The International Trade Centre (ITC) through the European Union Funded Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) in collaboration with the government of The Gambia and industry partners developed the Youth and Trade Road Map for the Creative Industries to activate job and income opportunities for young Gambians. The Roadmap includes an action plan that guides the project's work and its partners to support s...

Grants up to D50,000 to facilitate acquisition of equipment, materials, licenses and other business critical inputs and assets. Grants are disbursed either as cash or as assets, but asset disbursements will be given priority where feasible. No collateral, interest rate or repayment requirements.

The Youth Empowerment Project (YEP), in partnership with the Social Development Fund (SDF), brings a solution to increase accessibility to finance for youth-led micro, small and medium sized enterprises in The Gambia.

The Call for Proposals is open to private sector entities, institutions, NGOs and research institution, for the project – ‘starting a Tech Hub in The Gambia for digital entrepreneurship’. The objective of the call is to establish a Tech Hub in The Gambia, with the purpose of promoting and strengthening the culture of innovation, fostering and nurturing creative entrepreneurs in the digital economy...

SheTrades in The Gambia enables Gambian women to benefit from economic participation, with a focus on the horticulture and textiles & garments value chains. The project convenes public-private platforms to support women’s economic empowerment, to work with the business support ecosystem to improve their performance and offering, to strengthen the technical and production capacity of women-owned bu...

The International Trade Centre is looking for a Monitoring and Operations Officer to work on the “Jobs, Skills and Finance (JSF) for Women and Youth in The Gambia” Programme. The JSF Programme is funded by the European Union (EU) and facilitates social inclusion and employment of youth and women, with a specific emphasis on promoting gender equality and addressing climate change.

GAIN plans to launch its own website as part of its marketing and branding initiatives to ensure accecessibility to all materials related to the work of the Network. The website platform will provide key information on GAIN to interested persons across the world but also provide a platform for members of the network to get privileged information as well as provide a conduit for companies that are...

THE SECOND APPLICATION PHASE IS NOW OPEN! The International Trade Centre’s SheTrades initiative aims to connect 3 million women entrepreneurs and women-owned businesses to international markets by 2021. Under the umbrella of the SheTrades Initiative, SheTrades Invest is dedicated to supporting fruitful relationships between investors and women entrepreneurs in developing markets. In doing so,...

ITC invites interested bidders to submit quotation for the refurbishment and construction of the following: - Hall (training room refurbishment) and Production room (construction) in Bakoteh, KMC – The Gambia.

As part of our objectives to support capacity development, innovation, creativity and create international market linkages in fashion, weaving and garment industry, the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) in partnership with SheTrades Gambia will support strong candidates in the weaving sub-sector and fashion design to participate on a study tour to Ethiopia and attend SheTrades Global. The objective...

ITC is looking for a Technical Adviser and Coordinator to work on the “Jobs, Skills and Finance (JSF) for Women and Youth in The Gambia” Programme.

The International Trade Centre (ITC) and the Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment (MOTIE) are inviting women-owned businesses in the fashion & textile and horticulture & related sectors to apply to be part of the second cohort to be selected in 2019 to benefit from support packages in 2019 and 2020. SUPPORT PROGRAMME The support programme will include: • Tailored...

NATIONAL YOUTH AGRIBUSINESS AND TOURISM EXPO 2.0 The Gambia has a host of enterprising youth entrepreneurs in diverse sectors of the economy all around the country. In line with GYCC strategic plan 2017-2020, Youth Empowerment Project objective (YEP 2017 -2020), to tackle the economic root cause of irregular migration through increase job opportunity and income prospect for Youth, The German agen...

The Independent Evaluation Unit of ITC (IEU) plans to conduct a midterm evaluation of the ITC its ‘Youth Empowerment Project in The Gambia’. The purpose of this call for expression of interest is to identify a qualified national evaluation consultant to conduct this midterm project evaluation. Therefore, individuals are invited to apply for this assignment.

You ever wanted to get trained in producing and repairing agricultural equipment or were interested in creating solar systems for your home place? Become part of the first courses in the renovated Mansa Konko site!

The ITC invites tenders for the Youth Centers Refurbishment in Farafenni & Janjangbureh. Youth Centres are spaces that act as catalysts for social cohesion in many ways. First, they are a community hub and platform in which youth and children can network and express their views on issues affecting them. Second, they can offer thematic programmes in areas relevant to the youth (e.g. Health, ICT, En...

The Global Youth Innovation Network (GYIN) and the International Trade Center (ITC) in partnership through the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) invite interested candidates to participate in The Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Information Technology (ELIT 2019) National Youth Summer Camp. This opportunity will allow young people to acquire relevant knowledge and skills to start and successfully ma...