN’, thereby maximizing the positive impact for employment-seeking youth. Partnering UN agencies will include UNDP, ILO, FAO, UNESCO and UNV. The programme activities will be implemented in close collaboration with the Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development with support from NGOs and private sector organisations. The Programme Coordinator will play an essential role in coordinating the different technical activities of the programme and communicating progress and results to different stakeholders. Overall responsibilities The Programme Coordinator will report to the Project Director and to the Youth Subsector Committee / Project Board, and will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the One UN (Samoa) Youth Employment Programme (1UN-YEP). These responsibilities will include: Liaison with Government, non-state implementing partners and the youth beneficiaries of the programme activities. Monitoring of programme activities in line with agreed workplans, indicators and budgets Ensuring programme activities promote gender equality and are inclusive of the specific needs of marginalized youth. Communication with Government, donors and stakeholders, on progress of the programme and results achieved to date. Administration of the programme, including reporting on financial expenditure and progress towards agreed milestones. The Programme Coordinator’s prime responsibility will be to ensure that the programme produces the results specified in the programme document, to the required standard of quality and within the specified constraints of time and cost. Specific responsibilities would include: •
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Building productive working relationships with the programme implementing partners (private sector organisations, NGOs, etc.), UN agencies (UNDP, ILO, FAO, UNESCO, UNV) and senior officials within the Ministry for Women, Community and Social Development. Developing and managing workplans and activity budgets.
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Managing the programme M&E framework and updating as required ensuring that programme activities and processes are conducted to the highest quality standards and with sensitivity to the specific needs of youth. Implementing the programme Communication Strategy. Supporting resource mobilization for unfunded elements of the programme. Liaising with suppliers for the procurement of required goods and services to progress agreed activities, including drafting TORs and work specifications; Managing requests for the provision of financial resources, using advance of funds, direct payments, or reimbursement using the FACE (Fund Authorization and Certificate of Expenditures); Monitoring financial expenditure and report writing that demonstrates ensures transparency, accuracy and reliability. Appraising risks to the success and sustainability of the programme, updating the status of the Risk Log accordingly and communicating with the Youth Subsector Committee / Project Board. Preparing Quarterly Progress Reports (progress against planned activities, update on risks and Issues, expenditures) and submitting the report to the Youth Subsector Committee / Project Board and Project Assurance Unit; Preparing the Annual Review Report, and submitting the report to the Youth Subsector Committee / Project Board. Based on the review process, preparing the Annual Work Plan for the following year, as well as Quarterly Plans as required. Recruitment and staff management of programme support team when additional personnel are hired. Closing the programme: preparing the required final reports and identifying follow-on actions to be submitted to the Youth Subsector Committee / Project Board; managing the transfer of programme deliverables, documents, files, equipment and materials to agreed stakeholders and beneficiaries.
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Annex 3:
Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
Programme Outcome: Youth in Samoa, inclusive of those who are marginalized from mainstream economic activities, secure productive employment and decent work and contribute to sustainable and resilient economic growth. Indicators
Baseline(s)
Target(s)
Source/Means of Verification
Risk that outputs may not be produced
Output 1: A technologically enabled ‘Youth Employment Network’ provides youth with information and employment services that facilitates their successful entry to the labour market.
Number of youth registered on YEN e-platform, disaggregated by gender, village, age and educational status.
Number of youth who gain employment as a result of inputs from YEN e-platform, disaggregated by gender, village, age and educational status.
Zero youth registered on YEN e-platform at May 2015
Zero youth have gained employment as a result of YEN e-platform at May 2015
At least 200 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, are registered on e-platform YEN e-platform database by the end of the database project
At least 100 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, have access to opportunities for employment as a result of inputs from YEN e-platform by the end of the project SNYC progress reports and M&E statistics.
Youth and employers / businesses fail to engage substantially with eplatform.
Capacity within SNYC is not developed to a sufficient level.
Activity result 1.1 Youth are registered on an e-platform that provides essential labour market information and facilitates communications between youth entrepreneurs and the marketplace.
Number of youth registered on the YEN e-platform database.
Volume of job vacancies processed through the YEN e-platform.
Zero at beginning of 2015
Zero at beginning of 2015
At least 200 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, are registered on e-platform database by the end of the project SNYC progress reports and M&E statistics.
Capacity within SNYC is not developed to a sufficient level. Youth and employers / businesses fail to engage substantially with eplatform
TBD in Q3 2015
Activity result 1.2: Development of processes and capacities for the effective use of the YEN e-platform. Data produced by SNYC M&E systems.
Number of capacity-building trainings for SNYC on YEN e-platform systems and processes.
Perception (qualitative survey-based) of SNYC staff on their capacity to operate YEN e-platform effectively and without support from 1UN-YEP.
Zero at beginning of 2015
Zero at beginning of 2015
At least 100 youth focal points, 50 per cent of whom are Training and female, trained on the use of TA reports the e-platform by the end of from activities the project supporting SNYC capacitybuilding.
Capacity within SNYC to manage eplatform is not developed to a sufficient level. High staff turnover within SNYC results in loss of knowledge from training and TA inputs.
>85% confidence in capacity to operate YEN e-platform Survey report effectively and without and analysis of support from 1UN-YEP by the feedback. end of the project
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Activity result 1.3: Increased volume of business-to-business communications between young producers and buyers through the YEN e-platform.
Total volume of Business-to-Business communications on YEN e-platform.
Zero at beginning of 2015
TBD in Q3 2015
SNYC progress reports and M&E statistics.
Number of employers who are using the YEN e-platform
Zero at beginning of 2015
TBD in Q3 2015
SNYC progress reports and M&E statistics.
Percentage increase (month to month) of businessto-business communications on YEN e-platform.
Zero at beginning of 2015
TBD in Q3 2015
SNYC progress reports and M&E statistics.
