The FIERII support process for the Young Rules

FIER II promises collaborative youth entrepreneurship and emphasizes the importance of collaboration and complementarity. Thus, the project favours the combination of skills, know-how, and experiences of young people who wish to start entrepreneurial activity by clusters of villages, by sectors, by agricultural sectors, and above all by links in the same agricultural value chain. The aim is to achieve a common goal by adopting a collective responsibility. To this end, the project identifies young people in villages, raises their will to undertake economic activities, forms them and finances their AGR or MER projects.

The process of supporting young people in technical, vocational and entrepreneurial training takes place in nine successive stages:
1. Identification of support sectors and market opportunities, identification of the need for training, and mapping of partnerships for mentoring, mentoring and vocational integration of young people. Studies and analyses are carried out by the Resource Centres (CDRs), enriched by proposals from the Professional Organisations/Market Operators and coordinated at national level by the UCN and the Regional Units of FIER II. The determination of market demand will also help to specify the needs of the sectors by production pool and to better guide young people in their choices.
2. Organisation of an information campaign for young people and their families on the opportunities offered by FIER II to young people in terms of vocational training and integration. The Targeting and Orientation Operators (OCO) recruited by FIER II are responsible for facilitating this outreach campaign from the materials and materials provided by the project. Various channels for disseminating information are used: local radio stations, social networks, meetings with youth groups and local and communal leaders, etc.
3. Formulation of the application by the youth. The Targeting and Orientation Operator (OCO) assists the young person in making his application and preparing his application. The OCO will then scan the file and e-mail it to the FIER II Regional Unit.
4. Orientation of the young person towards one of the FIER 2 From the young person's file, the Targeting and Orientation Operators (OCO) is oriented towards one of the FIER II routes according to age criteria, level of schooling/literacy, technical and professional prerequisites, professional experience, motivation. On the basis of the possibilities offered, a guardian who may be a professional, a professional organisation or a market operator is appointed and after agreement between the two parties (youth and guardian).
5. Implementation of the training activities foreseen by the course:
For young people aged 15-17, basic vocational training and, if necessary, a functional literacy programme. At the end of their training, these young people can join the entrepreneurial part of route 3 and possibly route 4.
For young people with or without literacy at the age of 18, basic technical training and a functional literacy programme to help them undertake AGR-type projects;
For young people aged 18 and over who are literate, at post-primary and secondary levels, vocational training in general of short durations enabling them to acquire the technical skills of a given occupation; they will then be oriented towards the entrepreneurial aspect of route 4 ;
For trained/qualified young people aged 18 and over, entrepreneurial training and, if necessary, additional technical training to help them undertake a MER project, scale up or engage in paid employment.
6. Promotion of supply chain sub-projects (SPCAs), which are sustainable and inclusive for young people: each SPCA is an alliance between young people organised into cooperative co-enterprises (CECs) and other actors in the supply chain, governed by a supply chain agreement (CAC), signed under the aegis of the supply chain pilot. An OFA supports the CECs concerned to prepare a SPCA in collaboration with other actors in the supply chain and to set up productive investment plans (PIP, one per CEC) based on a market study.
At the same time, where appropriate, the project will continue to promote individual projects.
7. Approval of SPCAs and PIPs by the UCN in consultation with the territorial authorities and signing of contracts with each CEC.
8. Access to Financial Services for Youth Aggregates: Youth Groups and CECs Access Financial Mechanisms FIER II (loans through SFD, guarantee, grants), in accordance with established rules.
9. Monitoring of the performance of the industry, groups and youth and post-mentorship, and capitalization of lessons learned for knowledge management.
Modalities for implementing the pathways of integration of young people
Overview and general provisions
Support for young people takes place in a series of stages, starting with the identification of opportunities and ending with the support of the implementation of the project and the connection of the young promoter to the market/file.
The following table briefly outlines the different stages of the process of technical, vocational, entrepreneurial and sub-project promotion training, with stakeholders and expected outputs for each stage.

