Youth Employability Improvement Project
SO.2.6. Implement an effective employment policy
Funding (public) :
58,786,370,000 FCFA
Project leader

Ministry of Vocational and Technical Training
Project description
The project aims to improve youth employability through the complete upgrading of training institutions as part of a pilot phase in seven (7) regions of the country. It also includes the construction of seven (7) new institutions, including two (2) reference training centres specialised in water-related, hygiene, sanitation, environment, and ecological transition professions. Beyond infrastructure investments, the project strengthens stakeholder capacities by integrating digital technologies and developing dual training systems (school/company) to align training with the needs of companies employing graduates from the TVET system.
Intervention zones
Funding (public)
58,786,370,000 FCFA
General Objective
- Improve youth employability through the modernisation of existing training institutions and the
construction of new specialised centres.
Specific Objectives
- Build seven (7) new institutions
- Upgrade 50 institutions
- Enrol 500,000 young people in vocational training
- Support enrolled youth in their integration pathways
- Develop 60 new programmes in promising sectors
Expected results
- Seven (7) new institutions are built
- Fifty (50) institutions are upgraded
- 500,000 young people enrolled in vocational training
- Youth are supported in their integration pathways
- Sixty (60) new training programmes are developed
Key milestones
- Project launch
- Development of reference documents
- Start of rehabilitation works
- Feasibility studies for new sites
- Start of construction for new sites
- Acquisition of teaching and digital equipment
- Trainer capacity building
- Continued construction, rehabilitation, and equipment
- Continued trainer capacity building
- Recruitment and training of learners
- Continued recruitment and training of learners
- Deployment of new professions
- Training and certification
- Project completion
- Final project evaluation












