Businesses do not identify with the communication activities and do not use the tool.
Activity result 1.4: A National Youth Volunteer Scheme is established to provide youth with a decent work experience that enhances their future employability.
Number of youth registered on the SNYC National Youth Volunteer Scheme.
Number of youth who gain volunteer experience through SNYC that enhances their employability.
SNYC do not have a National Youth Volunteer Scheme
At least 100 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, register and gain volunteer experience that enhances their employability by the end of the project
Statistical reports from SNYC. Surveys of youth volunteers and employers.
Youth fail to link volunteerism with employability. The volunteering experience is not valued by employers as a mechanism that enhances employability.
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Project Output 2: Youth have the knowledge and skills required to access employment opportunities created by climate change adaption strategies and within the local economic development value chains relating to agriculture, creative industries and community-based tourism. Number of youth who secure income-generation and develop resilient livelihood strategies within the agricultural value chain, community-based tourism or the creative industries, disaggregated by sector, TBD in Q3 2015 gender, village, age and educational status.
TBD in Q3 2015
M&E data and progress reports
Network tracking system is not up and running. Youth are not aware of the E-Platform and do not register
Activity result 2.1 The agricultural value-chain provides opportunities for youth to gain skills and entrepreneurship knowledge that will secure income generation and employment opportunities. At least 150 youth, disaggregated by gender, village, age and educational status receive formally accredited training inputs by the end of the project
Number of youth who receive formally accredited skills, entrepreneurship and business development training in agricultural value chain.
Youth are not able to access the agricultural value chains.
TBD in Q3 2015. 44 youth from SIDS Conference Sept 2014 Number of youth who secure income-generation and (organic farm-to-table). develop resilient livelihood strategies within the agricultural value chain.
At least 50 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, secure sustainable employment within the agricultural value chain by the end of the project
M&E data and progress reports.
Income generated is not sufficient to encourage youth to engage substantially with programme initiative. Employment secured is insecure and temporary in nature.
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Activity result 2.2 The ‘One Village One Product’ approach to community-based tourism generates employment and expanded livelihood-diversification options for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge. Number of villages identified and developed for one village one product (OVOP) methodology.
Number of youth who receive formally accredited skills, entrepreneurship and business development training in community-based tourism using OVOP approach.
Number of youth who secure income generation in community-based tourism sector and a resilient livelihood strategy as a result of OVOP approach.
Zero at beginning of 2015
TBD in Q3 2015
Zero at beginning of 2015
At least 150 youth, disaggregated by gender, village, age and educational status receive formally accredited training inputs by the end of the project
Zero at beginning of 2015
At least 50 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, secure sustainable employment within the community-based tourism sector by the end of the project
Village leaders fail to support OVOP methodology.
M&E data and progress reports. Survey reports and analysis.
Income generated is not sufficient to encourage youth to engage substantially with programme initiative.
Training inputs are not aligned to market demand.
Employment secured is insecure and temporary in nature.
Activity result 2.3: The creative industries provide sustainable new employment opportunities for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge. Number of youth who receive formally accredited skills, entrepreneurship and business development training in the creative industries.
Number of youth who secure income generation in the creative industries sector and develop a resilient livelihood strategy.
TBD in Q3 2015
TBD in Q3 2015
TBD in Q3 2015
At least 50 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, secure sustainable employment within the creative industries sector by the end of the project
M&E data and progress reports. Survey reports and analysis.
Income generated is not sufficient to encourage youth to engage substantially with programme initiative.
Training inputs are not aligned to market demand.
Employment secured is insecure and temporary in nature.
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Activity result 2.4: Climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa have new opportunities to incorporate youth employment results within their design and operational strategies.
Proportion of climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa that include strategies with funds allocations to support youth employment and the creation of green jobs for youth.
TBD in Q3 2015
50 per cent of new climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa include strategies and allocate funds to support gender-sensitive youth employment and the creation of green jobs for youth by the end of the project
M&E data and progress reports.
Designers, planners, managers and donors fail to incorporate the link between climate change adaptation, disaster resilience and youth employment into new project documentation.
Random sampling of project documentation
Project Output 3: Youth-led micro- and small businesses are strengthened as a result of tailored and comprehensive support services, which include policies, strategies and dialogue that facilitate an enabling environment for the growth of micro- and small businesses and enhance the protection for youth through the legal empowerment of the informal economy.
Percentage change in contribution to GDP growth from economic output of micro-enterprises supported by small business incubator services.
TBD in Q3 2015
Youth-led micro-enterprises supported by the small business incubator service have data to assess their economic output and its contribution to private sector led growth in Samoa by the end of the project
M&E data and progress reports.
The economic output of microenterprises cannot be calculated accurately or their contribution to private sector-led growth not analyzed satisfactorily.
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Activity Result 3.1: A Youth Small Business Incubator scheme is established to provide youth entrepreneurs with continuous access to a comprehensive range of tailored business development services.
Number of youth-led micro-businesses that are strengthened through inputs from small business incubator facility
Percentage increase in income generated from micro-business activity.
Zero at May 2015
TBD Q4 2015
Small Business Incubator is operating within a PublicPrivate Partnership modality. Zero at May 2015
At least 100 youth-led microbusinesses, 50 per cent of which are female-led, received tailored support that strengthens their sustainability and potential for employment creation by the end of the M&E data, project progress reports and Female and male youth-led official micro-enterprises financial demonstrate an increase of 15 records. per cent in income-generation from micro-business activity by the end of the project The Youth small business incubator is operating effectively and sustainably through a PPP modality by the end of the project
Technical capacity within Youth Small Business Incubator scheme is insufficient to meet the needs of youth entrepreneurs. Insufficient number of youth entrepreneurs engage and the scheme is not sustainable
Micro-businesses do not keep accurate data on sales, income, expenditure and profit made from business activities.
