YEPP has four key objectives:

1. A set of policies for Youth Employment consistent with the National Employment Strategy, developed and adopted by the Timor-Leste Government.

2. Employment and suitable training opportunities for young women and men provided by established Employment Centres and Youth Career Centres, in collaboration with partner organisations.

3. A safety net created for most deprived rural poor through the organisation of Labour-Intensive Public Works in critical periods and geographical areas.

4. A competency-based education and training system, providing Timorese youth with relevant skills in accordance with the labour market requirements, established and operational.

The Youth Employment Promotion Program (YEPP) is working with the Government of Timor-Leste to help young men and women get jobs. It provides training opportunities for young men and women, along with short-term employment opportunities by involving them in public works around Timor-Leste. It is also helping the Government develop better employment programs and policies so that young Timorese men and women can get nationally recognised training, job counselling and other support to improve their employment prospects. This program is delivered by the International Labour Organisation working in partnership with the Government of Timor-Leste. AusAID initiatie INJ371 and activity 07A918.

Programme Output N. 1.1
A National Youth Employment Action Plan reflecting the National Employment Strategy developed and adopted by the Timor-Leste Government.

Programme Output N. 1.2
A Youth Employment Fund, supporting employment and employability interventions and implementing the recommendations of the National Youth Employment Action Plan, established within the SEFOPE legal framework.
 

Programme Output N. 1.3
An appropriate legal framework for the creation of a Labour Force Development Institute developed and adopted by the Timor-Leste Government.

Programme Output N. 2.1
Youth Career Centres, established within the existing Employment Centres under the management of the National Division of Employment of the SEFOPE, able to provide career guidance and counselling to in-school an out-of-school youth.

Programme Output N. 2.2.
Access of unemployed and under-employed youth to relevant information on training and employment opportunities is enhanced.

Programme Output N. 2.3
In-school youth are in a position to make well-informed choices about education, training and career plans.

Programme Output N. 2.4
Secondary technical education students have access to enhanced entrepreneurship and business creation education.

Programme Output N. 2.5
Access of unemployed and under-employed out-of-school youth to market-oriented livelihood and hard and soft skills development opportunities is increased.

Programme Output N. 3.1
SEFOPE capacity to execute Labour Intensive Public Works as a safety net for rural poor is built.

Programme Output N. 3.2
Short-term employment opportunities created, in all the districts of Timor-Leste, through Labour-Intensive Public Works, organised by the SEFOPE based on the methodology adopted in the guidelines for cash-transfers through Labour-Intensive Public Works.

Programme Output N. 4.1
A Labour Force Development Institute established and fully operational.

Programme Output N. 4.2
National competency standards for vocational training approved.

Programme Output N. 4.3
Vocational and technical competencies certified in conformity with the National competency standards.