youth employment programme€¦ · programme outcome youth in samoa, inclusive of those who ......

Samoa ‘One United Nations’

YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMME

supported by:

United Nations Development Programme

International Labour Organisation

Food and Agriculture Organisation

United Nations Educational, Scientific

and Cultural Organization

United Nations Volunteers

2

Project Overview

Programme Country Samoa

Proposal Name/Title One United Nations (Samoa) Youth Employment Programme (YEP)

Programme Area Youth Empowerment

Programme Duration 3 Years

Anticipated Start/End Dates 26th June 2015 – 31st December 2017

Fund Management Option NIM

Convening Agency UNDP

Administrative Agency UNDP

Total Budget (USD) 3,700,000

Joint Programme Financing Agency Requested Agency Contribution

UNDP Samoa 289,000 289,000

ILO Pacific 239,500 239,500

UNDP SDG-F 500,000 500,000

Other TBC 2,671,500 TBC

Totals 3,700,000 1,028,500

Programme Outcome Youth in Samoa, inclusive of those who are marginalised from mainstream economic activities, secure productive employment and decent work and contribute to sustainable and resilient economic growth.

Programme Outputs

1. A technologically enabled ‘Youth Employment Network’ that provides youth with information and employment services to facilitate their successful entry to the labour market.

2. Youth have the knowledge and skills required to access employment opportunities created by climate change adaption strategies and within the local economic development value chains relating to agriculture, creative industries and community-based tourism.

3. Youth-led micro- and small businesses are strengthened as a result of tailored and comprehensive support services, which include policies, strategies and dialogue that facilitate an enabling environment for the growth of micro- and small businesses and enhance the protection for youth through the legal empowerment of the informal economy.

4

Table of Contents

Project Overview ................................................................................................................... 2

Brief Description ..........................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.

1. Situation Analysis ........................................................................................................... 7

1.1 Socio-economic situation ............................................................................................................ 7

1.2 Labour force and employment creation ..................................................................................... 8

1.3 Youth demographics ................................................................................................................. 10

1.4 Youth unemployment................................................................................................................ 10

1.5 Youth and traditional culture .................................................................................................... 11

1.6 Youth and Climate Change ....................................................................................................... 11

2. National response to youth issues ................................................................................. 12

2.1 Samoa’s National Youth Policy ................................................................................................. 13

2.2 UN Youth Employment Project Initiation Plan .......................................................................... 14

3. Regional Mandates and Frameworks for Youth Engagement ......................................... 15

4. Rationale for 1UN-YEP intervention .............................................................................. 16

4.1 Programme Outputs ................................................................................................................. 16

5. Programme Strategy ..................................................................................................... 25

5.1 Public-Private Partnerships ....................................................................................................... 27

5.2 Resource mobilisation strategy ................................................................................................ 27

5.3 Sustainability and exit strategy ................................................................................................ 36

6. Results and Resources Framework ................................................................................ 37

7. Annual Work Plans 2015 – 2017 .................................................................................... 46

8. Funding, Coordination and Management Arrangements ................................................ 46

8.1 Funding Arrangements ............................................................................................................. 50

9. Monitoring Framework And Evaluation ......................................................................... 50

10. Legal Context or Basis of Relationship ......................................................................... 52

11. Annexes ..................................................................................................................... 54

5

Abbreviations

AA Administrative Agent

ADB Asian Development Bank

ARR Assistant Resident Representative

ACEO Assistant Chief Executive Officer

AWP Annual Work plans

CA Convening Agent

CCA Common Country Assessment

CEO Chief Executive Officer

CO Country Office

CoC Chamber of Commerce and Industry

CROP Council of Regional Organizations in the Pacific

CSO Civil Society Organizations

DIM Directly Implementation Modality

FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation

GDP Gross Domestic Product

GEF Global Environment Facility

GMS General Management Services

GOE General Operating Expenses

GPRU Governance and Poverty Reduction Unit

HDI Human Development Index

ILO International Labour Organisation

IP Implementing Partner

M&E Monitoring & Evaluation

MAF Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries

MCIL Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour

MCO Multi-Country Office

MDGs Millennium Development Goals

MWCSD Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development

NGO Non-Governmental Organization

NUS National University of Samoa

NVYS National Volunteer Youth Scheme

OVOP One Village One Product

PAC Project Appraisal Committee

PPP Public-Private Partnership

PSET Post Secondary Education and Training

PUNO Participating UN Organization

QPR Quarterly Progress Report

6

RC Resident Coordinator

RR Resident Representative

SBAA Standard Basic Assistance Agreement

SBEC Samoa Business Enterprise Centre

SDS Strategy for Development of Samoa

SHA Samoa Hotel Association

SHD Sustainable Human Development

SIDS Small Island Development States

SNAP-YE Samoa National Action Plan on Youth Employment

SNYC Samoa National Youth Council

SP Strategic Plan

SROS Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa

SUNGO Samoa Umbrella of Non-Government Organisations

TCMSP Trade, Commerce and Manufacturing Sector Plan

ToR Terms of Reference

UN United Nations

UNDAF United Nations Development Assistance Framework

UNDG United National Development Group

UNDP United Nations Development Programme

UNESCO United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

UNRC United Nations Resident Coordinator

UNV United Nations Volunteers

USP University of the South Pacific

WIBDI Women in Business Development Incorporated

YEN Youth Employment Network

7

1. Situation Analysis

This section provides a brief overview of the major issues impacting on youth and

employment in Samoa. The text draws heavily on existing analysis and reporting by the

Government of Samoa, plus its development partners and national stakeholders. The age

range of youth in Samoa, as defined by the National Youth Policy (2011 – 2015) is between 18

years and 35 years.

1.1 Socio-economic situation

The Samoan economy is based largely on fisheries, agriculture, small-scale manufacturing and

tourism. The performance of the tourism industry has been particularly good but the Samoan

economy remains vulnerable due to remoteness, income volatility, limited economic

diversification, and susceptibility to natural disasters, environmental damage and limited

institutional capacity. In recent years, the Samoan economy and labour market has suffered

from the global economic crisis of 2008, the tsunami of 2009 and Cyclone Evan in late 2012.

The Agriculture Sector (including fisheries) remains an important driver of economic growth

and is key to ensuring food security, income generation and enhances export capacity.

Subsistence agriculture and fishing are integral to Samoan livelihoods; more than two-thirds

of households are engaged in these activities.

While the Samoan economy also relies heavily on development assistance (16 per cent) as

well as on private remittances (25 per cent) from overseas, sound economic management and

high governance standards have contributed to positive economic growth. Over the past ten

years, per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Samoa has shown average growth of 2.5

per cent (GDP in 2013 was US$801.9 million. Source: World Bank). Economic reforms aimed at

improving the efficiency of the public sector, opening up the economy (including reducing

import tariffs) and developing the small private sector in Samoa have been implemented since

1997. The World Bank’s Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) rating and a

Transparency International corruption perceptions rating indicate that Samoa has a relatively

strong governance environment overall (World Bank, 2012).

Samoa has an extreme imbalance of trade in commodities. The value of imported goods in the

year to September 2011 (SAT$669.89m) was worth over 24 times the value of exported goods

in the same period (SAT$27.15m). Tourism receipts (SAT$287.52m) and remittances

(SAT$369.76m) in the year to September 2011 (Ministry of Finance, 2012) have helped Samoa

sustain large current account deficits. The Government of Samoa has run Budget deficits for

eight of the last ten years. Samoa’s public debt at the end of 2010 / 2011 was 50.2 per cent of

GDP. Almost all this debt was external.

Samoa faces a critical challenge in supporting sustained economic and employment growth

and poverty reduction in the aftermath of the 2008 global economic crisis, the 2009 tsunami

and the 2012 cyclone. In fiscal year (FY) 2011/12, the economy grew by 1.2 per cent, and

8

growth slowed to 0.9 per cent in FY 2012/13, reflecting the impact of Cyclone Evan on the

economy. In FY 2013/14, economic growth recovered to 3.1 per cent.

The growth of decent and productive employment opportunities plays a key role in further

strengthening and sustaining this recovery and in reducing poverty in Samoa.

Samoa has a United Nations Human Development Index that ranks it 96th out of 182

countries. Based on the HDI, Samoa has one of the higher levels of social development in the

Pacific, showing higher overall educational and health standards than other Pacific islands.

The country is broadly on track to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) on health

and education. Categorised by the World Bank as a Least Developed Country since 1971,

Samoa graduated to Middle Income Country status as of January 2014.

Gender issues, such as the promotion and protection of women’s rights, gender equity and

women and discrimination are of high importance in Samoa, being a matrilineal society. The

level of women’s participation in the paid labour force is relatively high, and their access to

education and achievement in the formal educational system is virtually equal to men.

Women occupy a number of senior positions in the public sector. The church plays a key role

in influencing public opinion and in education through the provision of schools at all levels.

1.2 Labour force and employment creation

Samoa’s labour market is characterized by the formal segment and the non-formal segment.

The formal segment is estimated to account for around 40 per cent of the labour force in

Samoa and the non-formal segment for around 60 per cent of the labour force. An

improvement in the employment situation in Samoa thus requires appropriate policies

addressed at both segments.

Supporting the growth of employment in the formal segment is a key priority pro-poor

economic and employment growth in Samoa as it provides opportunities for workers in the

non-formal segment (including the poor) to move into better jobs in the formal segment. It

also offers opportunities to the young women and men who enter the labour market each

year in search of wage employment in the formal segment. Since 2005 however, job growth in

the formal segment in Samoa has become weak. Between 2000 and 2007, the number of jobs

in the private sector increased from 12,168 to 16,921 but fell to 12,711 in 2010. Analysis of

census results tells a similar story, with wage employment declining from 28,179 in 2006 to

23,365 in 2011.

The decline in jobs in the formal segment has coincided with a decline of value added in

manufacturing. Between 2000 and 2005, manufacturing GDP grew by 35 per cent but

decreased -36.7 per cent between 2005 and 2010. Such development is likely to have been

influenced in part by the expiration of the Multi-Fiber Agreement, which expired at the

beginning of 2005 and under which Chinese investors produced garments for export –

garments were one of Samoa’s leading exports in the first half of the 2000s. Furthermore,

9

with high levels of remittances and tourism earnings, it has coincided with an appreciation of

the tala in real terms by over 40 per cent between 2000 and 2012, likely dampening

investment, and hence employment growth, in the tradable sector.

Agro-processing has widely been identified as an industry with potential in Samoa. Labour

intensive manufacturing provides another opportunity. With manufacturing being the only

sector in Samoa with a higher share of women in employment than men, this can also serve to

enhance income-earning opportunities for women.

Within policies aimed at supporting employment growth in the formal segment, a focus on

the dynamic sectors of the economy in addition to manufacturing is also warranted. Tourism

has been widely recognized as a sector that can contribute to economic development,

employment growth and poverty reduction. Private sector employment in the

“accommodation, cafes and restaurants” nearly tripled between 2000 and 2007. Other

services, particularly “Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Business Services” have also seen

rapid growth, with employment in the sector more than tripling between 2000 and 2007.

With the advance of information technology, which mitigates the constraint of geographical

distance, sectors such as business process outsourcing (such as call centers and data entry and

processing) could also be explored.

Such industrial and sectorial policies that mainstream both quantitative and qualitative

employment objectives can serve to spur employment growth in the formal segment, which

offers expanding opportunities for workers in the non-formal segment to move into better

jobs in the formal segment, and which in turn can serve to extend the coverage of social

security. It also serves to diversify exports, which in Samoa is currently largely restricted to

primary commodities (fresh fish, noni juice and coconut oil account for nearly three-fourths of

exports), lessening the volatility of growth.

Expanding employment opportunities in the formal segment is a priority consideration in

Samoa but critically this must be coupled with appropriate policies addressed at the non-

formal segment, where the majority of Samoan workers earn their living. In the non-formal

segment, the vast majority of workers are subsistence oriented (agriculture and fishing).

According to the 2011 Census, 35 per cent of the employed were in subsistence activities, a

share that has increased from 29.0 per cent in 2006. The majority of the poor are found in the

non-formal segment. Raising agricultural productivity with a view to increasing market

production while maintaining levels of subsistence production required to feed families can

thus play an important role in raising incomes and addressing income poverty.

Importantly, policy initiatives to support off-farm employment opportunities are also

required. Such opportunities can serve to supplement incomes from on-farm activities but

also attract workers away from (or absorb workers) from agriculture, which in turn would

allow incomes/wages for agricultural work to rise.

In this regard, agro-processing and tourism provide opportunities for both off-farm

10

employment and in reducing the labour force in the non-formal segment. However, some

poor households, due to inadequate opportunities for training and education, may lack the

capacities to take up employment opportunities in the off-farm activities or in the urban

formal segment, and thus government programmes to directly provide employment as a

social protection mechanism, in the form of public works or employment guarantee schemes,

can also serve to diversify household income sources. In the design of any such programmes,

careful gender considerations will be required.

The above discussion has highlighted the importance of raising labour productivity and

recognition of workers in the non- formal segment while at the same time supporting

adequate employment growth in the formal segment. Facilitating this structural

transformation will need to be underpinned by significant investments in education,

vocational training, skills development and legal protection of workers in the non-formal

segment that meet the requirements of the labour market, the proper accreditation and

recognition of skills, including village-based skills and upgrading of business environment for

small businesses

1.3 Youth demographics

According to the 2011 National Census, Samoa has a resident population of 186,340.

Approximately 49 per cent are female. Population growth rates have averaged around 1 per

cent since the early 1970s. Three quarters of the population live on the island of Upolu, with

21 per cent in the urban area of the capital city, Apia. Approximately 63 per cent of the

population is less than 30 years of age. Youth aged between 15 and 29 years of age comprise

approximately 25 per cent of the total population. Geographically, almost 50 per cent of

youth are resident in the Apia Urban Area. Roughly one third live in North West Upolu and the

remainder live in either rural Upolu or Savaii.

1.4 Youth unemployment

Notwithstanding Samoa’s economic and social progress, employment and more particularly

youth unemployment and underemployment remain critical development challenges for

Samoa. The rural to urban drift of young people for better education and employment

opportunities is putting an enormous strain on the Government to generate adequate jobs for

new entrants into the labour force, leading to higher levels of youth unemployment in urban

areas. Furthermore, it is likely that the reverse drift of young people who failed to secure jobs

in urban areas gets pushed back to rural areas where they are engaged in subsistence

agriculture.

The unemployment rate for youth in Samoa is 16.4 per cent. This is almost double the

national unemployment rate of 8.7 per cent.1 Young women in particular continue to face

challenges in securing employment relative to young men. The 2012 LFS clearly indicates that

1 Government of Samoa (2012) Labour Force Survey

11

females have a higher unemployment rate at 20.2% relative to males at 14%. Only one in four

women is economically active, while the share for men is two in five. In addition, out of the

31,203 young people classified to be not in employment, education or training and engaged in

subsistence production, the majority were females (52.3%). Young women traditionally end

up being engaged in unpaid family work, without access to skills enhancement or employment

services.

A key youth employment challenge in Samoa is how to satisfy the country’s unskilled and

unqualified workforce. Formal employment opportunities for youth in Samoa are very limited.

