INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FUND PROGRAMME (YDF) (примерный перевод: ИНДИВИДУАЛЬНЫЙ КОНСУЛЬТАНТ ОЦЕНКИ ПРОГРАММЫ ФОНДА МОЛОДЕЖНОГО РАЗВИТИЯ (YDF)) (Ботсвана - Тендер #5151881) | ||
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Страна: Ботсвана (другие тендеры и закупки Ботсвана) Организатор тендера: United Nations Procurement Notices (UNDP) Номер конкурса: 5151881 Дата публикации: 14-06-2019 Источник тендера: Тендеры Организации Объединенных Наций |
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INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FUND PROGRAMME (YDF) | ||
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Procurement Process : | Other | |
Office : | BOTSWANA - BOTSWANA | |
Deadline : | 26-Jun-19 | |
Posted on : | 14-Jun-19 | |
Development Area : | OTHER | |
Reference Number : | 56642 | |
Link to Atlas Project : 00045232 - Governance Programme |
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Overview :
The Government of Botswana is currently implementing the Youth Development Fund (YDF) through the Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Sport & Culture Development. YDF offers unemployed youth up to $10,000 grants to start income generating projects and businesses. The Fund’s objectives are: promotion of active participation of youth in the socio-economic development; encouragement of youth to venture into sustainable and viable income generating projects; promotion of competitive, sustainable and growth-oriented youth enterprises; reduction of rural-urban migration; and creation of sustainable employment opportunities for young people. Annually, Government invests $12 million on this program. In 2015 MYSC conducted a YDF Tracer Study which aimed to understand the factors that affect the success of different youth enterprise development, support, interventions and offer lessons for informing future programme refinement. The Tracer Study revealed that only 40% of YDF funded projects survive the first 18 months of their operation. Furthermore, the study noted some achievements and success stories reached through the YDF, but also indicated challenges facing youth such as lack of entrepreneurial and business management skills, lack of technical support, poor repayment rate, administrative deficiencies including poor monitoring controls to manage performance of the funded projects and limited resources within the programme. Other assessments by the Ministry revealed that the fund is owed over P360m by beneficiaries who received funding since inception. The Ministry targets to collect P6 million per year from funded projects and alignment to other national and international reporting systems to inform decision making processes. In light of the above, UNDP is supporting the MYSC to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of YDF programme. The evaluation will be done under the auspices of a project titled the “Support to the Fulfillment of Human Rights, Access to Justice and Empowerment of Women and Youth Project” (2018 – 2021) (“the Project”). |