On Thursday, 3 March 2016, FAO staff and representatives from the governments of Senegal and Uganda gathered together in Rome to share first-hand experiences on the implementation of the programme Integrated County Approach (ICA) for promoting decent rural youth employment.

The ICA programme was launched by FAO in May 2015, in Guatemala, Senegal and Uganda. The programme aims to generate lasting policy change to foster youth employment and entrepreneurship in agriculture. In particular, at country level ICA provides capacity and technical support to enhance the employment content and youth focus of policies and programmes for rural development.