The 2012 survey reveals that 40.3% of young people left school without graduating, the

majority falling out of the school system during secondary education. Youths in the age group

of 15-19 years are the most likely to be unemployed (20.1% vs. 11.8% for the 25-29 age

group). Solutions are scare and highlight the urgency to implement policies and programmes

on skills and entrepreneurship.

1.5 Youth and traditional culture

Samoan culture - fa’asamoa - is the invisible resin that keeps Samoan society together. Fa’a-

Samoa places great importance on the dignity and achievement of the group, rather than its

individual members. Fa’asamoa also provides for distinct and different roles of men, women,

youth and children in society. This stratification of Samoan society provides both significant

strengths and challenges in relationship to youth participation and empowerment. Culturally

and historically, young people have a limited public or leadership role in Samoan society. The

Samoan culture is significant in defining one’s identity and in determining interrelationships

and responsibilities; and this greatly influences the young people’s aspirations on self-

development and maintaining their identity2. Typically Samoan culture is an oral culture, and

strategies to promote employment among groups of young people must always begin with

community meetings to discuss and identify the problem of youth unemployment and elicit

suggestions for solutions.

1.6 Youth and Climate Change

Climate change is, and will continue to be, one of the most significant challenges to the future

of Samoa and the rest of the Pacific Island Countries. Across the Pacific the Asian

Development Bank (ADB) forecasts that if the world were to stay on the current fossil-fuel

intensive growth model (the ‘business-as-usual’ scenario), total climate change cost is

estimated to reach 12.7% of annual GDP equivalent by 2100.

Samoa has witnessed hurricane and cyclones and there is threat of tsunami and flooding all

the time. The impacts natural disasters have varying impacts on the working population in

formal and informal economies. For example, Cyclone Evan devastated Samoa’s economy in

December 2012, which caused damage and losses estimated at 30 per cent of GDP.

2 Samoa National Youth Policy 2011-2015, Division of Youth, Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development

12

Subsequently, the economy contracted by 0.3 per cent in fiscal year 2013 (see Table 1), with

heavy impacts on agriculture.

Samoa has received significant financing for climate projects in the last ten years. For

example, Samoa received Global Environment Facility Trust Fund (GEF) grants totaling

US$13,159,851 resources for 11 national projects since it joined GEF, the projects include four

projects in biodiversity, four in climate change, one multi-focal area, one in persistent organic

pollutants, and one in land degradation. Samoa has also been part of 19 regional and global

projects financed by the GEF totaling US$106,169,106. This includes the Economy Wide

Adaptation to Climate Change (EWACC) project, with funding totally USD12.3 million over six

years (2014 – 2019) provided by the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) channeled

through the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE).

While climate change has significant impacts on economic growth and employment, currently

climate change resilience and adaption funds and projects typically do not have a proactive

job creation focus. As was highlighted at the September 2014 SIDS Conference, these

investments can contribute significantly to employment creation and sustainable economic

growth.

2. National response to youth issues

The Samoan Government’s overall strategic priorities are contained in the Strategy for the

Development of Samoa (SDS) 2012 – 2016. This Policy presents the key development

strategies and priority sectors for the development of Samoa. In pursuit of the national vision

of ‘Improved Quality of Life for All’, the national policy is geared towards achieving a number

of key strategic outcomes. These include maintaining macroeconomic stability; scaled-up

investment in tourism to promote Samoa as an attractive tourist destination; promoting a

healthy and an educated Samoa; improved business environment; strengthening social

cohesion and stability; improved infrastructural services; and recognizing the importance of

the environment through sustainable management of natural resources, increased investment

in renewable energy sources, and mainstreaming climate change and disaster resilience.

Employment is mainstreamed in the SDS, with for example measures and targets to increase:

Number of new employment in export oriented industries through improving the enabling environment for business development;

Employability of graduates from Post-Secondary Education Training (PSET) through better quality and access to education, training and learning outcomes;

Level of subsistence agriculture moving towards semi commercial status through re-invigorating agriculture; and

Number of women and youth engaged in community based program/business through targeted programmes and community engagement.

13

2.1 Samoa’s National Youth Policy

The government authority whose primary mandate is to coordinate youth policies and

programmes is the Division for Youth of the Samoan Ministry of Women, Community and

Social Development (MWCSD). MWCSD established the Samoa National Policy for Youth

(2011-2015), which defined the youth development objectives in Samoa, which has as a

vision:

‘For all young people to positively connect with their key spiritual, social, cultural, physical and economic environments through having equal access to opportunities and realize their full potential to pro-actively participate and contribute fully into sustainable community development’.

The definition of youth in the Samoa National Policy for Youth is between the age bracket of 18 – 35 years. The policy concentrates its resources in the following policy outcome areas:

Building knowledge on youth development so as to ensure responsive and relevant interventions in the medium and long term.

Improved accessibility of youth to vocational training and second chance education with respect to employment creation in both the formal and informal sector.

Improved support for economic development initiatives towards decreasing levels of hardship and vulnerability amongst youth.

Improved health of young people towards a healthy and vibrant youth population.

Strengthened family relationships, partnerships with various sectors and responsive community networks to ensure a high degree of social protection for young people.

The Policy includes an implementation plan, and some of the key employment and training

related programmes and institutions included in the plan include, inter alia:

Youth representation and engagement through the Samoa National Youth Council

(SNYC). As a spin-off of the Division of Youth activities the Samoa National Youth

Council (SNYC) was established in 2012, expecting to involve young people directly in

the youth development activities and reflect their voice at the national level. SNYC has

village youth leaders as its local functionaries. SNYC is still in its very early stage of

development.

Apprenticeship scheme: the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (MCIL) in

collaboration with the National University of Samoa Institute of Technology (NUSIOT),

supports young workers through the Apprenticeship Scheme encouraging skilled

workforce of trades people and full employment of local workforce through trade

training and testing scheme in collaboration with the Training Service provider.

Job-seeker registration and referral - MCIL has a registration and referral of job-

seekers to employers and to explore employment opportunities through timely

collection and assessment of labour market information to ensure continuous

development and growth of private sector.

Small enterprise development -- The Samoa Small Business Enterprise Centre (SBEC)

along with the Samoan Chamber of Commerce have introduced self-employment

programmes. According to their reports, they have so far contributed ST12 million to

14

the economy, have supported 1000 SMEs and have provided 2,500 job opportunities

(http://unctad.info/).

Improved access to technical/vocational education and second chance education

training – the Ministry of Education Sports and Culture along with non-formal learning

providers were to introduce programmes. However, despite the youth policy

aspirations and programmes they are recent and seemed largely to exist only on

paper. Consequently there is a need to:

Strengthen the institutional framework mandated to coordinate, monitor and

report on the delivery of youth employment programmes.

Assist the agencies with assigned responsibilities in the National Youth Policy to

review the effectiveness of their existing employment and training programmes

and resources, and the potential to up-scale these programmes to meet the

need of young Samoans.

2.2 UN Youth Employment Project Initiation Plan

The UN Youth Employment Programme Initiation Plan (UN-YEP-IP) was developed to facilitate

support for young people towards economic opportunities at the Small Island Developing

States (SIDS) conference from 28th August to 4th September 2014. The three components of

the project were:

• Component 1 - Training youth in the farm-to-table value chain process, including organic

agricultural products which are locally produced and supplied to local businesses and

restaurants;

• Component 2 - Train young artisans in production, packaging and business skills to show

case their creative businesses and generate sales/incomes at the Youth Forum and Side

Events during the SIDS conference.

• Component 3: Strengthening institutional capacity of SNYC to coordinate the Youth

Employment Network of young people participating at SIDS and beyond.

The key responsible parties for implementation of the above components were Small Business

Enterprise Centre (SBEC), Women in Business Development Inc (WIBDI) and Samoa National

Youth Council (SNYC). Overall the YEP-IP project achieved 100% of expected outputs with

outstanding results evident across the different activities and components with youth gaining

income from organic farms and art works sold at the SIDS Conference venue.

2.2.1 Youth Art and Youth Organic Produce at the SIDS Conference A total number of 96 young artists participated at the SIDS Village at the conference centre,

75 male and 21 female. The majority of young artists were from Leulumoega School of Fine

Art. They included tapa makers and traditional weavers. Young people with special needs

15

actively participated at the SIDS Village exhibition, engaging specifically in demonstrations of

woodcarving, weaving and siapo making. In addition the youth artists prepared statues and

carvings that decorated the SIDS village. These statues highlighted Samoan culture, prints,

myths and legends. A ‘live’ carving demonstration provided verification that the students do

produce such artwork.

There was an organic food kiosk in the SIDS Food Court that showcased organic smoothies,

fruits, coconut juice and pastries made from gluten free breadfruit and cassava flour. Farm To

Table Programme was heavily promoted together with recognition of partners’ logo on its

smoothie cups, uniform t-shirts worn by staff, brochures as well as signage and banners.

2.2.2 Youth Employment Network During this project the Samoa National Youth Council began the development of the Youth

Employment Network database to serve as an e-platform data bank for jobs for young people.

This process started off with data collection through the village based youth representatives

both in Upolu and Savaii. As part of the process, a template was designed to guide the

initiation of the Youth Employment Network through data and information collection from

village based youth representatives that started in April 2014. A one-week of practical training

of two youth volunteers was conducted focusing on translating the template into a simple

Excel sheet, and transmitting data and information into the database. The 1UN-YEP builds

directly on the success of the YEP-IP and aims to upscale the work in the areas of young visual

artists, young organic farmers and supporting the SNYC.

3. Regional Mandates and Frameworks for Youth Engagement

In September 2011 the leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum met in Auckland, New Zealand.

The Forum Communiqué issued at the conclusion of that meeting stated “…the need for

greater action in mainstreaming youth issues nationally and regionally, increasing

employment and other meaningful opportunities for youth, and including the voice of youth

in decision-making.”

The Pacific Plan, coordinated by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS), has stated that

one of its thirteen strategic objectives is to enable the ‘Enhanced involvement of Youth’. This

objective is identified as necessary to meet its overall goal ‘To Enhance and stimulate

economic growth, sustainable development, good governance and security for Pacific

countries through regionalism.’

The UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) 2013-17 for the Pacific Sub-Region,

which covers Samoa, aligns its programme around five Outcome Areas. This programme will

contribute specifically to the delivery of UNDAF Outcome Area 3, which states that the UN

system across the Pacific will promote the capacity to stimulate equitable growth, create

economic opportunities and decent work especially for the youth, and promote sustainable

livelihoods and social protection systems. Furthermore, the UNDP Sub-Regional Programme

16

Document (SRPD) 2013-17 for the Pacific Centre, and Fiji and Samoan Multi-Country Offices

(MCOs) identifies women and young people as two marginalized and disadvantaged groups

and states that the issues confronting them will inform the entire UNDP Pacific Programme

for the period. According to the SRPD, UNDP should focus in particular on developing

leadership and governance skills of young people and facilitating employment opportunities

for them to effectively express their voice.

4. Rationale for 1UN-YEP intervention

Addressing the challenge of youth unemployment in Samoa is a complex process. It requires

political willpower and strategic inputs coordinated with actors in both the economic and

social sectors. The 1UN-YEP will bring government policy-makers and legislators together with

strategically positioned actors within the private sector and civil society to deliver results that

will impact practically and sustainably on youth in Samoa. The 1UN-YEP outputs will

contribute strategically to the following outcome:

Youth in Samoa, inclusive of those who are marginalised from mainstream

economic activities, secure productive employment and decent work and

contribute to sustainable and resilient economic growth.

The programme is designed with a holistic approach to address specific labour market

constraints on the supply- and demand-side, and to ensure that youth have access to the

information and other supporting services they need in order to access employment

opportunities.

Output 1 specifically addresses the gap between supply and demand in the labour market.

Youth need access to information about employment and business opportunities, and to

supporting services, including work experience, that can facilitate their successful entry to the

labour market.

Output 2 addresses the supply-side, helping youth to gain the technical skills and

entrepreneurial knowledge that will generate employment and income opportunities created

by climate change adaptation strategies and specifically within the agricultural, community-

based tourism and creative industries value chains.

Output 3 addresses the demand-side, focusing on private sector-led growth and the policies

and strategies that create an enabling environment for micro-enterprises to survive and grow

sustainably, and a legally empowered informal economy that offers greater protection and

reduced vulnerability for youth.

4.1 Programme Outputs

The 1UN-YEP can be represented visually as follows:

17

Figure 1: 1UN-YEP Outputs and activity results

Outputs Activity results Partners

1. A technologically enabled ‘Youth Employment Network’ provides youth with information and employment services that facilitates their successful entry to the labour market.



1.1 Youth are registered on an e-platform that provides essential labour market information and facilitates communications between youth entrepreneurs and the marketplace.

1.3 Increased volume of business-to-business communications between youth producers and buyers through the YEN e-platform.

1.2 Development of processes and capacities for the effective use of the YEN e-platform.

SNYC MWCSD

MCIL

WIBDI MNRE MAF SBEC SHA

SNYC CBOs SPREP

3.2 Youth entrepreneurship is facilitated by policies, strategies and dialogue that improve the enabling environment for micro- and small business growth, and increases the protection for youth through the legal empowerment of the informal economy.

2.2 The ‘One Village One Product’ approach to community-based tourism generates employment and expanded livelihood-diversification options for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge.

3.1 A Youth Small Business Incubator scheme is established to provide youth entrepreneurs with continuous access to a comprehensive range of tailored business development services.

1.4 A National Youth Volunteer Scheme (NYVS) is established to provide youth with a decent work experience that enhances their future employability.

2.4 Climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa have new opportunities to incorporate youth employment results within their design and operational strategies.

2.3 The creative industries provide sustainable new employment opportunities for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge.

2.1 The agricultural value-chain provides opportunities for youth to gain skills and entrepreneurship knowledge that will secure income generation and employment opportunities.

CoC SAME SBEC

WIBDI MWCSD

MCIL

18

Output 1:

A technologically enabled ‘Youth Employment Network’ provides youth with information

and employment services to facilitate their successful entry to the labour market.

In Samoa, youth have limited access to information regarding vacancies, the skills in demand

from employers, how to prepare job applications, how to be successful in interviews and what

to expect when they enter formal employment. Less than 2 per cent of graduates each year

register to the Public Employment Service3. On the demand side, employers do not have

access to information on where and how they can find the skills and human resources needed

for their business.

Activity Result 1.1 Youth are registered on an e-platform that provides essential labour market information and facilitates communications between youth entrepreneurs and the marketplace.

The first function of e-platform will be to provide a database of youth planning to enter the

labour market, and an effective ‘matching service’ between youth and employers in both the

private and public sector. Innovative approaches to Internet and mobile phone SMS

technology will enable up-to-date labour market information to be made available to youth

and employers.

Activity Result 1.2 Development of processes and capacities for the effective use of the YEN e-platform.

The e-platform will also support the monitoring and technical review of the Apprenticeship

Programme of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (MCIL). In this regard, the

e-platform will provide youth with information and guidance on the Apprenticeship

Programme, and will profile case studies of youth who have secured labour market success

through this government programme. Programme inputs will focus on developing the

necessary skills, capacities and systems within SNYC and MCIL that will enable the YEN

e-platform to function effectively and produce data that will support monitoring of progress

and evaluation of impact.

