ABSTRACT
Niger's youth constitute a large segment of the population and are mainly unskilled and exposed to underemployment and unemployment. This chapter analyses the success and failure factors of interventions to support youth employability. Using a qualitative approach, it relies on primary data collection through focus groups and interviews with youth and stakeholders to capture information on the actual implementation of projects and programmes. The results of the qualitative analysis show that the main obstacles to the implementation of actions are the failure of the monitoring mechanisms, the weakness of the information and communication mechanisms, the low level of initiative of young people, and the narrowness of the job offer. For young graduates and the like, ongoing technical support to young entrepreneurs who are already operational has been most successful. Youth employment initiatives are limited by the limited supply of jobs, while vocational and technical training offers empowerment opportunities for out-of-school and out-of-school youth that deserve to be strengthened.
