81273451-Appui à la mise en ?uvre de la formation professionnelle coopérative (Formation Ecole-Entreprise) au Sénégal

Despite remarkable economic dynamics in recent years, the sustainable growth of the Senegalese economy is hampered by low international competitiveness, which is partly linked to a shortage of skilled labour in promising sectors. Both qualitatively and quantitatively, the Senegalese technical and vocational education and training (TVET) system is currently not sufficiently able to provide a qualified workforce with the skills required by the private sector. A better match between the supply of formal TVET and the needs of the labour market is therefore essential for sustained economic growth and to improve the employment prospects of young people. As part of the Senegalese-German reform partnership, the technical cooperation project "Support to the TVET reform in Senegal" (appui à la réforme de formation professionnelle au Sénégal, RéFoP) aims to improve the framework conditions for a formal TVET offer that meets the needs of the economy. The first component of the project strengthens the steering capacities of public institutions in the sector, the second component improves the cooperation mechanisms between the state and the private sector for cooperative TVET and the third component supports the implementation of formal cooperative training (so-called Formation Ecole-Entreprise) in selected professional fields and regions. The Ministry of Employment, Vocational Training, Apprenticeship and Integration (MEFPAI) is the responsible Senegalese partner for the project and the German contribution, financed by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. The project has a duration of 36 months (06/2020-05/2023) and a budget of EUR 7,500,000 (approx. XOF 4.92 billion) for the German contribution.