UN Joint Program on Decent Jobs for Youth FN-gemensamt program för ungdomssysselsättning ILO har tillsammans FAO, utarbetat ett gemensamt program med namnet Decent Jobs and Improved Food Security through Development of Sustainable Rural Enterprises. FN i Zambia, via ILO, inkom under 2013 med en ansökan om finansiering från Sida om motsvarande 46,075 SEK för att implementera detta program under perioden 2013-17. 

Det övergripande målet med insatsen är att bidra till att adressera den höga arbetslöshet som möter ungdomar och då speciellt inom den formella sektorn.
Ambassaden tog beslut om finansiering av insatsen med villkoret att projektet delas in i två faser: fas ett som en uppstartsfas på 12 månader och med en budget på 17,4 MSEK. Den sammanlagda budgeten för insatsen är 7,4 million USD, Sidas finansierar 7 MUSD av dessa, ILO bidrar med 200 000 USD och FAO bidrar med 100 000 USD, resterande 100 000 USD finansieras av andra lokala samarbetspartners. The International labour Organisation (ILO) together with a fellow UN agency, the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) developed a joint programme on “ Decent Work and Food Security through Rural Youth Entrepreneurship Development in Zambia”. ILO as a lead agency applied to Sida for funding amounting to 46,075 MSEK (approximately $7 million USD) to implement this programme during the period 2013-17. The objective of this intervention is to contribute to addressing the high unemployment challenges faced by the youth especially in the formal sectors.

Sida approved the proposal with the condition that the project would be divided into two phases: Phase 1 was the inception and lasted 12 months with the budget of 17,4 MSEK. The second phase of the programme is the implementation phase to last 36 months. Financing of the second phase is subject to the following conditions. The intervention’s total budget is approximately $7,4 million USD, out of which Sida’s contribution is $7,million US dollars and the remaining $400,000 US dollars is contributed by ILO ($200,000 USD), FAO ($100,000 USD) and ($100,000) other local partners. The interventions has three objectives as follows;
Objective 1: A more enabling business environment for young entrepreneurs to start and formalise businesses in soybean and aquaculture. This objective covers three outputs: the policy and regulatory environment; stakeholder exposure to knowledge; and awareness of business opportunities in the sectors.
Objective 2: More young people respond to economic opportunities in soybeans and aquaculture market systems
This objective also covers three outputs: Development of effective input supply systems; Increased supply of non-financial business development support services; and technical skills development for young entrepreneurs.
Objective 3: Value chain development partners along the Soy Beans and Aquaculture value chains collaborate and coordinate effectively and efficiently
This objective required Yapasa to continue to work with SoPAG (Association for Soya Beans stakeholders) and in conjunction with Food Trade East and Southern Africa. YAPASA also worked with ADAZ (Association for Fish stakeholders). ADAZA maintains stakeholder coordination forums and worked well together with Young Emerging Farmers Initiative (YEFI). Further, Yapasa worked with a small group of agro dealers, fish feed and fingerling suppliers, together with staff of the Department of Fisheries to run the series of demonstrations.