📋 Tender Overview
PROJECT DETAILS
Project number:
2020.2010.5
Status:
ongoing project
Responsible organizational unit:
1600 West Africa 2 and Madagascar
Contact person:
Dr. Abdoulaye Zono abdoulaye.zono@giz.de
Partner countries:
Benin
SUMMARY
Goals:
The institutional framework for providing formal vocational training tailored to the needs of the economy has been improved.
Client:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Project partners:
Ministère des Enseignements Secondaires Technique et de la Formation Professional
Financier:
not available
ORDER VOLUME
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if applicable)
22,000,000 euros
Current project:
22,000,000 euros
COMBINED FINANCING
European Union (EU): 6,000,000 euros
PREVIOUS PROJECT
not available
SUCCESSOR PROJECT
not available
DURATION
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if applicable)
13.04.2021 - 31.12.2027
Current project:
13.04.2021 - 31.12.2027
OTHER PARTIES INVOLVED
ARGE Dorsch Impact GmbH-Cosinus Conseils
ARGE ECO Consult GmbH & Co. KG -
FURTHER INFORMATION
Project website
not available
DEVELOPMENT POLICY IDENTIFIERS
Gender equality
Significant secondary objective
Democratic and inclusive governance
Significant secondary objective
Climate change, greenhouse gas reduction
Significant secondary objective
CRS KEY
11330 Vocational training
EVALUATION
not available
PROJECT DESCRIPTION (DE)
Context
Many young people in Benin are unemployed because their vocational training is not aligned with the labor market. The vocational training system does not train enough skilled workers with the necessary skills.
Fewer than ten percent of trainees graduate with a vocational qualification. Many begin traditional apprenticeships, but due to a lack of standards, they cannot find employment in the formal economy. Women are particularly affected.
The consequences are unemployment or precarious employment and low economic productivity.
Objective
The vocational training system offers formal vocational training that is tailored to the needs of the economy.
Approach
Collaboration between state institutions, vocational training centers and the private sector improves the processes and quality of dual vocational training. To this end, the project offers training, courses and consultations.
The project is active in seven departments of the country (Atacora, Atlantique, Borgou, Donga, Littoral, Mono, Ouémé). The focus is on agriculture, renewable energies, digitalization and other promising sectors. The four areas of action are:
• Public and private structures can better design dual vocational training programs.
• New partnerships between businesses and vocational training institutions implement dual vocational training programs.
• The project establishes new dual training programs in 20 occupational fields in the mu
