Collaborating Partners: Ministries responsible for investment and youth, MoFP, private sector, NGOs, CSO, researchers and academia.
Collaborating Partners: MoFP, Prime Minister’s Office-LYED (Labor, Youth Employment and Persons with Disability), TRA, CSOs, private sector and think tanks.
3.2.3. National Employment Policy (2008)
3.2.6. Zanzibar Agriculture Policy (2002)
PSSA technical support could focus on the following area:
Conduct a policy review to incorporate clear strategies for creating employment for youth. The Activity could also define sector coordination mechanisms crucial for promoting youth employment/entrepreneurship. Currently, the policy
PSSA technical support could focus on the following areas: Review policy and mainstream supportive tools, namely the Zanzibar Agriculture Transformation Plan, to enable youth to benefit from sector interventions. The plan and other supportive tools are not mainstreamed in the main policy. Facilitate the establishment of financial schemes/mechanisms that will support youth entrepreneurs in gaining guarantees on credit. Promote active participation of youth in the policy formulation and review process. Also, advocate for youth representation in decision-making forums. Promote youth participation in formulating and implementing horticulture development strategies (mainland and Zanzibar). Strengthen private sector participation in promoting youth access to finance and digitized economic and value-addition interventions through public-private partnership models. Collaborating Partners: AINL, Ministries responsible for lands, housing, water and energy, Ministry of Tourism and Heritage, ASLMs, Zone of Implementation, TAHA, PPIZ, UWAMWIMA, AGRI-CONNECT, ZMC, 2NDVPO, Ministry of Information, Youth, Culture, and Sports, Zanzibar National Chamber of Commerce, E- GAZ, ZEEA and DPs.
lacks critical strategies for promoting youth employment (including entrepreneurship development).
Collaborating Partners: Ministry of Labor, Youth Employment and Disabilities, LGAs, Ministry of Agriculture, CSOs, academic institutions and think tanks.
3.2.4. Finance Act
PSSA technical support could focus on the following area:
Conduct a policy review to extend tax holidays from 6 to 12 months for new businesses, especially startups. Youth enterprises should be aware of the window to enable them to negotiate with the revenue authority for tax re-assessment or restructuring payments. Small businesses have no adequate grace period to allow them to grow and comply with regulations and laws.
Collaborating Partners: MoFP, Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA), CSOs, private sector and think tanks.
3.2.5. Internship and Apprenticeship Act/Guidelines
PSSA technical support could focus on the following areas:
3.2.7. National Microfinance Policy (2017)
Guideline implementation is still a challenge. This has led to a growing skills gap in the labor market. The internship and apprenticeship act/guideline is well designed but lacks enforcement instruments. There is a need to involve the private sector in facilitating hands-on training for youth still at colleges and universities, with a focus on both soft and hard (technical) skills. Provision for a minimum training period should be considered. Currently, some universities only allocate three weeks for such training, while others, such as Mzumbe University, allocate eight weeks, which is equivalent to one semester. There is a need for responsible institutions to stipulate the mandatory period. Also, there is a need to initiate and support internship windows in collaboration with willing actors in the labor market, particularly in the agriculture sector.
PSSA technical support could focus on the following areas:
Review collateral registry law. There is also A need to develop startup capital for youth value chain finance. Currently, the policy does not provide specific instruments/windows to facilitate increased access to financial services for the youth groups. It only generally mentions the need to mainstream the disadvantaged groups, gender, and youth issues in accessing and using fair and affordable microfinance products and services.
Collaborating Partners: MoFP, LGAs, DPs, and financial institutions.
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