Commitment title:

Tackling unemployment and youth poverty

Commitment description:

The Saint-Louis Regional Youth Council is committed to strengthening the youth employment and entrepreneurship ecosystem in Saint-Louis, Senegal, while setting up a regional youth entrepreneurship fund in Saint-Louis that will support its young people with starting their first business project or launching their start-up.

Mode of engagement:
  • Programmatic action
    Booster l'auto-emploi
Commitment to be actioned in: Senegal
Submitted from: Senegal
Submitted by
Conseil Régional de la Jeunesse de Saint-Louis
Thematic area
Draw on demographic diversity to drive economic growth and achieve sustainable development
Commitment category

(8) Investing in the education, employment opportunities, health, including family planning and sexual and reproductive health services, of adolescents and youth, especially girls, so as to fully harness the promises of the demographic dividend.