Rural Employment
Why a community of practice on rural employment?
Employment is a critical issue which lately has been elevated on the political agenda, in development cooperation in general and by the G20 with German leadership in particular.
Clearly, employment has many facets to it. Within GIZ the subject is therefore covered by a number of different departments, looking at it from different vantage points and on the basis of various professional competencies, altogether making it a diverse, complex and challenging area of expert exchange.
The CoP aims to attract this diversity of thematic GIZ experts and external consultants to work on solutions to the somewhat daunting issue of job creation for youngsters in rural areas of Africa. The all-encompassing approach will utilize GIZ’s vast potential in thematic and methodological knowledge and experiences.
The network strengthens advisory services to BMZ and enriches GIZ structures with solid implementation practice.
Active participation will contribute to raising the impact of many projects.
Key data in and around rural unemployment
- Altogether, there are 1.2 billion young people aged 15 to 24 today, making it the largest young generation of all times. Youngsters make up the largest part of the population in many developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia where most of them live in rural areas. The numbers are still on the rise even with urbanization going on. To address rural youth unemployment it is crucial to focus on creating new job opportunities as well as improving existing ones.
- The majority of working youths are poor, vulnerable and under-employed. They mainly work menial jobs, often in the informal sector. An estimated 440 million young people will enter African rural labor markets by 2030.
- It will be essential stimulate the demand for labour, especially for rural labour, as well as to enhance labour market services.
- More employment of male and female rural workers is necessary to achieve per capita income increases.
Mode of interaction
Throughout most of the year, the community of practice meets virtually, mainly using the means of webinars to enable the exchange of knowledge within GIZ but also to connect with external employment experts.
Who can join?
This community of practice is for everyone working in the field of rural employment, some of which might have a particular focus on youth. It is for everyone who wants to actively share knowledge and discuss. There are presentations of good practices and failures as well as information on recent developments in and around the subject of rural employment in Africa.
MISES À JOUR
Produits
A fact sheet to achieve more employment and better incomes
Themeninfo zu Erreichung von mehr Beschäftigung und höheren Einkommen
Good practices and lessons from GIZ Programmes on rural youth employment
A handbook to support the organisation development of youth groups.
Un manuel pour soutenir le développement organisationnel, basé sur des expériences dans l’ouest du Kenya
Um Manual de Apoio ao Desenvolvimiento Organizacional, com base em Experiências no Quénia Ocidental
A handbook to support the organisational development of youth groups
Practical Guidelines for Measuring Employment Effects
VIDÉOS
Gender in Value Chains — Webinar Recording
Why are gender topics critical for value chain development?
Rural Youth Employment – The Next Big Thing in Development Cooperation?
Stefan Schmitz elaborates on the G20 rural youth employment initiative and German collaboration activity, where the subject will receive special attention from now on
The New ValueLinks 2.0: What Does It Offer and How Can It Be Used?
The webinar had a look at selected topics of the new ValueLinks 2.0 manual. Participants were invited to suggest areas for a close-up at the upcoming series of webinars on agricultural value chains
Leveraging ICT to Attract Unemployed Youths to Agribusinesses — Webinar Recording
Ken Lohento presented concrete options for agriculture development projects to make proper use of ICTs to create thought-after employment along agri-value chains in rural areas
The Science-Policy Interface for Climate-Smart Agriculture in Action: What Are the Lessons Learned?
Gerd Fleischer describes the direction of agricultural research and policy advice provided by GIZ to ministries in Germany and developing countries
The Most Pressing Issue in Rural Development — Ousmane Djibo
Each year 20m youths will be entering African labour market in the coming decades, while only 3m are expected to be able to find jobs. In this in-depth interview the manager of the sector project Agricultural Policy and Food Security, calls for more innovative initiative to ensure that these generations will have an opportunity for a better life.
