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Factsheet: Improving skills and employability in Senegal’s eco-construction sub-sector

Overview

VET Toolbox works together with public and private actors to reinforce skills development and unlock job opportunities in the thriving eco-construction sector. Key achievements so far include the following:

  • Organising multi-level stakeholder workshops between key private and public sector partners aimed at identifying private sector needs and a potential skills gap/mismatch between labour demand and supply.
  • Signing a formalised partnership agreement between Elementerre SARL, a construction company, and Worofila, a collective specialised in bioclimatic architecture, and two training centres to train the required labour force for the new eco-construction project.
  • Expanding the professional training offer in the field of eco-construction through the development of new professional standards and curricula.

Key targets

  • 120 people trained

  • 60 graduates employed

Read more about this opportunity-driven pilot project in our factsheet!