Concept Project Information Document (PID) - Uganda Skills Development in Refugee and Host Communities - P176263 (English)

While the share of the population below the age of 15 is expected to go down from the current level of 46 percent, the share of the working-age population (15-64) is projected to rise from 52 percent (2020) to 67 percent (2060). [...] Uganda is the largest refugee-hosting country in Africa and the third-largest host in the world, with 1.4 million refugees concentrated in 12 out of its 121 districts (as of February 2020).5 Children constitute 57 percent of the refugee population and youth constitute 19 percent.6 The country is experiencing both protracted and ongoing forced displacement trends. [...] Some of the most prominent Bank engagements include the establishment of the BTVET Strategic Plan (called Skilling Uganda) in 2011 as well as the subsequent Uganda Skills Development Project (USDP) which has played an instrumental role in expanding access to skilling as well as improving the quality and relevance of training. [...] Not only there is a paucity of vocational training institutions (public and private) in RHCs, there are not enough short-term vocational training programs that address the needs of the predominantly informal sector of the economy16 in which subsistence agriculture remains one of the most important sources of livelihood. [...] The Dutch Government launched the Multi Annual Country Programming (MACP) of the Partnership to Improve Prospects in 2019.18 Multiple development partners including the UNHCR, UNICEF, ILO, IFC and the World Bank will be engaged in 4 components of the MACP, which include: Component 1. Education and learning, Component 2. Employment and Livelihoods, Components 3. Protection and inclusion, and Compon