Projects Database / Youth Mobilization and Development in Beirut and its Suburbs
Project ID
00059955
Background
The project aims at both rapidly implementing socio-economic recovery activities targeting the youth, as well as enhancing the capacities of institutions (local NGOs and CSOs) at the community level of Beirut and its suburbs, in identifying, prioritizing and implementing socio-economic activities in an autonomous manner.
This target includes youths residing in the disadvantaged areas of Beirut and its suburbs, building their skills to play a leading facilitative role in the development of strategically planned, locally-driven, partnership approaches to rebuilding livelihoods.
The overall objective of the project is to promote social equity and local stakeholders’ empowerment through local employment recovery and livelihood opportunities projects in Beirut and its immediate suburbs.
Achievements & Expected Results
The project will contribute towards three main objectives:
1- To enhance implementation capacities of local stakeholders (NGOs and CSOs) in identifying and providing direct services to recover sustainable livelihoods. Local stakeholders can then select and implement community projects for recovery of livelihoods.
2- To provide skills training for unemployed youths and support job creation through employment/ job search centre, matching demand and supply. The centre will act as the enabling structure to create, enhance and develop skills and competencies of the youths in Beirut and its Suburbs.
3- To rehabilitate (through the trained youth) two underserved Beirut neighborhoods with a focus on the poor and multi-cultural neighborhoods after providing the youth with the proper training on how to enhance the socio-economic capacities for local communities.
The project outcomes consist of:
- A network of qualified youths belonging to neighborhood committees and to Greater Beirut NGOs trained to participate in local community development projects
- A training manual serving as a reference for all members of CSOs on how to design, manage and evaluate development projects and programmes along with the methods of implementation.
- A labor market study developed to decide on the skills needed in the market and help in matching labor supply and demand.
- A database for the youth unemployed and jobs needed to try to match demand and supply is formed
- An employment creation center established to help unemployed youth finding a job and meet the labor supply market, and provide them with the adequate skills and competencies when needed.
- A participatory study developed to determine the 2 areas/ neighborhoods to be upgraded
- Two underserved Beirut neighborhoods rehabilitated by the trained youth
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