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Youth livelihood programme (ylp), 2015
Where
Uganda
Uganda
When
2020
2020
Who
Ministry of gender, labour and social development, ministry of local government
Ministry of gender, labour and social development, ministry of local government
Website of the policy/measure
Read the full report
Description of the policy/measure
The youth livelihood programme is a government of uganda five year rolling programme targeting the poor, and unemployed youths aged 18-30 in all districts of uganda. the overall objective is to empower the youths in uganda to harness their social economic potential and increase self-employment opportunities and income levels. it has three programme components which include: skills development, livelihood support and institutional support. culture and creative industries fall under skills development component. the recommended investment options include fashion and design, clay modeling/pottery, weaving and embroidery, video-audio editing, leather works and computer use and applications. the programme provides a rolling fund that youths can invest in the priority enterprises which include culture and creative industries.
2005 Convention Monitoring Framework Goal(s)
Area(s) of Monitoring
Cultural Domain(s)
Transversal Priority(ies)
Results achieved
A total of 47 projects under culture and creative industries with a total of 568 young people in the following projects: art and crafts making, music, dance and drama, brass band, pottery and mobile disco were funded.
Financial resources allocated to the policy
1,000,000 out of which 100,000 was the investment towards culture and creative industry enterprises
Evaluation of the policy/measure
In 2019, cabinet directed that the programme should support investments in music and film/creative industries.