GoS and / or private sector do not support PPP modality.
Activity result 3.2 Youth entrepreneurship is facilitated by policies, strategies and dialogue that improves the enabling environment for micro- and small business growth, and increases the protection for youth through the legal empowerment of the informal economy. Number of actions made to strengthen policies and legal frameworks affecting small businesses within the informal economy.
Zero at beginning of 2015
TBD in Q4 2015
M&E data, progress reports and official documentation
Government policy-makers and legislators fail to support initiatives to legally empower micro- and small businesses within the informal economy.
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Strategic plan and road map for the legal empowerment of the informal economy completed.
Legal empowerment of youth within the informal economy is incorporated into the strategic actions points of the Samoa Youth Employment National Action Plan.
Strategy and roadmap is not endorsed by policy-makers.
Zero at beginning of 2015
Roadmap with policy and legislative amendments for the empowerment of the informal economy approved by Government by the end of the project
Zero at beginning of 2015
Delay in completing writing of NAP, Final Youth Employment Cabinet report delay in preparing for Cabinet. National Action Plan submitted MWCSD / MCIL YE-NAP not approved by Cabinet. to and approved by Cabinet by report the end of the project
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Annex 4:
Annual Work Plan (Y1): June 2015 - December 2015 Timeframe
Output Results
Planned Activities
Including baseline, indicators and targets
1.1: Youth are registered on an eplatform that provides essential labour market information and facilitates communications between youth entrepreneurs and the marketplace. Indicators: Number of youth (data disaagregated) registered on the YEN e-platform database. Volume of job vacancies processed through the YEN e-platform. Baseline:
Planned Budget 2015 - 2018
Q1
Consultations between SNYC, MWCSD, MCIL and UN regarding appropriate design and functionality of e-platform.
Q2
Q3
Q4
Contract an e-platform system designer to develop the interface between website and mobile phone short message functions.
Contracting a local web designer to develop the e-platform.
Procurement of IT equipment and installation at SNYC
Technical training and capacity building to SNYC on e-platform operation.
Zero youth registered on e-platform Target: At least 200 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, are registered on e-platform database.
Participating UN agency (PUNO)
Funding source
ILO
ILO
UNV
Other TBC
Budget description
Amount (US$) 2015
Contractual services; equipment purchasing; SNYC staff training on eplatform; development of operation manual; orientation on eplatform for youth, employers, business operators and youth entrepreneurs; public communications and registration processes; monitoring on eplatform usage and impact.
Total budget 2015 100,000 Funds secured as at June 2015 10,000 ILO SNAP-YE Funding gap Year 1 as at June 2015 90,000
1.2: Development of processes and capacities for the effective use of the YEN e-platform. Indicators:
Publicity on e-platform and communication via SNYC YEN network
ILO
ILO
UNV
Other TBC
Number of capacity-building trainings for SNYC on YEN e-platform systems and processes. Perception (qualitative surveybased) of SNYC staff on their capacity to operate YEN e-platform effectively and without support from 1UN-YEP. Baseline: Zero YEN
Registration of youth, employers and entrepreneurs on e-platform.
Public, private and community sector consultation costs, contractual services; SNYC staff training on operations; development of operation manual; M&E and communications on success stories.
Total budget 2015 25,000 Funds secured as at June 2015 5,000 ILO SNAP-YE Funding gap Year 1 as at June 2015 20,000
Zero e-platform Target: >85% confidence in capacity to operate YEN e-platform effectively and without support from 1UN-YEP. 1.3: Increased volume of businessto-business communications between young producers and buyers through the YEN e-platform.
Publicity on e-platform and communication via SNYC YEN network
Indicators: Total volume of Business-toBusiness communications on YEN eplatform.
Registration of youth, employers and entrepreneurs on e-platform.
ILO
ILO
UNV
Other TBC
Public, private and community sector consultation costs, contractual services; SNYC staff training on operations; development of operation manual; M&E and communications on success stories.
Total budget 2015 30,000 Funds secured as at June 2015 0 Funding
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Baseline:
gap Year 1 as at June 2015 30,000
Zero YEN Zero e-platform Target: TBD in Q3 2015 1.4: A National Youth Volunteer Scheme is established to provide youth with a decent work experience that enhances their future employability.
Consultations between SNYC, MWCSD, MCIL and UN to agree the appropriate design, operations and regulation of the NYVS.
Indicators:
Promotion of NYVS with public, private and community organisations to be partners in NYVS.
Launch of NYVS recipient organizations.
Number of youth registered on the SNYC National Youth Volunteer Scheme. Number of youth who gain volunteer experience that enhances their employability. Baseline: SNYC do not have a National Youth Volunteer Scheme Target: At least 100 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, register and gain volunteer experience that enhances their employability.
ILO
UNV
UNDP
Other TBC
UNV
Public, private and community sector NYVS consultation costs, contractual services; NYVS equipment purchase; SNYC staff training on NYVS operations; development of NYVS operation manual; M&E and communications on NYVS success stories
Total budget 2015 50,000 Funds secured as at June 2015 19,000 ILO SNAP-YE Funding gap as at June 2015 31,000
M&E of impact on youth employability of NYVS.
Development of knowledge products re: volunteerism and employability, and communication of NYVS success stories.
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2.1: The agricultural value-chain provides opportunities for youth to gain skills and entrepreneurship knowledge that will secure income generation and employment opportunities. Indicators: Number of youth (data disaggregated) who secure incomegeneration and resilient livelihood strategies within the agricultural value chain. Baseline: TBD Q3 2015 44 from SIDS Conference 2014 (organic farm-to-table) Target: At least 150 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, secure employment within the agricultural value chain.
UNDP Awareness raising for youth of agricultural value chain employment opportunities.
Identification of commercially viable farming opportunities for youth.
Technical trainings conducted for youth on organic and conventional agricultural production.
