PROSPECTS – Improving Prospects for Host Communities and Forcibly Displaced Persons in Ethiopia (Opportunity Fund Phase 2)

PROSPECTS is a partnership and a multi-year programme financed by the Government of the Netherlands and brings together the IFC, ILO, UNICEF, UNHCR and the World Bank to address crucial and emerging challenges of protracted displacement, in close coordination with the governments of the hosting countries. The Partnership focuses on four areas of intervention that enable forcibly displaced persons to overcome their specific vulnerabilities and host communities to pursue their own development efforts in transformed environments. These are: education and learning; employment; protection; and critical infrastructure. Opportunity Fund was introduced as an instrument to strengthen closer cooperation between the PROSPECTS Partners at country, regional or global levels in Phase 1 of PROSPECTS. The Netherlands kept the same instrument in Phase 2 to scale-up projects that have proven successful but also support innovative pilots testing new programming and policy approaches. As a result of this process, ILO has become part of various Opportunity Fund projects at country, regional (on durable solutions) and global levels. This country project entitled " Promoting Inclusive Employment through Skills Development, Digital Connectivity and Innovation for Forcibly Displaced Persons and Host Community Youth in Ethiopia" aims to enhance the self-reliance and resilience of FDPs and host community youth by promoting inclusive access to education, digital connectivity, skills development, and sustainable livelihoods. It seeks to equip marginalized adolescents and youth with the tools to participate meaningfully in the digital economy and labor market, leveraging each agency’s strengths to address structural exclusion and unlock youth potential as drivers of recovery and social cohesion.

Project symbol

ETH/25/50/NLD

Admin unit

CO-Addis Ababa

Start date

01/12/2025

End date

31/12/2027

Total allocation

2475247

Total expenditure

Status

Active

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Development Partners

Netherlands, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Country/Countries

Ethiopia

Outcomes

Outcome 3: Full and productive employment for just transitions