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Youth Development & Empowerment.

28 promises from the NDC 2024 manifesto and the 120-day social contract. 0 checked so far.

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Not checkedFlagshipJob programmes · 120-day social contract · deadline 8 May 2025

Launch Adwumawura and the National Apprenticeship Programme in the first budget.

“Launch the following priority job creation programmes in the first budget: ‘Adwumawura’ Programme, ‘National Apprenticeship Programme’”

Not checkedFlagshipApprenticeship · Manifesto · PDF page 52

Run a National Apprenticeship Programme with free technical and vocational training, certificates, start-up capital and equipment.

“National Apprenticeship Programme: a policy to generate self-employment through the provision of free technical and vocational training”

Not checkedFlagshipBusiness start-ups · Manifesto · PDF page 52

Run the Adwumawura Programme to create, track and mentor at least 10,000 new businesses every year.

“facilitating the creation, tracking, and mentoring of a minimum of 10,000 businesses annually”

Not checkedFlagshipMinistry · Manifesto · PDF page 156

Create a Ministry of Youth Development to coordinate youth policies.

“establish a Ministry of Youth Development”

Not checkedFlagshipEntrepreneurship · Manifesto · PDF page 158

Set up a Young Entrepreneurs Microcredit institution with a seed fund of 750 million cedis.

“establish a Young Entrepreneurs Microcredit institution with a seed fund of Seven Hundred and fifty (750) million Cedis”

Not checkedFlagshipYEA · Manifesto · PDF page 159

Set up a National Employment Bureau with a database of unemployed young people.

“establish a National Employment Bureau which will be responsible for the creation of an employment database for young people”

Not checkedYouth jobs · Manifesto · PDF page 61

Run public works and technical, vocational and digital training for unemployed youth, with Ghana Enterprise Agency support.

“pursue active labour market programmes, such as public works and technical, vocational and”

Not checkedMinistry · Manifesto · PDF page 156

Make sure energy, mining, telecom and manufacturing local-content policies favour young people.

“promote and mainstream youth-friendly local content policies in the energy, mining, telecommunication, and manufacturing sectors”

Not checkedMinistry · Manifesto · PDF page 156

Set up agency partnerships on youth jobs, skills, health and drug abuse.

“establish a strong framework for interagency partnership to address critical youth related socio-economic issues”

Not checkedMinistry · Manifesto · PDF page 156

Fully implement the National Youth Authority Act 2016 (Act 939): LI, District and Regional Youth Committees, Ghana Youth Federation.

“fully implement the National Youth Authority Act, 2016, Act 939 by enacting a Legislative Instrument, facilitating the establishment of District and Regional Youth Committees as well as the Ghana Youth Federation”

Not checkedMinistry · Manifesto · PDF page 156

Professionalise youth work.

“develop and implement youth work professionalization programmes”

Not checkedMinistry · Manifesto · PDF page 156

Create Neighbourhood Development Brigades of volunteer youth.

“foster the creation of Neighbourhood Development Brigades - Volunteers”

Not checkedMinistry · Manifesto · PDF page 156

Support young people to join international programmes and take leadership roles.

“promote active participation of Ghanaian youth in international programmes and support them to”

Not checkedMinistry · Manifesto · PDF page 156

Promote youth jobs and businesses in the 24-Hour Economy.

“promote job creation and youth entrepreneurship in the 24-Hour Economy”

Not checkedEntrepreneurship · Manifesto · PDF page 158

Build a credit system and database for young entrepreneurs with soft loans, grants, guarantees and tax incentives.

“develop a comprehensive credit system specifically for youth entrepreneurs and develop a database of businesses run by young individuals”

Not checkedEntrepreneurship · Manifesto · PDF page 158

Help graduates form cooperatives and set aside public and private contracts for them.

“support graduates of tertiary institutions to form cooperatives to bid for public and private contracts by dedicating specific contracts to such cooperatives”

Not checkedEntrepreneurship · Manifesto · PDF page 158

Give skills training and start-up kits to artisans.

“facilitate skills training programmes and provide start-up kits for artisans”

Not checkedInnovation parks · Manifesto · PDF page 158

Set up Youth Innovation and Industrial Parks to grow young people's businesses in districts.

“establish a Youth Innovation and Industrial Parks (YIIP) initiative”

Not checkedInnovation parks · Manifesto · PDF page 158

Create co-working spaces and one-stop business start-up services in districts.

“create co-working spaces and one-stop business start-up services at district levels”

Not checkedInnovation parks · Manifesto · PDF page 158

Build district markets for products made by young entrepreneurs.

“stimulate market development in districts for products created by young entrepreneurs”

Not checkedRural youth · Manifesto · PDF page 158

Secure sustainable livelihoods and community development for rural youth.

“ensure sustainable livelihoods, economic empowerment, social stability, and community development for young people in rural areas”

Not checkedYEA · Manifesto · PDF page 159

Create more Youth Employment Agency programmes to employ more young people.

“develop more programmes to employ more young people”

Not checkedYEA · Manifesto · PDF page 159

Give incentives to employers who hire through the YEA.

“grant incentives to employers who employ through the YEA”

Not checkedNational Service · Manifesto · PDF page 159

Review allowances for national service personnel.

“review allowances for national service personnel”

Not checkedNational Service · Manifesto · PDF page 159

Pass a Legislative Instrument for the National Service Authority Act 2024.

“pass a Legislative Instrument to implement the National Service Authority Act 2024”

Not checkedNational Service · Manifesto · PDF page 159

Develop a structured National Orientation Programme for national service personnel.

“develop a structured National Orientation Programme as an on-boarding tool”

Not checkedNational Service · Manifesto · PDF page 159

Introduce mandatory and voluntary programmes teaching practical work skills before work.

“introducing mandatory and voluntary programme to promote the acquisition of practical work tools, skills and values”

Not checkedNational Service · Manifesto · PDF page 159

Promote young people's social enterprises tackling sanitation, food security and climate change.

“promote the development of social enterprises by young people to create solutions for national”