Technical and business development trainings conducted for youth to enable access to commercially viable opportunities within the agricultural value chain.
Access to markets for organic and conventional agricultural products is facilitated for youth entrepreneurs.
FAO
Other TBC
Awareness raising consultations, showcasing economic opportunities for youth, technical trainings on organic and conventional agriculture production, costs of organic certification, small business development training for youth entrepreneurs within agricultural value chain, facilitating access to commercially viable markets for products, technical trainings on customer service, quality control processes, M&E and communications on youth success stories.
Total budget 2015 150,000 Funds secured as at June 2015 150,000 UNDP SDG-F Funding gap as at June 2015 0
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2.2: The ‘One Village One Product’ approach to community-based tourism generates employment and expanded livelihood-diversification options for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge. Indicators: Number of villages identified and developed for one village one product (OVOP) methodology. Number of youth (data disaggregated) who secure income generation in community-based tourism sector and a resilient livelihood strategy as a result of OVOP approach.
Consultations with MWCSD, SHA and other stakeholders re: OVOP and creative industries for youth employment.
Comprehensive scanning and analysis of existing livelihood strategies, climate change vulnerability and new local economic opportunities for youth in target areas.
Technical skills training for youth in selected community tourism initiatives.
Entrepreneurship, small business development and local employment training for youth in target areas.
Baseline: Zero in May 2015 Target: At least 50 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, in OVOP target areas secure employment within the community-based tourism sector.
Establishing strategic partnerships with private sector actors to improve access to markets for community tourism.
ILO
ILO
UNDP
Other TBC
Identification of target areas, consultations with selected OVOP leadership, SHA certification processes, identification of commercially viable opportunities in community tourism and creative industries, technical, entrepreneurship and employment trainings for youth, facilitating youth access to strategic partnerships with private sector and access to sustainable economic markets.
Total budget 2015 150,000 Funds secured as at June 2015 25,000 ILO SNAP-YE Funding gap as at June 2015 125,000
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2.3: The creative industries provide new employment opportunities for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge.
Consultations with MWCSD, SHA and other stakeholders re: creative industries for youth employment.
ILO
ILO
UNDP
Other TBC
Indicators: Number of youth (data disaggregated) who secure income generation in the creative industries sector and a resilient livelihood strategy.
Technical skills training for youth in selected creative industries
Baseline: To be established Q3 2015 Target: At least 50 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, secure employment within the creative industries sector.
2.4: Climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa have new opportunities to incorporate youth employment results within their design and operational
Entrepreneurship, small business development and local employment training for youth in target areas.
Establishing strategic partnerships with private sector actors to improve access to markets.
ILO Stocktake of existing national climate change and resilience projects/programmes.
ILO Other TBC
Identification of target areas, consultations with selected village leadership, identification of commercially viable opportunities in the creative industries, technical, entrepreneurship and employment trainings for youth, facilitating youth access to strategic partnerships with private sector and access to sustainable economic markets.
Consultancy contract costs, workshops expenditure, communications materials.
Total budget 2015 150,000 Funds secured as at June 2015 25,000 ILO SNAP-YE Funding gap as at June 2015 125,000
Total budget 2015 100,000
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strategies. Indicators: Proportion of climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa that include strategies with funds allocation to support gendersensitive youth employment and the creation of Green Jobs for Youth.
Baseline:
National workshops on international best practice.
Funds secured as at June 2015 35,000 ILO SNAP-YE
Bi-lingual information-sheets profiling climate change projects and their potential inclusion of a job creation focus
SBEC integrates the guideline in the enterprise development training required for the loans with the Credit Guarantee Fund support.
Funding gap as at June 2015 65,000
To be established Q2 2015 Target: 50 per cent of new climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa include strategies and allocate funds to support youth employment and the creation of Green Jobs for Youth.
3.1: A Youth Small Business Incubator scheme is established to provide youth entrepreneurs with continuous access to a
Discuss with Ministries, private sector and SNYC on concept of Youth Small Business Incubator and PPP modality.
UNDP ILO
MWCSD (EWACC) Other
Consultations with Government, youth and private sector, renovating and
Total budget 2015 250,000
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comprehensive range of tailored business development services. Indicators: Number of youth-led microbusinesses (data disaggregated) that are strengthened through inputs from small business incubator facility. Small Business Incubator is operating within a Public-Private Partnership modality.
Baseline: Zero Youth Small Business Incubator
Draft technical proposal for creation of Youth Small Business Incubator Conduct consultations to design programme and operations of Youth Small Business Incubator. Conduct publicity to raise awareness of new youth entrepreneurship facility. Recruit and train technical and management staff for Youth Small Business Incubator.
Target: At least 100 youth-led microbusinesses, 50 per cent of which are female-led, received tailored support that strengthens their sustainability and potential for employment creation. Female and male youth-led microenterprises demonstrate an increase of 15 per cent in income-generation from micro-business activity
Use SNYC e-platform to mobilise youth entrepreneurs to use the facilities of the Youth Small Business Incubator.
TBC
equipment physical location, developing strategic plan and operational guidelines for Youth Small Business Incubator within PPP modality, recruitment and training of staff.
Funds secured as at June 2015 250,000 MWCSD (EWACC) TBC UNDP SDG-F ILO SNAP-YE Funding gap as at June 2015 0
Monitor progress, evaluate impact and report on lessons learned and youth employment success stories.
Small Business Incubator is operating within a Public-Private Partnership modality.
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3.2: Youth entrepreneurship is facilitated by policies, strategies and dialogue that improve the enabling environment for micro- and small business growth, and increases the protection for youth through the legal empowerment of the informal economy. Indicators: Strategy and road map for the legal empowerment of the informal economy completed. Baseline: To be established Q2 2015 Target: Gender-sensitive legal empowerment of youth within the informal economy is incorporated into the strategic actions points of the Samoa Youth Employment National Action Plan.
