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Driving North Macedonia’s Economic Growth with a Skilled Workforce
North Macedonia’s university students are gaining valuable digital skills through an innovative training program hosted at the Inno Fab Lab – a specialized facility equipped with advanced technology and resources for digital fabrication and innovation. This initiative, supported by the USAID Youth Actively Create Opportunities Activity and implemented by IESC, focuses on…
IESC is pleased to share our 2022 Annual Report, which highlights our work in catalyzing private sector growth and employment—work that has helped people to improve their lives throughout the economically developing world.
2022 was a historic year for IESC. We launched a new strategic plan for 2022-2025, which outlines our organizational objectives to further expand impact for our program participants in line with our mission. We also…
read moreRecipe for Success: Cooking Skills, Soft Skills, and an Entrepreneurial Mindset
With aprons on and utensils in hand, ten young aspiring chefs eagerly immersed themselves in the art of cooking during a five-day Master Culinary Training in North Macedonia. As aromatic spices wafted through the air, training participants sharpened their cooking skills and learned about food nutrients, organic growing practices, menu development, and the kitchen…
TOMECO, a Champion of Change
Le Quy Kha, Chairman of TOMECO An Khang (right), discusses barcode and traceability application with the company’s Head of Continuous Factory ImprovementPhoto courtesy: Tran Luong Thai, TOMECO An Khang
Small and medium enterprises in Vietnam were hit hard by the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and TOMECO An Khang is no…
read moreFarmer Field Schools Promote Successful Application of Food Safety Knowledge
Luis Peña exhibiting the freshness of his bell pepper crops.
P&T Valley Farms is a newly established family-owned company in the Dominican Republic (DR) located near the border with Haiti. Managed by Luis Peña, the company’s business plan is to switch from traditional crops such as…
read moreKenya’s Council of Governors adopts the CAP YEI and F2F youth access to finance and workforce development interventions in all 47 counties
In March 2023, the Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) Kenya program and Community and Progress Youth Empowerment Institute (CAP YEI) achieved a significant milestone: the Government of Kenya signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with CAP YEI to replicate the youth agriculture and agri-enterprise technical…