Opportunity Salone Programme

About this project

<p>Opportunity Salone is part of a larger EU supported Jobs and Growth programme implemented by a number of partners that aims to stimulate job creation by improving the investment climate through enhanced access to finance, improving rural transport infrastructure, and upgrading human capital through general and vocational training and education. Opportunity Salone aims to contribute to more decent job creation in terms of quantity and quality of jobs for women, young women and men and persons with disabilities mainly in rural areas in Sierra Leone through inclusive value chain development focused on SMEs and cooperatives, and feeder road maintenance to improve access to markets. The project will be implemented over a 4-year period with a budget of 8 million Euros and have three interrelated outcomes to address the creation of decent jobs for women, young women and men, and persons with disabilities mainly in rural areas. The project outcomes are: 1. Enhanced agricultural value chains and entrepreneurship development contributing to decent work for youth and women. 2. Increased feeder road maintenance and decent work for youth and women to enhance market access and support value chain development. 3. Conducive business environment for entrepreneurship development and feeder road maintenance to support job creation. </p>

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 1No Poverty
• 5Gender Equality
• 8Decent Work and Economic Growth

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships · Other public sector

Countries

Sierra Leone

Sectors

Employment creationAgricultural development

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesGood governance · Also contributes

Places

SL - Sierra Leone, SL - EU Del - Freetown

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_INTPA-2021-PCC-425287.

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