YouStart GJSP: Ghana Jobs and Skills Project Application Portal

YouStart GJSP. The Ghana Job and Skills Project  aim to empower youths with grants.  5,000 selected youth who successfully undergo training up to the intermediate and advance levels would be eligible for Business Startup Grants. These grants will be available to individuals and self-formed groups, with high potential to succeed in business, and operating in any sector aside from the extraction of natural resources.

OVERVIEW

The World Bank is providing financing and technical support to the Government of Ghana (GoG) for the implementation of the Ghana Jobs and Skills Project. The Project is considered as one of the main forms of support for the government’s top-priority agenda of upgrading skills among the country’s population, creating more and better-quality jobs, and improving job outcomes for youth. It connects success in these areas to state stability, social cohesion, and economic inclusion.

The Project supports the government’s prioritized skills development and job creation agenda, through four main components and a Contingent Emergency Response;

• 1: Provision of Apprenticeship Training for Jobs being implemented by the Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET)

• 2: Provision of Entrepreneurship and Small and Micro Enterprise Support for Jobs

  • 2.1 Provision of entrepreneurship training and competitive business start-up grants to individuals for jobs being implemented by the Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA)

  • 2.2 Provision of competitive grants to private enterprises for expanded employment being implemented by the Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET)

• 3: Operationalization of the Ghana Labor Market Information System, Upgradation of District Public Employment Centers and Services, and Independent Performance Reviews of Selected Government Youth Employment and Skills Development Programs being implemented by the Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations (MELR)

• 4: Capacity Development, Technical Assistance, and Project Management Support to Coordinating, Implementing, and Partnering Agencies for Enhanced Skills and Jobs Impact being implemented by the Ministry of Finance (MoF).

PROGRAMME ELIGIBILITY

The following category of youth will be targeted:

• Persons from 18 to 40 years old

• Minimum of Basic Education Certificate Examination

• Willingness to start a business

• School dropouts already in a business would be considered

• Special attention would be given to women and Persons with Disabilities (PWD)

THE YouStart GJSP APPLICATION REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:

You will need the following documents to complete your application

• Digital Address

• Valid National ID Card preferably “Ghana Card”

• Certificate of the most recent education attained

• Valid mobile number

Related

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Local and Foreign Scholarships – Ghana Scholarship Secretariat

Acumen East Africa Fellows Program (Fully Funded)

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APPLICATION PROCESS

Interested applicants should visit the Ghana Job and Skills Project website at https://youstartgjsp.gheaonline.com/ and follow the instructions for more details on eligibility and how to apply.

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