USAID’s Building the Potential of Youth Annual Report October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2016 Submission Date: October 30, 2016 Agreement Number: AID-663-A-15-00006 Activity Start Date and End Date: January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2019 AOR: Tahir Gero Submitted by: Olaf Erz, Chief of Party Save the Children Federation, Inc. 899 North Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Tel: 202-640-6600 Email: [email protected] TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ..................................................... 4 1. PROGRAM OVERVIEW/SUMMARY .................................................................... 7 1.1 Program Description ................................................................................................................................. 8 1.2 List of Regions and Woredas ................................................................................................................ 10 2. ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS ................................................... 12 2.1 Progress Narrative ........................................................................................................................................... 12 2.2 Implementation Status .................................................................................................................................... 19 Key Achievements ................................................................................................................................................................ 19 Program Expansion and Start-up Activities ................................................................................................................... 19 Intermediate Result 1: Rigorous evidence base developed to inform USAID and its development partners, including youth, GOE, and NGOs on appropriate, effective and sustainable market driven youth workforce development interventions ............................................................................................................................. 20 Intermediate Result 2: Improved youth access to market relevant skills and experiences to support the transition to safe and viable employment ...................................................................................................................... 41 Intermediate Result 3: Coordinated delivery among local institutions of quality market driven services connecting underserved youth especially women to employment and income opportunities .......................... 56 2. 3 Implementation challenges ............................................................................................................................ 66 3. INTEGRATION OF CROSSCUTTING ISSUES and USAID FORWARD PRIORITIES ............................................................................................................... 68 3. 1 Gender Equality and Female Empowerment ............................................................................................ 68 3. 2 Youth Development (YDV) .......................................................................................................................... 70 3.3 Sustainability Mechanisms ............................................................................................................................... 71 3.4 Local Capacity Development ........................................................................................................................ 73 AID-663-A-15-00006 Year II Annual Report 2 4. STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION AND INVOLVEMENT ........................... 74 5. MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES ........................................ 75 6. LESSONS LEARNED ........................................................................................... 75 7. SUCCESS STORIES ............................................................................................. 79 8. PLANNED ACTIVITIES FOR NEXT YEAR ...................................................... 83 9. ANNEXES .............................................................................................................. 85 AID-663-A-15-00006 Year II Annual Report 3 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS BDS Business Development Services BYOB Be Your Own Boss CTC Community Training Center DECSI Dedebit Credit and saving institution EDC Education Development Center ETB Ethiopian Birr FC Facilitator for Change FGD Focus Group Discussion FTC Farmer Training Center GOE Government of Ethiopia GO Government Organizations HUNDEE HUNDEE-Oromo Grassroots Development Initiative ICT Information Communication Technology IGA Income Generating Activities IR Intermediate Result KII Key Informant Interview LMA Labor Market Assessment M4CD Mobile for Career Development M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MEAL Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning AID-663-A-15-00006 Year II Annual Report 4 MoWCYA Ministry of Women, Children and Youth Affairs MoWIE Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy MoYS Ministry of Youth and Sport MOU Memorandum of Understanding NGO Non-Governmental Organizations OLA Out-of-School Literacy Assessment PADet Professional Alliance for Development in Ethiopia PAT POTENTIAL Addis Team PDP Personal Development Plan POTENTIAL USAID’s Building the Potential of Youth PYD Positive Youth Development REST Relief Society of Tigray SNNPR Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region TOT Training of Trainers TTIs Technical Training Institutes TVET Technical and Vocational Education and Training TVEDO Technical, Vocational Enterprise Development Office USAID United States Agency for International Development USD United States Dollar VCI Value Chain Identification V/YSLA Village Youth Saving and Loan Association AID-663-A-15-00006 Year II Annual Report 5 WBL Work-Based Learning WO Woreda Officers WRN! WorkReadyNow! YES Youth Economic Strengthening YDV Youth Development YF Youth Facilitator YiA Youth in Action AID-663-A-15-00006 Year II Annual Report 6 1. PROGRAM OVERVIEW/SUMMARY Activity Name: USAID’s Building the Potential of Youth Activity Start Date and End Date: January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2019 Save the Children 899 North Capitol St NE Name of Prime Implementing Washington, DC 20002 Partner: Telephone: 202-640-6600 [email protected] Agreement Number: AID-663-A-15-00006 Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), HUNDEE-Oromo Grassroots Development Initiative (HUNDEE), Name of Sub-awardees: Professional Alliance for Development in Ethiopia (PADet), Relief Society of Tigray (REST) Facilitator for Change Ethiopia (FC) Major Counterpart Organizations Geographic Coverage Afar, Amhara, Oromia, SNNPR, Somali, and (cities and or regions) Tigray Reporting Period: October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2016 AID-663-A-15-00006 Year II Annual Report 7 1.1 Program Description Launched in 2015, the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) Building the Potential of Youth Activity (POTENTIAL) is implemented by Save the Children Federation, Inc. (SC) and its partners: Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), HUNDEE-Oromo Grassroots Development Initiative (HUNDEE), Professional Alliance for Development in Ethiopia (PADet), Relief Society of Tigray (REST) and Facilitator for Change Ethiopia (FC). The goal of the activity is to assist unemployed and underemployed youth ages 15-29 to attain skills, knowledge, and social capital that lead to increased income and economic self- sufficiency, with a particular focus on girls and young women. This will be addressed by increasing youths’ access to skill-building and employment promotion services through: 1) targeted assessments to align training with market relevant skill needs; 2) tailored technical and life skills training to create viable livelihoods prospects; and 3) work-based learning. The activity’s proposed strategies and approaches respond to unemployed and underemployed youths’ capacity needs, leverage existing youth development activities, and contribute to improving the quality and accountability of local training and business service providers by ensuring existing entities work in concert. The program is designed to assist USAID Ethiopia meet its development objective: “Unemployed and underemployed Ethiopian youth ages 15-29 in rural areas and towns attain the skills, knowledge, and social capital that lead to increased income and long-term economic self-sufficiency will be achieved by improving access for Ethiopians to basic education, TVET, and practical work experiences and bringing together local stakeholders such as TVET institutions, private sector, youth, and government.” To reach the program goal, the following Intermediate Results will be achieved: AID-663-A-15-00006 Year II Annual Report 8 IR1: Rigorous evidence base developed to inform USAID and its development partners, including youth, Government of Ethiopia (GOE), and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), on appropriate, effective, and sustainable market driven youth workforce development intervention IR2: Improved youth access to market relevant skills and experiences to support the transition to safe and viable employment; and IR3: Coordinated delivery, among local institutions, of quality market driven services connecting underserved youth, especially women, to employment and income opportunities. By the end of 2019, this activity will build the economic self-sufficiency of 34,537 youth across 30 woredas of Afar, Amhara, Oromia, SNNPR, Somali, and Tigray region. AID-663-A-15-00006 Year II Annual Report 9 1.2 List of Regions and Woredas