📋 Tender Overview
PROJECT DETAILS
Project number:
2023.4065.1
Status:
ongoing project
Responsible organizational unit:
1500 East Africa and Horn of Africa
Contact person:
Pierre Jaubert pierre.jaubert@giz.de
Partner countries:
Ethiopia
SUMMARY
Goals:
Training and employment opportunities for refugees, internally displaced persons and residents of host communities in Ethiopia are strengthened in line with national, regional and international strategies in the context of flight and internal displacement
Client:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Project partners:
Federal Ministry of Labor and Skills
Financier:
not available
ORDER VOLUME
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if applicable)
43,771,071 euros
Current project:
22,450,000 euros
COMBINED FINANCING
European Union (EU): 10,250,000 euros
PREVIOUS PROJECT
2017.4060.4
Qualification and employment prospects for refugees and host population in Ethiopia (QEP)
SUCCESSOR PROJECT
not available
DURATION
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if applicable)
November 16, 2017 - October 31, 2027
Current project:
01.11.2023 - 31.10.2027
OTHER PARTIES INVOLVED
GOPA Worldwide Consultants GmbH
NIRAS Germany GmbH
FURTHER INFORMATION
Project website
not available
DEVELOPMENT POLICY IDENTIFIERS
Gender equality
Significant secondary objective
Democratic and inclusive governance
Significant secondary objective
CRS KEY
11330 Vocational training
EVALUATION
not available
PROJECT DESCRIPTION (DE)
Context:
Ethiopia is one of Africa's largest host countries. However, many refugees are unable to support themselves. At the same time, the country is confronted with more than 4 million internally displaced people due to internal conflicts. Furthermore, young people are particularly affected by unemployment, as vocational training and employment opportunities are often inadequate.
Objective:
The employment prospects of refugees, internally displaced people, and the host population are improved.
Approach:
The project works in four areas:
Supporting the implementation of national refugee legislation: It supports the Ethiopian Ministry of Labor and Technical Skills and the Ethiopian Service for Refugees and Returnees in embedding the inclusion of refugees in the vocational training system and the labor market. The goal is to put Ethiopian refugee legislation into practice.
Expanding access to vocational training: Vocational schools are being expanded into integration vocational schools where refugees and Ethiopians, including internally displaced people, learn together. The training programs are geared to labor market needs. Through continuing education, vocational school teachers improve their professional and social skills. New training programs are being developed in and around refugee camps.
Promoting employment: The project su
