81300069-Sélection d'une structure de formation professionnelle dans les métiers du digital et des NTIC

Each year, a large number of young people in Côte d"Ivoire seek access to the job market. However, lacking the right technical/professional skills, they do not find adequate employment and end up in the informal economy or remain unemployed. The project ambitions to mitigate the ICT companies" difficulties in recruiting qualified personnel with the right set of technical skills and professional competencies to meet their immediate employment needs. The ICT (information and communication technologies or "tech") sector is experiencing strong growth in Côte d'Ivoire. It is gradually opening up to technological et digital innovation, making it a high-potential area for skilled employment. The digitization of the economy and the industry is also a major opportunity, as the jobs created in ICT will spread to other sectors of the Ivorian economy, including agriculture, transport, banking and insurance. The GIZ Invest for Jobs program is part of the Special Initiative "Decent Work for a Just Transition", and its main objective is to create good quality jobs and to set up training programs leading to sustainable employment of young people and women. Its primary vocation is to create decent jobs for vulnerable populations in Côte d'Ivoire. Indeed, one of the factors regularly identified by potential investors as a hindrance, or even a barrier, to their development is the lack of qualified human resources for certain professions in the private sector, and in particular in the ICT sector. Invest for Jobs is a German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Special Initiative program underway in eight African countries including Côte d'Ivoire. As part of the development of its activities in Côte d'Ivoire, GIZ through its programme for the promotion of SMEs and training-employment (INVEST for JOBS) wishes to contribute to the strengthening of the industrial and digital ecosystems as well as structures of technical and vocational training ("TVET") in Côte d'Ivoire. On the other hand, as part of the programming of its support to Côte d'Ivoire for 2021-2027, the European Union (EU) provides funding to implement an innovative system of technical/vocational training focused on the concrete demand of private enterprises in the sectors of industrial mechanics and ICT. Jointly with the European Union, GIZ plans to support the development of a "professional development" program (qualifying vocational training) that would provide Ivorian companies with adequately qualified personnel with skills that correspond to the needs of the labor market in Côte d'Ivoire (the "Project" or "FORPRODE").