Roadmap with policy and legislative amendments for the empowerment of the informal economy approved by Government.
Research into the specific nature of the informal economy in Samoa, including analysis of the impact on youth of legal empowerment of the informal economy.
High-level dialogue on the nature and dimensions of legal exclusion of youth in relation to four thematic areas of legal empowerment – namely access to justice, property rights, labour rights and rights to livelihoods.
Incorporate youth within the informal economy into strategic actions points of the Samoa Youth Employment National Action Plan.
Development of a strategy and roadmap for legal empowerment of the informal economy. Negotiation with Government agencies regarding the provision of tax reliefs and investment incentives for informal economy SMEs. Conduct trainings for youth within the informal economy to build knowledge of their legal rights and capacity to access the services to which they are entitled.
UNDP
ILO
ILO
Other TBC
Consultations with Government, private sector and SNYC, technical inputs to policy and legislative review and Roadmap, production of knowledge resources, training of target SMEs with youth workers in informal economy.
Total budget 2015 200,000 Funds secured as at June 2015 85,000 ILO SNAP-YE Funding gap as at June 2015 115,000
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Annex 5:
Annual Work Plan (Y2): January 2016 – December 2016 Timeframe
Output Results
Planned Activities
Including baseline, indicators and targets
Q1
Q2
Q3
1.1: Youth are registered on an eplatform that provides essential labour market information and facilitates communications between youth entrepreneurs and the marketplace. Indicators: Number of youth (data disaggregated) registered on the YEN e-platform database. Volume of job vacancies processed through the YEN e-platform. Baseline: Zero youth registered on e-platform Target:
Planned Budget 2015 - 2018
Technical training and capacity building to SNYC on e-platform operation.
Q4
Participating UN agency (PUNO)
Funding source
ILO
ILO
UNV
Other TBC
Budget description
Amount (US$) 2016
Contractual services; equipment purchasing; SNYC staff training on eplatform; development of operation manual; orientation on eplatform for youth, employers, business operators and youth entrepreneurs; public communications and registration processes; monitoring on eplatform usage and impact.
Total budget 2016 50,000 Funds secured as at June 2015 0 Funding gap as at June 2015 50,000
At least 200 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, are registered on e-platform database.
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1.2: Development of processes and capacities for the effective use of the YEN e-platform. Indicators:
Publicity on e-platform and communication via SNYC YEN network
ILO
ILO
UNV
Other TBC
Number of capacity-building trainings for SNYC on YEN e-platform systems and processes. Perception (qualitative surveybased) of SNYC staff on their capacity to operate YEN e-platform effectively and without support from 1UN-YEP. Baseline: Zero YEN
Registration of youth, employers and entrepreneurs on e-platform.
Public, private and community sector consultation costs, contractual services; SNYC staff training on operations; development of operation manual; M&E and communications on success stories.
Total budget 2016 25,000 Funds secured as at June 2015 0 Funding gap as at June 2015 25,000
Zero e-platform Target: >85% confidence in capacity to operate YEN e-platform effectively and without support from 1UN-YEP. 1.3: Increased volume of businessto-business communications between young producers and buyers through the YEN e-platform.
Publicity on e-platform and communication via SNYC YEN network
Indicators: Total volume of Business-toBusiness communications on YEN eplatform.
Registration of youth, employers and entrepreneurs on e-platform.
ILO
ILO
UNV
Other TBC
Public, private and community sector consultation costs, contractual services; SNYC staff training on operations; development of operation manual; M&E and communications on success stories.
Total budget 2016 35,000 Funds secured as at June 2015 0 Funding
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Baseline:
gap as at June 2015 35,000
Zero YEN Zero e-platform Target: TBD in Q3 2015 1.4: A National Youth Volunteer Scheme is established to provide youth with a decent work experience that enhances their future employability. Indicators:
Promotion of NYVS with public, private and community organisations to be partners in NYS.
UNV
UNDP
Other TBC
UNV
Number of youth (data disaggregated) registered on SNYC National Youth Volunteer Scheme. Number of youth (data disaggregated) who gain volunteer experience that enhances their employability.
ILO
M&E of impact on youth employability of NYVS.
Development of knowledge products re: volunteerism and employability, and communication of NYVS success stories.
Public, private and community sector NYS consultation costs, contractual services; NYS equipment purchase; SNYC staff training on NYS operations; development of NYS operation manual; M&E and communications on NYS success stories
Total budget 2016 25,000 Funds secured as at June 2015 0 Funding gap as at June 2015 25,000
Baseline: SNYC do not have a National Youth Volunteer Scheme Target: At least 100 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, register and gain volunteer experience that enhances their employability.
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2.1: The agricultural value-chain provides opportunities for youth to gain skills and entrepreneurship knowledge that will secure income generation and employment opportunities. Indicators: Number of youth who secure income-generation and resilient livelihood strategies within the agricultural value chain. Baseline: TBD Q3 2015. 44 from SIDS Conference 2014 (organic farming) Target: At least 50 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, secure employment within the agricultural value chain.
Awareness raising for youth of organic and conventional agriculture value chain employment opportunities.
Identification of commercially viable agricultural opportunities for youth.
UNDP
Technical trainings conducted for youth on organic and conventional agricultural production.
Technical and business development trainings conducted for youth to enable access to commercially viable opportunities within the agricultural value chain.
Access to markets for organic and conventional agricultural products is facilitated for youth entrepreneurs.
FAO
Other TBC
Awareness raising consultations, showcasing economic opportunities for youth, technical trainings on organic and conventional agriculture production, costs of organic certification, small business development training for youth entrepreneurs within agricultural value chains, facilitating access to commercially viable markets for products, technical trainings on customer service, quality control processes, M&E and communications on youth success stories.
