93491 Papua New Guinea Urban Youth Employment Project (UYEP) Making a difference in the lives of young people by increasing their employability through training and short-term employment opportunities. Provide short-term training Background prospects for Port Moresby’s youth. A large number of youth in Port Moresby are unemployed. Unemployment numbers for this demographic is anticipated to increase as the number of youths in Port Moresby increases Improve social stability and alongside in-migration numbers and poverty rates. Overall, the poverty level in Port Moresby is alleviate poverty through the likely to increase, with the growing inequality leading to rising social tensions and crime levels. creation of temporary employment opportunities. The Urban Youth Employment Program (UYEP) is filling this critical gap as a public intervention addressing both the economic problem of unemployment and poverty, but also youth Help young people realize their marginalization and crime in the city. potential and prepare them for the workforce. UYEP aims to strengthen human capital development and support youth transition from an unskilled into semi-skilled workforce. As a partnership between the government, the private sector, and civil society, UYEP will offer training and work placement opportunities for urban youth. Significant investments will be made in the training and the up-skilling of youth through the provision of life-skills, industrial technical and business services, financial literacy and banking services, identification and intermediary services and job placements, as well as professional counseling and peer mentoring for youth. About the Project The main objective of the UYEP is to provide disadvantaged urban youth between the ages of 16 and 35 in the National Capital District (NCD) with income from temporary employment Location: The project will opportunities, and to increase their employability. This will be done through three components: provide employment opportunities in Port Moresby, 1. Youth Job Corps: Community awareness, mobilization and screening campaign followed by Papua New Guinea. basic life skills training and 40 days of labor-intensive employment for eligible youth; 2. Skills Development and Employment Scheme: Additional Pre-Employment Training (PET) and a further five months of on-the-job placements/training for eligible youth; and Approval Date: 11 January 2011 3. Project Management: Implementation and technical support to NCDC. Closing Date: 30 April 2016 The project aims to impact 10,500 beneficiaries in the NCD and produce more than one-million Total Project Cost: US$17.98 million work days. Eighty percent of the project’s budget will be invested directly into the economy in the form of training, youth stipends, goods, and services through contracted public works. Donors: World Bank (International Development Association) — The project will issue mobile phones and establish BSP Kundu bank accounts for almost all youth US$15.8 million; National Capital participants with the help of Bank of South Pacific, Digicel, and PNG Telikom. District Commission — US$1.58 Exxon Mobil will provide supervision and monitoring support, valuable to improve the delivery of million; Republic of Korea — the project, the project’s youth and the future of PNG. US$0.6 million; and ExxonMobil — US.0.9 million (additional funding) Implementing Agency: National Contact: World Bank Task Team Leader www.worldbank.org/pg Capital District Commission Sonya Sultan, Senior Social Development Specialist, ssultan@worldbank.org