Create an up-to-date understanding of the present employment trends through adding questions to an existing ward survey currently under review. Available data on youth employment within Port Vila was generated in 2009 and does not reflect the types of jobs that currently exist, specifically in regard to rapid changes in technology and a significant increase in tourism over the last ten years.

Ward Secretaries and others from PVMC are enthusiastic about adding a youth employment component to their survey draft to make this an achievable short-term action.

The collection of data can be organised through the wards and their enumerators; however, support for the development of questions and analysis of data is required in terms of technical skills and financial assistance. There may be scope for support from members of the Youth Livelihood Network.

This action seeks to provide skills upgrading for “unskilled” youth who currently reside in Port Vila but travel to rural areas to harvest produce in order to sell it in Port Vila.

Ward Secretaries could assist the network to develop a register of individuals engaged in commercial agriculture and a youth steering group who could plan and manage targeted activities to upgrade their skills.

Examples of such activities within this short-term action could include tours of restaurants within the city and an introduction to produce buyers, ToTs by NGOs engaged in financial management training, marketing training, business management or leadership training. Other ideas include hosting a monthly or quarterly youth market day.

The Youth Workforce Preparation Hub would seek to increase access to work force preparation services through information dissemination and hosting of trainings related to youth entrepreneurship, local culture and leadership skills, hosted by PVMC and other stakeholders working in the youth employment space.

The Hub would have two purposes:

• 1) To disseminate information about available youth services: a 'home' (online or physical) for making youth aware existing of existing employment services and resources currently provided by institutions and NGOs such as career development, CV writing, scholarships, work abroad programmes. Future potential may exist to identify gaps such as affordable arts and cultural activities and develop training or other income generation opportunities; and
• 2) developing youth entrepreneur skills and abilities: develop short, free peer-to-peer training on marketing, cultural and leadership training, access to small loans and grants, proposal and tender writing workshops and information sessions on business licence registration.