Total budget 2016 150,000 Funds secured as at June 2015 150,000 UNDP SDG-F Funding gap as at June 2015 0
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2.2: The ‘One Village One Product’ approach to community-based tourism generates employment and expanded livelihood-diversification options for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge. Indicators: Number of villages identified and developed for one village one product (OVOP) methodology. Number of youth (data disaggregated) who secure income generation in community-based tourism sector and a resilient livelihood strategy as a result of OVOP approach.
Consultations with MWCSD, MCIL, SHA and other stakeholders re: OVOP and creative industries for youth employment.
Comprehensive scanning and analysis of existing livelihood strategies, climate change vulnerability and new local economic opportunities for youth in target areas.
Technical skills training for youth in selected community tourism initiatives.
Entrepreneurship, small business development and local employment training for youth in target areas.
Establishing strategic partnerships with private sector actors to improve access to markets for community tourism.
Baseline: Zero in May 2015 Target: At least 50 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, in OVOP target areas secure employment within the community-based tourism sector.
ILO
ILO
UNDP
Other TBC
Identification of target areas, consultations with selected OVOP leadership, SHA certification processes, identification of commercially viable opportunities in community tourism and creative industries, technical, entrepreneurship and employment trainings for youth, facilitating youth access to strategic partnerships with private sector and access to sustainable economic markets.
Total budget 2016 200,000 Funds secured as at June 2015 0 Funding gap as at June 2015 200,000
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2.3: The creative industries provide sustainable employment opportunities for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge. Indicators: Number of youth (data disaggregated) who secure income generation in the creative industries sector and a resilient livelihood strategy. Baseline: To be established Q3 2015 Target:
Technical skills training for youth in selected creative industries
Entrepreneurship, small business development and local employment training for youth in target areas.
Establishing strategic partnerships with private sector actors to improve access to markets.
At least 50 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, secure employment within the creative industries sector.
ILO
ILO
UNDP
Other TBC
Identification of target areas, consultations with selected village leadership, identification of commercially viable opportunities in the creative industries, technical, entrepreneurship and employment trainings for youth, facilitating youth access to strategic partnerships with private sector and access to sustainable economic markets.
Total budget 2016 150,000 Funds secured as at June 2015 0 Funding gap as at June 2015 150,000
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2.4: Climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa have new opportunities to incorporate youth employment results within their design and operational strategies.
ILO
Other TBC National workshops on international best practice.
Indicators: Proportion of climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa that include strategies with funds allocation to support youth employment and the creation of Green Jobs for Youth.
Baseline:
ILO
Bi-lingual information-sheets profiling climate change projects and their potential inclusion of a job creation focus
SBEC integrates the guideline in the enterprise development training required for the loans with the Credit Guarantee Fund support.
Consultancy contract costs, workshops expenditure, communications materials.
Total budget 2016 200,000 Funds secured as at June 2015 0 Funding gap as at June 2015 200,000
To be established Q2 2015 Target: 50 per cent of new climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa include strategies and allocate funds to support youth employment and the creation of Green Jobs for Youth.
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3.1: A Youth Small Business Incubator scheme is established to provide youth entrepreneurs with continuous access to a comprehensive range of tailored business development services.
UNDP ILO
Conduct publicity to raise awareness of new youth entrepreneurship facility.
Recruit and train technical and management staff for Youth Small Business Incubator.
Use SNYC e-platform to mobilise youth entrepreneurs to use the facilities of the Youth Small Business Incubator.
Indicators: Number of youth-led (data disaggregated) micro-businesses that are strengthened through inputs from small business incubator facility. Small Business Incubator is operating within a Public-Private Partnership modality.
Baseline:
Other TBC
Consultations with Government, youth and private sector, renovating and equipment physical location, developing strategic plan and operational guidelines for Youth Small Business Incubator within PPP modality, recruitment and training of staff.
Total budget 2016 150,000 Funds secured as at June 2015 150,000 MWCSD (EWACC) TBC UNDP SDG-F Funding gap as at June 2015 0
Zero Youth Small Business Incubator Target: At least 100 youth-led microbusinesses, 50 per cent of which are female-led, received tailored support that strengthens their sustainability and potential for employment creation.
MWCSD (EWACC)
Monitor progress, evaluate impact and report on lessons learned and youth employment success stories.
Female and male youth-led microenterprises demonstrate an increase of 15 per cent in income-generation from micro-business activity Small Business Incubator is operating within a Public-Private Partnership modality.
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3.2: Youth entrepreneurship is facilitated by policies, strategies and dialogue that improve the enabling environment for micro- and small business growth, and increases the protection for youth through the legal empowerment of the informal economy. Indicators: Strategy and road map for the legal empowerment of the informal economy completed. Baseline: To be established Q2 2015 Target: Gender-sensitive legal empowerment of youth within the informal economy is incorporated into the strategic actions points of the Samoa Youth Employment National Action Plan. Roadmap with policy and legislative amendments for the empowerment of the informal economy approved by Government.
Incorporate youth within the informal economy into strategic actions points of the Samoa Youth Employment National Action Plan.
High-level dialogue on the nature and dimensions of legal exclusion of youth in relation to four thematic areas of legal empowerment – namely access to justice, property rights, labour rights and rights to livelihoods.
Development of a strategy and roadmap for legal empowerment of the informal economy.
Conduct trainings for youth within the informal economy to build knowledge of their legal rights and capacity to access the services to which they are entitled.
Negotiation with Government agencies regarding the provision of tax reliefs and investment incentives for informal economy SMEs.
UNDP
ILO
ILO
Other TBC
Consultations with Government, private sector and SNYC, technical inputs to policy and legislative review and Roadmap, production of knowledge resources, training of target SMEs with youth workers in informal economy.
