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Opportunity Salone Programme – Jobs and Growth programme in Sierra Leone

eval_number:

2342525

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2342525

location:

country:

Sierra Leone

region:

Africa

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eval_title:

Opportunity Salone Programme – Jobs and Growth programme in Sierra Leone

recommendations:

date:

2025-05-21 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Enterprises

category:

Small or micro - enterprises

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action_plan:

1. The project has received a 15-month costed extension and 50% of the resources have been allocated to scale up the pilots. 2. A digitalisation programme of VSLAs has been launched to support scale up and formalisation of VSLAs

management_response:

Partially Completed

progress:

Partially achieved

admin_units:

CO-Abuja

title:

2. Allocate additional resources to support SMEs: The project should allocate additional resources to support SMEs that have received training, particularly in accessing finance and markets. Given the recurring concern about finance among SMEs, the ILO should consider scaling-up existing value-chain financing pilots with SMEDA, APEX Bank and invest in strengthening VSLAs as recommended by the Financial Services mapping. This would address the gap and provide immediate benefits to the SMEs.

project_symbols:

SLE/21/01/EUR

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/2342634

information_source:

Country Office

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