Deadline: 03-Aug-2025
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is inviting national and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society organisations (CSOs) in Afghanistan to submit proposals for projects aimed at empowering adolescents and youth, especially girls and young women. The goal is to provide these young people with opportunities to improve their employability and gain livelihood skills in targeted areas.
This Call for Expression of Interest (CFEI) seeks partners with the technical and operational capacity to implement skills and livelihood activities for adolescents and youth. The projects should align with six priority areas and be based on UNICEF’s global Generation Unlimited (GenU) initiative and the Life Skills and Citizenship Education (LSCE) framework. The LSCE framework was originally developed for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to improve learning and support individual, social, and economic development.
The focus areas include health and medical professions, nutrition professions including early childhood development, education system workforce, climate resilience and green jobs, digital technology and computer science jobs, and innovative, market-driven employment opportunities for female adolescents and youth.
The relevant sectors and areas of specialization are education, skills development for adolescents, livelihoods, and technical and vocational education and training.
The indicative budget for the program is 24,448,200 Afghan Afghani (about USD 350,000), targeting up to 3,000 beneficiaries.
Expected outputs include adolescents and youth, particularly girls and young women, mastering relevant skills for personal empowerment and economic inclusion in prioritized skill areas. The program aims to increase the percentage of adolescents and youth, disaggregated by gender, age, and disability, who gain employability skills and perceive improvements in socio-economic outcomes such as financial independence and social equity.
Additional outcomes include adolescents and youth achieving foundational, transferable, and job-specific skills aligned with priority skill needs. The program will track the number of participants completing skills development programs related to learning, empowerment, active citizenship, and employability, as well as those perceiving improvements in socio-economic status.
The geographic focus of this initiative is Afghanistan, specifically the Wardak province.
For more information, visit UN Partner Portal.
