Capacity Building projects are transnational cooperation projects based on multilateral partnerships between organizations active in the field of youth in Programme and Partner Countries.
Youth Capacity Building projects aim to:
• foster cooperation and exchanges in the field of youth between Programme Countries and Partner Countries from different regions of the world
• improve the quality and recognition of youth work, non-formal learning and volunteering in Partner Countries and enhance their synergies and complementarities with other education systems, the labor market and society
• foster the development, testing and launching of schemes and programmes of non-formal learning mobility at regional level (i.e. within and across regions of the world)
• promote transnational non-formal learning mobility between Programme and Partner Countries, notably targeting young people with fewer opportunities, with a view to improving participants’ level of competences and fostering their active participation in society
1 Youth and sports Empowerment
Principle 12c of the Earth Charter stresses the importance to: “Honor and support the young people of our communities, enabling them to fulfill their essential role in creating sustainable societies.”
ACAD believes that youth engagement, empowerment, and capacity building are essential for building a more just, sustainable, and peaceful world. Over the past decade, the ACAD NGO has been implementing / offering platforms for youth to “learn the knowledge, values, and skills needed for a sustainable way of life.” ACAD plans to continue supporting youth and encourage them to embrace the Earth Charter sustainability vision and foster a sense of global citizenship, as well as empowering them with the skills, attitudes, and values necessary to contribute in shaping a sustainable present and future through several yearly youth courses.
ACAD work with youth involves:
a) Inspiring and empowering young leaders to carry out sustainability projects and activities in their local contexts.
b) Connecting young leaders to each other to share experiences and collaborate in different kinds of initiatives to make the Earth Charter principles a reality in their countries.
c) Offering capacity building (both face-to-face and online) to young people through education programmes, workshops, and dialogues.
d) Collecting best practice narratives and case studies on how young people have been inspired by and are using Earth Charter.
e) Partnering with youth led organizations to develop specific projects to implement the Earth Charter principles into a wide variety of topics of sustainable development.
2. Vocational training
The Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Project for south Sudan will facilitate the transition of the existing TVET system to a demand-led training system and provide beneficiaries with more market relevant skills and improved economic opportunities. The project focuses on the following levels
a) Governance and management structures for the training system and develop options for the reform of a system of financing in collaboration with the relevant industry representatives and social partners.
b) b) Establishment of a Standards-based Qualification and Assessment System.
c) To promote innovation and initiatives for the improvement of quality and relevance of training and to increase access to employment-oriented TVET for underserved population groups.
3 Microfinance projects
ACAD helps organized groups to start the savings groups; we also conduct training in finance management skill.
4 Livestock Restocking
a) Goat restocking
Under livelihood activities ACAD implement three different goats restocking, first project was supported by Common Humanitarian fund (CHF) through FAO in 2007 and implemented by ACAD, 350 Household was the target and 1050 female goat was distributed plus 35 male in seven villages in Abyei area.
Second Goat restocking project was also funded by FAO in 2009, and implemented by ACAD, 50 household was the target in five villages in Abyei area, distributing 150goats
The third project was ACAD- IOM partnership project in financial support avail by IOM and ACAD implement it, in this project the target was 150 household scatted in five villages in Abyei area he beneficiaries received 450 female goats and 50 male goats. In 2010 -2011 ACAD has successfully implemented goat restocking project in five villages targeting returnees and venerable host community with SNV which is Netherlands based humanitarian organization
b) Animal Traction
Animal traction was a project supported financially by UNIDO through ACAD in 2008. The project was targeting ten villages in Abyei, with five different activities in each village.
First activity was selection of village development committee, following by village development committee training, training of trainers in Animal traction, Farmers training in Animal traction with 50 Oxen distributed to them, training of Blacksmith with distribution of ten Blacksmith toolkits and 12000 different Agriculture hand tools distributed to 2000 household.
c) Construction of Annet Market
For the reasons of encouraging trade in the Area and having good infrastructure as asset for the trader, ACAD in partnership with UNDP has managed to construct twenty stalls in Annet Market. The total cost of the project is US$ 34,423
d) Training Animal health workers and Animals vaccination
ACAD with collaboration of F.A.O carried out successful refreshment and initial trainings for Animal health workers in the period between April 2007 June 2010(six trainings in Total), three were refreshment trainings to 36 participants in Agok and three were initial trainings to 45 participants in Abyei town these training aimed to improve animal health which will reduce animal death that can contribute to good animal production and therefore balance diet in term of milk and meat to local communities. The cost of these projects was US$ 48,000
5 Social safety net programme
A “safety net” is assistance for extremely vulnerable individuals who are unable to meet the most basic needs for survival and human dignity. Individuals may be unable to meet these needs due to an external shock – such as natural disasters or war – or due to socioeconomic circumstances, such as age, illness, disabilities or discrimination. Such individuals are usually completely dependent upon outside resources to meet their basic food and livelihood needs. ACAD recognizes the responsibility of the State and civil society to provide for the basic needs and the common good of its people. To encourage the fulfillment of this responsibility, ACAD supports civil society by “strengthening the capacity of local organizations to advocate for improved government services to meet basic needs
However, when governments and local communities are unable or unwilling to provide for the basic needs of the most vulnerable, there is a moral imperative for the broader human community to respond.