Activity Result 1.3 Increased volume of business-to-business communications between young producers and buyers through the YEN e-platform.

The second function of the e-platform will be to provide an innovative Business-2-Business

(B2B) channel for youth entrepreneurs to gather commercial information and communicate

effectively with the marketplace.

3 Information gathered during UN interviews with MCIL September 2014

19

Activity Result 1.4 A National Youth Volunteer Scheme is established to provide youth with a decent work experience that enhances their future employability.

The ethos of volunteerism is deeply embedded within the culture of Samoa. Volunteerism is

an integral part of village, family and cultural responsibilities. In addition, volunteerism

through formal organisations such as The Red Cross Society, performs an important function

in mobilising youth and bringing them together with other members of society in public

interest actions, including strengthening the resilience and response to natural disasters.

There is an opportunity to extend the concept of volunteerism and to highlight its potential to

guide the career aspirations of youth, and to provide a pathway into future paid employment.

The Samoa National Youth Council is an institution strategically positioned to promote youth

volunteerism through its membership network of rural and urban youth. Youth volunteerism,

through a structured programme managed and monitored by the SNYC, could play a key role

in developing the agency of youth, raising their awareness of the importance of civic

engagement and the role of youth as agents for positive change.

An SNYC youth volunteer programme could also provide a pathway for youth into the world of

work. Volunteerism, as promoted by the United Nations Volunteer (UNV) programme, has

proven to be successful in generating knowledge, experience and skills that can assist youth in

their transition to the labour market.

The SNYC, with adequate technical and capacity building support from the programme

partners, could establish, monitor and manage a youth volunteering programme which

provides a structured learning and capacity development experience for youth that will

increase their employability and facilitate their successful transition into the labour market. A

well-planned volunteering assignment will develop knowledge, competencies and both hard

and soft skills in youth. The positive experience gained and the skills developed will enhance

the future employability of youth and improve their prospects for securing and retaining paid

employment. The target beneficiaries of the National Youth Volunteer Scheme will include

youth who are in full-time education or training and who have not yet started their transition

into the labour market; youth who are still considering their career options, and unemployed

youth who are actively seeking employment opportunities. The youth volunteer experience

will be closely monitored by SNYC to ensure it is a constructive and useful experience for

youth.

In consultation with Ministry for Women, Community and Social Development (MWCSD), the

Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (MCIL), civil society and private sector

representatives and other relevant authorities, the SNYC will establish criteria, regulations and

processes that will enable the National Youth Volunteer Scheme to receive official

accreditation, thereby deepening the labour market value of the volunteer experience. SNYC

will also be supported to development knowledge products to highlight the link between

volunteerism and employability, and to communicate the success stories from the NYVS.

20

Output 2:

Youth have the knowledge and skills required to access employment opportunities

created by climate change adaption strategies and within the local economic

development value chains relating to agriculture, creative industries and community-

based tourism.

Activity Result 2.1 The agricultural value-chain provides opportunities for youth to gain skills and entrepreneurship knowledge that will secure income generation and employment opportunities.

This output builds on the successful UNDP-led YEP-IP activities carried out in 2014 in

preparation for the global SIDS Conference. The output will upscale the agricultural skills

training and capacity building for product development and marketing.

The focus of this output is to enhance the livelihood and employment opportunities for youth

in the production of both organic and conventional agriculture. The results will include skills

development for youth in agricultural production techniques capitalising on the local

produced products; application of a Train-the-Trainer methodology and strengthened rural

outreach services from agencies (e.g. FAO, MAF, WIBDI) with established technical expertise

in the agricultural production. Ongoing mentoring, technical and capacity-building support will

be provided to young farmers and other youth who generate income and employment along

the domestic and export value chains. This activity can also be linked to Output 1, utilizing the

e-platform managed to SNYC to introduce members of its Youth Employment Network

database to the income generation and the employment potential of both organic and

conventional farming.

Activity Result 2.2 The ‘One Village One Product’ approach to community-based tourism generates employment and expanded livelihood-diversification options for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge.

This output will also build on the success of the September 2014 SIDS conference and the

UNDP-led YEP-IP activities. Youth are now in a position to benefit from emerging Government

policies that aim to expand the contribution of the tourism sector to sustainable economic

growth in Samoa. Enhanced technical skills, entrepreneurship knowledge and access to new

markets will enable youth in Samoa to make a major contribution towards the diversification

of existing strategies of community livelihoods. This enhanced resilience will in turn enable

communities to reduce their vulnerabilities to economic shocks resulting from climate change.

The output activities will apply the best practices of ‘One Village One Product’ (OVOP)

methodology, adapted to the specific context of youth in Samoa. The OVOP methodology,

which was pioneered in Japan in the late 1970s, has been replicated successfully in other

21

countries4 for the benefit of local economic development. The OVOP approach encourages

the mobilization of local human, material, and cultural resources to create value-added

products and services for domestic and external markets.

In partnership with strategically positioned institutions and groups including the Samoa

Tourism Authority, the Samoa Hotel Association (SHA), SBEC and community youth groups

and individuals; target areas will be selected to be the focus of programme inputs. In close

consultation with village leadership, different villages around Samoa will be provided with

tailored support services that will enable youth and other community members to exploit

local economic opportunities within the tourism market. These economic opportunities could

relate to location specific and unique cultural and ecological heritage. Income generation and

employment for youth will be stimulated by creating viable markets for the creative

industries, including music, dancing, art, handicrafts and leisure, among others.

Activity Result 2.3 The creative industries provide sustainable employment opportunities for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge.

This output will also build on the success of the September 2014 SIDS conference and the

UNDP-led YEP-IP activities. Youth are in a position to benefit economically through the

promotion of Samoa’s cultural heritage and unique natural resources.

Enhanced technical skills in traditional arts including handicrafts, wood carving and siapo

making, combined with entrepreneurship knowledge and access to new markets will enable

youth in Samoa to make a major contribution towards promoting and preserving the cultural

heritage while enabling the diversification of existing strategies of community livelihoods. This

better resilience will in turn enable communities to reduce their vulnerabilities to economic

shocks resulting from climate change. Income generation and employment for youth will be

stimulated by creating viable markets and technical support through business planning for the

creative industries, including music, dancing, art, handicrafts and leisure, among others.

Activity Result 2.4 Climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa have new opportunities to incorporate youth employment results within their design and operational strategies.

The UN and the Pacific Island Forum’s statement last year stressed that climate change and

ocean acidification remains the greatest threat to the livelihoods, security and well-being of

the peoples of the Pacific. The statement also emphasised the critical importance of

sustainable development, management and conservation of the region’s oceans, coastal areas

and fisheries, reaffirming the unique and particular vulnerabilities and development needs of

the SIDS.

The clear message from the Pacific island countries at the Rio plus 20 Conference was the

importance of the sustainable management of the Pacific Ocean and its vast resources. The

4 http://www.odi.org/publications/4876-challenges-one-village-one-product-ovop-movement

22

‘green economy’ is therefore very much a ‘blue economy’. There are many technologies, work

processes, products and services that reduce humanity’s environmental footprint, and

contribute to economic growth becoming more sustainable. The Government of Samoa has

also taken significant steps both at the policy and implementation of various environment

protection programmes that will help in creating green and blue jobs. The 1UN-YEP strategy

will therefore focus on the green/blue economy5 and on jobs that do not generate pollution

or waste, are highly efficient in its use of energy, water and materials, and contribute

appreciably to maintaining or restoring environmental quality and avoiding future damage to

the ecosystems.

Output 3:

Youth-led micro- and small businesses are strengthened as a result of tailored and

comprehensive support services, which include policies, strategies and dialogue that

facilitate an enabling environment for the growth of micro- and small businesses and

enhanced protection for youth through the legal empowerment of the informal

economy.

The theme of the Government’s overarching Development Strategy (SDS) is ‘boosting

productivity for sustainable development’. In a small economy like Samoa, the opportunity for

employment creation is limited. Self-employment is often the only feasible option for income

generation. Creating, managing and sustaining a commercially viable micro-enterprise is a

complex and challenging process. Youth in particular those from poorer households, or with

limited formal education, are often marginalised from mainstream economic activities. In

addition, they face other complex obstacles and challenges, some of which are related to

prevailing perceptions regarding their role in society and in economic affairs. Many youth who

may have entrepreneurial ability do not have the knowledge, the self-confidence, the

information networks or supporting systems and services that are necessary to bring a small

enterprise from initial concept through to survival and growth in the competitive market

place.

In Samoa, approximately 80% of the private sector is comprised of micro-businesses, the

majority of which operate within the ‘informal economy’. While the problems and needs of

various categories within the informal economy are different, they are commonly termed

‘informal’ because they lack recognition or protection under the national legal, institutional

and regulatory, judicial and dispute resolution frameworks. They are also usually excluded

from the advantages of formal financial and business support systems.

In Samoa, approximately 57% of employed youths are working within the ‘informal’ economy.

There is therefore a need to examine the informal economy from a policy perspective, to

5 According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), “environmental protection consists of activities to

measure, prevent, limit, minimize, or correct environmental damage to water, air, and soil, as well as problems related to waste, noise, and ecosystems. This includes activities, cleaner technologies, products, and services that reduce environmental risk and minimize pollution and

resource use.”

23

ensure that appropriate employment and social protection measures are established for

youth employees in the informal sector, including occupational health and safety and social

security. Other progressive actions would include the establishment of legal frameworks that

promote transitions from informality to formality, such as incentives, enterprise training and

the mandatory application of labour standards in the informal sector.

Activity Result 3.1 A Youth Small Business Incubator scheme is established to provide youth entrepreneurs with continuous access to a comprehensive range of tailored business development services.

A Small Business Incubator fosters innovative enterprise creation and supports the

development and growth of micro-enterprises. The enterprise incubation process provides

new entrepreneurs with an enabling environment at the crucial start-up stage of enterprise

development. The services they provide helps to reduce the cost of launching the enterprise,

increases the confidence and capacity of the entrepreneur and links the entrepreneur to the

resources required to start and grow a competitive enterprise. Entrepreneurs accepted into

the enterprise incubator stay until an agreed upon milestone is reached, often measured in

terms of sales revenue or profitability. Enterprise incubators vary in their strategies to support

entrepreneurs, depending on the context. Some incubators are located in an actual ‘with

walls’ physical space meant to foster networking among entrepreneurs and their mentors.

Others can operate successfully on a ‘without walls’ virtual basis.

A Public-Private Partnership modality will be applied in order to provide aspiring youth

entrepreneurs with an accessible location and a range of technical trainings, knowledge

products and business development services that will enable the creation of small business

initiatives that are economically viable and can be scaled-up to enter the formal economy,

generate youth employment and contribute to private sector-led growth. This package of

trainings, products and services will include an incubator for youth entrepreneurship ideas,

tailored mentorship and small business development services, facilitated access to markets,

provision of appropriate financial services and assistance to comply with Government

regulations for licencing and registration. Together these inputs will enable youth

entrepreneurs to have the tools and the capacity to create new and exploit existing economic

opportunities that generate youth employment in the private sector and operate with

sensitivity to corporate social and environmental responsibilities within the formal economy.

Activity Result 3.2 Youth entrepreneurship is facilitated by policies, strategies and dialogue that improves the enabling environment for micro- and small business growth, and increases the protection for youth through the legal empowerment of the informal economy.

Informal employment is most often defined as a job without paid sick or annual leave, or in an

unregistered organisation with 5 or less employees. In general informal employment is

associated with lower wages and job satisfaction, poorer working conditions and reduced job

security. Informal workers are more financially vulnerable and are not protected with social

24

security schemes, health and safety, and maternity leave or other mandates of the labour

legislation. Informal workers are not usually provided with representation, training

opportunities or collective bargaining. In Samoa, informal employees are not considered to be

covered under the current Labour and Employment Relations Act (2013). Informal work can

however become a stepping-stone for transitioning from school to work because young

people who do not get the opportunity to acquire skills early after leaving school risk facing a

career of lower skills and poorer pay.

Workers in the informal economy are estimated to comprise approximately 60 per cent of the

labour force in Samoa. While extended families have played a central role in providing social

protection, rapid social and economic changes are breaking down the traditional way of living

and undermining community values. The Government of Samoa therefore faces a policy

challenge to find feasible ways whereby the benefits of social security can be extended to

workers within the informal economy, particularly youth and women who live in rural areas or

to self-employed workers, many of them also youth and women in the urban informal sector.

The challenge for the legal empowerment of the informal economy is to change the legislative

frameworks from being perceived as anti-informal business – to being supportive in increasing

legal protection and active in facilitating the transition to the formal economy. The legal

empowerment agenda covers the following:

- Strengthening Governance from supply side (capacity building) and demand side

(supporting local or community driven initiatives)

- Reforming and Transforming Institutions (inclusion, cohesion and accountability)

- Making laws (e.g. Alternative Dispute Resolution) work for the informal businesses, and

- Rights (knowledge and understanding of rights, asserting and enforcing rights collectively)

Business formalization typically consists of reducing the cost of establishing a business or

simplifying the process of registration. This approach has succeeded in making businesses

formal but has lacked the necessary tools to fully empower them to operate within the formal

economy on a sustainable basis. This output will be delivered through a new approach to an

integrated framework that facilitates the legal empowerment of informal businesses.

Technical expertise and capacity building inputs will contribute to the design, adaptation and

application of legal and policy tools that directly benefit small businesses operating within the

informal economy and provides increased protection for their employees, which are

predominantly youth and women.

The premise for this output is that the pro-poor empowerment of businesses operating within

the informal economy is an essential pillar of decent work. Existence and transparency of legal

procedures, accountability of the Executive branch and public faith in the judicial systems

governing the labour market are pre-requisites to achieving a satisfactory level of

empowerment of businesses within the informal economy.

25

Activities contributing to the delivery of this output will include research into the specific

nature of the informal economy in Samoa; analysis of the impact of legal empowerment on

youth; negotiation with Government agencies regarding the provision of tax reliefs and

investment incentives for informal economy SMEs; discussion with financial institutions on

the development of tailored packages with favourable terms for access to credit services;

initiating a high-level dialogue on the nature and dimensions of legal exclusion of youth and

women in relation to four thematic areas of legal empowerment – namely access to justice,

property rights, labour rights and rights to livelihoods; development of a strategy and

roadmap for legal empowerment; trainings for youth within the informal economy to build

knowledge of their legal rights and capacity to access the services to which they are entitled.

5. Programme Strategy

The 1UN-YEP will contribute to the implementation of the National Youth Policy (2011 –

2015). In this regard, the activities will fall within the umbrella of the pending Samoa National

Action Plan on Youth Employment (SNAP on YE) being developed through 2015 by the

MWCSD and the ILO.

The definition of youth in the Samoa National Policy for Youth is between the age bracket of

18 – 35 years. The programme strategy will be inclusive of all youth within this national age

bracket, including youth with disabilities, out-of-school youth nor in employment or training,

youth returnees and youth offenders. For the latter group, the opportunities to engage in

training, employment skills training and structured work experience can be regarded as a

protective factor against further offending. Potentially suitable offenders could enter the

programme via probation (ie under a sentence of supervision) or as part of the soon-to-be

established Alcohol and Other Drugs Court (AOD Court).

