YES Leader: Ime Kevin Yekiti Jr.
Email: ime@yesweb.org
Website : www.yesweb.org

Vision : To promote employment opportunities by encour aging private initiatives for more jobs in Central African Republic.

Background : With half the population unemployed as well as underemployed, youth employment is a critical issue in Central African Republic and YES Central African Republic is working to confront these challenges. Though government have established mechanisms and resources to support various programs and operations for the promotion of incentives through financing mechanisms to support initiatives, creating jobs and self-employment, and by creating special funds focusing on the integration of target populations.

About the Network : YES Central African Republic was formed in 2001, and is autonomous. Its activities are part of the policy established by the Minister of Youth. With such a mission CANYES occupies a strategic position in the training sector, the fight against unemployment, underemployment and the fight against poverty. The intervention of YES - RCA in the labor market is based on agreements with agencies and professionals in the world of work and business for the benefit of the unemployed. In this perspective, the State Convention- Employers-private partnerships for youth employment are widely supported by CAN-YES.

Current Major Initiatives:

• YES-RCA offer services and institutional support for those players seeking information or data or unwilling to communicate on youth and employment, demand and the recruitment of young workers etc. Developed a supply of services for young job seekers, training, supportive of ideas for projects or seeking funding for the day.
• YES RCA particularly emphasis on projects large capacity to generate employment, especially agricultural.
• Support activities for young people with ideas for projects consist of: training, reception, orientation; support for the formulation of projects and research funds and monitoring and advisory assistance for the implementation of projects.
• Building the employability of youth is one of the main goals of CAR-YES.
• Initiated training for young job seekers with the aim to develop the employability of young people and promote a better match between demand and supply of labor.

Key Accomplishments :

• YES RCA partners for all sectors involved in the field of socio-economic and youth ministries, local authorities, international organizations, donors, civil society organizations, development partners. These, as part of a dynamic partnership, design and sign performance agreements with YES - RCA on projects and programs concerning youth (example: Africa-vision SATEC industry)
• YES RCA developed information strategies of the unemployed on issues related to employment.
• Home services and information are developed to make them accessible to young job seekers all the information on labor law, and support them in their different approaches.
• YES RCA have developed the concepts of mobilizing young people and those involved in the fight against unemployment to capture the most human, material and financial resources around the strategies to implement.