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Title:

Green Growth - Empowering Youth for a Green Future

Agreement Number:

7465822 P014622001

Agreement Value:

$7,000,000.00

Agreement Date:

Mar 3, 2025 - Mar 31, 2030

Description:

This project aims to increase the economic participation and resilience of 18,400 disadvantaged youth (10,915 young women and 1,050 youth living with disabilities) in Ethiopia, Rwanda and Somalia. It does so by providing them with the skills and support needed to succeed in the growing green economy. The project aims to improve the teaching capacity of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions by revising curricula and providing technical and material support, particularly in emerging and green skills. It also supports disadvantaged youth gain marketable skills needed to successfully find and sustain employment through financial support for TVET enrollment, entrepreneurship training, and employability skills training. The project also seeks to increase formal employment and entrepreneurship opportunities by providing business development services, internship placements or access to waged jobs. It also aims to enhance the capacity of labour market actors and financial institutions or

Organization:

Global Affairs Canada

Expected Results:

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) improved provision of quality gender-sensitive technical and vocational education, including trainings in green skills, for disadvantaged youth in Ethiopia, Somalia and Rwanda; (2) enhanced marketable skills among disadvantaged youth, especially green skills among young women in Ethiopia, Somalia and Rwanda; and (3) increased formal employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for disadvantaged youth, especially for young women in the green economy in Ethiopia, Somalia and Rwanda.

Location:

OTTAWA, Ontario, CA K1N 7A2

Reference Number:

064-2024-2025-Q4-A0075

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Business Number:

3200000000000

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Additional Information:

Belated reporting.

Recipient's Legal Name:

SOS Children's Villages Canada

Federal Riding Name:

Ottawa—Vanier—Gloucester

Federal Riding Number:

35081

Program:

Contributions-Partnership Programming

Program Purpose:

Contribution Programmation partenariat