About us

Ministry of Youth Empowerment,
Development and Vocational Training

About Us

The Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Development and Vocational Training

The Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Development, and Vocational Training was established in September 2023 to spearhead youth empowerment and development in Zimbabwe. The ministry is committed to fostering a vibrant and innovative youth population by providing opportunities for skills development, entrepreneurship, leadership, and economic participation.

Vision
An Empowered Youth actively participating in National Development by 2030.
Mission
To develop, promote and implement policies and programmes for youth empowerment to achieve sustainable and equitable development.

MINISTRY CORE FUNCTIONS

Formulate and establish policy frameworks to promote the development of Youth and Vocational Training.

Design and implement mechanisms to regulate the activities of youth development, empowerment, and vocational training.

Institutionalize and enforce good corporate governance in Youth programmes to attract investment and full participation of individuals and corporate.

Formulate and implement strategies that ensure the development of Youth.

Establish and administer revolving youth funds to stimulate the growth of youth industries.

Capacitate youth clients and stakeholders through skills training to enhance high performance, high quality of goods and services.

Strengthen Youth associations so as to achieve employment creation and poverty reduction.

Promote entrepreneurial skills development for Youth.