British Council Ghana has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with two state agencies as part of a collaborative partnership for youth development in Ghana.
The partnership between the Council, the National Service Secretariat (NSS) and the National Youth Authority (NYA) aims, among other things, to empower young people to develop skills.
This cooperation will also provide the Council with the opportunity to collaborate with NSS and NYA in implementing policies and programs to promote youth employment and development.
At the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding in Accra last Friday, the Council’s Country Director, Nii Dodu Dodu, said the partnership aims to provide skills and opportunities to Ghana’s youth.
He said: “Today’s meeting here demonstrates the British Council’s ambition to work with current and potential partners to take advantage of the opportunities and address the challenges posed by this situation.” Stated.
Ní Dodu said the council wants to make NSS more meaningful and impactful and help service members acquire critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
He explained that the growing youth population provides an opportunity to leverage skills and capabilities for the country’s socio-economic development.
Mr Dodu said the council was not only promoting youth employment, but was also looking at ways to further involve young people in climate action.
NSS Director-General Osei Assibey Antwi said the plan shifted the focus from simply deploying service personnel to institutions to equipping them with professional skills and capabilities for the job market. .
He said national development had made it necessary to provide youth with skills and training to enable them to obtain meaningful employment or become self-employed.
NYA CEO Pius Enam Hajideh said empowering young people is not just a goal, it is a responsibility, an obligation and an investment in a brighter and more prosperous future. .
He said that as a public institution directly responsible for the welfare of over 11.7 million youth in Ghana, the Authority provides education, skill development and opportunities to youth through practical intervention programs that address aspects of youth development. He said he has been working hard to achieve this goal.
“For this conversation, my presentation will focus on three major projects: Skills for Employability and Productivity (STEP), the National Youth Volunteer Program (NYVP), and the Protection of Teenage Girls (STG) project. We will limit it to projects,” Hajideh said.