Total budget 2016 150,000 Funds secured as at June 2015 0 Funding gap as at June 2015 150,000
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Annex 6:
Annual Work Plan (Y3): January 2017 – December 2017 Timeframe
Expected Outputs
Planned Activities
Including baseline, indicators and targets
Q1
Q2
Q3
1.1: Youth are registered on an eplatform that provides essential labour market information and facilitates communications between youth entrepreneurs and the marketplace. Indicators: Number of youth (data disaggregated) registered on the YEN e-platform database. Volume of job vacancies processed through the YEN e-platform. Baseline: Zero youth registered on e-platform Target:
Planned Budget 2015 - 2018
Technical training and capacity building to SNYC on e-platform operation.
Q4
Participating UN agency (PUNO)
Funding source
ILO
ILO
UNV
Other TBC
Budget description
Amount (US$) 2017
Contractual services; equipment purchasing; SNYC staff training on eplatform; development of operation manual; orientation on eplatform for youth, employers, business operators and youth entrepreneurs; public communications and registration processes; monitoring on eplatform usage and impact.
Total budget 2017 50,000 Funds secured as at June 2015 0
Funding gap as at June 2015 50,000
At least 200 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, are registered on e-platform database.
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1.2: Development of processes and capacities for the effective use of the YEN e-platform. Indicators: Number of capacity-building trainings for SNYC on YEN e-platform systems and processes.
Publicity on e-platform and communication via SNYC YEN network
ILO
ILO
UNV
Other TBC
Perception (qualitative surveybased) of SNYC staff on their capacity to operate YEN e-platform effectively and without support from 1UN-YEP.
Public, private and community sector consultation costs, contractual services; SNYC staff training on operations; development of operation manual; M&E and communications on success stories.
Baseline: Zero YEN
Registration of youth, employers and entrepreneurs on e-platform.
Total budget 2017 25,000 Funds secured as at June 2015 0 Funding gap as at June 2015 25,000
Zero e-platform Target: >85% confidence in capacity to operate YEN e-platform effectively and without support from 1UN-YEP. 1.3: Increased volume of businessto-business communications through the YEN e-platform.
Publicity on e-platform and communication via SNYC YEN network
Registration of youth, employers and entrepreneurs on e-platform.
Indicators: Total volume of business communications on YEN e-platform. Baseline: Zero YEN Zero e-platform Target: TBD in Q3 2015
ILO
ILO
UNV
Other TBC
Public, private and community sector consultation costs, contractual services; SNYC staff training on operations; development of operation manual; M&E and communications on success stories.
Total budget 2017 35,000 Funds secured as at June 2015 0 Funding gap as at June 2015
35,000
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1.4: A National Youth Volunteer Scheme is established to provide youth with a decent work experience that enhances their future employability. Indicators:
Promotion of NYS with public, private and community organisations to be partners in NYS.
M&E of impact on youth employability of NYS.
Development of knowledge products re: volunteerism and employability, and communication of NYVS success stories.
ILO
UNV
UNDP
Other TBC
UNV
Number of youth (data disaggregated) registered on the SNYC National Youth Volunteer Scheme. Number of youth (data disaggregated) who gain volunteer experience that enhances their employability.
Public, private and community sector NYS consultation costs, contractual services; NYS equipment purchase; SNYC staff training on NYS operations; development of NYS operation manual; M&E and communications on NYS success stories
Total budget 2017 25,000 Funds secured as at June 2015 0 Funding gap as at June 2015 25,000
Baseline: SNYC do not have a National Youth Volunteer Scheme Target: At least 100 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, register and gain volunteer experience that enhances their employability.
2.1: The agricultural value-chain provides opportunities for youth to gain skills and entrepreneurship knowledge that will secure income generation and employment
Awareness raising for youth of organic and conventional agriculture value chain employment opportunities.
UNDP
FAO
Other TBC
Awareness raising consultations, showcasing economic opportunities for
Total budget 2017 150,000 Funds
85
opportunities. Indicators: Number of youth (data disaggregated) who secure incomegeneration and resilient livelihood strategies within the agricultural value chain. Baseline:
Identification of commercially viable agricultural opportunities for youth.
youth, technical trainings on agriculture production, costs of organic certification, small business development training for youth entrepreneurs within agricultural value chain, facilitating access to commercially viable markets for products, technical trainings on customer service, quality control processes, M&E and communications on youth success stories.
Technical trainings conducted for youth on organic and conventional agricultural production.
Technical and business development trainings conducted for youth to enable access to commercially viable opportunities within the agricultural value chain.
Access to markets for agricultural products is facilitated for youth entrepreneurs.
TBD Q3 2015. 44 from SIDS Conference 2014 (organic farming) Target: At least 50 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, secure employment within the agricultural value chain.
2.2: The ‘One Village One Product’ approach to community-based tourism generates employment and expanded livelihood-diversification options for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge. Indicators: Number of villages identified and
Technical skills training for youth in selected community tourism initiatives.
secured as at June 2015 150,000 UNDP SDG-F Funding gap as at June 2015 0
ILO
ILO
UNDP
Other TBC
Identification of target areas, consultations with selected OVOP leadership, SHA certification processes, identification of commercially viable
Total budget 2017 100,000 Funds secured as at June 2015 0
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developed for one village one product (OVOP) methodology. Number of youth (data disaggregated) who secure income generation in community-based tourism sector and a resilient livelihood strategy as a result of OVOP approach.
Entrepreneurship, small business development and local employment training for youth in target areas.
Establishing strategic partnerships with private sector actors to improve access to markets for community tourism.
opportunities in community tourism and creative industries, technical, entrepreneurship and employment trainings for youth, facilitating youth access to strategic partnerships with private sector and access to sustainable economic markets.
