2019 Opportunities for Youth Employment International ConferenceMaking markets work for youth
Conference information:
About Opportunities for Youth Employment approach
Attendees at the conference will get an overview of the specific youth employment approaches that SNV has been implementing for the past 6 years in several countries, including in Mali with the EJOM project (in partnership with ICCO, WASTE and APEJ).
Meet some of our young entrepreneurs:
Mariam
After a business and marketing training, she now has a clear entrepreneurial vision to grow her business.
Mali
Aminata
Proud to create job opportunities for other women in her hometown.
Mali
Elizabeth
Starting a leather workshop with OYE.
Tanzania
Hissam
From an "unemployed with a diploma" to a "young entrepreneur in the making".
Mali
Rosalie
Bringing solar energy to rural Rwanda with a smile.
Rwanda
Aminata
With a doubled weekly production, she is now on her way to become an entrepreneur.
Mali
Haidara
Dreaming to clean up Bamako by turning waste into useful products.
Mali
Farmers in sneakers
Farmers and entrepreneurs...in sneakers!
Rwanda
Zantigui
Developing a waste company to promote recycling.
Mali
Mariam
An independent entrepreneur back at school
to expand her business.
Mali
Where SNV currently implements OYE projects:
Read our blogs:
Diving into OYE, what makes the approach tick
Interview with Tom Derksen, SNV Managing Director for Youth
Strength in partnership - reflecting on the OYE approach
Blog by Jean Muthamia-Mwenda, SNV Global Youth Coordinator
Evaluator concludes: SNV’s youth employment approach works
The OYE push-match-pull approach.
The OYE story
Interview with ‘Mister OYE’ - Roy van der Drift.
Creating success for more than 16,000 young people