Introduction
The Lagos State Employment Trust Fund [LSETF] Employability Unit tackles youth unemployment by building capacity and skills through vocational training and internship placements, as well as online courses and workshops. The unit, in line with the overall LSETF mandate, focuses on:
- Enabling job creation, through training of youths and internship placement,
- Improving processes, through monitoring and programme design updates,
- Ensuring sustainability, through experimenting cost-effective and far-reaching measures.
The Employability Unit has been monitoring the implementation of training projects reaching 21,000+ youths since 2018, leveraging international partnerships with UNDP, USADF, GIZ, KTI.
Activities
LSETF gather inputs from employers, job seekers, and training institutions through Focus Group Discussions, through desk research, including a Needs Assessment Analysis and through the Lagos State Labour Market Information System https://lagoslmis.ng to inform the design of new programmes.
Our offers:
- Vocational training [Lagos State Employability Support Project: LSESP],
- Online soft skills training: https://elearning.lsetf.ng or WhatsApp-based, and
- Workshop-based training (CV preparation, Job application, PoS training)
Some of our current programme partners
Some of our current training partners
Some of our impact figures so far
Some examples of our work
With LSETF and partners
Lagos State LMIS Development
Contribution from the Employability Team Members in the media
The team at work with the beneficiaries
Upcoming Activities
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