📋 Tender Overview
PROJECT DETAILS
Project number:
2022.2170.3
Status:
ongoing project
Responsible organizational unit:
1300 Southern Africa
Contact person:
Karen Hauff karen.hauff@giz.de
Partner countries:
Mozambique
SUMMARY
Goals:
The labour market orientation of the national vocational training and employment system in Mozambique has increased at the political, strategic and practical levels.
Client:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Project partners:
State Secretariat for Vocational Training
Financier:
not available
ORDER VOLUME
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if applicable)
18,250,000 euros
Current project:
18,250,000 euros
COMBINED FINANCING
European Union (EU): 4,250,000 euros
PREDECESSOR PROJECT
not available
SUCCESSOR PROJECT
not available
DURATION
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if applicable)
24.11.2022 - 31.12.2026
Current project:
01.01.2023 - 31.12.2026
OTHER PARTIES INVOLVED
GFA Consulting Group GmbH
GOPA Worldwide Consultants GmbH
MORE INFORMATION
project website
not available
DEVELOPMENT POLICY IDENTIFIERS
Convention on Biological Diversity
Significant secondary goal
gender equality
Significant secondary goal
Democratic and inclusive governance
Significant secondary goal
CRS KEY
11330 Vocational Training
EVALUATION
not available
PROJECT DESCRIPTION (DE)
Context
According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), around 80 percent of the workforce in Mozambique is in informal employment. Women's opportunities to access better-paid employment opportunities are limited and unemployment among young people in cities is 21 percent. The quality of vocational training is low and graduates receive no government support in finding and taking up employment. As a result, there are not enough qualified workers to contribute to economic development.
Despite reforms, the Mozambican vocational training system does not adequately respond to labor market needs and the training courses offered are not comprehensive and varied enough.
Policy objectives for education and training and employment must be better aligned with labor market needs. Government agencies responsible for planning and implementation must meet the requirements and better coordinate the various contributions of different partners.
Objective
The labor market orientation of the Mozambican vocational training and employment system is improved in the areas of policy, strategy and technical expertise.
Approach
The project aims to ensure that the vocational training and employment system in Mozambique is more responsive to the needs of the labor market. One of the main focuses is to improve the performance of government institutions so that they can actively perform their tasks. It also promotes transparent and coherent planning and implementation as well as their monit
