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THE promise to the gambia

Our 5-point agenda

A clear vision for transforming The Gambia — with concrete priorities for the first 100 days and the first 365 days of a UDP government.

our 5-point agenda

Youth Empowerment & Employment

Our Promise to the Gambia.

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Youth Empowerment & Employment Scheme

Creating a conducive environment, setting the right framework and facilitating collaboration with the private sector to ensure Gambian youth obtain the right skills, employability, and business acumen.

The United Democratic Party commits to:

1
Create a conducive environment; setting the right framework and facilitating collaboration with the private sector to ensure our youth obtain the right skills leading to their increased employability and/or business acumen.
2
Establish 10 specialised skills centers through skills enhancement zones and provide facilities for trainers to enhance skills in technology, sports and entrepreneurship.
3
Establish a youth empowerment fund to develop local commercial and business entities and establish Trade and Commerce Associations and arrangements with partners to create trading posts for commodities in the country (Trade Hubs).
4
Establish a policy of awarding a sizeable percentage of government contracts and projects to youths and youth enterprises as part of youth empowerment. employability and/or business acumen.
5
Establish Mandatory Youth Service Schemes after high school as part of creating a youth mindset exuding nation over tribe, the collective over the individual.
6
Promote and protect local enterprises and industries through an Indeginious Economic Empowerment Framework to ensure government purchases locally produced materials to promote job growth and local economic empowerment.
7
Provide investments in agriculture, manufacturing and tourism and establish reforms aimed at empowering youth participation in them
8
Provide opportunities for women to engage in meaningful employment, with their employment rights and equal pay for equal work between men and women fully protected under the law.
9
Create an enabling environment to ensure a culture of self-employment in which people in self-employment will be provided with support through business policies, ease of doing business and the tax system.

10 SKILLS CENTERS

Youth Empowerment Fund

government contract to the youts

Key Sectors: AGRI., MFG, tourism

Equal Pay for women

our 5-point agenda

More Commitments

01 Youth Employment & Empowerment

02 Education, Skills & Training

03 Agriculture, Food Security & Nutrition

04 Pubilc Health, Security & Pandemic Containment

05 Energy & Digital Infrastructure

Other Critical Supporting Sectors

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Building a capable state every gambian

Priorities of a UDP government during the first 100 days and the first 365 days have been outlined particularly with a strong focus on the Public Sector Reforms, the reform of the Security Sector and Zero Tolerance on Corruption and Violence Against Women.

Our focus is to “create a capable State for the effective delivery of social services to the Gambian People” including a Pandemic Containment and Response Framework If elected, a UDP Government will take office fully prepared to govern with clear benchmarks for measuring and delivering transformative development results as transparently and accountably as possible.

01

Youth
Employment & Empowerment

Create a conducive environment; setting the right framework and facilitating collaboration with the private sector..

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02

Education,
Skills & Training

Provide Universal access to primary and secondary education. Review and improve the pay and working conditions of teach..

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03

Agriculture,
Food security & Nutrition

A comprehensive agriculture sector management review will be conducted in order to revitalize the agriculture..

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04

Public Health, Security & Pandemic containment

Improve health facilities and introduce schemes to protect the vulnerable. Upgrade basic social services..

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05

Energy &
DIgital Infrastructure

Utilize ICTs to promote sustainable development in an all-inclusive information society. Adopt an effective..

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udp's 17 policy sectors

Our Manifesto

Clear Vision

Our party’s manifesto is also designed to prepare our very youthful population for a future that is full of opportunities and a nation that is free, democratic and at peace with itself. Learn about our very clear vision for positively transforming The Gambia and Gambians. We hope to earn or win your support for the United Democratic Party.

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