Vocational and Technical Training Project in African Countries

Promotion of Private Sector

PROJECT TITLE

Vocational and Technical Training Project in African Countries

TYPE OF COOPERATION

Technical Cooperation

PROJECT SITE EXECUTING

Dakar

TARGET COUNTRY

Benin, Burkina-Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Congo (Brazzaville), Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal and Togo

IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD

2011-2016

EXECUTING AGENCY

Vocational and Technical Training Center (CFPT) Senegal-Japan, Ministry of Vocational Training, Learning and Crafts

OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT

This project aims to strengthen the capacities of trainers involved in Vocational and Technical Training. Its objective is to increase the operability of the participants in order to boost further the technological development and productivity of their countries, to enable participants to gain the best suited training for their environment.

PROJECT SUMMARY

Within the Training Program in Third Countries (PFPT) of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Senegalese Government organizes regularly, in Dakar, seminars of « Vocational and Technical Training for African Countries » in the fields of electronics and mechanics. Through this training, the Government of Japan provides technical and financial assistance to the Senegalese Government to allow him to organize for these countries, with whom he shares a similar social, cultural and linguistic heritage, a vocational training in two areas specially in Electronics and Automation, which is consistent with the industry needs.