Market Analysis on Youth Employment in Sylhet Division for UDDOKTA Project

Assigned by the Uddokta project of iDE Global, the Market Analysis on Youth Employment in Sylhet Division has been conducted in 4 districts of the Sylhet division – Sylhet, Moulvibazar, Habiganj, and Sunamganj.

Objectives of the study

The broad objective of the study is to identify climate-smart value chains (adaptation, mitigation, greenhouse gas reduction (GHG) potentiality, supporting diversification and value addition, provision of climate-smart production technologies, and nature-based solutions) employment opportunities, and skills in demand in the Sylhet region. The study is designed and executed with four major objectives:

1. To assess the labor market (especially youth and women) and the potential of the sectors/markets particularly the climate-smart sector in the project location because of generating business and employment opportunities for the out-of-job youth population.
2. To map out market actors of the climate-smart sector and the value chains that are associated with it.
3. To identify the opportunities for inclusion of lead firms/private sector partners in the identified growth sectors and their potential to strengthen the markets of the selected regions.
4. To identify the opportunities for linkage between existing incubator/accelerator programs (access to finance) and their efficacy and success rate.