Niger Skills Development for Growth Project

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Key Information

The objective of the Skills Development for Growth Project for Niger is to improve the effectiveness of formal technical and vocational training, short term skills development and apprenticeship programs in priority sectors. There are three components to the project, the first component being improving the effectiveness of formal training. This component aims to help the Government to address the demand for skills in economic sectors with the highest growth and employment potential and to improve youth employability by supporting interventions to improve effectiveness of formal Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) through the support of new demand-driven institutions and a strengthened school-to-work transition approach. The second component is the strengthening short term skills development and apprenticeship programs. This component aims to help Niger address the demand for skills in the economic sectors with the highest growth and employment potential and improve youth employability by supporting short term skills development and apprenticeships programs. Finally, the third component is the institutional capacity strengthening and monitoring and evaluation. The main objective of this component is to support institutional strengthening and the monitoring and evaluation of the project.


Lead Implementing Government(s)

Niger

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Niger

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

2013 - 2023

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Niger Ministry of Labor and Professional Training, Niger Ministry of Professional and Technical Education

Funder(s)

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Other

  • Transition from school to work

Other skills

  • Financial literacy
  • Vocational training

Cross-cutting areas

  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Empowerment
  • Mentorship

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys (both in school and out of school), Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary
  • Vocational

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Learning while working

  • Vocational training
  • Work-study

Reducing economic barriers

  • Financial literacy training

Women's empowerment programs

  • Empowerment training
  • Self-help groups (financial, including savings and credit groups)

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved critical thinking

Cross-cutting goals

  • Improved financial literacy and savings
  • Increased employment/job-related skills