Co-funded by the European Union DURATION 5 years Oct 2017 - Sept 2022 FUNDED BY BACKGROUND European Commission € 15 million Employment is the key to development and inclusive growth. It generally German Government leads to improved living conditions and...
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Co-funded by the European Union DURATION 5 years Oct 2017 - Sept 2022 FUNDED BY BACKGROUND European Commission € 15 million Employment is the key to development and inclusive growth. It generally German Government leads to improved living conditions and reduces poverty. A main driver of € 500 000 employment is education, and particularly vocational education and training (VET), which equips people with skills that are on demand in the labour mar- ket. However, many of the VET systems in the developing world are inade- quate. People trained through these existing VET systems do not acquire the right skills and competences due to several limiting factors, namely the lack of private sector involvement in the training and missing linkages to formal and informal businesses. Furthermore, the VET systems are often inacces- sible to the most disadvantaged groups, including vulnerable individuals, GEOGRAPHIC AREA youth and women, even though it is exactly these people that could benefit Request
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