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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: EMPLOYABILITY FOR YOUTH AND WOMEN IN SOUTH AFRICA (EYWA) PROJECT

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DEADLINE: 18 June 2024

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: EMPLOYABILITY FOR YOUTH AND WOMEN IN SOUTH AFRICA (EYWA) PROJECT

About the project

The EYWA project focuses on strengthening the capacity of national and local civil society organizations in South Africa, in particular women and youth organizations, to engage in gender equality and the inclusion of young people in the labor market.

The project aims to improve the employability and economic conditions of young people and women from disadvantaged areas in the Gauteng province of Johannesburg. In this respect EYWA aims to:

Support entrepreneurship initiatives founded by women and young people.
Build the capacity of women and youth networks and encourage their participation in policy dialogues, strengthening public-private partnerships (PPPs) on the socio-economic situation and economic inclusion of women and youth.
Support actions aimed at preventing gender-based violence.

Responsible Organizations

EYWA is a European project carried out by four partners: CCI Spain as Lead Applicant, in collaboration with three co-implementing partners in South Africa (Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Johannesburg (JCCI), Lulalab Foundation and Youth Employment Service NPC (YES) who have been selected based on their expertise and experience in developing activities to support underprivileged women and youth in the Gauteng province, where the project will take place.

Legal background

This call of tender is launched in the framework of the grant contract NDICI-CSO/2023/450-537 signed between the EU Delegation to South Africa and Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Spain, Youth Employment Service NPC (YES), Lulalab and Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Johannesburg (JCCI) on 31-12-2023 to implement the Employability for Youth and Women (EYWA) Project.

Purpose of this call for expression of interest

About The JCCI Women And Youth Entrepreneurship Development Training

The EYWA Project will offer entrepreneurship training and dual VET training to contribute to reinforce capacities of South African women and young people to find better jobs. It will also carry out capacity building activities with local CSOs to support women empowerment, to reduce the gender gap, to ease access to finance and to promote sustainable socio-economic development. This will be achieved through three separate but complementary lines of action (entrepreneurship training, training to become self-employed and Dual VET training, and subgrants to support the beneficiaries of the training programs).

The JCCI training will provide basic, practical training by experienced, hands-on trainers to enhance employability and to start and grow a small business with a view to eventually entering the regional and international marketplace.

120 young women and youth will be trained in all round practical entrepreneurship skills to master the use of local resources and scale their businesses internationally in the shortest time possible.

The graduates will be proficient in:

Developing a Business Model for a start-up business,
Setting Income Generating Targets for a start-up business,
Effective customer service in the retail, wholesale, and services sectors,
Understanding customer expectations,
Identifying market opportunities for their goods and services,
Crafting a marketing plan,
Identifying Inventory Management Principles and tracking systems
Constructing a Personal and business budget,
Identifying appropriate Pricing strategies for a start-up business
Doing basic costing for a start-up business,
Cash Flow planning for a start-up business,
Managing reputation to improve profitability,
Critical thinking problem solving,
Gaining insight into the international market with a view to future business.

Expected Training Duration

When will you be expected to attend the training:

JCCI will identify trainees to take part in Women Entrepreneurship Development in Milpark, Johannesburg.
JCCI Women and Youth Entrepreneurship Development Training is expected to be carried out between August and December of 2024.

Benefits

Why you should participate in the trainings:
Those completing the training will become rounded businesspeople, with critical thinking, able to harness resources of time, capital, workers/skills, materials to profitably make quality products and services to satisfy both local and international customers.
They will be confident in taking their businesses from current level and effectively scale gradually to international level

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