| Approval Date | 08 Dec 2022 |
| Signature Date | 07 Feb 2023 |
| Planned Completion Date | 31 Dec 2025 |
| Last Disbursement Planned Date | 31 Dec 2026 |
| Sovereign / Non-Sovereign | Sovereign |
| Sector | Social |
| DAC Sector Code | 11110 |
| Commitment | U.A 5,370,000 |
| Status | Approved |
The project is aligned to NDP-9 as it aims to directly support the plan’s pillar on economic development that places emphasis on employment. The strategic thrust is its emphasis on improving TVET infrastructure, building TVET system with a strong linkage with the labour market and improved coordination and governance. Thus, the Project seeks to reduce youth unemployment through strengthening technical and vocational skills development in order to enhance employability and contribute to inclusive green growth. The Bank’s intervention will contribute to addressing the funding gaps for TVET and reviving the TVET system which is critical for labour productivity and job creation. The Project has three components, namely: (i) Component 1 – Equitable Access to Quality TVET, (ii) Component 2- Entrepreneurship Development and (iii) Component 3 – Project Management. The total cost is estimated at UA 6.21 million.
The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to strengthen technical and vocational skills development in order to enhance youth employability and contribute to inclusive growth. Therefore, the Project emphasis is to support the TVET sub-sector through infrastructure development, sub-sector coordination, and institutional and sub-sector governance capacity building and entrepreneurship skills development. This is expected to increase capacity, improve quality, and build a pool of skilled workforce and entrepreneurs especially amongst the youth. The Project will also equip trainees with skills in climate resilient relevant fields to enhance climate resilience and contribute to low carbon emission and to green growth. The Project will adopt a strong demand driven approach to boost both self and wage employment of the labour force by developing strong partnerships with the industry and the private sector. Emphasis with private sector will include curriculum development, industrial attachment, sponsorship etc. The Project will also support the integration of entrepreneurship in all courses offered to enhance further self-employment.
The project will be implemented in Mogadishu. Mogadishu’s peripheral districts host about 55% of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of which about 40% are youth. An estimated 1,300 youth will directly benefit from the Project interventions. The beneficiary youth will include female youth, IDPs, PWDs and other marginalized groups. The TVET graduates will be linked to industry (private/public) through internships/apprenticeship supported by the Project. About 500 TVET graduates (50% female) will receive start-up toolkits to enable them start their own enterprises.
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Funding
Transition Support Facility
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Funding
African Development Fund
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| IATI identifier | 46002-P-SO-IA0-002 |
| Last Update | 20 Mar 2023 |
| Name | Jessica MUGANZA |
| j.muganza@afdb.org |