Alleviating Unemployment in Guinea

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Government of Japan have established a project which will provide skills training to the youth in Guinea. According to UNIDO, the selected communities have been victim to natural hazards, conflicts and refugee influx. Four thousand youths and 50 entrepreneurial groups in both Forest Guinea and Middle Guinea, will benefit from this project.

Ten distrits in Eastern Guinea will participate in this job training program. They will learn entrepreneurial and technical skills for productive activities, income generation and employment opportunities.

UNIDO Representative Bafotigui Sako has said that this project is meant to target specific Millennium Development Goals: poverty reduction, environmental sustainability, and gender equality.

-Akshika Patel


SOURCE: UN News Centre