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                     ‘INFORM’ – online educational and skills platform






              ‘INFORM’         Online education and skills platform for women & youth

                               •   ”Good technical training” is highlighted by women & youth across the region as the single most
              Drivers              important type of assistance they need in order to succeed in agriculture.
                               •   ‘INFORM’ will provide a central hub and delivery mechanism for effective capacity building.
                               While there is a training component to many elements of these recommendation,. SKILLS looks to
                               establish a generic framework and criteria for design and delivery of multi-functional training eg:
                               •   Constraints: eg literacy and education levels, time-poverty, access to devices/ internet, low interest
                                   and perception of labour intensive, low tech, low returns (youth)
                               •   Content: eg relevant sustainable agriculture practices, quality standards, governance, business
              Description          management, securing ownership/access to land, value-add (eg seedlings, processing),  access to
                                   markets, GBV avoidance (eg couple-based programmes)
                               •   Delivery: new/ on-line/ apps access to training for flexibility in access to courses, family-centred
                                   approaches to training (mobility constraints, male dominant cultures)
                               •   Content and distribution: engage key organisations across the region to support women and youth
                                   access to training such as NGOs, private sector (eg input suppliers) etc
              Potential        Content and training providers: IICA, CARDI, UWI, Helen’s Daughters
              Partners         Product suppliers: input suppliers, finance companies, offtakers, Telcos, app designers, suppliers,
                               Government: MoA, extension officers, bureau of standards.

              Motivations      •   Expand training footprints and impacts
                               •   Establish trusted reputation for sale of related products eg inputs, financial products
                               •   Facilitate framework, fund experts as needed, marketing support as required
              SAC role
                               •   Represent women and youth on in the design/ refinement of training products and


    Sustainable Agriculture in the Caribbean (SAC) Project

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