Employment Fund Investing in Nepal's Future
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This Annual Report 2013 presents the outcomes and outputs achieved by the Employment Fund (EF) from January to December 2013. It summarises the results achieved with the support of three donors: the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), UKAid from the Department for International Development (DFID), and the World Bank (WB).
The EFis managed by the Employment Fund Secretariat(EFS)/HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation (hereafter referred to as HELVETAS). The EF focuses on providing short-term training to youth in market-oriented technical skills, business skills and life skills in order to enhance their employability. The primary stakeholders of the program are economically poor, outof-school youth. The women are aged 16-40 years and men are aged 16-35 years.
The EF conducted courses for skill training on 75 different occupations in 66 districts through 36 Training and Employment Service Providers (T&Es).Of the 16,446 graduates in 2013, 53% were women and 84% were from disadvantaged groups (DAGs) including 11% Dalits (54% women) and 49% Janajatis (55% women). Of the total graduates, 15,047 took the skill test (NSTB test and local test)which 85% of them passed.
Of the 16,446 graduates in 2013:
- 91% are employed (91% in 2012) in the trade for which they were trained
- 70% have gainful1 employment and are earning an average monthly income of NRs 6,192/- . (In 2012, 67% had gainful employment with an average monthly income of NPR 5,738.)
During 2013, EF piloted two innovative training components:
- “Micro-enterprising for job creation”(MEJC) for 1,190 youth (30% women). About 59% of the graduates established their own enterprise and the job creation ratio was 1:0.48 (Annex 15).
- “Path to Prosperity” (P2P) offering skills training for 1,796 youth (44% women) who were very poor or with special needs. Among these youth, 58%2 found gainful employment.
As in previous years, EF developed and updated a number of occupational profiles, curricula, and training manuals(see chapter 3 and Annex 4). As well, it provided 660 (20% women) trainers and managers with capacity enhancement opportunities. From the annual budget of NPR 663,463,892/-the project spent NPR 608,358,292/-which amounts to a budget utilisation rate of 92%. Since the budget was prepared on an employment rate estimation of 80%, some budget surplus remained.
In 2014, EF plans to train 15,800 youth (50% women) under the two innovative components piloted in 2013 (MEJC and P2P) by providing technical skills training and soft skills training. The external review in May 2013 emphasised the innovative role of EF in the TVET sector, and suggested creating an “Innovative Window” for piloting several innovations in this sector. Piloting of innovative activities will be initiated through the “innovation window”.
As well, EF will continue to collaborate with the World Bank-supported Enhanced Vocational Education and Training (EVENT) project in 2014, and commence collaboration with the Skills Development Project (SDP) implemented by CTEVT. More importantly, EF will concentrate on documenting and compiling its experiences in short-term vocational skills training and employment in Nepal for wider dissemination at the national and international levels.
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