Making tangible effects for people
The implementation of the Zambia Green Jobs Programme will deliver the following milestones and outputs by end of May 2017:
- Create 5,000 decent and new green jobs
- Improve the quality of 2,000 jobs by extending basic social protection and improving access to occupational safety and health services for workers in the building construction sector
- Increase enterprise performance (annual income by at least 10 percent from baseline) of at least 2500 micro, small and medium (MSME), which in turn will
- Raise the household annual income (by at least 10 percent from baseline), of families whose livelihoods depend on the building construction industry
- Contribute to the number of buildings (houses) built using green building technologies and materials by at least 150 houses,
- Reduce the monthly comparative energy and water utility costs among households built or retrofitted with water, energy saving or renewable technologies by at least 10%, and
- Cause a positive attitude change towards green business of not less than 5% among the general public and 10% among the industry stakeholders in particular