Opportunity-driven Skills and VET in Africa (OP-VET)

The Transformational Potential:

• To achieve a systemic and sustainable change with the potential for large-scale impact in the area of employment creation in support of investment and value chains development.
• To strengthen human capital through VET and skills development so as to train young people in a way that responds to the opportunities of the labour market, starting from the concrete needs of the private sector and to improve local benefits.

The initiative consists of three Pillars:

Pillar 1: The Technical Assistance (TA) Facility supports the (re)orientation of skills/VET interventions towards job opportunities emerging from investments under the Global Gateway. It provides customised technical and/or sector-specific expertise tailored to the needs of each request.

Pillar 2: Regional exchanges on public-private partnerships foster dialogue and mutual learning between public and private stakeholders, supporting the integration of VET and skills development into investment and value chain strategies. They help align training with labour market needs and build active public-private partnerships.

Pillar 3: Selected opportunity-driven VET and skills development projects in specific sectors and (regional) value chains help realise the ambitions of investments under the Global Gateway. Designed in close cooperation with the private sector (EU and/or local), the funded projects demonstrate tangible employment potential and address skills shortages impeding investments and value chain developments in Global Gateway priority areas.

For further information: TEI OP-VET - International Partnerships   TEI OP-VET | Capacity4dev