[{"bbox": [83, 106, 1146, 159], "category": "Text", "text": "are critical to the country's economic and democratic stability, as evidenced by the growing youth disenchantment demonstrated in the recent wave of protests across the country (#EndSARS)."}, {"bbox": [83, 184, 1146, 266], "category": "Text", "text": "In this context, the action will pursue the development of innovation and creation of jobs for youth through enhancement of employability, improvement of innovation/digitalisation regulatory frameworks and their implementation, and creation of new green and smart jobs."}, {"bbox": [83, 291, 496, 316], "category": "Text", "text": "The action will contribute to three outcomes:"}, {"bbox": [102, 331, 454, 357], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. Increase employment among youth"}, {"bbox": [102, 358, 572, 384], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. Improve the innovation/digitalisation ecosystem"}, {"bbox": [102, 384, 1145, 438], "category": "List-item", "text": "3. Improve the effectiveness of the Office of the Vice President in coordinating and ensuring coherence of the innovation and decent job creation for youth, women and groups living in vulnerable situations"}, {"bbox": [83, 461, 1146, 547], "category": "Text", "text": "These outcomes will contribute to the objectives of the two key government programmes championed by the Office of the Vice President, with EU support delivered in partnership with UNDP and Germany (BMZ/GIZ), based on their expertise and experience in the respective areas of cooperation with the government."}, {"bbox": [83, 573, 1146, 917], "category": "Text", "text": "First, the EU will contribute EUR 43 500 000 to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) -managed multi-donor initiative (with a target value of USD 320 000 000) supporting the Nigeria Jubilee Fellowship (NJF) Programme. The Programme aims to develop and deploy a model of intervention to tackle some of the root causes of youth unemployment, migration and unequal economic growth in Nigeria worsened by the 2016 recession and the impact of COVID-19 on the country's economy. These include the labour market's informational asymmetries, unavailable intermediation services, and skills' mismatch due to limited connection between education offers and labour market demands and an insufficient availability of skilled and decent jobs. It will provide on-the-job remunerated training for 20,000 young graduates annually in organisations nationwide. It aims at a total of 100,000 placements over the period of 5 years, and ultimately for the Programme institutionalisation by the government. The EU contribution will target a number of green and smart sectors (such as the following: tech and innovation, research and development, social, telecom, precision and climate smart agriculture, green economy) and priority geographies. The EU will be a full Member of the Programme governance system, which will also enlist other donor and private sector financial and in-kind contributions."}, {"bbox": [83, 944, 1146, 1264], "category": "Text", "text": "Second, the partnership with Germany will back the Nigeria Innovation Programme, a multi-stakeholder initiative to be supported by a number of EU Member States with significant contributions (notably France), as well as other donor and development finance partners, aiming at a total budget of around USD 400 000 000. The Programme (NIP) is coordinated by the African Development Bank (AfDB) bringing together a Working Group of the Programme stakeholders, of which the EU is a member. The EU contribution of EUR 9 500 000 to a project with GIZ titled 'Digital Solutions for Sustainable Development in Nigeria' supported by the German BMZ in the amount of EUR 5 500 000 will come under that broader coordination framework. It will promote innovation-friendly ecosystem for the digital economy and innovative digital solutions, as well as provide youth and women digital and entrepreneurial skills development. The EU contribution will allow significant scaling up of support to innovation/digital hubs/accelerators, etc., as well as of the trainings targeting the selected EU priority states. This will be complemented by other ongoing (and future) EU- and MS-funded actions such as the African-European Digital Innovation Bridge which brings together African and European digital hubs."}, {"bbox": [83, 1289, 1146, 1367], "category": "Text", "text": "Third, the EU will also support (with EUR 1 140 000) the secretariat of the office of the Vice President in coordinating the NJF, the NIP and other related projects and programmes in ensuring coherence thereby improving their effectiveness."}, {"bbox": [83, 1394, 1146, 1503], "category": "Text", "text": "The commitment of the EU's contribution to the Team Europe Initiatives foreseen under this annual action plan will be complemented by other contributions from Team Europe partners. It is subject to the formal confirmation of each respective partners' meaningful contribution as early as possible. In the event that the TEIs and/or these contributions do not materialise the EU action may continue outside a TEI framework."}, {"bbox": [1051, 1663, 1158, 1687], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 4 of 22"}]