Sikkim INSPIRES (Integrated Service Provision and Innovation for Reviving Economies), which became effective in March 2024, is an initiative of the Government of Sikkim (GoS) and is supported by the World Bank (WB). It involves a pan-economy, pan-government approach to deliver improved economic opportunities for women and youth. The Sikkim INSPIRES Program will support the following Result Areas (RAs):

a) Results Area 1: Strengthened state systems to deliver inclusive growth. This will incentivize coordination, evidence-based planning, partnerships with private sector and other non-state actors, and strong monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems. Specifically, it will enable the development of a State Level Inclusive Growth and Economic Inclusion Strategy, the establishment of an Employment and Entrepreneurship Promotion Facility, strengthen results monitoring of the Inclusive Growth Strategy.
b) Results Area 2: Improved employment linkages for women and youth in priority sectors. This will complement existing state government initiatives on skills training and entrepreneurship support through (i) targeted investments to expand short-term skills training offered in priority sectors; (ii) training to placement support; (iii) entrepreneurship development; and (iv) enterprise support in non-farm sectors and priority sectors for women and youth.
c) Results Area 3: Enhanced delivery of enabling services for the economic inclusion of women and youth. This will incentivize the delivery of enabling services to promote economic inclusion outcomes for women and youth through Integrated Economic Inclusion Action Plans (IEIAPs) at the district level. It will also support the strengthening of internet connectivity and improved delivery of integrated enabling services to address barriers to employment.