Capacity building of the SNYC will be a central element of the programme, cutting across all

three outputs. The capacity building of SNYC will focus on strengthening its ability to function

effectively as a representative youth-led organisation, responding to the current and future

needs of youth with a range of services, and advocating for youth issues at the village and

national level.

This programme will apply a ‘One-UN’ (1UN-YEP) approach to the delivery of the three

outputs for which it is accountable. This collaborative approach will enable the distinctive

strengths, technical abilities and comparative advantages of the different UN agencies

operating in Samoa to be combined and coordinated in a way that delivers maximum positive

impact on the programme beneficiaries. Furthermore, the 1UN-YEP will apply a South-South

Cooperation approach to programme implementation. This approach will be operationalized

through the UNDP Multi-Country Office in Samoa and supported by the UNDP Pacific Centre

in Fiji, with specific funding provided by UNDPs Sustainable Development Goals Fund. All

activities within the 1UN-YEP will promote gender equality and be inclusive of youth who are

marginalized from mainstream economic activities.

26

The new programme will build on the successes and lessons learned from previous work of

UN agencies in Samoa relating to youth and employment. This includes the T.A.L.A.V.O.U

programme run by the MWCSD from 2004 to 2010. This includes targeting community based

youth groups and individual networks who are champions and role models of the

T.A.L.A.V.O.U programme and current youth employment programmes of the Ministry.

The programme will benefit from the UN’s access to knowledge on global best practices and

lessons learned in youth development. Partnerships with government ministries including

MWCSD, MCIL and MAF and expertise from the private and civil society sectors will enable

this global knowledge to be adapted to the specific context of Samoa. The programme will

apply a South-to-South approach in the delivery of its outputs, focusing on technical expertise

from within the Pacific and / or Asia-Pacific region, when needed in order to maximise the

impact on the youth beneficiaries in Samoa.

UNDP and ILO, who initiated the concept behind the programme and contributed the initial

funding, will provide the principal leadership to the 1UN-YEP. Other UN agencies that have

agreed to support the programme with specific technical inputs include FAO, UNESCO and

UNV.

FAO’s principal support will be to the activities regarding agricultural value chains, including

organic farming and technical advice to micro-enterprises within the agri-business sector.

The principal support from UNESCO will be related to activities to generate youth

employment within the creative industries and community-based tourism initiatives. UNESCO

will continue with its specific focus on out-of-school youth, thereby addressing the needs of

some of the 40.3 per cent of young people who are reported to leave school without formal

qualifications.

The UNV programme will provide support to the Samoa National Youth Council, specifically in

the development of the National Youth Volunteer Scheme and the YEN e-platform.

ILO will lead the activities related to Output 1, i.e. the Youth Employment Network. MCIL and

SNYC will be the principal partners with ILO in delivering the results expected in Output 1.

Since March 2015 the ILO has already begun implementation of SNAP on YE, which provides

an overarching policy to youth employment initiatives in Samoa.

UNDP will lead the activities related to Output 3, i.e. micro-enterprise development, the

enabling environment for private sector-led growth and the legal empowerment of the

informal economy. In addition to close collaboration with Government Ministries including

MWCSD and MCIL in the delivery of Output 3, UNDP will forge productive working

relationships with well-established and credible local organisations including WIBDI, SBEC,

CoC and SAME in delivering the results expected from Output 3.

27

Both UNDP and ILO agencies will share leadership on different activities within Output 2, i.e.

knowledge and skills for youth to access new employment opportunities within climate

change adaptation strategies and local economic development value chains. UNDP will lead

the activities related to Activity Result 2.1: the agricultural value chain. ILO will have a specific

focus on the inclusion of youth employment strategies and the promotion of green jobs within

climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa. With technical inputs from FAO and

UNESCO, the principal partners in the delivery of Output 2 will include SPREP, MNRE, MAF,

SNYC and SHA in addition to WIBDI and SBEC.

The programme will be implemented, monitored and evaluated in close coordination with the

MWCSD. The UN and the MWCSD will ensure that gender equality issues are mainstreamed

across all programme activities, and that delivery and impact is inclusive of marginalised

youth.

5.1 Public-Private Partnerships

The 1UN-YEP will work closely with the Government of Samoa and representatives of the

private sector to develop a model of Public-Private Partnership (PPP). A PPP will serve as the

mechanism to reduce the long-term dependence on external donor funds. Furthermore, a PPP

can reduce the cost incurred by the programme, specifically for physical infrastructure needs,

while increasing the market relevance of technical inputs, specifically for micro-enterprise

development and employment skills training. Finally, a PPP can ensure the sustainability of

outputs beyond the programme timeframe. UNDP is well positioned to support the

development of such PPP mechanisms, having access to global best practices and substantial

institutional knowledge regarding successful PPP innovation across a range of social and

economic sectors that have resulted in positive and sustainable impacts on human

development.

5.2 Resource mobilisation strategy

At the beginning of the programme timeframe (June 2015), a significant portion of the 1UN-

YEP is unfunded. However, this current constraint will not prevent the commencement of

preliminary activities. A carefully planned phasing and sequencing approach will allow the

implementation of preliminary activities to commence while the resource mobilisation

strategy is being operationalized.

5.2.1 Implementation Phase 1

The financial resources (USD239,500) that ILO have committed to 1UN-YEP through parallel

funding, will be used in Year 1 to cover programme management costs and to start selected

activities within Output 1 (Activity Result 1.1: YEN e-platform), Output 2 (Activity Result 2.2:

OVOP community tourism; 2.3: creative industries, and 2.4: youth employment within climate

change projects) and Output 3 (Activity Result 3.1 small business incubator and Activity Result

3.2: legal empowerment of the informal economy).

28

Existing UNDP-sourced funds will be used to cover programme management costs for Year 1

and portions of Years 2 and 3, and to support activities relating to Output 1 (Activity Result

1.4: National Youth Volunteering Scheme; Output 2 (Activity Result 2.1, agricultural initiatives

with youth), and Output 3 (Activity result 3.1: small business incubator). These activities

relating to agricultural value chains will build on and scale-up the successful activities started

during the September 2014 SIDS Conference, when UNDP worked productively with ILO, local

partner WIBDI and the MWCSD.

5.2.2 Implementation Phase 2

The resource mobilisation phase will be active in seeking funding and/or co-funding for bi-

lateral, multilateral and private sector donors, in addition to cost-sharing by Government of

Samoa either through Public-Private Partnership modalities or by project budget

contributions. Other parallel funding opportunities from the UN agencies in Samoa partnering

within the 1UN-YEP are expected to emerge throughout 2015, 2016 and 2017.

A multi-pronged strategy will be applied to ensure the 1UN-YEP receives the financial

resources required for the effective implementation of activities and the overall management

of the full programme.

Table 1: 1UN-YEP programme budget

Project Summary Estimated budget (USD) 2015 - 2017

Sourced funding (May 2015)

2015 2016 2017 Grand Total UNDP ILO

Output 1 A technologically enabled ‘Youth Employment Network’ provides youth with information and employment services to facilitate their successful entry to the labour market.

Activity Result 1.1: Youth are registered on an e-platform that provides essential labour market information and facilitates communications between youth entrepreneurs and the marketplace.

100,000 50,000 50,000 200,000 10,000

SNAP-YE 2015

Activity Result 1.2: Development of processes and capacities for the effective use of the YEN e-platform.

25,000 25,000 25,000 75,000 5,000

SNAP-YE 2015

Activity Result 1.3: Increased volume of business-to-business communications between young producers and buyers through the YEN e-platform.

30,000 35,000 35,000 100,000

Activity Result 1.4: A National Youth Volunteer Scheme is established to provide youth with a decent work experience that enhances their future employability.

50,000 25,000 25,000 100,000 14,000

TRAC 2015 - 2017

5,000

SNAP-YE 2015

Sub-total Output 1 (YEN) 205,000 135,000 135,000 475,000 14,000 20,000

30

Output 2:

Youth have the knowledge and skills required to access employment opportunities created by climate change adaption strategies and within the local economic development value chains relating to agriculture, creative industries and community-based tourism.



Activity Result 2.1: The agricultural value-chain provides opportunities for youth to gain skills and entrepreneurship knowledge that will secure income generation and employment opportunities.

150,000 150,000 150,000 450,000 450,000

SDG-F 2015 - 2017

Activity Result 2.2: The ‘One Village One Product’ approach to community-based tourism generates employment and expanded livelihood-diversification options for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge.

150,000 200,000 100,000 450,000 25,000

SNAP-YE 2015

Activity Result 2.3: The creative industries provide sustainable new employment opportunities for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge.

150,000 150,000 150,000 450,000 25,000

SNAP-YE 2015

Activity Result 2.4: Climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa have new opportunities to incorporate youth employment results within their design and operational strategies.

100,000 200,000 200,000 500,000 35,000

SNAP-YE 2015

Sub-total Output 2 (LED) 550,000 700,000 600,000 1,850,000 450,000 85,000

31

Output 3: Youth-led micro- and small businesses are strengthened as a result of tailored and comprehensive support services, which include policies, strategies and dialogue that facilitate an enabling environment for the growth of micro- and small businesses and enhance the protection for youth through the legal empowerment of the informal economy.



Activity Result 3.1: A Youth Small Business Incubator scheme is established to provide youth entrepreneurs with continuous access to a comprehensive range of tailored business development services.

250,000 150,000 100,000 500,000 50,000

SDG-F 2015 - 2017

5,000

SNAP-YE 2015

Activity Result 3.2: Youth entrepreneurship is facilitated by policies, strategies and dialogue that improve the enabling environment for micro- and small business growth, and increases the protection for youth through the legal empowerment of the informal economy.

200,000 150,000 110,000 460,000 85,000

SNAP-YE 2015

Sub-total Output 3 (Private Sector) 450,000 300,000 210,000 960,000 50,000 90,000

Total Programming Costs 1,205,000 1,135,000 945,000 3,285,000 514,000

TRAC 2015 – 2017 SDG-F 2015- 2017

195,000

Programme Coordination 40,000 40,000 50,000 130,000 105,000

TRAC 2015 - 2017

15,000

Programme Management and Implementation 50,000 75,000 100,000 225,000 124,500

TRAC 2015 - 2017

15,000

Contingencies 20,000 20,000 20,000 60,000 45,500

TRAC 2015 - 2017

14,500

GRAND TOTAL 1,315,000 1,270,000 1,115,000 3,700,000 789,000 239,500

Table 2: 1UN-YEP programme budget: Summary

Budget Summary US$

Grand Total 1UN-YEP cost 3,700,000

UNDP confirmed funding (May 2015) 789,000

ILO confirmed funding (May 2015) 239,500

Total Programme funding confirmed 1,028,500

Total programme unfunded budget 2,671,500

Total cost Year 1 1,315,000

Funding secured Year 1 553,5006

Funding to be secured Year 1 761,500

Programming cost (to be secured) 761,500

Programme management (to be secured) 0



Funding to be secured Year 2 1,025,000


Programme management (to be secured) 90,000



Funding to be secured Year 3 885,000


Programme management (to be secured) 40,000

The resource mobilisation strategy will include, but not limited to, the following opportunities

for resource mobilisation:

6 UNDP TRAC 114,000 + ILO 239,500 +SDGF 200,000 = 553,500 7 UNDP TRAC 45,000 +SDGF 200,000 = 245,000 8 UNDP TRAC 130,000 + SDGF 100,000 = 230,000

33

1UN-YEP will seek strategic partnerships and cost-sharing opportunities with other non-UN

youth-focused development programmes in Samoa and / or the Pacific region that have

overlapping objectives with YEP (e.g. World Bank, ADB, EWACC project, TCMSP, etc.).

Selected outputs will be delivered through a cost-sharing Public-Private Partnership

approach, specifically the Youth Small Business Incubator proposed in Output 3.1.

Bilateral and multilateral development partners who have strategic interests in youth

development in Samoa will be approached with funding proposals.

Private sector foundations with strategic interests in youth development and / or the

Pacific region will be approached with funding proposals.

Innovative fundraising initiatives (e.g. crowd-funding) will be explored and utilized.

Options to resource the unfunded portion of the budget will include as follows:

Table 3: 1UN-YEP programme budget: unsecured funding

Outputs Activity Results Source of Funds Total budget

2015 - 2017

UNDP ILO Other

1. A technologically enabled ‘Youth Employment Network’ provides youth with information and employment services that facilitates their successful entry to the labour market.

1.1: Youth are registered on an e-platform that provides essential labour market information and facilitates communications between youth entrepreneurs and the marketplace.

10,000 190,000

GoS cost share CSSF

Other donors TBC

200,000

1.2: Development of processes and capacities for the effective use of the YEN e-platform.

5,000 70,000

GoS cost share CSSP

Other donors TBC

75,000

1.3: Increased volume of business-to-business communications between young producers and buyers through the YEN e-platform.

100,000

CSSP/ PSSF Other donors TBC

100,000

1.4: A NYVS is established to provide youth with a decent work experience that enhances their future employability.

14,000

TRAC 2015 - 2017

5,000 81,000

CSSP Other donors TBC

100,000

Sub-total Output 1: 14,000 20,000 441,000 475,000


2.1: The agricultural value-chain provides opportunities for youth to gain skills and entrepreneurship knowledge that will secure income generation and employment opportunities.

450,000

SDG-F 2015 - 2017

450,000

2.2: The ‘OVOP’ approach to community-based tourism generates employment and expanded livelihood-diversification options for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge.

25,000 425,000

CSSP, SHA

Other donors TBC

450,000

35

2.3: The creative industries provide sustainable employment opportunities for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge.

25,000 425,000

UNESCO CSSP, SHA

Other donors TBC

450,000

2.4: Climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa have new opportunities to incorporate youth employment results within their design and operational strategies.

35,000 465,000

GEF SGP

Other donors TBC

500,000

Sub-total Output 2: 450,000 85,000 1,315,000 1,850,000


3.1: A Youth Small Business Incubator scheme is established to provide youth entrepreneurs with continuous access to a comprehensive range of tailored business development services.

50,000 (SDG-F) 5,000 445,000

MWCSD (EWACC) SGP

Other donors TBC

500,000

3.2: Youth entrepreneurship is facilitated by policies, strategies and dialogue that improves the enabling environment for micro- and small business growth, and increases the protection for youth through the legal empowerment of the informal economy.

85,000 375,000

GoS cost-share Other donors TBC

460,000

Sub-total Output 3: 50,000 90,000 820,000 960,000

Total Programming Costs 514,000

UNDP

195,000

ILO

2,576,000

Other donors TBC

3,285,000

Total Management and Coordination Costs 275,000

UNDP

44,500

ILO

95,500

Other donors TBC

415,000

GRAND TOTAL 789,000 239,500 2,671,500 3,700,000

5.3 Sustainability and exit strategy

The 1UN-YEP will be implemented and managed in close collaboration with the MWCSD and

MCIL. UN-led programme management activities will be gradually shared with MWCSD and

MCIL during the third year of 1UN-YEP operation, and capacity-building inputs delivered as

required.

