Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Youth Development Program
A Government of Sindh initiative that aims to provide opportunities for skill development to approximately 100,000 semi-literate and educated unemployed youth in Sindh for a period varying between 3 months to one year. The unemployed youth will be offered various skill development opportunities and job oriented certification courses to adapt to local and international job markets. This will help contain poverty and improve the socio-economic conditions of common citizens. In addition, the public and private sector business efficiency will increase through a well-placed, developed and skilled workforce.
- Affiliation
- Government
- Date of Establishment
- 2008
- Contact No.
- (+92) 21-99201005 - 07
- Address
Mr. Karim Bakhsh Siddiqui, 3rd Floor, State life building No.3, Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed Road, Karachi, Pakistan
- Email Address
- karimsiddiqui@gmail.com
- Website
- http://www.bbsydpsindh.gov.pk
1. Source of funding
Government of Sindh, Japan Social Development Fund, World Bank and others.
2. Mission and objectives
To address the issues of poverty and un-employment through Human Resource Development in the province.
1. To train human
resources in Sindh to cater to the needs of public and private sector in
local and international markets.
2. To provide stipends to various
categories of unemployed educated youth.
3. To provide quality trainings and certification to
approximately 100,000 unemployed educated youth.
4. To
provide linkage to the trained manpower to the local and international
job market and explore self-employment opportunities.
3. Areas of work relating to youth employment
1. Public-private partnerships
2. Skill and employability training
4. Partners and areas of partnership
Government of Sindh, ILO, Japan Social Development Fund, World Bank, National Commission for Human Development, Institutes of Bankers Pakistan, and the Institute of Business Administration
5. Potential or existing partnership with the ILO
The ILO has provided technical assistance in the areas of measuring the employability of the graduates and proposing improvements to the programme, conducting training needs assessment for the new phase of the programme and mainstreaming gender concerns in the programme.
6. Successful youth employment interventions
1. Skill development and job certification courses that last between 3 and 12 months.
2. Establish private and public sector coordination procedures and channels.