United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Strengthening capacities of government technical and vocational training institutes to provide improved and demand driven services to local and Afghan refugee youth.

 

•  Project location

Peshawar District and Malakand Division .

•  Project start and end dates

1st July 2010 to 30th June 2011

•  No. of Direct Beneficiaries

1240 individuals: 240 direct beneficiaries and at least over 1000 students in technical trainings institutes

•  Project schedule

Objectives:

• To improve livelihood and local economies in refugee-affected and hosting areas by strengthening government technical training institutes to provide quality vocational skills training to both Afghan refugee and local communities.

•To strengthen capacities of ten government technical training institutes in Peshawar and Malakand divisions and ensure that 240 Afghan and local hosting community youth have better access to and avail vocational skills and entrepreneurial training that improve their livelihood situations

Project Deliverables and Results :

Component-I: Ten technical training institutes equipped and revitalized to offer demand driven trainings
Component-II: 240 local and Afghan refugee youth improve their livelihoods with demand driven vocational skills and enterprise development training

 

•  Project description

BEFARe will implement the proposed project in Peshawar District and Malakand division. BEFARe is well aware of the demographic detail of camps in target districts along with number of schools for boys and girls besides enrollment of students, available BHUs and plans to implement the proposed action through a consultative and collaborative approach with all stakeholders. BEFARe intervenes through a two-pronged strategy focusing under Component-I on capacity building of government technical training institutes. The proposed initiative will complement and collaborate with the national programs implemented under NAVTEC.During Component-II, the project will focus on training youth from the refugee hosting communities in different employable skills that will enhance their employability leading to reduction in joblessness and enhancement of economic activity in the area besides income generation for the families of trainees ensuring their economic security. The intervention will also enable Afghan refugees to be employable and serve as productive citizens after their repatriation.