Deadline: 18-Jul-2025
The United Nations Development Programme and United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund Albania has launched this Call for Proposals (CfP), as part of the EU4Youth project, with the overall objective to enrich and diversify the partnership models of the National Agency of Employment and Skills and the National Youth Agency to establish and deliver inclusive and integrated outreach as well as pre-preparatory and preparatory services for vulnerable NEET in the municipalities of Tirana, Shkodër and Vlore.
This will be achieved by establishing partnerships between the NAES Regional Directorates in the three target municipalities and civil society organizations, municipalities and/or other labour market actors. The focus will be on piloting innovative, inclusive, integrated, and well-designed interventions—engaging a wide range of relevant local actors—to support the activation of the Youth Guarantee outreach phase and enrich the existing preparatory services. Selected partnerships need to ensure sustainability and transfer of the on-going interventions to the respective and mandated national structures.
Types of Lots
- This call for proposals is structured into Lot I, Lot II, and Lot III, which are administered respectively by UNICEF, UNDP, and jointly by both organizations. The specific objectives and priorities for each LOT are provided below:
- LOT I: Local partnerships to reach out to NEETs and refer them to the pre-preparatory or preparatory services of the Youth Guarantee:
- Individual door-to-door information sessions.
- Group information sessions.
- Open career guidance days.
- Skills Bootcamps Programs for young people on how to reach out to vulnerable NEETs in rural/ remote communities.
- Community-based engagement activities.
- Family engagement initiatives.
- Active living awareness for NEETs with disabilities.
- Labour market orientation sessions.
- Development of Individual Referral Plans (mandatory).
- Referral to the Youth Guarantee (mandatory).
- LOT II: Local partnerships to deliver pre -preparatory and preparatory services for vulnerable NEETs in the three pilot municipalities of Tirana, Shkodra and Vlora.
- LOT III: Establishing Youth Guarantee local partnerships to deploy mobile services to reach out to and provide pre-preparatory and preparatory services to NEETs residing in communities with no local employment structures.
- Mobile assessment and registration support.
- Individual and group outreach sessions.
- Family sensitization and community engagement events.
- Community-based engagement activities.
- Development of Individual Referral Plans (mandatory).
- Referral to the Youth Guarantee (mandatory).
- Community-based foundational trainings.
- Life and soft skills development.
- Entrepreneurship training and mentoring.
- Mobile career tours. Additional activities that may address both lots or enable service provision for any of the above-mentioned lots could include:
- After-school care centers.
- Follow-up support services.
- Community and youth network development.
- Peer-led outreach and support services.
- Digital youth-friendly support tools.
- Employer awareness and training on inclusion.
- LOT I: Local partnerships to reach out to NEETs and refer them to the pre-preparatory or preparatory services of the Youth Guarantee:
Sectors and Areas of Specialization
- Education
- Skills development for adolescents
Geographic Location
- Albania
- Tirana
- Qarku i Elbasanit
For more information, visit UN Partner Portal.