Baseline: Zero in May 2015 Target: At least 50 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, in OVOP target areas secure employment within the community-based tourism sector. 2.3: The creative industries provide employment opportunities for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge. Indicators: Number of youth (data disaggregated) who secure income generation in the creative industries sector and a resilient livelihood strategy. Baseline: To be established Q3 2015 Target:
Technical skills training for youth in selected creative industries
Entrepreneurship, small business development and local employment training for youth in target areas.
ILO
ILO
UNDP
Other TBC
Identification of target areas, consultations with selected village leadership, identification of commercially viable opportunities in the creative industries, technical, entrepreneurship and employment trainings for youth; facilitating youth access to strategic partnerships with
Funding gap as at June 2015 100,000
Total budget 2017 150,000 Funds secured as at June 2015 0 Funding gap as at June 2015 150,000
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At least 50 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, secure employment within the creative industries sector.
private sector and access to sustainable economic markets. Establishing strategic partnerships with private sector actors to improve access to markets.
2.4: Climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa have new opportunities to incorporate youth employment results within their design and operational strategies.
ILO
ILO Other TBC
Consultancy contract costs, workshops expenditure, communications materials.
Total budget 2017 200,000 Funds secured as at June 2015 0
Indicators: Proportion of climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa that include strategies with funds allocation to support youth employment and the creation of Green Jobs for Youth.
Demonstration projects on youth employment within climate change adaption and resilience programmes.
Funding gap as at June 2015 200,000
Baseline: To be established Q2 2015 Target: 50 per cent of new climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa include strategies and allocate funds to support youth employment and the creation of Green Jobs for Youth.
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3.1: A Youth Small Business Incubator scheme is established to provide youth entrepreneurs with continuous access to a comprehensive range of tailored business development services.
UNDP Conduct publicity to raise awareness of new youth entrepreneurship facility.
Indicators: Number of youth-led microbusinesses (data disaggregated) that are strengthened through inputs from small business incubator facility.
Use SNYC e-platform to mobilise youth entrepreneurs to use the facilities of the Youth Small Business Incubator.
Small Business Incubator is operating within a Public-Private Partnership modality.
Other TBC
Consultations with Government, youth and private sector, renovating and equipment physical location, developing strategic plan and operational guidelines for Youth Small Business Incubator within PPP modality, recruitment and training of staff.
Total budget 2017 100,000 Funds secured as at June 2015 100,000 MWCSD (EWACC) TBC UNDP SDG-F Funding gap as at June 2015 0
Baseline: Zero Youth Small Business Incubator Target: At least 100 youth-led microbusinesses, 50 per cent of which are female-led, received tailored support that strengthens their sustainability and potential for employment creation.
ILO
MWCSD (EWACC)
Monitor progress, evaluate impact and report on lessons learned and youth employment success stories.
Female and male youth-led microenterprises demonstrate an increase of 15 per cent in income-generation from micro-business activity Small Business Incubator is operating within a Public-Private Partnership modality.
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3.2: Youth entrepreneurship is facilitated by policies, strategies and dialogue that improve the enabling environment for micro- and small business growth, and increase the protection for youth through the legal empowerment of the informal economy.
High-level dialogue on the nature and dimensions of legal exclusion of youth in relation to four thematic areas of legal empowerment – namely access to justice, property rights, labour rights and rights to livelihoods.
Indicators: Strategy and road map for the legal empowerment of the informal economy completed. Baseline: To be established Q2 2015
Development of a strategy and roadmap for legal empowerment of the informal economy.
Conduct trainings for youth within the informal economy to build knowledge of their legal rights and capacity to access the services to which they are entitled.
UNDP
ILO
ILO
Other TBC
Consultations with Government, private sector and SNYC, technical inputs to policy and legislative review and Roadmap, production of knowledge resources, training of target SMEs with youth workers in informal economy.
Total budget 2017 110,000 Funds secured as at June 2015 0 Funding gap as at June 2015 110,000
Target: Gender-sensitive legal empowerment of youth within the informal economy is incorporated into the strategic actions points of the Samoa Youth Employment National Action Plan.
Roadmap with policy and legislative amendments for the empowerment of the informal economy approved by Government.
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Annex 7:
Risk Log
Project Title: One UN Youth Employment Programme (1UN-YEP)
#
Description
1 Existence of funding gaps
Date Identified May 2015
Type
Financial
Impact & Probability Delay in implementing the activities in accordance with timeframe indicated in AWP
Award ID:
Countermeasures / Mgmt response
Date: May 2015
Submitted/ updated by
Last Updated
Ongoing resource mobilization UNDP/ ILO efforts with donors, discussions with the Government, donors and other UN agencies.
Susan Faoagali
May 2015
TRAC funds from UNDP are allocated. Need successful resource mobilization strategies.
Initial Capacity assessment carried out with external partners to identify gaps and needs
UNDP
Susan Faoagali
May 2015
Most external parties, including SBEC, WIBDI have worked succesfully on previous UN programmes. Capacity building inputs will focus on SNYC effective from the start of the UN-YEP
Selected project outputs are UNDP designed to increase resilience to disaster and strengthen adaptation. Maintain clear communication with donors in event of natural disaster affecting project outputs.
Susan Faoagali
May 2015
Ongoing
Initial meeting with all relevant stakeholders will be followed up with regular communication and consultation.
Susan Faoagali
May 2015
Ongoing
Owner
Status
P = Medium, I = High 2 Capacity of Responsible Parties to carry out tasks and activities
Feb 2015
Operational & Programmatic
Challenges in implementing activities relating to all outputs P =Medium, I = High
3 Natural hazards May 2015 cause delay in implementation
Operational & Programmatic
Delay or cancellation of activities and outputs. Loss of financial investments. P = medium I = High
4 Duplication of activities with other stakeholders working in this field
Feb 2015
Operational & Programmatic
Delay in implementing activities, confusion amongst beneficiaries, funding not used effectively P = Low, I = High
UNDP
