Mauritania - Youth Training and Employment Support Project

Project Summary

Approval Date	28 Nov 2014
Signature Date	11 Dec 2014
Planned Completion Date	30 Jun 2021
Last Disbursement Planned Date	30 Jun 2021
Sovereign / Non-Sovereign	Sovereign
Sector	Social
DAC Sector Code	11110
Environmental Category	3
Commitment	U.A 2,000,000
Status	Completion

Project General Description

This project is an institutional support operation costing a total of UA 2 million, spanning the 2014-2018 period, and aimed at improving the employment situation of young people. It revolves around two components: (i) placement of employment at the heart of sector policies; and (ii) improvement of the relevance of the training received by young people. The development of a national employment strategy and its operationalization through the integration of employment in sector policies will help to better structure the State's intervention. The establishment of a labour market and training information system (SIMEF) will make it possible to institute an evaluation culture and ensure the availability of gender-disaggregated data. The project also seeks to enhance the anchoring of training in the productive sector by developing tools for analysing labour market skills needs so as to adjust curricula with a view to improving youth employability.

Project Objectives

The project aims to create favorable conditions for more inclusive economic growth that can reduce youth unemployment. This will be done through the integration of employment at the heart of sector policies and the development of youth skills in relation to the productive sector.

Beneficiaries

The project will directly benefit: (i) 8 000 youths who will be assisted by the employment support service (50% of them young women), 6 000 vocational training students and, in particular, 1 275 building and construction trainees (49% of them girls), employees of 430 enterprises of the formal and non-formal building and construction sector; (ii) state structures responsible for basic and continuing training (the Directorate of Vocational Training and the INAP-FTP); (iii) the institutions responsible for employment promotion (Directorate of Integration, Directorate of Employment and the ANAPEJ); and (iv) other Ministries with a sector strategy integrating employment objectives; and (v) the National Federation of Building and Construction Companies. In the medium term, the implementation of the National Employment Strategy should make it possible to reach 71 157 unemployed persons, including 33 000 women and 52 400 youths aged 14 to 35 years.

Participating Organization

Funding

African Development Fund

Extending

Government Of Mauritania

Implementing

DIRECTION DES PROJECTS EDUCATION/ FORMATION

Information

IATI identifier	46002-P-MR-IAZ-002
Last Update	26 Jan 2023

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Contact Details

Name	BEN ABDELKARIM Oussama
Email	o.benabdelkarim@afdb.org

Geographic Location

Country	Mauritania

Coordinates	Location Name
18.08581 -15.9785	Nouakchott

Project Classification

Finance Type	N/A
Flow Type	ODA
Aid Type	N/A

Commitments

U.A 2,000,000

African Development Fund

U.A 2,000,000

Disbursements

Document Type	Language	Document
Expression of interest	fr	EOI – Mauritanie - Economiste spécialisé sur les questions d’emploi et de formation – PAFEJ – 12 2015
Expression of interest	fr	EOI – Mauritanie - Etude pour l’intégration des objectifs emplois dans les secteurs de l’agropastoral et du BTP - PAFEJ
Expression of interest	fr	EOI – Mauritanie - Etude pour la mise en place d’un système de suivi de l’insertion des sortants de la FTP - PAFEJ
Expression of interest	fr	EOI - Mauritanie - Services de Consultant - Etude pour la mise en place d’un dispositif innovant de formation des formateurs dans les filières du bâtiment et des travaux publics - PAFEJ
Expression of interest	fr	EOI - Mauritanie - Services de consultant firme - Audits externes annuels des états financiers du PAFEJ pour les exercices 2015 2016 et 2017
General Procurement Notice	fr	GPN – Mauritanie - Projet d’appui à l’emploi et à la formation des jeunes - PAFEJ – 11 2015
Contract	en	LISTING OF AWARDED CONTRACTS FROM 2012 TO 2017 AS AT OCT 2017
Contract	en	LISTING OF AWARDED CONTRACTS FROM 2013 TO 2018 AS AT APRIL 2019
Contract	en	LISTING OF AWARDED CONTRACTS FROM 2013 TO 2018 AS AT JAN 2019
Contract	en	LISTING OF AWARDED CONTRACTS FROM 2013 TO 2018 AS AT SEPT 2018
Contract	en	LISTING OF AWARDED CONTRACTS FROM 2011 TO 2016 AS AT JANUARY 2017
Contract	en	LISTING OF AWARDED CONTRACTS FROM 2012 TO 2017 AS AT MAY 2017-1-1
Appraisal report	en	Mauritania - AR -Youth Training and Employment Support Project PAFEJ APRV - 12 2014
Appraisal report	fr	Mauritanie –RE- Projet d’appui à la formation et l’emploi des jeunes PAFEJ APRV - 12 2014
Evaluation Report	fr	viewer
Evaluation Report	fr	viewer
Contract	en	listing of awarded contracts from 2014 to 2019 as at october 2019
Contract	en	listing of awarded contracts from 2014 to 2019 as at january 2020
Contract	en	listing of awarded contracts from 2015 to 2020 as at february 2021
Contract	en	ppm pafej

Indicator	Indicator Measure	Target Year	Target Value	Actual Year	Actual Value
Number of sectors defining employment objectives	Number	2014	3	2021	2
Number of youths being assisted by the integration support centre (CAP Insertion)	Number	2014	8000	2021	10129
Number of youths being assisted by the integration support centre (CAP Insertion) - of which women	Number	2014	4000	2021	4963
Number of renewed streams included in the building and construction sector	Number	2014	3	2021	5
Development of a national employment strategy; and operational action plans are validated by the Government	None	2014	Validated and operational	2021	Strategy validated by the Government
Action plans for the creation of jobs in two key sectors	None	2014	Conducted	2021	Action plans developed and operational
Diagnosis and an institutional structure for the management of the SIMEF is proposed	None	2014	An institutional structure is adopted	2021	Institutional architecture adopted
Number of baseline surveys on employment	None	2014	Survey conducted	2021	Survey carried out
Conduct of a study on gender disparities in the labour market	None	2014	Conducted	2021	Study carried out
Diagnosis of labour market intermediation	None	2014	Establishment of a structured framework	2021	Diagnosis carried out
Feasibility study on the creation of the Mauritania Employment Fund	None	2014	Study conducted	2021	Another study was carried out
Number of support branches for the assistance of vulnerable youth	Number	2014	5	2021	3
Number of training centres that have set up an integration monitoring unit	Number	2014	11	2021	11
A survey is conducted on integration monitoring	None	2014	Conducted	2021	Conducted
Study on the skills needs of the building and construction sector	None	2014	Study conducted	2021	Study conducted
Revision of the curricula of the building and construction sector	None	2014	Curricula revised	2021	Curricula revised
Number of trainers in the building and construction sector who received renewed training	Number	2014	50	2021	0
Number of officials benefiting from training on Forward Planning of Employment and Skills	Number	2014	14	2021	14
Implementation reports validated	None	2014	1 per quarter	2021	Reports drafted and tabled
Annual audit reports	None	2014	1 per year	2021	Validated reports
Interim financial reports	None	2014	1 per quarter	2021	Validated reports