UNDP, USAID, Government launch youth and women centres to boost entrepreneurship and employability in Zaqatala
12 June 2019
- The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Government of Azerbaijan opened today in Zaqatala two new regional resource centres in an effort to enhance entrepreneurship and employment in the North-Western part of Azerbaijan.
The new Women’s Resource Centre and Youth Employment and Training (Syslab) Centre will support key development priorities for Azerbaijan in the area of women empowerment and youth employment. The Centres will offer employment opportunities and learning platforms on a range of diverse topics helping women and youth prepare for the labour market.
The initiative is the result of a partnership between UNDP, USAID, Azerbaijan’s State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs and the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Population started in 2015 with the Economic Empowerment for Entrepreneurship and Employment (E4) project financed by USAID and co-financed and implemented by UNDP. The five-year partnership has brought to life a successful Women’s Resource Centre in Masalli and two more Syslab Centres for youth in Masalli and Ganja.
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