As the objectives of 1UN-YEP are aligned with the overarching Samoa Development Strategy

(SDS) and contribute directly to the employment component of the Samoa National Youth

Policy, the sustainability of successful inputs and results is significantly enhanced. Furthermore,

core activities will be implemented by established local organisations including Women In

Business Development Incorporated (WIBDI), the Samoa National Youth Council (SNYC), Samoa

Business Enterprise Centre (SBEC) and the Chamber of Commerce. These organisations will

receive technical and capacity-building support to ensure that successful inputs can be

sustained beyond the timeframe of 1UN-YEP.

6. Results and Resources Framework

UNDP SP Outcome: Growth and development are inclusive and sustainable, incorporating productive capacities that create employment ad livelihoods for the poor and excluded.

Programme Outcome: Youth in Samoa, inclusive of those who are marginalised from mainstream economic activities, secure productive employment and decent work and contribute to sustainable and resilient economic growth.

Programme Outputs:

1. A technologically enabled ‘Youth Employment Network’ provides youth with information and employment services that facilitates their successful entry to the labour market



Output Indicators:

1.1 Number of youth registered on YEN e-platform, disaggregated by gender, village, age and educational status. 1.2 Number of youth who gain employment through the YEN e-platform, disaggregated by gender, village, age and educational status. 1.3 Perception of SNYC staff on their capacity to operate YEN e-platform effectively and without support from 1UN-YEP 2.1 Number of youth who secure employment and income-generation as a result of climate change adaptation strategies and within the agricultural

value chain, community-based tourism or creative industries, disaggregated by sector, gender, village, age and educational status. 3.1 Number of youth-led micro-businesses strengthened through services from the Small Business Incubator. 3.2 Number of actions made to strengthen policies and legal frameworks affecting small businesses within the informal economy.

Partnership Strategy: This Youth Employment Programme will adopt a ‘One-UN’ approach to the delivery of the outputs for which it is accountable. This collaborative approach will enable the distinctive strengths and technical abilities of the different UN agencies operating in Samoa to be combined and coordinated in a way that delivers maximum positive impact on the beneficiaries. Futhermore, the programme will apply a South-South Cooperation approach to the implementation, supported by the UNDP Pacific Centre in Fiji, with the funding provided by UNDPs Sustainable Development Goals Fund.

Project title and ID (ATLAS Award ID): One UN (Samoa) Youth Employment Programme ATLAS Award ID 0008739

38

Activity results Targets Indicative Activities Participating UN Agency

Inputs

1.1 Youth are registered on an e-platform that provides essential labour market information and facilitates communications between youth entrepreneurs and the marketplace.

Baseline (2015):

Zero youth registered on e-platform

Indicators:

Number of youth registered on YEN e-platform, disaggregated by gender, village, age and educational status.

YEN E-platform is designed through consultative process with SNYC, MCIL and MWCSD.

At least 200 youth, 50 per cent of whom are

female, are registered

on e-platform database.

Consultations between SNYC, MWCSD, MCIL and UN regarding appropriate design and functionality of e-platform.

Contract an e-platform system designer to develop the interface between website and mobile phone short message functions.

Contracting a local web designer to develop the e-platform.

Procurement of IT equipment and installation at SNYC

Technical training and capacity building to SNYC on e-platform operation.

ILO

US$200,000

Contractual services; equipment purchasing; SNYC staff training on e-platform; development of operation manual; orientation on e-platform for youth, employers, business operators and youth entrepreneurs; public communications and registration processes; monitoring on e-platform usage and impact.

1.2 Development of processes and capacities for the effective use of the YEN e-platform.

Baseline (2015):

Zero processes and capacities. Zero YEN e-platform.

Indicators:

Perception (qualitative survey-based) of SNYC staff on capacity to operate YEN e-platform effectively.

All SNYC staff receive training and capacity-building inputs on systems and processes for YEN e-platform operation.

Publicity on e-platform and communication via SNYC YEN network

Registration of youth, employers and entrepreneurs on e-platform.

ILO

UNV

US$100,000

Public, private and community sector consultation costs, contractual services; SNYC staff training on operations; development of operation manual; M&E and communications on success stories.

39

1.3 Increased volume of Business-to-Business communications between young producers and buyers through the YEN e-platform.

Baseline (2015):

Zero Business-to-Business communications Zero YEN e-platform

Indicators:

Volume of business to business communications on YEN e-platform

Percentage increase (month to month) of business to business communications on YEN e-platform

YEN E-platform business-to-business functionality is designed through consultative process with SNYC, MWCSD, MCIL and CoC.

At least 25 businesses engage in regular business-to-business communication through YEN e-platform.


ILO

UNV

US$75,000


1.4 A National Youth Volunteer Scheme (NYVS) is established to provide youth with a decent work experience that enhances their future employability.

Baseline (2015):

SNYC do not have a National Youth Volunteer Scheme

Indicators:

Number of youth who gain volunteer experience through SNYC that enhances their employability.

A NYVS is designed through consultative process with SNYC, MCIL and MWCSD.

At least 100 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, register and gain volunteer experience that enhances their employability.

Consultations between SNYC, MWCSD, MCIL and UNV to agree the appropriate design, operations and regulation of the NYVS.

Promotion of NYVS with public, private and community organisations to be partners in NYVSP.

Launch of NYVS with first batch of volunteers and recipient organizations.

M&E of impact on youth employability of NYVS.

Development of knowledge products re: volunteerism and employability, and communication of NYVS success stories.

ILO

UNV

UNDP

US$100,000

Public, private and community sector NYVS consultation costs, contractual services; NYVS equipment purchase; SNYC staff training on NYVS operations; development of NYVS operation manual; M&E and communications on NYVS success stories

Programming Cost Output 1 US$475,000

40


Inputs

2.1 The agricultural value-chain provides opportunities for youth to gain skills and entrepreneurship knowledge that will secure income generation and employment opportunities.

Baseline (2015):

44 youth from YEP-IP at SIDS Conference 2014

Indicators:

Number of youth who secure income generation within the agricultural value chain.

At least 150 youth, disaggregated by gender, village, age and educational status, receive formally accredited skills, entrepreneurship and business development training to enable access to agricultural produce value chains.

At least 50 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, secure sustainable employment within the agricultural value chains.

Awareness raising for youth of agricultural value chain employment opportunities.

Identification of commercially viable agricultural opportunities for youth.

Technical trainings (by FAO, MAF, WIBDI) conducted for youth on organic and conventional agricultural production.

Technical and business development trainings conducted for youth to enable access to commercially viable opportunities within the agricultural value chain.

Access to markets for agricultural products is facilitated for youth entrepreneurs.

UNDP

FAO

US$450,000

Awareness raising consultations, showcasing economic opportunities for youth, technical trainings on agriculture production, costs of organic certification, small business development training for youth entrepreneurs within agricultural value chains, facilitating access to commercially viable markets for products, technical trainings on customer service, quality control processes, M&E and communications on youth success stories.

2.2 The ‘One Village One Product’ approach to community-based tourism generates employment and expanded livelihood-diversification options for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge.

At least 150 youth, disaggregated by gender, village, age and educational status, receive formally accredited skills,

Consultations with MWCSD, SHA and other stakeholders re: OVOP and creative industries for youth employment.

ILO

UNESCO

US$450,000

Identification of target areas, consultations with selected OVOP leadership, SHA certification processes,

41

Baseline (2015):

Zero OVOP approach to community-based tourism in Samoa.

Indicators:

Number of youth who secure income generation in community-based tourism and a resilient livelihood strategy as a result of OVOP approach.

entrepreneurship and business development training to enable sustainable income generation within community-based tourism.

At least 50 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, secure sustainable employment within community-based tourism the community-based tourism value chain.

Comprehensive scanning and analysis of existing livelihood strategies, climate change vulnerability and new local economic opportunities for youth in target areas.

Technical skills training for youth in selected community tourism initiatives.

Entrepreneurship, small business development and local employment training for youth in target areas.

Establishing strategic partnerships with private sector actors to improve access to markets for community tourism.

UNDP

identification of commercially viable opportunities in community tourism and creative industries, technical, entrepreneurship and employment trainings for youth, facilitating youth access to strategic partnerships with private sector and access to sustainable economic markets.

2.3 The creative industries provide sustainable employment opportunities for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge.

Baseline (2015):

To be established Q3 2015

Indicators:

Number of youth who secure income generation in the creative industries and a more resilient livelihood strategy.

At least 150 youth, disaggregated by gender, village, age and educational status, receive formally accredited skills, entrepreneurship and business development training to enable sustainable income generation within the creative industries sector.

Consultations with MWCSD, SHA and other stakeholders re: creative industries for youth employment.

Comprehensive scanning and analysis of existing livelihood strategies, climate change vulnerability and new local economic opportunities for youth

ILO

UNESCO

UNDP

US$450,000

Identification of target areas, consultations with selected OVOP leadership, SHA certification processes, identification of commercially viable opportunities in community tourism and creative industries, technical, entrepreneurship and employment trainings for

42

At least 50 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, secure sustainable employment within the creative industries sector.

in target areas.

Technical skills training for youth in selected creative industries.


Establishing strategic partnerships with private sector actors to improve access to markets.

youth, facilitating youth access to strategic partnerships with private sector and access to sustainable economic markets.

2.4 Climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa have new opportunities to incorporate youth employment results within their design and operational

strategies.

Baseline (2015):


Indicators:

Proportion of climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa that include strategies with funds allocation to support youth employment and the creation of green jobs for youth.

50 per cent of new climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa include strategies and allocate funds to support gender-sensitive youth employment and the creation of green jobs for youth.

Stocktake of existing national climate change and resilience projects/programmes. National workshops on international best practice. Bi-lingual information-sheets profiling climate change projects and their potential inclusion of a job creation focus.

ILO

US$500,000

Programming Cost Output 2 USD1,850,000

43


Inputs

3.1 A Youth Small Business Incubator scheme is established to provide youth entrepreneurs with continuous access to a comprehensive range of tailored business development services.

Baseline (2015):

Zero Youth Small Business Incubator

Indicators:

Number of youth-led (data disaggregated) micro-businesses strengthened through inputs from Small Business Incubator.

Percentage increase in income generated from micro-business activity.

Small Business Incubator operating within a sustainable Public-Private Partnership modality.

At least 100 youth-led micro-businesses, 50 per cent of which are female-led, received tailored support that strengthens their sustainability and potential for employment creation.

The Youth Small Business Incubator is operating effectively and sustainably through a PPP modality.

Female and male youth-led micro-enterprises demonstrate an increase of 15 per cent in income-generation from micro-business activity

Discuss with Ministries and private sector on concept of Youth Small Business Incubator and PPP modality.

Draft technical proposal for creation of Youth Small Business Incubator

Conduct publicity to raise awareness of new youth entrepreneurship facility.

Recruit and train technical and management staff for Youth Small Business Incubator.

Use SNYC e-platform to mobilise youth entrepreneurs to use the facilities of the Youth Small Business Incubator.

UNDP

ILO

US$500,000

Consultations with Government, youth and private sector, renovating and equipment physical location, developing strategic plan and operational guidelines for Youth Small Business Incubator within PPP modality, recruitment and training of staff.

44

3.2 Youth entrepreneurship is facilitated by policies, strategies and dialogue that improve the enabling environment for micro- and small business growth, and increases the protection for youth through the legal empowerment of the informal economy.

Baseline (2015):


Indicators:

Number of actions made to strengthen policies and legal frameworks affecting small businesses within the informal economy.

Gender-sensitive legal empowerment of youth within the informal economy is incorporated into the strategic actions points of the Samoa Youth Employment National Action Plan.

Roadmap with policy and legislative amendments for the empowerment of the informal economy approved by Government.

Research into the specific nature of the informal economy in Samoa, including analysis of the impact on youth of legal empowerment of the informal economy.

Negotiation with Government agencies regarding the provision of tax reliefs and investment incentives for informal economy SMEs.

Discussion with financial institutions on the development of tailored packages with favourable terms for access to credit services;

High-level dialogue on the nature and dimensions of legal exclusion of youth in relation to four thematic areas of legal empowerment – namely access to justice, property rights, labour rights and rights to livelihoods.

Development of a strategy and roadmap for legal empowerment of the informal economy.

UNDP

ILO

US$460,000

Consultations with Government, private sector and SNYC, technical inputs to policy and legislative review and Roadmap, production of knowledge resources, training of SMEs with youth workers in informal economy.

45

Incorporate youth within the informal economy into strategic actions points of the Samoa Youth Employment National Action Plan.

Conduct trainings for youth within the informal economy to build knowledge of their legal rights and capacity to access the services to which they are

entitled.

Programming Cost Output 3 US$ 960,000

Programming Cost Output 2 US$ 1,850,000

Programming Cost Output 1 US$ 475,000

Total Programming costs US$ 3,285,000

Programme management, implementation and coordination US$ 415,000,

Grand Total 1UN-YEP US$ 3,700,000

Total confirmed funding (UNDP / ILO) as at 26th May 2015 US$ 1,028,500

Total unfunded budget as at 26th May 2015 US$ 2,671,500

7. Annual Work Plans 2015 – 2017

Please see Annex 4 for AWP 2015, Annex 5 for AWP 2016 and Annex 6 for AWP 2017.

8. Funding, Coordination and Management Arrangements

The project will follow the UNDG Guidelines for UN Joint Programmes. Unless specifically

stated otherwise in a funding contribution, the project will be executed according to UNDP’s

National Implementation Modality (NIM), as per NIM guidelines agreed by UNDP and the

Government of Samoa. Accordingly, this project document may be refined during the

inception workshop, to be carried out in the following 3 months after signature.

Contributions from non-UNDP suppliers may follow specific arrangements that will be

accordingly described in a partnership agreement. The activities linked to the budget

secured by ILO through SNAP-YE project will be integrated in this project, but their

management will follow its original arrangements (as an ILO project under Direct

Implementation Modality). Future contributions from other UN agencies may also be

managed as parallel funding and may follow the policies and procedures of the supplier

agency if required.

Programme activities

Implementing Partner, Responsible parties and other partners

Project Director (MWCSD)

Project Management Unit:

Programme Coordinator M&E Officer Support staff

Youth Sub-sector Committee

Project Assurance

UNDP (GPR Unit)

Community Development Sector National Steering Committee

47

Implementing Partner (IP). At the national level, the Ministry of Women, Community

and Social Development (MWCSD) will act as the Implementing Partner (Programme

Executive) of the 1UN-YEP. Based on the standard NIM procedures, MWCSD will be

responsible for the overall programme, including reporting to the Government of

Samoa’s Community Development Sector Steering Committee.

The MWCSD has the mandate to coordinate government actions to advance the social

and economic wellbeing of youth in Samoa. As implementing partner, MWCSD has the

general responsibility for organizing and overseeing all phases of the programme as

well as for coordinating all other responsible parties involved. This will include

coordination with other government ministries, to include the Ministry of Commerce,

Industry and Labour (MCIL) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF), as well

as bilateral and multilateral development partners, private and civil society sector

organizations. The objective of this coordination will be to secure a broad ownership of

the programme and the commitment and support of other parties to the successful

delivery of the outputs of the 1UN-YEP.

MWCSD will establish a Programme Management Unit (PMU) in Apia. The PMU will be

led by a full time Programme Coordinator. Other core staff will be recruited to support

the Programme Coordinator as required. This will include a specialized Monitoring and

Evaluation Officer.

