Enhancing efforts to boost decent farm and non-farm jobs opportunities for rural youth, reducing child labour in agriculture and enabling rural women and men to better organize & access resources, as well as have a voice in decision-making processes.

Status of the project
CLOSED

Thanks to its Flexible Multi Partner Mechanism (FMM), FAO has successfully implemented a number of projects in recent years in two crucial work streams that contribute to rural poverty reduction and gender equality: decent rural employment (DRE) and community engagement. In the first case, through the Integrated Country Approach (ICA), FAO has supported countries in developing more youth inclusive and employment centred policies and strategies, with a strong emphasis on job creation and job quality.

In the second, in its efforts to promote the use of community led and participatory models for facilitating the empowerment of rural populations and gender equality, the Dimitra Club (DC) approach has been developed and implemented by FAO in several countries of sub Saharan Africa. DCs have a bottom up, community led approach to development that enhances the capacities of rural populations, particularly women and youth, to participate in local decision making, organize for collective action and engage in dialogue and networking. They amplify the voices of rural women, so that they are heard at national and international levels.

In order to maintain and expand upon the significant achievements of previous programmes and activities and to promote impact at scale, this project was implemented to ensure continued coordination and technical support to both work streams, to mobilize further resources and to create partnerships for subsequent projects in these areas.

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