Youth Actively Create Opportunities (YACO)

$8.22M USD

Funder	U.S. Agency for International Development
Recipient Organization	International Executive Service Corps
Country	North Macedonia
Start Date	Jul 10, 2025
End Date	Oct 28, 2030
Duration	1,936 days
Number of Grantees	28
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`224070-76`

Grant Description

The Youth Actively Create Opportunities (YACO) Activity will increase youths positive contributions to society and collective leadership through the implementation of three main areas of intervention.

YACO Component I creates partnerships in support of economic opportunities attractive to youth; Component 2 strengthens youth competencies for jobs, progressive careers, and civic life; and finally, Component 3 promotes values and experiences that underpin self-reliance such as responsibility, independence, lawfulness, strong ethics, and civic engagement.