Tanzania Education and Skills for Productive Jobs Program (ESPJ)

The development objective of Education and Skills for Productive Jobs (ESPJ) Project for Tanzania is to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Recipient’s skills development system and to promote the expansion and quality of labor market driven skills development opportunities in select economic sectors. Program key results (PforR) for ESPJ are divided into two result areas: 1) strengthening the institutional capacity of the skills development system; and 2) promoting the expansion and quality of labor market driven skills development opportunities in select economic sectors. The ESPJ PforR is fully aligned with the Government’s National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS). The NSDS proposes a targeted set of interventions at both the system and service delivery levels designed to have transformative impact on the skill supply system for industries with high potential for growth and job creation. The ESPJ PforR focuses on all initial six key economic sectors and all levels of skills identified in the NSDS. Key rationale for the selection of sectors include: (a) sector growth potential; (b) linkage with other sectors of the economy (enabling sectors); (c) contribution to employment generation; (d) feedback from private sector on skill shortage and potential for enhancing regional and international trade competitiveness; and (e) government priority. It may be noted that some of the trainings envisaged under the ESPJ PforR, especially at the entry level, will be common across the six key economic sectors. Therefore, these fungible skills, will allow greater vertical and horizontal career mobility for graduates within and across the key economic sectors under the ESPJ PforR.