🌍 Based in: Tajikistan
🗣 Languages: Tajik | Russian | English
🤝 Areas: Youth Employment | Entrepreneurship | Grant Programs | Workforce Development | Inclusive Growth
🎯 What Tahmina Brings to Fainin Advisory
Tahmina Salomova is an international development consultant with extensive experience in youth economic empowerment, entrepreneurship support, workforce development, and private sector engagement.
Her work combines donor-funded project implementation, business ecosystem development, entrepreneurship support, labour market interventions, and inclusive growth approaches. Throughout her career, she has collaborated with international organisations, government stakeholders, local communities, educational institutions, and private sector actors to create practical pathways for employment and economic participation.
Within Fainin Advisory, Tahmina strengthens expertise related to youth inclusion, entrepreneurship ecosystems, skills development, grant programming, and community-centred economic growth.
🚀 Key Projects & Professional Experience
📌 Supported youth employment and entrepreneurship initiatives with international organizations including UNICEF, IOM, UNDP, USAID-funded projects, and other development actors.
📌 Worked on workforce development, labour market interventions, and employer engagement initiatives supporting youth employment opportunities.
📌 Designed and facilitated entrepreneurship development programs, startup initiatives, business incubation activities, and vocational training interventions.
📌 Developed grant application systems, proposal templates, selection methodologies, and business development training programs.
📌 Built partnerships between private sector actors, government institutions, chambers of commerce, training providers, and community stakeholders.
📌 Implemented initiatives in sectors including agriculture, entrepreneurship, education, food processing, and SME development.
💡 Why We Value Her Expertise
Tahmina contributes a strong combination of grassroots implementation experience and donor-funded project expertise.
Her background strengthens Fainin Advisory’s capacity to design initiatives that connect entrepreneurship, workforce development, local economic growth, and inclusive opportunities for young people and communities.
Her expertise is particularly valuable for projects related to skills development, employment generation, entrepreneurship ecosystems, social inclusion, and regional development.
📂 Selected Areas of Contribution
✔ Youth Economic Empowerment
✔ Entrepreneurship Development
✔ Workforce Development
✔ SME Support Programs
✔ Grant Program Design
✔ Proposal Writing
✔ Private Sector Engagement
✔ Business Incubation
✔ Skills Development
✔ Community-Based Economic Growth
🌱 Potential Contribution to Fainin Advisory Initiatives
Tahmina’s expertise is especially relevant for initiatives connected with:
• Regional Investment Blueprint (RIB)
• Tourism as a Bridge initiatives
• Community-based economic development
• Youth employment programs
• Women and youth entrepreneurship
• Skills development and vocational training
• Inclusive regional growth
