Promotion of formal innovative and sustainable enterpremeurship in Senegal and in Gambia
Gambia
Status
FinalisationAid type
Contributions to specific-purpose programmes and funds managed by implementing partnersGambia
Location
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€ 1,360,001
Committed
Committed
€ 1,360,001
Used
Used
Description
The project will contribute to the promotion of decent work for young women and men through sustainable enterprise development and formalisation in Senegal and The Gambia. Given the different contexts, specific and need-based initiatives will be implemented in the two countries. In Senegal, formalisation measures will be proposed to national stakeholders, informal agricultural operators in Dakar’s peri-urban areas and waste pickers of the Dakar’s landfill will be supported to organise themselves, improve their business practices and technical skills, and will be assisted to access social protection schemes. In The Gambia, young existing and potential male and female entrepreneurs in the Greater Banjul area, West Coast and North Bank Region will improve their business practices and knowledge of social protection and enterprise formalisation schemes. The project has two specific objectives, which are related to the specific initiatives to be carried out in the two target countries. Immediate Objective 1: Informal agricultural operators and waste pickers in the peri-urban area of Dakar (Senegal) are better structured, have improved their productivity and have a better access to markets and social protection. This project’s component, on the one hand, will support existing and potential sustainable and formal enterprises including cooperative enterprises managed by young women and men in Dakar peri-urban areas, through the development of a key agro-ecological value chain, coupled with the delivery of a set of specific services and social protection mechanisms. On the other hand, it will support informal waste pickers, working in the Mbeubeuss landfill, in their formalisation process through the creation of market oriented cooperatives. As a central focus, the project will strengthen the capacity of local institutions and enhance their capacity to foster a conducive business environment for the project’s target group, which facilitates a transition to formality and linkages to formal markets. Senegalese relevant providers will be supported to offer quality services to the project’s indirect beneficiaries to allow them to establish sustainable and formal enterprises and membership-based organizations, including cooperatives in the selected agro-ecological value chain and in the waste management sector. The project will complement business-oriented activities with interventions aimed at reinforcing existing social protection of their workers, preventing gender-based violence, promoting decent employment opportunities and increasing the understanding of women's socio-economic rights. Immediate Objective 2: Young existing and potential entrepreneurs in the Greater Banjul Area, West Coast Region and North Bank Region (The Gambia) have improved their entrepreneurial skills and have a better knowledge of the benefits of formalisation and of social protection. With the aim of promoting entrepreneurship among the youth in The Gambia, the project will support the GCCI in enhancing its offer of business development and referral services. The strategy therefore aims to promote formal and productive enterprises, through boosting the entrepreneurial spirit of young Gambian women and men. This project component will target specifically young women and men potential entrepreneurs, who can spark economic revival, improve livelihoods and address the gaps in gender equality. The targeted existing young male and female and potential entrepreneurs will be equipped with entrepreneurial and business development skills, greater inspiration and a mind-set change in order to create and develop sustainable and formal enterprises. GCCI business advisors will be trained on the Generate Your Business Idea (GYBI) and Start Your Business (SYB), in order to know how to formalize a society.
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| Year | Committed | Used |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | € 0 | € 697,247 |
| 2021 | € 1,360,001 | € 662,754 |
Agency
| Type | Name | Channel code |
|---|---|---|
| Government | AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development | 11000 |
Channel reported
| Type | Name | Channel code |
|---|---|---|
| Multilateral | ILO - INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION ALT | 41302 |
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