Green Waste Management and Micro Entrepreneurship VET programme in Nigeria and Ghana

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GreenVETAfrica (GVA) mission will be to offer an innovative capacity building programme based on a five-pronged approach: i) Pedagogical upskilling, ii) Digital Pedagogy, ii) Digital Tools for teaching, learning, assessment and validation, iv) Green Waste Management technical foundations, and v) Foundation of micro-entrepreneurship skills for Micro-SMEs to two accredited VET providers in West Africa. GVA will also aim to integrate unemployed youth and vulnerable groups into the labour markets in Ghana and Nigeria, by offering technical and entrepreneurial training on green waste management to 100 young people (with a focus on vulnerable groups). GVA will design and pilot an innovative VET programme closing the existing skills shortage of professional figures capable of supporting a twin sustainable transition. The VET programme will use innovative ICT applications, such as a remote expert solution, coupled with smart glasses for augmented reality enabling highly interactive - on the field - learning sessions. GVA will: a) analyse the skill gaps and market demands; b) design a multi-competence programme including: i) technical green waste ii) basic ICT-skills iii) green micro-entrepreneurship; c) deploy a Train-The-Trainers programme engaging 50 trainers in Nigeria and Ghana d) pilot a 3-month dual learning VET programme with 100 students (50 in Nigeria and 50 in Ghana) e) foster i) official accreditation of the GVA VET programme by both Ghana and Nigeria authorities iii) foster valorisation through the replication of the GVA VET programme across Ghana and Nigeria (and possibly beyond through the partners’ international network) ii) promote the learners’ employability.