Mercy Corps Youth Employment

For all MSD4E practitioners and enthusiasts, the MSD4E Landscape Assessment provides a mapping and profiling of MSD4E interventions around the world showcasing current practices, highlighting successes and lessons learned and providing a platform for practitioners to connect and collaborate. ??????'?? ???????? ?????? ?????????????? ???? ??????????????, ?????????????? ????????, ?????? ???? ????????, where Mike Klassen and John van Rhyn will share more on how MSD approaches are being applied to employment. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dk8xV6EW

"It is not common for women to set up businesses. In our community, Armenian women my age are expected to get married and care for their homes and families." says Veronika, a young Armenian woman living in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region in Georgia, who grew her bakery business after being awarded a micro-grant from Enterprise Georgia. Due to work of the Rural Small and Medium Enterprises Development Project (RSMEDP) in Georgia, the micro-grant program has been able to effectively target ethnic- and linguistic-minority micro-enterprises, giving them an opportunity to develop and grow their business ideas and make a decent living for themselves and their families. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dVJbGdNA

Nika runs a family business hotel in Georgia, which thanks to an improved, affordable and diversified range of local financial services offer, has sustainably grown. This is one of the hundreds of SMEs that are expanding, creating jobs, improving working conditions, and are becoming more resilient as a result of the work of the Rural Small and Medium Enterprises Development Project (RSMEDP) in Georgia. Read Nika's story, and read the full learning brief here: https://lnkd.in/dZVbRphz https://lnkd.in/d6evp2WZ

Climate change is impacting the future of work, be it in shrinking the quantity and quality of work directly relying on ecosystem services, be it in the growth of the green sectors and demand for labor and new skills! In the midst of this, the most vulnerable remain disproportionately affected by environmental disasters, and similarly most of them are not benefiting from the growth driven by climate change! In an in-depth look at climate and future of work, Sandrine Chetail-Armour offers perspective on how we can support vulnerable populations, and vulnerable countries to mitigate the impact of climate change on employment. https://lnkd.in/dZZPWVdQ

'Current narratives from climate action campaigns and commitments around livestock production are biased, lacking input from communities they seek to change and failing to apply a much needed climate justice lens...Recognizing pastoralism as a dynamic, resilient and ecologically-based economy can highlight its potential to advance climate adaptation and mitigation role.' Read more on Mercy Corps' Approach to Food Security and Livestock Emissions Debate in this compelling piece by Tracey L. Compton: https://lnkd.in/duGYg9Y4

Jobtech platforms are playing and will continue to play a critical role in the future of work in Africa. For young women like Meklit, joining a digital job-matching platform (Afriwork), would mean getting professional experience during studies, earning income to cover expenses and becoming a pillar of economic support for the family. Read her encouraging story and learn more about the approach of LIWAY programme to make digital job matching services relevant, accessible and attractive to young people. https://lnkd.in/dVX2HXBv

"Over 15 years-Mercy Corps Ethiopia developed an Islamic finance ecosystem to address not only access to financial services (proximity, affordability, and convenience) but also impact (uptake, usage, and quality)". ? Accelerating #financialinclusion required understanding of the behavioral economics and aiming at a paradigm shift through partnerships, collaboration and innovation. For the lowland regions of Ethiopia this meant, introduction of sharia-compliant financial services; introduction of basic digital financial services; and comprehensive transformation of digital financial services. Read more in this blog piece by Sambou Coly, Director Financial Inclusion, Mercy Corps. https://lnkd.in/dH8FqikY

"What can you do when there aren't enough jobs for the growing population and training more people only creates a larger pool of higher-skilled unemployed people?" Tracey L. Compton reflects on how the Jobtech Alliance, an ecosystem-building initiative steered by Mercy Corps and BFA Global, is responding to the 'youthquake' in Africa, to ensure that unemployed and underemployed young people across the continent can find quality work through digital platforms. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gS5KgCtu

We recently shared how LIWAY a project focused on women and youth employment in Ethiopia, collaborated with a digital platform to sustainably connect gig workers to customers. ?????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????????????? ???????? ?????? ?????????????????????? The story of ??????????, a young woman from Ethiopia who found work because of the gig platform, showcases the core of this intervention: the jobs were there, and people were searching for jobs, but the two were not effectively connected. #InterventionSpotlight

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