Overview : Deadline: 21st September, 2015 - 3:00pm: Submission shall be by sealed bids only - Technical and Financial proposals shall be sealed seperately Uganda’s development progress continues to be constrained by the high unemployment rate. Uganda has been marked as one of those nations with the youngest population in the world, with a median age of 15 years, owing to a high population growth averaging 3.2% over the two past decades. Youth unemployment is estimated at 11%, about 5 percentage points higher than adult unemployment. The youth account for 78% of the total labour force, but largely in the informal sector which exacerbates vulnerability.As a result, about 15% of the employed youth are categorized as working poor, 3% below the total national average. The Government of Uganda has put in place some legal and policy measures for addressing Health, employment, including, the National Youth Policy, School Health policy, Adolescent Health policy & strategy, the National Employment Policy for Uganda, the Skilling Uganda Strategic Plan 2012-2022 as well as the National Youth Council – all of which provide a framework for youth engagement and employment. In support to Government efforts, United Nations agencies in Uganda are supporting programmes in the country aimed at implementing policy instruments to facilitate skills development, employment and improving Adolescent sexual reproductive health, of youth and vulnerable groups in the country. UN in Uganda established three convergence groups, namely, Youth Engagement and Employment (YEE), Maternal and New born Health (MNH), and Gender equality, women’s empowerment and Gender Based Violence. YEE convergence group which focuses on addressing youth issues in the country was established specifically to provide a forum for co-ordination to accelerate the implementation of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework Action Plan and Delivering as One. YEE convergence group is aimed at bringing more coherence in different interventions on youth engagement and youth employment in order to avoid duplication and promote synergies. UN agencies in Uganda are supporting programmes in the country aimed at implementing policy instruments to facilitate skills development and employment of youth and vulnerable groups in the country. The efforts of the UN YEE Convergence Group are currently guided by a number of UN global strategies, most notably the UN System-Wide Action Plan (SWAP) on Youth as well as specific UN agency youth strategies such as UNFPA strategy on Adolescence and Youth, UNDP Youth Strategy, and others. To date, YEE has made tremendous efforts in supporting youth issues in the three thematic areas of Policy and Dialogue, strengthening the capacity of Government, CSO and Private Sector to deliver quality socio-economic services to youth; and Partnership and coordination and Knowledge Management. There is need for a strategy for UN in Uganda to continue complementing Government’s efforts in addressing youth engagement and employment in a more coherent way. In light of the above, services of a team of 2 experts from a competent firm are required to develop a Youth Strategy to guide UN in Uganda to Engage and create employment for youth.
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