International Development Grant

Including the Most Vulnerable Youth in Economic Development

Project Number: CA-3-D000422001

Status: Closed

Country/Region:

Morocco 100.00%

Maximum Contribution: $8,000,000.00

Start Date: March 27, 2014

End Date: September 30, 2019

Duration: 5.5 years

Project Description

This project aims to improve the skills of the most vulnerable young Moroccans by providing them with training and support to help them integrate into the labour market. The project provides these young people with training and orientation in employment sectors in demand in the targeted regions and provinces.T he project also seeks to set up networks of potential employers to facilitate the hiring of these young people. The local communities targeted receive guidance to help them better identify market needs and steer the young people towards economic sectors with strong potential for growth and hiring.

Expected Results

The expected intermediate outcomes for this project include: (1) the most vulnerable girls and boys particularly those who have dropped out of school or who are at risk for doing so benefit from better guidance and a better-adapted transition from school to the working world; and (2) local training that is consistent coordinated and adapted to local market needs is available and is open to girls and boys with various profiles with particular focus on those with no diploma and girls.

Key Information

Executing Agency:
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund

Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada

Program:
WGM Africa

Last Modified:
September 19, 2025

Development Classifications

DAC Sector:

Basic life skills for youth and adults 40%
Vocational training 60%

Aid Type: Project-type interventions

Collaboration: Bilateral

Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation

Selection Mechanism:
Department-Initiated

Policy Markers
Level 1 Gender equality
Level 1 Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting)
Level 1 Urban issues
Level 2 Children's issues
Level 2 Youth Issues
Major Funding (>$1M)
Budget Breakdown
2013-04-01 to 2014-03-31 $8,000,000 CAD
Geographic Information
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Project Number: CA-3-D000422001