The project responds to the Fiji and Vanuatu Governments' request to assist on their ongoing efforts to address youth unemployment with the following objectives:

• Help develop the knowledge and skills youths need for the labour market, and help secure decent work opportunities in wage/self-employment.
• Create employment opportunities in organic agriculture through a value chain approach of public private partnerships in key the agriculture and tourism sector. 
• Strengthen the institutional capacity of the National Youth Councils. 
• Address the vulnerability of youth working within an informal sector by supporting policy dialogue with governments and creating enabling environment for small to medium enterprises. 

Our work

• Unlock the potential of youth in the Pacific
• Promote the link between the tourism and agriculture sector, which seems to offer opportunities for inclusive economic growth
• Organic agriculture can reduce Pacific island countries' dependency on food imports, and improve nutrition intake. 
• Innovation and South-South cooperation
• Partnerships
• Key activities 
  • Scope, identify and motivate youth in agriculture
  • Design and organise production training on specific organic crops
  • Develop production plans to service local and export organic crop demand.
  • Provide on-going extension, quality control and monitoring support to farmers.
  • Scope and identify hotels/restaurants and supermarkets/ wholesalers for supply requirements
  • Establish skills database with national youth councils, of youth trained and certified as organic producers and match with demand from restaurants/resorts and wholesalers/supermarkets.
  • Establish supply chain from farm to table with relevant organisations and logistics supports.