Green Jobs in the Construction Sector Eastern and Southern Africa Youth Employment Knowledge Sharing Forum Zambia Green Jobs Programme Evans Lwanga.

Green Jobs in the Construction Sector

Eastern and Southern Africa Youth Employment Knowledge Sharing ForumZambia Green Jobs Programme

Evans Lwanga

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Background

The Zambia Green Jobs Programme is a UN joint programme, led by the International Labour Organization (ILO), with contributions from United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), International Trade Centre (ITC) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

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Challenges

• Unemployment, poverty and inequalities especially among youth and women

• Environmental costs for present and future generations

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Decent Green Jobs

• Green jobs - preservation or improvement of environmental quality

• Decent green jobs - rights, social dialogue and social protection embedded

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Market System and Value Chain Development

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Outcomes and Target GroupsOutcome Target Group

Outcome 1: Mindsets, Attitudes and Perceptions Housing developers, investors and owners as well as the

general public

Outcome 2: Green building policy, regulatory and legal

frameworkMakers and Implementers of the policy, regulatory and

legal framework for green business

Outcome 3: Sustainable Enterprises ; More and

better (Green) Jobs

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) along the building construction value chain based on

economic, social and environmentally-friendly (green) business models and practices which utilize

green building materials, goods, technology and services

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Results dashboard or snapshot

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Programme Map

• Current outreach has extended to Six (6) Provinces in Zambia

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Outreach and Scale: People

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Programme Target

2014 Milestone

2014 Actual (Direct)

2,700 people directly benefited from the Programme in 2014

M&E database of more than 3000 building construction MSMEs

Poor People Process on Poverty and Housing in Zambia have more 7000 women members

M&E System needs improvement on real time data collection

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Local institutional capacity and competitiveness

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MSME Business Associations

BDS Service Providers and Trainers

Artisans (Solar)

Policy Makers (Government, Workers and Employers Orga-nizations)

Other Industry Stakeholders

• Significant capacity for service delivery built in 570 local institutions and organizations to boost beneficiation in future years

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MSMEs access to BDS and Financial Services

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ITC Financial Literacy

UNCTAD EMPRETEC

ILO SIYGCB

FAO MA & D Forestry En-terprises

• Accumulatively 866 MSMEs including Small Scale Forestry Enterprises benefitted from the business development service facilitated by the Programme.

• Service outreach to outlying remote areas remains a challenge. Limited service provider capacity.

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Employment: 331 new green JOBS created

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Women; 51

Men; 280

Young People; 210

• Job creation impacted more on young people and men than women

• Job creation rate expected to RISE from the fruition of housing construction projects MSME linkages, competitiveness and productivity improvements from better working conditions

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Employment: 417 of jobs better Quality

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Women; 50

Men; 367

Young People; 260

• More job quality improvements from labour law, occupational safety and health as well as social protection services expected.

• MSME Labour Law booklet and training on affordable beneficial compliance in collaboration with other projects (NORAD)

• Social Protection and Occupational Safety and Health incubator projects for MSMEs and their Associations while influencing policies in collaboration with other projects (FINLAND, IRELAND)

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Strategic partnerships

Partnership Target Income level Housing units Area

1. Lafarge (5 demos) Middle income construction 600 LusakaNdola

2. Kalumbira Mine (2 demos)Middle income construction 1200 Kalumbira Mine

Low income construction 10000 Kalumbira Town

3. Barrick Lumwana (2 demos) Middle income construction 500 Lumwana

4. Poor Peoples’ Process on Housing and Poverty in Zambia (5 demos)

Low Income Construction xxx Lusaka, Ndola,Kitwe

Low Income Retrofitting 8 + xxx Lusaka, NdolaKitwe

• Strategic public and private sector building and skills development partnerships can unlock the housing market for sustainable construction.

• Demonstration units are risk incentive tool crucial for stimulating partnerships with housing developers and investors but our allocation is limited.

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Affordable Housing Project

• Good value proposition even better with additional improvements such as localizing the value chain (20 70%)

Demo site Residential site

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The ZGJP is not an implementing institution Systemic and sustainable changes (no

substitution) Capacity building of existing institutions and

strengthening or nurturing existing structures and networks (rewiring where necessary)

The ZGJP looks for strategic partnerships with key institutions and government offices within the wider construction and building sector

Replication and Sustainability - Implementation modalities of the ZGJP

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Start and Improve Your Green Construction Business Training Programme

Thorn Park Construction Training Centre

National Council For Construction

Copperbelt University

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Private sector development thrive on promoting sustainable enterprises, creating more and better jobs, protecting people and

preserving the quality of the environment

“This can only be sustainable if there is effective participation of

the YOUTH”

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Thank you!