Youth Empowerment : German Gov’t Offers Over Three Billion

Within the support Project for the Socio-Economic Resilience of Vulnerable Youth in the Far North, North and Adamawa Regions in Cameroon (PARSE), the Federal Republic of Germany through its Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has accorded FCFA 3.275.000.000 to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Civic Education (Minjec). The money is meant for the current phase two of the PARSE project. This was made known during the 4th ordinary session of the steering committee of the Socio-Economic Resilience Support Project of vulnerable young people of the Northern Regions of Cameroon. The session was chaired by the Minister of Youth Affairs and Civic Education, Mounouna Foutsou, yesterday, December 16, 2020 in Yaounde. 
Minister Mounouna Foutsou said the socio-economic integration of young people is among the major and current priorities of the government. The Minister said given the growing demand expressed by young people, there is no doubt that the many government initiatives are insufficient to meet all expectations. That is why he lauded GIZ for funding and implementing PARSE project since 2016. The Head of the PARSE project, German-born, Andreas Kahler says the project, which is implemented by GIZ (German Society for International Cooperation), plans to continue with the development and implementation of an integrated approach to promote resilience by strengthening socio-economic activities among young people and social cohesion between young people and local authorities in the No...