The Programme Executive (MWCSD) will appoint the ACEO of the Division for Youth,

MWCSD as the Programme Director (PD). The PD will be supported by the Programme

Coordinator within the PMU.

Responsible Party (RP). A Responsible Party is an entity selected to act on behalf of the

Implementing Partner on the basis of a written agreement or contract to purchase

goods or provide services using the project budget. This project will include the

following responsible parties:

Output 1 (Youth Employment Network): ILO and UNV

Output 2 (Local Economic Development): UNDP, FAO, ILO and UNESCO

Output 3 (Private Sector Development): UNDP and ILO

ILO will provide the overall leadership for the delivery of Output 1: Youth Employment

Network. This will involve close collaboration with the Samoa National Youth Council in the

development of the e-platform for facilitating youth access to basic labour market

information. UNV will provide technical support to the development of the National Youth

Volunteering Scheme, as a specific result within Output 1.

UNDP will provide overall leadership for the delivery of Output 2: Local Economic

Development. FAO will provide technical inputs to support the delivery of the results

relating to 2.1 re: agricultural value chains. UNESCO and ILO will provide technical inputs to

48

support the delivery of the results relating to 2.2 and 2.3 re: community based tourism and

the creative industries. ILO and UNDP will support the delivery of the results relating to 2.4

re: climate change adaptation, disaster resilience and youth employment.

Audit arrangements: Audits will be conducted in accordance with the UNDP NIM Audit

policies and procedures, and based on UN Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfer (HACT)

policy framework. A certified audit firm will conduct the audit. UNDP will support the

MWCSD as Implementing Partner in making the arrangements for audit. The Programme

Coordinator and the Programme Management Unit (PMU) will address the audit

recommendations.

Community Development Sector National Steering Committee (CDSSC) will provide high-level oversight and policy advice to the programme and meets on a quarterly basis.

The Youth Subsector Committee will perform the functions of the Project Board. The

Project Board is responsible for making management decisions for a project in particular

when guidance is required by the Programme Coordinator. The Project Board plays a critical

role in project monitoring and evaluations by quality assuring these processes and products,

and using evaluations for performance improvement, accountability and learning. Its

oversight ensures that required resources are committed and it arbitrates on any conflicts

within the project or negotiates a solution to any problems with external bodies. In addition,

it approves the appointment and responsibilities of the Programme Coordinator and any

delegation of its Project Assurance responsibilities.

Based on the approved Annual Work Plan, the Project Board can also consider and approve

the quarterly plans (if applicable) and also approve any essential deviations from the

original plans for submission and endorsement of the Community Development Sector

National Steering Committee. Project Board decisions will be made in accordance to

standards that shall ensure management for development results, best value money,

fairness, integrity, transparency and effective international competition. In the very unlikely

case consensus cannot be reached within the Board of this UN Joint Programme, the final

decision shall rest with the CEO of MWCSD and the United Nations Resident Coordinator.

The Youth Subsector Committee / Project Board contains three distinct roles, including:

1) The Executive, which is responsible for ensuring that the Board meets regularly and all

issues are addressed to ensure all outcomes of the project are achieved to the highest

quality, will be the Division for Youth of the MWCSD. The Programme Director (ACEO

Division for Youth MWCSD), assisted by the Programme Coordinator will report to the

Project Board on progress of implementation and results achieved. The Programme

Coordinator will be responsible for supporting the Programme Director in

49

coordinating the flow of results and knowledge from the programme to the project

Board / Youth Subsector Committee.

2) Senior Suppliers: This group represents the interests of the parties concerned that

provide technical expertise to the programme. The Senior Supplier’s primary function

within the Project Board / Youth Subsector Committee is to provide guidance

regarding the technical feasibility of the project: i) make sure progress towards the

outputs remains consistent from the supplier perspective; ii) promote and maintain

focus on the expected project outputs from the point of view of supplier

management; iii) ensure that supplier resources required for the programme are

made available; iv) contribute supplier opinions on project board / Youth Subsector

Committee decisions on whether to implement recommendations on proposed

changes; v) arbitrate on, and ensure resolution of, any supplier priority or resource

conflicts. Suppliers should also advise on the selection of strategy, design and

methods to carry out project activities; ensure that any standards defined for the

project are met and used to good effect; monitor potential changes and their impact

on the quality of deliverables from a supplier perspective; monitor any risks in the

implementation aspects of the project. These senior suppliers are: UNDP, ILO, FAO,

UNESCO, UNV, MWCSD and private sector / civil society organisations.

3) Senior Beneficiary: an individual or group of individuals representing the interests of

those who will ultimately benefit from the project. The Senior Beneficiary’s primary

function within the Board is to ensure the realisation of programme results from the

perspective of the beneficiaries. This role includes: i) ensuring the expected output

and related activities of the programme are well defined; ii) ensuring progress towards

the outputs required by the beneficiaries remains consistent from beneficiaries; iii)

promote and maintain focus on the expected programme outputs; iv) prioritise and

contribute beneficiaries’ opinions on Project Board / Youth Subsector Committee

decisions on whether to implement recommendations on proposed changes; v)

resolve priority conflicts.

The Project Assurance role supports the Project Board Executive / Youth Subsector

Committee by carrying out objective and independent project oversight and monitoring

functions. The Head of the UNDP Governance and Poverty Reduction Unit will play the role

of Project Assurance in this UN Joint Programme.

Programme Coordinator: The Programme Coordinator has the authority to run the

programme on a day-to-day basis on behalf of the Implementing Partner within the

constraints laid down by the Project Board / Youth Subsector Steering Committee. The

Programme Coordinator’s prime responsibility is to ensure that the activities produce the

results specified in the programme document, to the required standard of quality and

within the specified constraints of time and cost.

50

8.1 Funding Arrangements

The UN Agencies collaborating on the 1UN-YEP will adopt a parallel fund management

approach for core resources provided by each agency. Funding arrangements under this

option follow each agency’s regulations and rules for individual programming and project

processes with requirements for quarterly progress reporting to the Executive and Project

Board.

With the agreement of the Government of Samoa, UNDP will allocate the amount of

USD$289,000 to the project which will be advanced on a quarterly basis to the Government

via Ministry of Finance following standard NIM financial management arrangements. The

Ministry of Finance will submit quarterly FACE Forms and narrative reports to UNDP for the

acquittal of funds disbursed and reporting,

Under parallel funding arrangements, ILO’s SNAP project will provide co-funding of

US$239,500 to the IUNYEP which will be accessed directly by ILO in the IRIS / FISEXT

management system, however USD$54,000 of the total is transferred to the Ministry of

Finance for implementation of Component 1 & 2 of the SNAP project by MWCSD.

In case of funds channelled through more than one agency, UNDP will act as the recipient of

funds and will sign a UN-UN transfer agreement to distribute the funds.

9. Monitoring Framework And Evaluation

The monitoring and evaluation framework for the 1UN-YEP will be developed and

implemented in consultation with the UN Resident Coordinators Office and the national

partners represented on the Project Board / Youth Subsector Committee. In brief, the M&E

framework will be as follows:

At start of programme:

The MWCSD will liaise with the Programme Coordinator to develop quality

management criteria for the approved activity results. The development of quality

management criteria will require the identification of appropriate indicators and the

means of their verification. It will also require the collection (or identification) of

baseline data against which progress will be measured over time.

All programme staff and advisors / trainers will work with the Programme

Coordinator to develop assessment tools for the different activities to be

implemented under the 1UN-YEP.

The PMU will develop data collection tools to assist in monitoring activities, the

performance of technical agencies and the evaluation of the impact of the results

achieved. In addition, the PMU will clarify (or develop) reporting guidelines for the

51

technical agencies / NGO / private sector partners, and will ensure that all technical

partners are clear about their reporting requirements.

On a quarterly basis:

The Programme Coordinator will assess progress using the quality criteria and

methods developed at the start of the programme.

The Issue Log will be reviewed and updated as necessary to facilitate tracking and

resolution of potential problems or requests for changes in the programme

document.

Risks will be re-assessed by reviewing the external environment that may affect

programme implementation. The outcomes of the quarterly risk re-assessments

will be recorded in the Risk Log (though updates).

Based on the above information, and on information obtained through technical

partners reports, the Programme Coordinator will prepare Quarterly Progress

Reports using the standard UNDP format. The report will be submitted to the

Youth Development Sub-Sector Committee. The Project Assurance unit will be

responsible for verifying the information contained in the QPRs.

On an annual basis:

An Annual Review Report (ARR) will be prepared by the Programme Coordinator

in partnership with the MWCSD and submitted to the Youth Development Sub-

Sector Committee through the Project Assurance unit. The ARR will summarize

progress made against targets set for the year, identify issues related to

programme performance and make recommendations for changes to the

programme design and/or work plan. The ARR will bring together information

from the QPRs as well as a summary of results achieved at the activity and output

level.

Based on the ARR, an Annual Programme Review (APR) will be conducted during

the fourth quarter of the year or soon thereafter by the MWCSD in collaboration

with the Programme Coordinator, to assess the performance of the programme

and to appraise the Annual Work Plan for the subsequent year. Participatory

review methods will be used during this process, especially in meetings with local-

level stakeholders. The APR at the field level will be led by the PMU. The findings

of the APR will be shared with the Community Development Sector National

Steering Committee through the Youth Subsector Steering Committee.

At programme mid-point:

An external Mid-Term Review (MTR) will be carried out before the end of the

second year. The MTR will be carried out in accordance with UNDP evaluation

52

policies. The aim of the MTR will be to review programme progress against targets,

assess the programme implementation strategy and make recommendations for

design or delivery changes that could enhance overall effectives. The MTR report

will be shared with all relevant stakeholders.

At end of programme:

Beginning in the first half of the third year, the PMU together with the MWCSD

will initiate a lessons learned review process. The process will engage a select

number of stakeholders in a series of workshops on identifying lessons learned

and deciding on how these lessons would be best documented and disseminated.

The process of documenting the programme lessons should be allocated at least

three months, and may require support of an external consultant. The output of

this process (a Lessons Learned report) will be shared with programme

stakeholders and other interested parties at an end of project stakeholders

workshop.

A Terminal Evaluation will be carried out by an external evaluation team within six

months of the operational closing of the programme. Like the MTR, the

evaluation will be carried out in coordination with the UNDP Evaluation Office.

The objective of the Terminal Evaluation will be to assess the overall effectiveness

and efficiency of the Programme in achieving its intended output, review the

implementation strategy and management structure, identify lessons learned and

provide recommendations to inform future design of youth employment

programmes in Samoa.

An End of Programme Review Report will be prepared within a month after the

operational closure of the programme, followed by an End of Programme Review.

The findings of the End of Programme Review will be shared with stakeholders at

a final Youth Subsector Committee meeting, which will determine the official

closure of the 1UN-YEP.

10. Legal Context or Basis of Relationship

The Samoa UNDAF provides the legal framework between Government of Samoa and UN

agencies. The UNDAF covers the full duration period for the Joint Programme (2013-2017).

This document together with the UNDAF Action Plan, signed by the Government, UNDP and

partner UN agencies through the UNDAF Country Result Matrix, which is incorporated

herein by reference, constitute together a Joint Project Document as referred to in the

Standard Basic Assistance Agreement (SBAA); as such all provisions of the UNDAF Action

Plan apply to this document. All references in the SBAA to “Executing Agency” shall be

deemed to refer to “Implementing Partner”, as such term is defined and used in the UNDAF

Action Plan and this document. The Participating UN Organizations (PUNO) shall comply

with the policies, procedures and practices of the United Nations safety and security

53

management system. They agree to undertake all reasonable efforts to ensure that none of

the funds received pursuant to this Joint Programme are used to provide support to

individuals or entities associated with terrorism and that the recipients of any amounts

provided by Participating UN organizations do not appear on the list maintained by the

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999). The list can be

accessed via http: www.un.org/Docs/sc/ committees/1267/1267ListEng.htm. This provision

must be included in all sub-contracts or sub-agreements entered into under this Project

Document.

54

11. Annexes

Annex 1: Terms of Reference - Project Board / Youth Subsector Committee

The Youth Subsector Committee / Project Board will have overall responsibility for providing strategic guidance and oversight of the programme. The Youth Subsector Committee is responsible for making consensual management decisions concerning programme issues and risks and will provide advice and guidance when required by the Programme Coordinator. Approval of budget revisions and approval of Annual Work Plans (AWP) is also a key role of the Youth Subsector Committee / Project Board. The Youth Subsector Committee / Project Board will also be used as a mechanism for leveraging partnerships and mobilization of resources for the implementation of the programme.

Programme reviews by the Youth Subsector Committee / Project Board will be made at designated decision points during the running of the programme, or as necessary when raised by the Programme Coordinator. The Programme Coordinator will consult the Youth Subsector Committee / Project Board for decisions if / when tolerances (i.e. constraints normally in terms of time and budget) have been exceeded.

In particular the Youth Subsector Committee / Project Board will:

1. Provide strategic guidance and advice to the Programme Coordinator on programme related activities particularly on specific problems and issues that may have a bearing on the progress of the achievements of the programme.

2. Review and approve proposed annual work plans for the programme.

3. Help facilitate and ensure that targets identified in the annual work plans are met within agreed timeframes and with given resource allocations and provide alternative remedial solutions where the need arises.

4. Facilitate exchange of information on awareness of programme developments, lessons learnt and best practices

5. Fulfill any other responsibilities that may be identified for the Youth Subsector Committee / Project Board by the Government of Samoa.

55

Annex 2: Terms of Reference - Programme Coordinator

Background

The United Nations in Samoa is responding to the request by the Government of Samoa to assist in

its ongoing efforts to address youth unemployment. A programme of coordinated activities has been

designed with the specific objective of assisting youth to develop the knowledge and skills needed to

enter the labour market and secure decent work opportunities in either waged employment or in

small business development. The programme will actively promote gender equality and will be

inclusive of youth who are marginalized from mainstream economic and social life.

The programme is aligned with the National Youth Policy, and will be implemented in close

cooperation with the ongoing activities to develop Samoa’s National Action Plan on Youth

Employment. The implementation of the programme will combine the different strengths and

technical capacities of the UN agencies in Samoa to deliver as ‘One-UN’, thereby maximizing the

positive impact for employment-seeking youth. Partnering UN agencies will include UNDP, ILO, FAO,

UNESCO and UNV. The programme activities will be implemented in close collaboration with the

Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development with support from NGOs and private sector

organisations.

The Programme Coordinator will play an essential role in coordinating the different technical

activities of the programme and communicating progress and results to different stakeholders.

Overall responsibilities

The Programme Coordinator will report to the Project Director and to the Youth Subsector

Committee / Project Board, and will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the One UN

(Samoa) Youth Employment Programme (1UN-YEP). These responsibilities will include:

Liaison with Government, non-state implementing partners and the youth beneficiaries of the programme activities.

Monitoring of programme activities in line with agreed workplans, indicators and budgets

Ensuring programme activities promote gender equality and are inclusive of the specific needs of marginalized youth.

Communication with Government, donors and stakeholders, on progress of the programme and results achieved to date.

Administration of the programme, including reporting on financial expenditure and progress towards agreed milestones.

The Programme Coordinator’s prime responsibility will be to ensure that the programme produces the results specified in the programme document, to the required standard of quality and within the specified constraints of time and cost.

