Adolescents and youth Program

This is a joint ILO and UNICEF programme which impart life skills and improve employability of youth. Delivered   through   co-curricular   and   non-formal   education   training, UPSHIFT starts with a training where the young participants learn to identify and analyse problems of particular concern to them, and later in the process, develop products or solutions to address them. The most promising  of  the  solutions  are  selected  to  receive  additional  training, mentoring support and seed funding of up to US$150 to further develop their project and bring it to life.

This way, the programme is not only directly benefiting young people, who develop entrepreneurial skills through experimental learning, but also the wider community with the implementation of the solutions created.