Vocational training in conflict-affected areas
Vocational training programmes are frequently used by external agencies as a means of securing economic opportunities for unemployed youth and ex-combatants in conflict-affected areas. However, they often fail to deliver their intended economic outcomes. Many participants are unable to subsist or generate an income following their training. This briefing note outlines the importance of vocational training and jobs creation for youth and ex-combatants in conflict-affected areas, documents organisations that deliver these programmes, and details a number of common problems that they tend to face ... Show more
Authors: McKibben, Gareth
Published: London, England, City and Guilds Centre for Skills Development, 2011
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Physical description: 5 p.
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