Youth employment PPDP - GeraSol - GeraSol M&E support Undomssysselsättning PPDP - GeraSol The Green Jobs for Youth in Northern Mozambique (GeraSol) project is implemented by SNV. It targets youth employment and entrepreneurship in the decentralized renewable energy (DRE) sector in the three 
Mozambican provinces of Niassa, Nampula and Cabo Delgado. The project is a Public 
Private Development Partnership.
The project has the following 4 specific objectives, aligned to the project’s pathways and long-term outcomes:

1. Increase access to market aligned skills for the DRE sector for young people. The project will provide certified training to 3,000 young people (85% male/up to 15% female).

2. Identify and match 2,000 trained young people with wage-earning and self-employment jobs within the DRE sector that fit their needs and aspirations.

3. Supporting 3 companies to better identify, train, and retain young people who can grow their business and energy access outcomes as part of their expansion plans in Northern

4. Develop and share a public-private energy sector partnership model that may be replicable in other regions. This includes increased capacity of the TVET partner -ICIN-, the documentation of lessons learned, and the engagement of key stakeholders with the needs and voice of young people. Projektet "Green Jobs for Youth in Northern Mocambique (GeraSol)" implementeras av SNV, och syftar till att skapa ungdomssysselsättning och entreprenörskap inom sektorn för förnybar energi (DRE) i de tre Moçambikiska provinserna Niassa, Nampula och Cabo Delgado. Projektet är en s.k. "PPDP"  och bygger på samverkan mellan det privata näringslivet och offentliga aktörer.

Projektet har följande fyra, övergripande mål som är anpassade till projektets olika komponenter och långsiktiga resultat:

1. Öka tillgången till marknadsanpassad kompetens för DRE-sektorn för ungdomar. Projektet kommer att tillhandahålla certifierad utbildning till 3 000 ungdomar 

2. Identifiera och matcha 2 000 utbildade ungdomar med avlönat arbete och jobb som egenföretagare inom DRE-sektorn 

3. Stödja tre företag för att bättre identifiera, utbilda och behålla unga människor som kan öka sin verksamhet och få tillgång till energi som en del av deras expansionsplaner norra Mocambique

4. Utveckla och dela en partnerskapsmodell för den offentlig-privata energisektorn som kan vara replikerbar i andra regioner. The primary impact of the project is for "Green jobs for young people to contribute towards a sustainable and inclusive development in Northern Mozambique". This is achieved via supporting young people to develop market aligned skills, access green jobs opportunities, while growing the Distributed Renewable Energy (DRE) sector and lowering the risk of recruitment by non-state violent actors (NSVA). Complementary goals include increased energy access and climate mitigation.

The project has the following 4 specific objectives, aligned to the projects pathways and long-term outcomes:

1. Increase access to market aligned skills for the DRE sector for young people. The project will provide certified training to 3,000 young people (85% male/up to 15% female).

2. Identify and match 2,000 trained young people with wage-earning and self-employment jobs within the DRE sector that fit their needs and aspirations.

3. Supporting 3 companies to better identify, train, and retain young people who can grow their business and energy access outcomes as part of their expansion plans in Northern

4. Develop and share a public-private energy sector partnership model that may be replicable in other regions. This includes increased capacity of the TVET partner -ICIN-, the documentation of lessons learned, and the engagement of key stakeholders with the needs and voice of young people.

GeraSol proposes a Public Private Development Partnership that helps mobilise the private sector and pro-actively engages with the public sector to improve the quality and availability of jobs for young people, by increasing access to skill development opportunities and supporting businesses to include a more diverse groups of young people. Young people will be less susceptible to recruitment by violent non-state actors by having access to increased decent work opportunities and improved energy access.