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Hey YEP community! Here's our platform to get you up to speed on our progress. Pop by regularly as we update our blog on the ongoings of the project.

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Promoting employment opportunities in Gambia’s agri-foods through food safety (B179)

The International Trade Center (ITC) and the Food Safety and Quality Authority of The Gambia (FSQA) are embarking on a 3-year journey to skill, equip and deploy young entrepreneurs in nation-wide food safety schemes. The initiative is part of a wider agri-food-related business start-up and improvement support programmes aiming to foster employment generation, economic growth and development in The Gambia.

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Quality as a catalyst for growth and employment

Quality as a catalyst for growth and employment

[Banjul, The Gambia– 4 October 2017] The Gambia Standards Bureau (TGSB) and the International Trade Centre (ITC) joined forces to train a new generation of youth leaders in quality management. The partnership will invest in 15 young Gambians to become trainers in quality management, train 50 youths in North Bank Region and Central River Region and train 10 youths as Auditors of the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System standards.

The Training of Trainers started on 2 October with a group of 20 young Gambians. “Quality consciousness and excell...

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He started with five chickens, today he has more than 11,000 birds

Meet Muhammad Sanyang, a 24-year-old Gambian poultry entrepreneur who set up his business ten years ago. Today he is a supplier to the country's tourism industry and now works to support the Youth Empowerment Project, a joint initiative between ITC, EuropeAid and the Gambian government.

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