Youth Employment Transformation Initiative Project

The objective of the Youth Employment Transformation Initiative Project in Nepal is to improve employment services and labor market outcomes, especially for youth. This project has three components. Component 1: Strengthening of employment promotion systems and services. The objective is to support the Government of Nepal (GoN) in building a platform for a systematic approach to provision of employment promotion services. Subcomponent 1a: Increasing access to employment opportunities. This subcomponent will support effective and systematic provision of employment promotion and unemployment support services by strengthening the Employment Service Center (ESC) in the Local Levels (LL) to deliver their functions. Subcomponent 1b: Developing a holistic National Employment Management Information System (NEMIS). This subcomponent will support development of a holistic NEMIS for the efficient and effective functioning of employment promotion services. Component 2: Improving labor market outcomes of the vulnerable. This component aims to support skills and productivity enhancement for poor and vulnerable job seekers through temporary employment with on-the-job training and life-skills training, aligned to the Prime Minister’s Employment Program (PMEP). Component 3: Project management, monitoring and evaluation, and capacity building. This component will support (a) the establishment and maintenance of effective implementation and coordination arrangements at the federal, provincial and local levels; (b) the setup of an Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) mechanism to track the progress (spot checks, beneficiary feedback mechanisms, a grievance redress system, and policy reviews) and conduct evaluations (including a robust impact evaluation); (c) conducting regular sector policy reviews; and (d) capacity-building programs for project implementation, management, Prime Minister’s Employment Program (PMEP) service delivery, and cross-component activities.