Elizabeth Akuwom Loote

County Executive Committee Member

VISION

To be a leading agency in promoting trade investment, industrial and sustainable

Cooperative sector as well as a champion for youth empowerment and a gender equitable society

MISSION

Facilitate the creation of enabling environment for vibrant, competitive and sustainable industrial, investment and cooperative sector whilst ensuring an inclusive and equitable

4. DIRECTORATE OF YOUTH AND GENDER

1 .PROGRAMES

Promotion of gender

programme– gender empowerment and advocacy

·         celebration of 16 days of gender activism

·         gender mainstreaming and coordination

·         celebration of international women day

·         legal compliances and redress

·         sensitization on legal redress to SGBV victims

·         promotion of gender equality and empowerment

2. YOUTH AFFAIRS AND DEVELOPMENT

 Youth coordination and representation-

 Providing support to youth council structure

 Youth and women fund – loan application and appraisal

3. Youth employment scheme

·         Support to  youth bankable

·         youth sensitization and advocacy meetings

·         entrepreneurship training ,record keeping and record management

4.  b) ACHIEVEMENTS

·         Installed seven youth council and 42 youth council in villages

·         Trained youth groups on entrepreurship and disbursement 207 million to 1,072 youth and women groups in the formation of management structure groups 2015/2016

·         Constructed three  social has ,two are complete

·         Formulate youth and women empowerment Act that has helped in the in the  formation of management structure and funds committee and establishing small scale business  at the village level

·         Formulated the youth Act to operationalize youth leadership

 5.  STRATEGIC OBJETIVE

i)enhance efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery of departmental programs

Ii)  Consolidate of stakeholder’s effort towards youth empowerment

iii) Mainstream and promote youth participation in community service town cleaning, planting trees and flowers, peace building and leadership

iv)  Promoting   social entreneuriship, mentorship, mentorship, patriotism and volunteerism

v) Mobilization and management of human, financial and other resource for sustainable development: provision of strategic direction and frame work for coordinating and leveraging investments targeted for youth empowerment

vi)    Providing policy and legislative framework to facilitate quality service delivery

vii) To spearhead protection of youth from harmful cultural practices and other risky behavior

viii) Promotion of transformative youth empowerment with focus on employability and life skills talent and entrepreneurship development