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Programme F

Youth, Careers & Employment

From learning to earning.

Every year many young graduates struggle to make the transition from education to decent work, while employers report difficulty finding the skills they need. Bridging that gap requires employability skills, structured work experience and closer relationships between institutions and employers.

Drawing on the Finstock ecosystem’s experience in recruitment and career development, the Youth, Careers & Employment programme supports employability training, internship management, mentorship and university–industry partnerships.

Objectives

  • Build employability and professional skills among students and graduates
  • Expand access to quality internships and work-based learning
  • Strengthen institution–employer partnerships
  • Provide mentorship and career guidance

Who benefits

  • Students, graduates and young job seekers
  • Universities, colleges and TVET institutions
  • Employers offering internships and placements

Typical activities

  • Employability skills programmes
  • Internship management capacity building
  • Mentorship programmes
  • University–industry partnership projects

Available support

  • Capacity-building grants
  • Partnership programmes with employers
  • Mentorship and technical assistance

How we measure impact

  • Young people trained in employability skills
  • Internships and placements facilitated
  • Employers engaged
  • Participants in employment or further study after support

Grant opportunities in this programme

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Coming soon Capacity-building Grant · Technical Assistance

Internship Management Capacity Grant

Support for institutions and employers to run well-structured internship and attachment programmes.

Deadline
Dates to be announced
Value
To be announced
Coming soon Capacity-building Grant

Student Employability Skills Grant

Employability training for students and recent graduates — professional skills, career readiness and job-search skills.

Deadline
Dates to be announced
Value
To be announced
Coming soon Partnership Programme

University-Industry Partnership Grant

Support for structured collaboration between institutions and industry — joint projects, curriculum input, placements and applied research.

Deadline
Dates to be announced
Value
To be announced

Work with us

Universities, colleges, professional bodies, PBOs, employers, researchers and development partners: let’s build capacity and create opportunity together.