YEP Programmes

The main goal of the Young Expert Programmes (YEP), consisting of YEP Water, YEP Agrofood, YEP Energy and YEP Tailor-made, is to offer young Dutch and local professionals the opportunity to take their first steps in an international environment. They are employed through Dutch organisations in a number of eligible countries. The programmes aim to rejuvenate the water, agrofood and renewable energy sectors and ensure the continued availability of expertise for these sectors.

The YEP Programmes are carried out jointly by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP), the Food & Business Knowledge Platform and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency.

NEWS

Organisations: deadline project submission

Deadline for submitting project proposals by organisations (batch 19):

15 October 2019

Preparatory training course

Training of the 18th batch starts on 25 November

Training of the 19th batch starts on 20 January 2020

Candidates: apply for YEP positions

New YEP positions will be available on 4 November

Introduction video YEP

YEP in a nutshell: the new introduction video about YEP Programmes is now online.

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Every year we subsidise the placement of 72 young professionals

Check the latest results of YEP in our annual report

Our Young Experts

Eelke Boerema - YEP Tailor-made at Wageningen University & Research in Kenya

Click here for an overview of all YEP projects at Akvo RSR

Alphaxard Gitau Ndung'u

Where is he now? Convener at Kenya Youth Climate Network, Kenya

History

Young Expert at AgriProFocus - Kenya

YEP period 2016 - 2018, batch 7

YEP Role

Youth in Agribusiness Expert.

Click here for more information about my project.

Skills

Youth Empowerment

Campaign development

Advocacy

Policy analysis

Blogging

Resource mobilizations

Networking and partnership creation

Background

Nationality: Kenyan
Education: Bachelor of Economics

Experience before YEP

I have been involved with agricultural development in relation to youth empowerment over the past 2 years with a close focus on how to create sustainable agricultural enterprises amongst young people as we advocate for eradicating youth unemployment as well as enhancing food security and sovereignty.

Contact

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