SENEGAL - Skills for jobs and competitiveness

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The project development objective is to strengthen the TVET system for delivery of better quality and more relevant training in order to improve the employability of youth in selected priority sectors of the economy. The project will support investment and policy reforms that will: (i) improve the quality of training provided by LTs; (ii) improve the relevance and quality of vocational training centers; (iii) improve the competiveness of selected growth sectors; and (iv) provide opportunities for youth to enter the labor market with recognized skills. The proposed project will have three components: (i) improvement in the quality and relevance of training; (ii) reform of TVET sector’s financial system; (iii) support for system management, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), and project management. Component one was created to improve the quality and relevance of training in the lycées techniques, to establish a cluster of training centers for skills development in priority sectors; and create and implement a system for certification of skills. Component two aims to streamline and reinforce the funding instruments of the Government’s TVET policy in order to make them consistent with the sector reform as well as appropriate to the growing needs of the sector. Component three aims at improving the management of the TVET sector by strengthening the capacity of the Direction de la Formation Professionnelle et Technique (DFTP), the Directorate of Apprenticeship (DA), the unit responsible for communication and orientation, and the Unit for Studies and Planning (Cellule D’Etudes et de Planification-CEP).