G20 Flagship projects

Description of the project
South Africa has one of the highest NEET rates (Not in Education, Employment or Training) of young and adolescent people worldwide – women are especially affected. At the same time, companies lack well-trained experts to ensure their competitiveness and capacity for growth, particularly for the digital transformation and the future of work. Therefore, this project targets young South Africans (14-35 years) and focuses explicitly on young women and girls. It promotes labour market relevant digital competencies to increase their employability. More in detail, the #eSkills4Girls project aims to:

1. Improve employment perspectives for 900 young women within the scope of the digital transformation
2. Improve digital skills of 600 women in three training programs at TVET colleges
3. Constructing a female mentor’s network with female executives and role models
4. Provide access to demand-orientated skills development through supporting 2000 young people in selected innovative, non-formal training measures
5. Foster the improvement of recruitment policies of 150 medium-sized companies by supporting 500 HR specialists in the introduction and implementation of new, gender-sensitive approaches to identify applicants with the company’s digital skills in demand

Area of focus of the project:
– Focus on South African Youth (aged 14 to 35 years)
– Improve employment perspective for young women
– Improve digital skills of women
– Develop female mentorship network
– Improve companies’ recruitment policies