Agility and IRC Partner to Provide Entrepreneurship and Life Skills Training to Youth in Côte d'Ivoire

Strategic Insights -

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Agility, a leading supply chain services company, have partnered to provide entrepreneurship and life skills training to 380 young people in Côte d'Ivoire. As part of the IRC's Strengthening Opportunities for Youth Project (PRO-Jeunes), the training program will focus on financial management, entrepreneurship, gender equality awareness, and business plan development support. The program also offers a vocational training track, focusing on agriculture or information and communications technology, and aims to help young people between the ages of 15 and 30, with at least 60% of participants expected to be female.

Key Takeaways:

  • The partnership between IRC and Agility will provide training to 380 young people in Côte d'Ivoire, with a focus on entrepreneurship, life skills, and vocational training.
  • The program aims to help young people between the ages of 15 and 30, with at least 60% of participants expected to be female.
  • The training program will focus on financial management, entrepreneurship, gender equality awareness, and business plan development support.
  • The partnership is part of the IRC's Strengthening Opportunities for Youth Project (PRO-Jeunes), which receives funding from the Mastercard Foundation and the Schneider Electric Foundation.
  • Agility has established a similar program in Ghana, where over 380 students have graduated since 2018.
  • Agility aims to ensure that at least 50% of participants in its education and training programs are girls and women.

Statistics:

  • 380 young people will be trained through the partnership between IRC and Agility in Côte d'Ivoire.
  • At least 60% of participants in the program are expected to be female.
  • Over 380 students have graduated from Agility's vocational training program in Ghana since 2018.
  • Agility aims to ensure that at least 50% of participants in its education and training programs are girls and women.

Sources:

  • "Agility and IRC Partner to Provide Entrepreneurship and Life Skills Training to Youth in Côte d'Ivoire" by Contify.com (2017)
  • "About Us" by International Rescue Committee (www.rescue.org)
  • "About Us" by Agility (sustainability.agility.com)