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Who we are

Who we are

YouLead is a USD 18 million program supported by the U.S. Government’s development agency, USAID, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, SDC, and implemented by IESC. It aims to improve technical and vocational education and training, create a more skilled workforce, and link youth to more productive careers by undertaking activities to support and strengthen students, teachers, institutions, and entrepreneurs.

What we do

What we do

FOR STUDENTS:

  • Educating youth in the vocation skills demanded by the market
  • Partnering with the private sector to take leadership on creating a world-class workforce
  • Laying a foundation of skills for a lifetime of employment
  • Training career counselors and giving them the tools to help youth make better career decisions

FOR TEACHERS:

  • Developing better curricula
  • Training trainers – not just in what to teach, but also HOW to teach
  • Encourage more apprenticeship and on-the-job training
  • Building sustainable capacity in Sri Lanka’s vocational institutions and workplace training centers

FOR ENTREPRENEURS:

  • Giving youth the skills to run their own enterprises
  • Helping to build Inclusive accelerators that nurture new enterprises
  • Providing mentors & coaches for entrepreneurs
  • Training loan officers to extend credit to youth-led businesses

why we do it

why we do it

JOBS IN DEMAND

  • 300,000 additional jobs will be created in the tourism industry (Projected by SLTDA).
  • 400,000 jobs will be available in the construction industry (Projected by Construction Industry Chamber).

LACK OF SKILLED LABOUR

  • A mismatch of skills is evident as there is a large gap between the availability of skilled labour and the requirement of skilled labour in the current labour market.
  • Over 250,000 youth are currently unemployed (Labour Force Survey, 2016).

ENABLING THE SUPPLY OF SKILLED LABOUR

  • 1.5 million persons have been trained by both the public and private sector with industry-relevant and marketable skills through vocational training (GDST).
  • 66% of women in the working age are not in the workforce

YouLead works with private and public partners to help create a future where youth are empowered with industry relevant skills in a competitive economy.

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