To date, over 10,000 youths in Port Moresby have been beneficiaries of the Urban Youth Employment Project (UYEP).
This was revealed during the National Development Forum, hosted by the Consultative Implementation & Monitoring Council (CIMC) last week.
A total of 10,605 youths in the capital city benefited from the project, which began in 2009.
The number exceeds an original target of 10,500.
41 percent of the total participants were women, while Motu Koita youths, who are the target of the project, were 12 percent.
So far, 1,168 trainees successfully graduated from job placement trainings.
Beginning in 2009, UYEP aims to provide urban youth in the capital Port Moresby with income from temporary employment opportunities and to increase their employability through:
- Youth Job Corps supports: i) the identification and selection of disadvantaged, unemployed youth from the National Capital District; ii) life skills for employment training; and iii) public works job placement. Youths will then undertake a two month work placement on a public works sub-project.
- Skills Development and Employment Scheme (SDES) provides On-the-Job Training and market oriented work experience for participating youth. The SDES consists of two Pre-Employment Training (PET) programs followed by On-the-Job Training. One of the PET programs provides opportunities for youths and focus on trade, industrial and commerce related employment. The other provides opportunities for youths to focus on basic bookkeeping, data entry, business practices, and information technology.
The project has resulted in 12,000 trainees with Bank accounts and1,168 trainees successfully graduating from OJT.
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