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Overview

The Eswatini Youth Empowerment Programme (EYEP) is a nationally coordinated response to the urgent need for youth-centered economic transformation. Grounded in the belief that young people are pivotal to Eswatini’s long-term prosperity, EYEP delivers targeted vocational training, entrepreneurial development, and inclusive market access designed to bridge the gap between potential and opportunity.
To remain relevant and responsive to the dynamic needs of Eswatini’s youth, the Eswatini Youth Empowerment Programme (EYEP) must adopt an adaptive, forward-looking posture, one that continuously scans emerging economic sectors and labour market trends to identify new avenues for skill development. This requires moving beyond traditional vocational tracks and integrating innovative, tech-enabled disciplines such as digital fabrication, creative coding, agro-processing technologies, circular textiles, and climate-smart enterprise models. By engaging industry, academia, and youth themselves in co-designing training clusters, EYEP can ensure that out-of-school youth are not only equipped for present-day opportunities but also positioned to thrive in future economies. Institutional agility, modular curricula, and stronger alignment with global innovation ecosystems will be essential in pushing boundaries and safeguarding the competitiveness of Eswatini’s rising generation.

UNDP Eswatini is seeking the services of project management firms or and technical vocational education training (TVET) colleges with proven capacity to deliver accelerated, practice-heavy vocational training programmes. These are designed to close the gap between unemployed youth and industry labour demand through hands-on training, workplace exposure, and entrepreneurship pathways.

The assignment is divided into five (5) Lots, and each lot is a self-contained training stream targeting specific high-demand skills. Service providers may bid for one or more Lots depending on capacity.  Each Lot targets no more than 30 students to be enrolled in the programme and they can be enrolled in cycles.  The training should be designed as short-term training not of more than 3 months. Linkage to internship training to gain real work experience is key.

Offers must be submitted through procurement.sz@undp.org   not later than 28th November 2025.

Thank you and we look forward to receiving your offers.