Grants to support Business Opportunities for Young People and Women in Gambia

Grants to support Business Opportunities for Young People and Women in Gambia


Background

This project is carried out in the framework of the “Migration Fund” programme allocated by the Italian Government. The proposed project’s overall objective is to contribute to supporting the governments in countries of origin along the main routes from Northern and Western Africa across the desert and the Mediterranean to promote more informed migration and more effective support to promote socioeconomic opportunities as part of Government of Italy’s strategy to address irregular migration and trafficking in human beings. Specifically, the project raises awareness on socio-economic opportunities and promotes empowerment as alternatives to irregular migration.

The project is articulated around two main components, an informative component and an empowerment component. The empowerment component of the project will address some of the drivers of irregular migration, including the lack of employment, the low-income and poverty. Within this framework, IOM is launching a call for grant application to support sustainable business
opportunities for young people and women through the expansion of existing small enterprises in The
Gambia. IOM intends to provide small business grants and training opportunities to micro and small enterprises.

Objectives

The global objective of the call is to help the selected micro enterprises in The Gambia to reinforce their performance and ensure sustainability through capacity to innovate, to support regional development and to create jobs for young people and women in their communities. This Call is addressed to very small enterprises who would operating in different.

By doing so, the support provided is expected to result in: