DAPP - DANISH-ARAB PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME « READY FOR TOMORROW »

The DAPP comprises two programmes with complementary strategic objectives:

• The Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship Programme (YEE)
• The Human Rights and Inclusion (HR&I) Programme

The objective of the Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship Programme (YEE) is to increase youth employment through entrepreneurship and enterprise development.

To achieve this goal, YEE is implementing the Youth Inclusion and Employment Project (YIEP), which has as its main outcome that young women and men have increased employability and engage in entrepreneurship. The latter implements a number of support activities under the name "Ready For Tomorrow".

READY FOR TOMORROW

The project therefore aims to support an environment where young people can access decent employment and create their own businesses through training, coaching and access to finance. Swisscontact in Morocco and its local partners are in charge of the implementation of the entrepreneurship support activities. These activities will be deployed for the pilot year (2023) in four regions of Morocco, namely the following regions:

- Casablanca - Settat,

- Rabat - Salé - Kénitra

- Tangier - Tetouan - Al Hoceima

- Béni Mellal - Khénifra

Our activities are complementary to ensure complete support and a follow-up adapted to the young people in the starting up and the development of viable businesses:

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARENESS

• Entrepreneurship awareness sessions
• Training sessions for trainers in awareness-raising methodology

IDENTIFICATION AND SELECTION

•  Launch of calls for applications for the selection of programme participants in the different regions

PRE-CREATION ACCOMPANIMENT

• Collective and individual coaching of project leaders from ideation to the creation of a viable business model

FINANCING SUPPORT

• Supporting project leaders to benefit from the DAPP fund and to seize funding opportunities in their respective ecosystems

POST-CREATION FOLLOW-UP

• Follow-up of entrepreneurs in all phases of the development of their companies

NETWORKING

• Strategic networking and referral of entrepreneurs
• Introduction to national and regional communities

CAPACITY BUILDING FOR LOCAL NGOs

• Dedicated training and coaching sessions

ADVOCACY ACTIONS

• Participation in the animation and development of the ecosystem through meetings, studies and dedicated events

EXCHANGE OF GOOD PRACTICES

• Ensure an exchange of good practices for the development of the local ecosystem and adapted support services to entrepreneurs