Tracer Study for the YEDCB Project — UNDP Program

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The study will cover the period from February 2022 to date, covering all the project locations: Central Equatoria, Eastern Equatoria, Jonglei, Lakes, and Upper Nile. The study will cover programme conceptualization, design, implementation, monitoring, and reporting, and engage all key project stakeholders.  Document review of all relevant documentation. This would include a review of the project document (contribution agreement); Project Appraisal Reports, theory of change and results framework; annual work plans; progress reports; supervision missions, results-oriented monitoring reports; mid-term review; minutes of project board meetings; and technical/financial monitoring reports, Contracts, project outputs/deliverables, etc.

i.            To assess the extent to which the project has contributed to improving the employability of youth and women beneficiaries.

ii.            To evaluate the project’s impact on job creation and income generation among trained youth and women.

iii.            To measure improvements in business skills and entrepreneurial capacities developed through the project.

iv.            To determine the level of access to finance for youth- and women-led MSEs facilitated by the project.

v.            Evaluate how the Project’s interventions- training, coaching, business development services- enhanced graduates’ ability to identify and take on with market opportunities.

vi.            Identify gaps in market access and information despite program support, to inform future interventions.

vii.            To examine the project’s contribution to str