Project Fact Sheet

Project Name: "Professional capacity building of young people in the agricultural sector"

Project Value: Total cost of the project 141,767.32€; Co-financing: No

Duration: Start Date: 03/01/2018 End Date: 31/12/2019 Organisation Initiative for Agricultural Development of - IADK

NGOs contacts: E-mail: [email protected], Phone: +386 (0) 49 777 046; +377 (0) 044 198 056 Address, email, telephones, Adress: Sfaraçak i Ulët, no.11, 42000 Vushtrri – Kosova website

Target groups: The first group are youth in rural areas who have not been able to attend higher education, who are engaged in agriculture or have the potential to engage in agricultural activities.

The second group are youth who have completed or are completing higher education in the field of agriculture or food technology.

Partners (if applicable): N/A

Target Area: Drenas, , Kamenica , Viti, Podujeva, Mitrovica , Rahovec, , Istog and

Overall Objective: Integration of youth into the active labour market

Activities: Activity 1. Capacity building for young people Activity 1.1: Information Sessions Activity 1.2 Professional Youth Training in Different Agriculture Sectors Activity 1.3: Supporting youth with essential equipment for work Activity 1.4: Organizing study visits in Kosovo Activity Internship for youth / students Activity 1.5 Placement and internship of youth Activity 6 Publications Activity 6.1 Information leaflet Activity 6.2 Visibility material. Expected Results: 1. 320 youth have increased their professional capacities through participation in training in certain sectors of agriculture and support with essential equipment for work that will help them to increase production capacities on their farm; 2. 320 youth who are engaged in the agricultural sector will apply new work practices during agricultural production, thus affecting the productivity and quality of the products; 3. 320 youth benefit from experience in different sectors during the study visits conducted in Kosovo; 4. 30 youth who have completed the university will complete internships have advanced professional knowledge and have more favourable opportunities for access to the labour market;

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