In addition, for salaried jobs, there will be the linking of young job seekers with job offers mainly at the private sector level (large farms, agro-industry, micro-enterprises promoted by the project).
Organization of access to project support
The organisation of access to the project support is carried out through the Targeting and Guidance Operators (OCO) and the Facilitators of Accreditation (OFA) mandated by FIER II on a competitive basis.
The Targeting and Orientation Operators (OCO) will undertake the following main activities:
Local level
• Inform young people, their parents, professional organisations and local and regional authorities in the intervention area of the objectives and planned activities of FIER II, supporting sectors and sectors of intervention;
• Use the various awareness-raising tools, social animation adapted to the target audiences of the intervention area;
• Conduct collective animation sessions/meetings on various topics planned by FIER II and organize, as necessary, testimonies from young promoters and entrepreneurs;
• Collect applications from young people and help them prepare their applications;
• Collect applications submitted by professionals who wish their commitments as Master of Learning / Tutors (for those who are not yet on the lists of FIER II). Each professional will propose in support of his/her application a plan of course of sequence of training. Since this activity is highly technical, the final assessment must be made by the RDCs and/or the PDRSP.
• Forward application files after scanning to the UCN.
In carrying out these activities, the OCO will involve local representatives of local authorities, STD, SFD and professional organisations, in particular FENAJER and FENAFER. If necessary, OCO will draw on recognized expertise in their fields of expertise (engineers, trainers, etc.).
At regional/national level:
• Support the NCU to collect and analyse proposals for offers from OP/OM (offer of employment, training and support), technical, vocational and entrepreneurial training providers ...;
• Support UNC to keep up-to-date the database and dashboard of available technical, vocational and entrepreneurial training services and job integration offers;
• To interact with Resource Centres to improve their service offerings and identify opportunities ...;
In vocational guidance:
• Analyze applications from young people sent through FENAJER representatives;
• assess the competence needs of the applicant(s) in relation to his or her application dossier and the eligibility criteria for the course requested;
• orient the young person towards one of the project routes according to the available opportunities;
• In the absence of opportunity, the young person will be informed and the application will be subject to further examination. The request may also be rejected in the case of unwarranted data/information.

For young people on route 4 and route 2, once the business plan has been drawn up, the Targeting and Orientation Operator (COO):
• evaluates the relevance of the Business Plan to technical, economic and financial quality criteria;
• In the event of a favourable opinion, the project will be forwarded to the NCU to accompany it in its negotiations with the Bank/DFS and the implementation of its project.

Monitoring and reporting:
• Prepare periodic reports (monthly, quarterly, annual, ...) in addition to the start-up and completion reports, and communicate them to the NCU;
• Propose any measures aimed at better coordination of activities on the ground between the various actors and any improvements that could improve the performance of the project.
The Aggregation Facilitation Operator (FAO) is responsible for the following main activities:
With regard to the establishment of the EQF:
• To organize young people in groups with a view to integrating them into CECs as shareholders, in collaboration with the umbrella OPs;
• Identify shareholders or holders of potential shares among youth groups, municipalities, NGOs, private operators (traders, processors, etc.) and young entrepreneurs;
• Identify a young person who will be promoted as a manager of the company;
• Draft the articles of association or constituent instrument of the CEC;
• Present the charter and business plan to the potential shareholders identified for approval;
• To assist the authorities in registering the charter.

With regard to the implementation of collective infrastructure management systems:
• Provide each CEC with an appropriate business system;
• Train the manager, board members and staff in implementation;
• Conduct semi-annual internal audits of the company;
• Provide support in post-training coaching.

With regard to the implementation of SPCA identification, preparation and monitoring systems:
• Periodically submit to the NCU lists of SPCA establishing commercial relations between the relevant CECs and other actors in the supply chain;
• Collect information on demand, prices, cost elements for investments, etc.;
• Support the CEC(s) concerned in preparing the SPCA and individual PIPs;
• Organize detailed SPCA-PIP preparation workshops and assist with adjustment;
• Transmit SPCAs and PIPs to the NCU;
• Preparing appropriate business agreements between the CEC and groups/unions, as well as supply chain agreements;
• Monitor progress in the implementation of SPCAs and submit quarterly and semi-annual reports to the NCU;
• Support ACPS actors in mobilizing funding opportunities offered by FIER 2, in collaboration with decentralized funding structures.