Specific responsibilities would include:

• Building productive working relationships with the programme implementing partners (private sector organisations, NGOs, etc.), UN agencies (UNDP, ILO, FAO, UNESCO, UNV) and senior officials within the Ministry for Women, Community and Social Development.

• Developing and managing workplans and activity budgets.

56

• Managing the programme M&E framework and updating as required ensuring that programme activities and processes are conducted to the highest quality standards and with sensitivity to the specific needs of youth.

• Implementing the programme Communication Strategy. • Supporting resource mobilization for unfunded elements of the programme. • Liaising with suppliers for the procurement of required goods and services to progress

agreed activities, including drafting TORs and work specifications; • Managing requests for the provision of financial resources, using advance of funds, direct

payments, or reimbursement using the FACE (Fund Authorization and Certificate of Expenditures);

• Monitoring financial expenditure and report writing that demonstrates ensures transparency, accuracy and reliability.

• Appraising risks to the success and sustainability of the programme, updating the status of the Risk Log accordingly and communicating with the Youth Subsector Committee / Project Board.

• Preparing Quarterly Progress Reports (progress against planned activities, update on risks and Issues, expenditures) and submitting the report to the Youth Subsector Committee / Project Board and Project Assurance Unit;

• Preparing the Annual Review Report, and submitting the report to the Youth Subsector Committee / Project Board.

• Based on the review process, preparing the Annual Work Plan for the following year, as well as Quarterly Plans as required.

• Recruitment and staff management of programme support team when additional personnel are hired.

• Closing the programme: preparing the required final reports and identifying follow-on actions to be submitted to the Youth Subsector Committee / Project Board; managing the transfer of programme deliverables, documents, files, equipment and materials to agreed stakeholders and beneficiaries.

Annex 3: Monitoring and Evaluation Framework

Programme Outcome: Youth in Samoa, inclusive of those who are marginalized from mainstream economic activities, secure productive employment and decent work and contribute to sustainable and resilient economic growth.

Indicators Baseline(s) Target(s) Source/Means of Verification

Risk that outputs may not be produced

Output 1: A technologically enabled ‘Youth Employment Network’ provides youth with information and employment services that facilitates their successful entry to the labour market.

Number of youth registered on YEN e-platform, disaggregated by gender, village, age and educational status.

Zero youth registered on YEN e-platform at May 2015

At least 200 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, are registered on e-platform database by the end of the project

YEN e-platform database

Youth and employers / businesses fail to engage substantially with e-platform.

Capacity within SNYC is not developed to a sufficient level.

Number of youth who gain employment as a result of inputs from YEN e-platform, disaggregated by gender, village, age and educational status.

Zero youth have gained employment as a result of YEN e-platform at May 2015

At least 100 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, have access to opportunities for employment as a result of inputs from YEN e-platform by the end of the project

SNYC progress reports and M&E statistics.

58

Activity result 1.1 Youth are registered on an e-platform that provides essential labour market information and facilitates communications between youth entrepreneurs and the marketplace.

Number of youth registered on the YEN e-platform database.

Zero at beginning of 2015

At least 200 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, are registered on e-platform database by the end of the project SNYC progress

reports and M&E statistics.

Capacity within SNYC is not developed to a sufficient level.

Youth and employers / businesses fail to engage substantially with e-platform

Volume of job vacancies processed through the YEN e-platform.


TBD in Q3 2015

Activity result 1.2: Development of processes and capacities for the effective use of the YEN e-platform.

Number of capacity-building trainings for SNYC on YEN e-platform systems and processes.


At least 100 youth focal points, 50 per cent of whom are female, trained on the use of the e-platform by the end of the project

Data produced by SNYC M&E systems. Training and TA reports from activities supporting SNYC capacity-building.

Capacity within SNYC to manage e-platform is not developed to a sufficient level. High staff turnover within SNYC results in loss of knowledge from training and TA inputs.

Perception (qualitative survey-based) of SNYC staff on their capacity to operate YEN e-platform effectively and without support from 1UN-YEP.


>85% confidence in capacity to operate YEN e-platform effectively and without support from 1UN-YEP by the end of the project

Survey report and analysis of feedback.

59

Activity result 1.3: Increased volume of business-to-business communications between young producers and buyers through the YEN e-platform.

Total volume of Business-to-Business communications on YEN e-platform.


TBD in Q3 2015 SNYC progress reports and M&E statistics.

Businesses do not identify with the communication activities and do not use the tool.

Number of employers who are using the YEN e-platform



Percentage increase (month to month) of business-to-business communications on YEN e-platform.



Activity result 1.4: A National Youth Volunteer Scheme is established to provide youth with a decent work experience that enhances their future employability.

Number of youth registered on the SNYC National Youth Volunteer Scheme.


At least 100 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, register and gain volunteer experience that enhances their employability by the end of the project

Statistical reports from SNYC.

Surveys of youth volunteers and employers.

Youth fail to link volunteerism with employability. The volunteering experience is not valued by employers as a mechanism that enhances employability.

Number of youth who gain volunteer experience through SNYC that enhances their employability.

60

Project Output 2: Youth have the knowledge and skills required to access employment opportunities created by climate change adaption strategies and within the local economic development value chains relating to agriculture, creative industries and community-based tourism.

Number of youth who secure income-generation and develop resilient livelihood strategies within the agricultural value chain, community-based tourism or the creative industries, disaggregated by sector, gender, village, age and educational status.

TBD in Q3 2015 TBD in Q3 2015 M&E data and progress reports

Network tracking system is not up and running. Youth are not aware of the E-Platform and do not register

Activity result 2.1 The agricultural value-chain provides opportunities for youth to gain skills and entrepreneurship knowledge that will secure income generation and employment opportunities.

Number of youth who receive formally accredited skills, entrepreneurship and business development training in agricultural value chain.

TBD in Q3 2015. 44 youth from SIDS Conference Sept 2014 (organic farm-to-table).

At least 150 youth, disaggregated by gender, village, age and educational status receive formally accredited training inputs by the end of the project

M&E data and progress reports.

Youth are not able to access the agricultural value chains.

Income generated is not sufficient to encourage youth to engage substantially with programme initiative.

Employment secured is insecure and temporary in nature.

Number of youth who secure income-generation and develop resilient livelihood strategies within the agricultural value chain.

At least 50 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, secure sustainable employment within the agricultural value chain by the end of the project

61

Activity result 2.2 The ‘One Village One Product’ approach to community-based tourism generates employment and expanded livelihood-diversification options for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge.

Number of villages identified and developed for one village one product (OVOP) methodology.


TBD in Q3 2015

M&E data and progress reports. Survey reports and analysis.

Village leaders fail to support OVOP methodology.


Training inputs are not aligned to market demand.


Number of youth who receive formally accredited skills, entrepreneurship and business development training in community-based tourism using OVOP approach.


At least 150 youth, disaggregated by gender, village, age and educational status receive formally accredited training inputs by the end of the project

Number of youth who secure income generation in community-based tourism sector and a resilient livelihood strategy as a result of OVOP approach.


At least 50 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, secure sustainable employment within the community-based tourism sector by the end of the project

Activity result 2.3: The creative industries provide sustainable new employment opportunities for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge.

Number of youth who receive formally accredited skills, entrepreneurship and business development training in the creative industries.

TBD in Q3 2015 TBD in Q3 2015

M&E data and progress reports. Survey reports and analysis.


Training inputs are not aligned to market demand.


Number of youth who secure income generation in the creative industries sector and develop a resilient livelihood strategy.

TBD in Q3 2015

At least 50 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, secure sustainable employment within the creative industries sector by the end of the project

62

Activity result 2.4: Climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa have new opportunities to incorporate youth employment results within their design and operational strategies.

Proportion of climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa that include strategies with funds allocations to support youth employment and the creation of green jobs for youth.

TBD in Q3 2015

50 per cent of new climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa include strategies and allocate funds to support gender-sensitive youth employment and the creation of green jobs for youth by the end of the project

M&E data and progress reports. Random sampling of project documentation

Designers, planners, managers and donors fail to incorporate the link between climate change adaptation, disaster resilience and youth employment into new project documentation.

Project Output 3: Youth-led micro- and small businesses are strengthened as a result of tailored and comprehensive support services, which include policies, strategies and dialogue that facilitate an enabling environment for the growth of micro- and small businesses and enhance the protection for youth through the legal empowerment of the informal economy.

Percentage change in contribution to GDP growth from economic output of micro-enterprises supported by small business incubator services.

TBD in Q3 2015

Youth-led micro-enterprises supported by the small business incubator service have data to assess their economic output and its contribution to private sector led growth in Samoa by the end of the project

M&E data and progress reports.

The economic output of micro-enterprises cannot be calculated accurately or their contribution to private sector-led growth not analyzed satisfactorily.

63

Activity Result 3.1: A Youth Small Business Incubator scheme is established to provide youth entrepreneurs with continuous access to a comprehensive range of tailored business development services.

Number of youth-led micro-businesses that are strengthened through inputs from small business incubator facility

Zero at May 2015

At least 100 youth-led micro-businesses, 50 per cent of which are female-led, received tailored support that strengthens their sustainability and potential for employment creation by the end of the project M&E data,

progress reports and official financial records.

Technical capacity within Youth Small Business Incubator scheme is insufficient to meet the needs of youth entrepreneurs.

Insufficient number of youth entrepreneurs engage and the scheme is not sustainable

Percentage increase in income generated from micro-business activity.

TBD Q4 2015

Female and male youth-led micro-enterprises demonstrate an increase of 15 per cent in income-generation from micro-business activity by the end of the project

Micro-businesses do not keep accurate data on sales, income, expenditure and profit made from business activities.

Small Business Incubator is operating within a Public-Private Partnership modality.

Zero at May 2015

The Youth small business incubator is operating effectively and sustainably through a PPP modality by the end of the project

GoS and / or private sector do not support PPP modality.

Activity result 3.2 Youth entrepreneurship is facilitated by policies, strategies and dialogue that improves the enabling environment for micro- and small business growth, and increases the protection for youth through the legal empowerment of the informal economy.

Number of actions made to strengthen policies and legal frameworks affecting small businesses within the informal economy.


TBD in Q4 2015

M&E data, progress reports and official documentation

Government policy-makers and legislators fail to support initiatives to legally empower micro- and small businesses within the informal economy.

64

Strategic plan and road map for the legal empowerment of the informal economy completed.


Roadmap with policy and legislative amendments for the empowerment of the informal economy approved by Government by the end of the project

Strategy and roadmap is not endorsed by policy-makers.

Legal empowerment of youth within the informal economy is incorporated into the strategic actions points of the Samoa Youth Employment National Action Plan.


Final Youth Employment National Action Plan submitted to and approved by Cabinet by the end of the project

Cabinet report MWCSD / MCIL report

Delay in completing writing of NAP, delay in preparing for Cabinet. YE-NAP not approved by Cabinet.

Output Results

Including baseline, indicators and targets

Planned Activities

Timeframe Planned Budget 2015 - 2018

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Participating UN agency

(PUNO)

Funding source

Budget description Amount (US$)

2015


Indicators:

Number of youth (data disaagregated) registered on the YEN e-platform database. Volume of job vacancies processed through the YEN e-platform.

Baseline:


Target:

At least 200 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, are registered on e-platform database.

Consultations between SNYC, MWCSD, MCIL and UN regarding appropriate design and functionality of e-platform.

ILO

UNV

ILO

Other TBC


Total

budget 2015

100,000

Funds secured as

at June 2015

10,000 ILO

SNAP-YE

Funding gap Year 1 as at June

2015 90,000

Contract an e-platform system designer to develop the interface between website and mobile phone short message functions.

Contracting a local web designer to develop the e-platform.

Procurement of IT equipment and installation at SNYC


Annex 4: Annual Work Plan (Y1): June 2015 - December 2015

66


Indicators:



Baseline:

Zero YEN

Zero e-platform

Target:

>85% confidence in capacity to operate YEN e-platform effectively and without support from 1UN-YEP.


ILO

UNV

ILO

Other TBC


Total budget

2015 25,000

Funds

secured as at June

2015 5,000

ILO SNAP-YE

Funding

gap Year 1 as at June

2015 20,000



Indicators:



ILO

UNV

ILO

Other TBC


Total budget

2015 30,000

Funds

secured as at June

2015 0

Funding


67

Baseline:

Zero YEN

Zero e-platform

Target:

TBD in Q3 2015

gap Year 1 as at June

2015 30,000

1.4: A National Youth Volunteer Scheme is established to provide youth with a decent work experience that enhances their future employability.

Indicators:

Number of youth registered on the SNYC National Youth Volunteer Scheme.

Number of youth who gain volunteer experience that enhances their employability.

Baseline:


Target:


Consultations between SNYC, MWCSD, MCIL and UN to agree the appropriate design, operations and regulation of the NYVS.

ILO

UNDP

UNV

UNV

Other TBC

Public, private and community sector NYVS consultation costs, contractual services; NYVS equipment purchase; SNYC staff training on NYVS operations; development of NYVS operation manual; M&E and communications on NYVS success stories

Total budget

2015 50,000

Funds

secured as at June

2015 19,000

ILO SNAP-YE

Funding gap as at

June 2015 31,000

Promotion of NYVS with public, private and community organisations to be partners in NYVS.

Launch of NYVS recipient organizations.



68


Indicators:

Number of youth (data disaggregated) who secure income-generation and resilient livelihood strategies within the agricultural value chain.

Baseline:

TBD Q3 2015

44 from SIDS Conference 2014 (organic farm-to-table)

Target:

At least 150 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, secure employment within the agricultural value chain.

Awareness raising for youth of agricultural value chain employment opportunities.

UNDP

FAO

Other TBC

Awareness raising consultations, showcasing economic opportunities for youth, technical trainings on organic and conventional agriculture production, costs of organic certification, small business development training for youth entrepreneurs within agricultural value chain, facilitating access to commercially viable markets for products, technical trainings on customer service, quality control processes, M&E and communications on youth success stories.

Total budget

2015 150,000

Funds

secured as at June

2015 150,000 UNDP SDG-F

Funding gap as at

June 2015 0

Identification of commercially viable farming opportunities for youth.

Technical trainings conducted for youth on organic and conventional agricultural production.


Access to markets for organic and conventional agricultural products is facilitated for youth entrepreneurs.

69

2.2: The ‘One Village One Product’ approach to community-based tourism generates employment and expanded livelihood-diversification options for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge.

Indicators:


Number of youth (data disaggregated) who secure income generation in community-based tourism sector and a resilient livelihood strategy as a result of OVOP approach.

Baseline:

Zero in May 2015

Target:

At least 50 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, in OVOP target areas secure employment within the community-based tourism sector.

Consultations with MWCSD, SHA and other stakeholders re: OVOP and creative industries for youth employment.

ILO

UNDP

ILO

Other TBC

Identification of target areas, consultations with selected OVOP leadership, SHA certification processes, identification of commercially viable opportunities in community tourism and creative industries, technical, entrepreneurship and employment trainings for youth, facilitating youth access to strategic partnerships with private sector and access to sustainable economic markets.

Total budget

2015 150,000

Funds

secured as at June

2015 25,000

ILO SNAP-YE

Funding gap as at

June 2015 125,000





70

2.3: The creative industries provide new employment opportunities for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge.

