Report of the Pubic Sector Capacity Building Programme

Dr. Jummai Umar-Ajibola at the opening session	Key personnel of the occasion	Cross section of participants from all the states
Y.Z Yau facilitating a session	Group photograph of participants	Permanent secretary, ministry for youth development, Ms Ana Ene Ita, presenting certificate to a participant

A DYNAMIC PARTNERSHIP

It started by thinking of adding value to the Employability Programme that Microsoft and its Nigerian partners had implemented in the last two years. Great work was being done in providing youth with skills that make them employable, and quite a number of them had gotten employment as a result or have set up their organizations. But this was only capable of reaching a tiny percentage of Nigeria’s over 60 million unemployed youth. To be able to make the greater impact, government itself has to learn what others are doing and see how it can help to replicate and expand the reach of these programmes. This was how the Public Sector Capacity Building for Youth Development Officers was born to provide training to this crop of trainers of youths on ICT-based entrepreneurship. They would go back to their training centres and mount various entrepreneurship training programmes for youth across the country, thus complementing what Microsoft partners have already been doing. The idea got the best of a dynamic partnership with Microsoft, the Federal Ministry of Youth Development, the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) and the Digital Bridge Institute (DBI), with each bringing something unique that assured the success of the programmes. The Ministry in addition to selecting the participants supported their stay for the training with Microsoft funding the training. While DBI provided training facilities, CITAD facilitated the programme.

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