World Bank Japan Social Development Fund Seminar “Entrepreneurship-focused socioemotional skills for the most vulnerable youth in rural Mongolia”

The World Bank and partners launched “Entrepreneurship-focused socioemotional skills for the most vulnerable youth in rural Mongolia” project, under a US$ 2.75 million grant by the Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) in partnership of the Government of Japan, to train vulnerable, disadvantaged youth in 25 of Mongolia’s poorest rural districts across five provinces with socioemotional skills for improved performance in school and preparation for entry into self-employment.

The project is aiming to support a school-based, community-driven program targeting 6,000 school-enrolled and out-of-school youth to support acquisition of socioemotional skills that are linked not just to success in school, but are also highly valued in the labor market. The project is addressing the largely unmet need for socioemotional and entrepreneurship skills stemming from extremely limited labor market opportunities that lead to high inactivity among youth in these locations and a job profile dominated by traditional herding, unpaid work and self-employment in the informal sector.

At this online seminar, the task team from the World Bank and the implementing partner Save the Children Japan – Mongolia Office, shared experiences through the project.

Speakers: 

Jakob Kopperud
Acting Director for Government Affairs, External and Corporate Relations, World Bank

Salman Asim
Senior Economist, Education, East Asia and the Pacific, World Bank

Nyamdavaa Yondonjamts
Project Manager, Save the Children Japan, Mongolia Office
Presentation Material: Entrepreneurship-Focused Socioemotional Skills for Most Vulnerable Youth in Rural Mongolia - Introduction (PDF)

Naoyuki Koyama
Director of Operations, FIDR

Yolanda Azarcon
JSDF Administrator, Development Finance, World Bank

Koichi Omori
Senior External Affairs Officer, World Bank Tokyo Office

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Japan Social Development Fund

DATE/TIME: 10am-11:30am, Tuesday, December 10, 2024 (Japan Standard Time)

FORMAT: Online (Webex)

LANGUAGE: English and Japanese with simultaneous interpretation.

CONTACT: Koichi Omori, World Bank Tokyo Office

komori@worldbankgroup.org