Boosting Green Employment and Enterprise Opportunities
in Ghana (GrEEn)

December 2020

“The idea behind GrEEn is simple: the lack of job opportunities pushes young people to look
for a better future far from home. Climate change makes things worse by taking away themain source of livelihood in many communities”

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTMINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT(MLGRD)
SNV NETHERLANDS DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION AND
UNITED NATIONS CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND (UNCDF)

2019-2023
20,600,000
20,000,000.00

In sub-Saharan Africa and in particular in Ghana,adverse drivers of migration include natural andhuman-made crises, rural poverty, foodinsecurity, inequality, unemployment, lack ofsocial protection as well as natural resources
depletion due to environmental degradationand climate change, which are some underlying
causes of out migration.
The project aims at creating greater economicand employment opportunities for youth,
women and returning migrants by promoting
and supporting sustainable, green businesses inselected regions (Ashanti and Western). GrEEn isimplemented under the European Union
Emergency Trust Fund (EUTF) for Africa.

The action is aligned with the EUTF overall objectiveof addressing root causes of irregular migration anddisplaced persons in Africa, and more specifically its
strategic objective n°1 to create greater economicand employment opportunities.
The project seeks to contribute to addressing theroot causes of irregular migration by supporting
sustainable and climate resilient local economies,
green jobs and development in regions of departure,transit and return. The project will be implemented in
the Ashanti and Western regions of Ghana.
More specifically, the action aims to promote job
creation and support the greening of businesses forsustainable and climate resilient local economies. It
will focus on the following specific objectives.
Specific objective 1: To support the transition of local
economies to green and climate resilient
development.
Specific objective 2: To improve the employability
and entrepreneurship capabilities of selected people,
by matching them with market opportunities andmentoring them into (self-)employment andenterprise development (with a focus on green andclimate resilient local economies).
Specific objective 3: To create and strengthen local
ecosystems that support youth (self-)employment
and the development of MSMEs.

SNV and UNCDF’s joint action focuses on creatingclimate resilient communities, addressing skills gaps
and increasing access to finance of selected returnees,
youth and women, while supporting job creation andself-employment opportunities with a focus on MSMEs
creating decent and sustainable jobs. To achieve this,SNV and UNCDF will concentrate on the following
results:•R1: Local economies are stimulated and shortterm job opportunities for youth, women andreturnees are created through green andclimate resilient investments;•R2: Employability and entrepreneurshipcapabilities of youth, women and returnees areimproved
insectors
ofeconomic
opportunities, for the benefit of green andclimate resilient local economies;•R3: Increased access and usage of financial
services, leveraging remittances, adapted to
the needs of (i) youth, women and returnees
benefiting from cash for work schemes and (ii)local communities and MSMEs;•R4: SMEs, offering decent and sustainable jobs
to youth, women and returnees, are incubatedand/or accelerated and contribute to green
and climate resilient local economies.

UNCDF will focus on R1 and R3 whereas SNV will focus
on R2 and R4.

Contact Details: SNV Headquarters / UNCDF

greenghana@snv.org / green.ghana@uncdf.org@snvghana / @UNCDF

https://www.snv.org/country/ghana
https://www.uncdf.org/green@snvghana / @UNCDF@europeinghana / @UNCDF