Indicators:

Number of youth (data disaggregated) who secure income generation in the creative industries sector and a resilient livelihood strategy.

Baseline:


Target:

At least 50 youth, 50 per cent of whom are female, secure employment within the creative industries sector.

Consultations with MWCSD, SHA and other stakeholders re: creative industries for youth employment.

ILO

UNDP

ILO

Other TBC

Identification of target areas, consultations with selected village leadership, identification of commercially viable opportunities in the creative industries, technical, entrepreneurship and employment trainings for youth, facilitating youth access to strategic partnerships with private sector and access to sustainable economic markets.

Total budget

2015 150,000

Funds

secured as at June

2015 25,000

ILO SNAP-YE

Funding gap as at

June 2015 125,000

Technical skills training for youth in selected creative industries



2.4: Climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa have new opportunities to incorporate youth employment results within their design and operational

Stocktake of existing national climate change and resilience projects/programmes.

ILO ILO

Other TBC

Consultancy contract costs, workshops expenditure, communications materials.

Total budget

2015 100,000

71

strategies.

Indicators:

Proportion of climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa that include strategies with funds allocation to support gender-sensitive youth employment and the creation of Green Jobs for Youth.

Baseline:


Target:

50 per cent of new climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa include strategies and allocate funds to support youth employment and the creation of Green Jobs for Youth.

National workshops on international best practice.

Funds secured as

at June 2015

35,000 ILO

SNAP-YE

Funding gap as at

June 2015 65,000

Bi-lingual information-sheets profiling climate change projects and their potential inclusion of a job creation focus

SBEC integrates the guideline in the enterprise development training required for the loans with the Credit Guarantee Fund support.

3.1: A Youth Small Business Incubator scheme is established to provide youth entrepreneurs with continuous access to a

Discuss with Ministries, private sector and SNYC on concept of Youth Small Business Incubator and PPP modality.

UNDP

ILO

MWCSD (EWACC)

Other

Consultations with Government, youth and private sector, renovating and

Total budget

2015 250,000

72

comprehensive range of tailored business development services.

Indicators:

Number of youth-led micro-businesses (data disaggregated) that are strengthened through inputs from small business incubator facility.


Baseline:


Target:

At least 100 youth-led micro-businesses, 50 per cent of which are

female-led, received tailored

support that strengthens their sustainability and potential for employment creation.



Draft technical proposal for creation of Youth Small Business Incubator

TBC equipment physical

location, developing strategic plan and operational guidelines for Youth Small Business Incubator within PPP modality, recruitment and training of staff.

Funds secured as

at June 2015

250,000 MWCSD (EWACC)

TBC

UNDP SDG-F

ILO

SNAP-YE

Funding gap as at

June 2015 0

Conduct consultations to design programme and operations of Youth Small Business Incubator.




Monitor progress, evaluate impact and report on lessons learned and youth employment success stories.

73

3.2: Youth entrepreneurship is facilitated by policies, strategies and dialogue that improve the enabling environment for micro- and small business growth, and increases the protection for youth through the legal empowerment of the informal economy.

Indicators:

Strategy and road map for the legal empowerment of the informal economy completed.

Baseline:


Target:



Research into the specific nature of the informal economy in Samoa, including analysis of the impact on youth of legal empowerment of the informal economy.

UNDP

ILO

ILO

Other TBC

Consultations with Government, private sector and SNYC, technical inputs to policy and legislative review and Roadmap, production of knowledge resources, training of target SMEs with youth workers in informal economy.

Total budget

2015 200,000

Funds

secured as at June

2015 85,000

ILO SNAP-YE

Funding gap as at

June 2015 115,000





Conduct trainings for youth within the informal economy to build knowledge of their legal rights and capacity to access the services to

which they are entitled.

74

Output Results


Planned Activities


Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4


(PUNO)

Funding source


2016


Indicators:

Number of youth (data disaggregated) registered on the YEN e-platform database. Volume of job vacancies processed through the YEN e-platform.

Baseline:


Target:



ILO

UNV

ILO

Other TBC


Total budget

2016 50,000

Funds

secured as at June

2015 0

Funding gap as at

June 2015 50,000

Annex 5: Annual Work Plan (Y2): January 2016 – December 2016

75


Indicators:



Baseline:

Zero YEN

Zero e-platform

Target:



ILO

UNV

ILO

Other TBC


Total budget

2016 25,000

Funds

secured as at June

2015 0

Funding gap as at

June 2015 25,000 Registration of youth, employers

and entrepreneurs on e-platform.


Indicators:



ILO

UNV

ILO

Other TBC


Total budget

2016 35,000

Funds

secured as at June

2015 0

Funding


76

Baseline:

Zero YEN

Zero e-platform

Target:

TBD in Q3 2015

gap as at June 2015

35,000


Indicators:

Number of youth (data disaggregated) registered on SNYC National Youth Volunteer Scheme.

Number of youth (data disaggregated) who gain volunteer experience that enhances their employability.

Baseline:


Target:


Promotion of NYVS with public, private and community organisations to be partners in NYS.

ILO

UNDP

UNV

UNV

Other TBC

Public, private and community sector NYS consultation costs, contractual services; NYS equipment purchase; SNYC staff training on NYS operations; development of NYS operation manual; M&E and communications on NYS success stories

Total budget

2016 25,000

Funds

secured as at June

2015 0

Funding gap as at

June 2015 25,000



77


Indicators:

Number of youth who secure income-generation and resilient livelihood strategies within the agricultural value chain.

Baseline:

TBD Q3 2015.

44 from SIDS Conference 2014 (organic farming)

Target:


Awareness raising for youth of organic and conventional agriculture value chain employment opportunities.

UNDP

FAO

Other TBC

Awareness raising consultations, showcasing economic opportunities for youth, technical trainings on organic and conventional agriculture production, costs of organic certification, small business development training for youth entrepreneurs within agricultural value chains, facilitating access to commercially viable markets for products, technical trainings on customer service, quality control processes, M&E and communications on youth success stories.

Total budget

2016 150,000

Funds

secured as at June

2015 150,000 UNDP SDG-F

Funding gap as at

June 2015 0




Access to markets for organic and conventional agricultural products is facilitated for youth entrepreneurs.

78


Indicators:



Baseline:

Zero in May 2015

Target:


Consultations with MWCSD, MCIL, SHA and other stakeholders re: OVOP and creative industries for youth employment.

ILO

UNDP

ILO

Other TBC

Identification of target areas, consultations with selected OVOP leadership, SHA certification processes, identification of commercially viable opportunities in community tourism and creative industries, technical, entrepreneurship and employment trainings for youth, facilitating youth access to strategic partnerships with private sector and access to sustainable economic markets.

Total budget

2016 200,000

Funds

secured as at June

2015 0

Funding gap as at

June 2015 200,000





79

2.3: The creative industries provide sustainable employment opportunities for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge.

Indicators:


Baseline:


Target:



ILO

UNDP

ILO

Other TBC

Identification of target areas, consultations with selected village leadership, identification of commercially viable opportunities in the creative industries, technical, entrepreneurship and employment trainings for youth, facilitating youth access to strategic partnerships with private sector and access to sustainable economic markets.

Total budget

2016 150,000

Funds

secured as at June

2015 0

Funding gap as at

June 2015 150,000



80


Indicators:

Proportion of climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa that include strategies with funds allocation to support youth employment and the creation of Green Jobs for Youth.

Baseline:


Target:


National workshops on international best practice.

ILO ILO

Other TBC


Total budget

2016 200,000

Funds

secured as at June

2015 0

Funding gap as at

June 2015 200,000

Bi-lingual information-sheets profiling climate change projects and their potential inclusion of a job creation focus

SBEC integrates the guideline in the enterprise development training required for the loans with the Credit Guarantee Fund support.

81


Indicators:

Number of youth-led (data disaggregated) micro-businesses that are strengthened through inputs from small business incubator facility.


Baseline:


Target:







UNDP

ILO

MWCSD (EWACC)

Other TBC


Total budget

2016 150,000

Funds

secured as at June

2015 150,000

MWCSD (EWACC)

TBC

UNDP SDG-F

Funding gap as at

June 2015 0




82

3.2: Youth entrepreneurship is facilitated by policies, strategies and dialogue that improve the enabling environment for micro- and small business growth, and increases the protection for youth through the legal empowerment of the informal economy.

Indicators:


Baseline:


Target:




UNDP

ILO

ILO

Other TBC


Total budget

2016 150,000

Funds

secured as at June

2015 0

Funding gap as at

June 2015 150,000






83

Expected Outputs


Planned Activities


Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4


(PUNO)

Funding source


2017


Indicators:

Number of youth (data disaggregated) registered on the YEN e-platform database. Volume of job vacancies processed through the YEN e-platform.

Baseline:


Target:



ILO

UNV

ILO

Other TBC


Total budget

2017 50,000

Funds

secured as at June

2015 0

Funding gap as at

June 2015 50,000

Annex 6: Annual Work Plan (Y3): January 2017 – December 2017

84


Indicators:



Baseline:

Zero YEN

Zero e-platform

Target:



ILO

UNV

ILO

Other TBC


Total budget

2017 25,000

Funds

secured as at June

2015 0

Funding gap as at

June 2015 25,000


1.3: Increased volume of business-to-business communications through the YEN e-platform.

Indicators: Total volume of business communications on YEN e-platform.

Baseline:

Zero YEN

Zero e-platform

Target: TBD in Q3 2015


ILO

UNV

ILO

Other TBC


Total budget

2017 35,000 Funds

secured as at June

2015 0

Funding gap as at June

2015

35,000


85


Indicators:

Number of youth (data disaggregated) registered on the SNYC National Youth Volunteer Scheme.

Number of youth (data disaggregated) who gain volunteer experience that enhances their employability.

Baseline:


Target:


Promotion of NYS with public, private and community organisations to be partners in NYS.

ILO

UNDP

UNV

UNV

Other TBC

Public, private and community sector NYS consultation costs, contractual services; NYS equipment purchase; SNYC staff training on NYS operations; development of NYS operation manual; M&E and communications on NYS success stories

Total budget

2017 25,000

Funds

secured as at June

2015 0

Funding gap as at

June 2015 25,000

M&E of impact on youth employability of NYS.


2.1: The agricultural value-chain provides opportunities for youth to gain skills and entrepreneurship knowledge that will secure income generation and employment

Awareness raising for youth of organic and conventional agriculture value chain employment opportunities.

UNDP

FAO

Other TBC

Awareness raising consultations, showcasing economic opportunities for

Total budget

2017 150,000

Funds

86

opportunities.

Indicators:

Number of youth (data disaggregated) who secure income-generation and resilient livelihood strategies within the agricultural value chain.

Baseline:

TBD Q3 2015.

44 from SIDS Conference 2014 (organic farming)

Target:



youth, technical trainings on agriculture production, costs of organic certification, small business development training for youth entrepreneurs within agricultural value chain, facilitating access to commercially viable markets for products, technical trainings on customer service, quality control processes, M&E and communications on youth success stories.

secured as at June

2015 150,000

UNDP SDG-F

Funding gap as at

June 2015 0



Access to markets for agricultural products is facilitated for youth entrepreneurs.


Indicators:

Number of villages identified and


ILO

UNDP

ILO

Other TBC

Identification of target areas, consultations with selected OVOP leadership, SHA certification processes, identification of commercially viable

Total budget

2017 100,000

Funds

secured as at June

2015 0

87

developed for one village one product (OVOP) methodology.


Baseline:

Zero in May 2015

Target:



opportunities in community tourism and creative industries, technical, entrepreneurship and employment trainings for youth, facilitating youth access to strategic partnerships with private sector and access to sustainable economic markets.

Funding gap as at

June 2015 100,000


2.3: The creative industries provide employment opportunities for youth with skills and entrepreneurship knowledge.

Indicators:


Baseline:


Target:


ILO

UNDP

ILO

Other TBC

Identification of target areas, consultations with selected village leadership, identification of commercially viable opportunities in the creative industries, technical, entrepreneurship and employment trainings for youth; facilitating youth access to strategic partnerships with

Total budget

2017 150,000

Funds

secured as at June

2015 0

Funding gap as at

June 2015 150,000


88



private sector and access to sustainable economic markets.


Indicators:

Proportion of climate change and disaster resilience projects in Samoa that include strategies with funds allocation to support youth employment and the creation of Green Jobs for Youth.

Baseline:


Target:


Demonstration projects on youth employment within climate change adaption and resilience programmes.

ILO ILO

Other TBC


Total budget

2017 200,000

Funds

secured as at June

2015 0

Funding gap as at

June 2015 200,000

89


Indicators:

Number of youth-led micro-businesses (data disaggregated) that are strengthened through inputs from small business incubator facility.


Baseline:


Target:







UNDP

ILO

MWCSD (EWACC)

Other TBC


Total budget

2017 100,000

Funds

secured as at June

2015 100,000

MWCSD (EWACC)

TBC

UNDP SDG-F

Funding gap as at

June 2015 0



90

3.2: Youth entrepreneurship is facilitated by policies, strategies and dialogue that improve the enabling environment for micro- and small business growth, and increase the protection for youth through the legal empowerment of the informal economy.

Indicators:


Baseline:


Target:




UNDP

ILO

ILO

Other TBC


Total budget

2017 110,000

Funds

secured as at June

2015 0

Funding gap as at

June 2015 110,000




Annex 7: Risk Log

Project Title: One UN Youth Employment Programme (1UN-YEP) Award ID: Date: May 2015

# Description Date Identified Type

Impact &

Probability Countermeasures / Mgmt response Owner Submitted/

updated by Last

Updated Status

1 Existence of funding gaps

May 2015 Financial Delay in implementing the activities in accordance with timeframe indicated in AWP P = Medium, I = High

Ongoing resource mobilization efforts with donors, discussions with the Government, donors and other UN agencies.

UNDP/ ILO Susan Faoagali May 2015 TRAC funds from UNDP are allocated. Need successful resource mobilization strategies.

2 Capacity of Responsible Parties to carry out tasks and activities

Feb 2015 Operational & Programmatic

Challenges in implementing activities relating to all outputs P =Medium, I = High

Initial Capacity assessment carried out with external partners to identify gaps and needs

UNDP Susan Faoagali May 2015 Most external parties, including SBEC, WIBDI have worked succesfully on previous UN programmes. Capacity building inputs will focus on SNYC effective from the start of the UN-YEP

3 Natural hazards cause delay in implementation

May 2015 Operational & Programmatic

Delay or cancellation of activities and outputs. Loss of financial investments. P = medium I = High

Selected project outputs are designed to increase resilience to disaster and strengthen adaptation. Maintain clear communication with donors in event of natural disaster affecting project outputs.

UNDP Susan Faoagali May 2015 Ongoing

4

Duplication of activities with other stakeholders working in this field

Feb 2015

Operational & Programmatic

Delay in implementing activities, confusion amongst beneficiaries, funding not used effectively P = Low, I = High

Initial meeting with all relevant stakeholders will be followed up with regular communication and consultation.

UNDP Susan Faoagali May 2015 Ongoing

youth employment programme€¦ · programme outcome youth in samoa, inclusive of those who ......

Documents