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Public Private Development Partnership for Renewable Energy Skills Training and Women Economic Empowerment in Somalia - Final evaluation

eval_number:

3482

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3482

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Skills development

category:

Employment

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comments:

The donor, ILO, the government, partners as well as other relevant stakeholders, Technical Officers, Monitoring and Evaluation Officers.

challenges:

A number of factors, including the physical and political environment to encumber women’s participation in enterprise unless addressed. Economic realities which reinforce them and restrict women’s access to technical and business skills training and the institutions which require proficient trainers, ought to be addressed.

success:

The women trained on business management which enables them to carry out profitable businesses. They have been trained on various aspects of business management, enabling them to be independent in carrying out their activities without reliance on donors.

context:

There are low levels of skills among women entrepreneurs in Somali, mainly due to lack of training opportunities, lack of access to capital, and lack of networks for support and advocacy.

description:

Development of livelihoods focused on hands on trade crafts and blending with business management skills is a recipe for success and buy-in fragile habitats. The project employed multi sectoral approach in its design and implementation.

administrative_issues:

The existence of project partners, government, Trade unions and the trainers worked well in guiding the project implementation and components with the aim of ensuring realization of benefits to the target groups.

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/253529

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location:

country:

Somalia

region:

Africa

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eval_title:

Public Private Development Partnership for Renewable Energy Skills Training and Women Economic Empowerment in Somalia - Final evaluation