The YEP Narrative Reports give an overview over the progress of the project and highlight key achievements.

The Youth and Trade Roadmaps provide a blueprint that aims to tackle the root causes of irregular migration through increased job opportunities and income prospects for youth.

WHAT IS PACKAGING There are many definitions of packaging • Packaging is the process of enclosing or protecting products for distribution, storage, sale, and use. • A package must sell what it protects and protect what it sells. • The fundamental role of packaging is to deliver the product to the consumer in prefect condition. • Packaging protects your product; great packaging protects you...

The Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) supports the creation of quality jobs at home by addressing skill gaps and identifying market opportunities for youth.

The Youth Services Directory provides information about entities that offer training, entrepreneurship and community services to youth in The Gambia.

The Gambian Tech Startup Directory showcases the profiles of the twenty-four startups supported under the YEP Tech Startup Support programme. The startups relying on technology as a core enabling factor were shortlisted upon a call for application launched early January 2019.

Tukki wala tekki fii? Tekki Fii! Go abroad or make it here? Make it here! The Tekki Fii campaign is a movement by Gambians, for Gambians. It’s about helping young people in the country to see the benefits of choosing to ‘make it’ at home rather than risk all that they have to seek opportunities in Europe through irregular migration. Through this campaign, the government is working with the busin...

The Gambia’s community-based tours offer unique opportunities for travelers to enjoy fun and interactive, cultural activities with warm welcoming communities taking part in responsible and inclusive tourism practices.

ITC has launched the SheTrades initiative to create an ecosystem of integrated solutions that empower women economically through trade.

On the occasion of SheTrades Global in Liverpool, YEP sponsored the design of catalogs for five fashion designers.

The objectives of this tracer study are to measure the labour market outcomes of 2015-2016 GTTI graduates, assess the effectiveness of GTTI’s training programmes, understand the employability of graduates, and evaluate how access, quality and relevance of TVET contribute to graduate employability thereby informing the design of future training programmes.

During the inception phase, YEP has identified four key youth employment opportunities and income-generating activities (that meet both market attractiveness criteria and relevance/suitability criteria for the youth). These promising youth employment opportunities include: (1) Processed Groundnut and Cashew (GN); (2) Backyard Poultry Farming (egg and meat); (3) Local Building Materials (Compressed...

The Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) conducted sector-specific economic analyses to identify gaps and opportunities for local producers.

The Global Trade Helpdesk will serve as a one-stop shop for businesses and policymakers to access trade data and practical information on target markets.