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The YES Project

of the DOLE Working Youth Center

(WYC) Program

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2010 Gender Statistics on Labor and

Employment, BLES

One-half of the unemployed were 15-24

years old (50.8% or 1.438 M out of 2.831 M)

Youth unemployment rate is 17.6% or morethan 2 x the national figure of 7.5%.

Of the total unemployed persons,

544,000 are college graduates and619,000 are college undergraduates.

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NSO says :

ONE MILLION (1 M)

new entrants join the labor force

every year.

Of this number, only some 750,000 find

employment.

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Are the YOUTH disadvantaged as

employment seekers?

less employable than adults due totheir lower qualifications, shorter or

lack of work experience limited social networks linking them to

labor market information

low awareness level on issues thataffect them

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Are the YOUTH disadvantaged as

employment seekers?

passive participation in governmentprograms designed to uplift their

living conditions. wage employment, in large, cannot

absorb the youth, including college

graduates, looking for jobs seen as local migrants contributing

to urban blight and squalor.

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Youth entrepreneurship is . . .

the wave of the future

the most viable,

alternative gainfuleconomic activity forthe unemployed youthand the new entrants

to the labor force,including the collegegraduates

one of the major

goals of thePhilippine Programfor Youth/Development andEmployment

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Priority Group: Disadvantaged Youth (15-24 years old)

Goals

Increased

Self-worth &

Disciplined,

Responsible

Youth

Philippine Program for Youth Development and Employment

IncreasedEmployability,

Mobility &

Competency

Reduced

Mismatch of

Youth skills

Supply &

Demand

ValueFormation,

Education

&

Training

Career

PlanningEmployment

Facilitation

YouthEntrepreneur-

ship

&Employment

Creation

VISION:

Productive

and Competitive

Youth by 2010

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What is YES?

Youth Entrepreneurship Support

A project under the Working Youth Center program(almost 25-year old)of DOLE,

one of the support programs on CapacityBuilding for Livelihood

For graduates and graduating students of college or

technical-vocational courses(preferably but not exclusively agriculture orfishery or related fields; business-relatedcourses)

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YES Developmental Objectives

1. To mobilize the college and technical-vocational

graduates to become young entrepreneurs thereby

generating income and jobs in the countryside;2. To meet the employment needs of young

graduates through a comprehensive and coherent

package of entrepreneurship-related services thatwill contribute to uplifting their living conditions;

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YES Developmental Objectives

3. To help raise the quality of life of householdsand increase household economic worth by

unleashing youth entrepreneurship potentials

in innovative community-based business

ventures ; and4. .To intensify enterprise development through

collaboration and partnership between the

DOLE and the educational institutions in

preparing college and technical-vocational

graduating students and graduates for

business undertakings.

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The YES Project envisions

the young college and technical-vocationalgraduating students, college graduates or

would-be members of the labor force as

productive,

resourceful andself-reliant entrepreneurs.

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YES Project Components

1. Partnership and Consensus Building

2. Identification / Organization of YESBuddies

3. Values and Leadership Formation andSocial Preparation

4. Capability Building and CapitalAssistance

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YES

Partnership /Consensus

Building YESBuddies

Identification &

Entrepreneurship

Formation

Business

Plan Preparation,

Finalization

& AcceptancePartnersDeliberation,

Commitment

pledging &

MOA

signing

Business

Plan

Approval

For Funding

BusinessPlan

Implementation

YESResources

Sustainability

DOLE

DOLE

Educational

Institution

DOLE

YOUTH

& E I

YOUTH

PARTNERS

START

YESprocess

cycle

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PARTNERS ROLES DOLE

1. collaborate with EI, LGUs and their PESOs, other GOs, industryplayers concerned with the cause of youth in the region.

2. facilitate youth organizations registration and their socialpreparation activities and training-cum-production courses, toinclude basic business management, marketing and resource

generation, etc3. utilize appropriate DOLE & COA Guidelines and provide funding

support for the EI-endorsed projects or business plans that meetthe requirements

4. supervise, coordinate, and monitor the YES project plans andactivities; provide technical assistance and capacity buildingactivities to YES beneficiaries and/or intermediate partners andother stake holders, if necessary.

5. prepare regular reports on the status of the YES project for

submission to the concerned DOLE C O for analysis andevaluation

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PARTNERS ROLES

Educational Institution / EI Foundation1. help in identifying, organizing and molding interested students

into college graduates who are capable in venturing into a small

enterprise or business undertaking.

2. provide the necessary values and leadership formation among

the identified beneficiaries, jointly with DOLE and other partners

3. help in guiding the youth beneficiaries in implementing their

projects, assisting DOLE RO in monitoring the status or

progress of these projects and likewise submit regular reports

to the DOLE ROs

4. serve as the DOLE accredited co-partner or conduit that will

receive from DOLE the funding assistance for training or capital

for the youths business undertaking and ensure the required

equity

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PARTNERS ROLES

L G U / Private Property Owner

1. help identify and make accessible to the youthbeneficiary/ group an idle parcel of land/site

/property for utilization in the YES project.2. allow the implementation of the youths YES

project on its property without interference

3. (if desired by the private property owner)be authorized to collect a pre-determined andagreed percentage share from the projectsnet income as incentive or subsidy in payingreal estate taxes.

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PARTNERS ROLES

YES buddies / Youth group or organization1.prepare and submit a YES project proposal or business

plan to the EI for approval, including other documentaryrequirements set by the DOLE Guidelines and, as DOLEbeneficiary, strictly abide by the YES implementation

framework.2.(if applicable) apportion a pre determined and agreed

percentage share from the net income of their project tohelp the private landowner pay the real estate taxes.

3.submit a status report on their project to the EI, which in

turn will submit the same to the DOLE RO.4.allow inspection/monitoring visits from the EI, DOLE and

other members of the project implementation team.

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JOIN the YES Projectof the

DOLEWorking Youth Center (WYC)

Program

TOMORROWS productive,

resourcefuland self-reliant

entrepreneurs !

TODAYS YES BUDDIES . . .