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Major Tasks

• Inception - Develop a research and lanplan that includes a draft table of contents, objectives and methodology in consultation with the UNICEF focal point(s)

• Research on YOMA's Value Proposition

• Identify major challenges around young people’s employability, i.e. market-driven skills training and experience that potentially lead to employment (internship, apprenticeship, and other job-specific experiences) disaggregated by the needs of different categories of adolescents and young people3 in Uganda; analyze the available program's landscape that responds to the above challenges; indicate gaps and opportunities that Yoma can propose (value propositions) to address them, including through leveraging existing identified programs & digital solutions.

• Plan and conduct a co-creation workshop with inclusive young people and stakeholders selected in consultation with UNICEF focal point(s) to identify the necessary contents and country-specific customization needs including using U-Report; verify the value propositions of Yoma platform and define appropriate promotion activities to reach different target audiences among young people, including the aspect of reward and feedback system for young people.

• Operationalization of the YOMA Platform

• Support the country-specific customization of the content in Yoma by following the results of the co-creation workshop

• Support the light touch promotion of Yoma (after contextualization of the promotion content) through social media posts and engagement with identified youth networks and other stakeholders such as government, development partners, CSOs, and the private sector as agreed with UNICEF focal point(s)

• Design and set up the context-specific local reward and feedback system and develop the local Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for this mechanism with potential incorporation into the Yoma platform

• Capacity Strengthening of Stakeholders and Closure of Support Delivery

• Plan and conduct capacity-building training(s) for both the nominated Yoma Champions and Yoma core partners for their solid understanding of the Yoma platform, ownership, and continuous engagement, in consultation with UNICEF focal point(s)

• Develop a final delivery report that shows the workable model of Yoma implementation in Uganda, including Yoma’s value propositions, the main stakeholders (such as Yoma Champions and core partners), the operation model including the reward and feedback system and the next steps for further scalability and sustainability, and any other items requested by the UNICEF focal point(s).