| Overview : In 2013, the United Nations Development Programme in South Africa pioneered the establishment of a multi stakeholder forum on Youth Unemployment consisting of the Department of Labour, the National Youth Development Agency and the International Labour Organization. The working group commissioned two studies: (1) Profiling unemployed youth registered in the three large database with the hope that the analysis will assist other initiatives in providing improved service to the unemployed youth in South Africa; (2) Assess the effectiveness of youth employment schemes and recommend the most effective ones for scale up. In responding to the challenges identified in the two studies and the persistence increasing unemployment among young people in South, UNDP together with National Youth Development Agency are designing a youth project that will focus on enhancing youths’ Information Communication technology Skills, Digital skills and Youth Entrepreneurship skills to improve their employability. The project goal and its components have been broadly defined; and successful pilot projects with partners have provided a basis and rationale on the mentioned areas of focus. UNDP is therefore looking to engage a consultant to provide technical support to the Country Office in developing a project document on youth employment and mobilizing resources for the project following UNDP template on project development (attached) | 
