81308012-Recrutement d'une structure spécialisée pour la conception et la mise en oeuvre d'une formation qualifiante en soudure

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 industrial companies' difficulties in recruiting qualified personnel with the right set of technical skills and professional competencies to meet their immediate employment needs. Moreover, it is important to note that in Côte d'Ivoire, private companies, particularly those in the agri-food sector, still rely heavily on the human factor. Although production lines are mechanized, they are not all automated and therefore require technicians with good basic knowledge of mechanics, welding or industrial electricity to keep production tools running. For this reason, and due to the inadequacy between vocational training and the machines/equipment used by private companies, most private companies are obliged to train their new employees themselves. 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 sectors of industrial mechanics and ICT (information and communications technologies). Invest for Jobs is a Special Initiative program of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), 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").