Support to the implementation of the Skilling Uganda Strategy

The project supports the implementation of some of the key-reforms of the national BTVET strategy, both on a national/central level, and on the local level, in 4 districts in Western Uganda. It will support and strengthen policy formulation and implementation, it will assist in developing financing instruments and new modalities for training delivery, and it will support a restricted number of training providers in Kasese, Fort Portal, Hoima and Masindi. The project will strive for a close collaboration with Business Membership Organisations and private sector companies on all levels of intervention. The intervention will a.o. provide support to different actors and stakeholders in developing and testing a national Skills Development Fund, and at the same time implement improvement of access and quality in Technical and Vocational Education and Training on the grassroots-level in two of the Western Regions of Uganda, the Rwenzori and Albertine Regions. The intervention supports the key-reforms of the Ugandan policy on “Skilling”, both on a national/central level, and on the local level. At the local level, operations are developed in 4 districts in the Rwenzori/Albertine Region of West-Uganda, coordinated by the office in Fort-Portal.Strong synergy is organised with other Enabel interventions on Skilling in Karamoja (financing from Irish Aid) and in refugee and host communities in Northern Uganda (financing by EU- rust Fund and GiZ). It will support and strengthen policy formulation and implementation, it will assist in developing financing instruments and new modalities for training delivery, and it will support a restricted number of training providers ie Kasese Youth Polytechnic (KYP) in Kasese district; St.Joseph Technical Institute in Fort Portal; St. Simon Peter Technical Institute and Millennium Business School in Hoima and Uganda Technical College in Masindi. The capacity of instructors and management in these listed vocational institutions will be built in terms of pedagogical training, entrepreneurship, gender mainstreaming, monitoring and evaluation as well as training private sector Master Craft persons. Out of school youths, women and girls will also be targeted for both formal and non formal training in the vocational institutions and in private sector enterprises for work based learning and industrial training. The project will strive for a close collaboration with Business Membership Organisations and private sector companies on all levels of intervention. The employability of youth is increased through better quality of instruction and learning in Skills Development

The quality of skills development is enhanced and responsive to labour market needs, in four Districts – Kabarole, Hoima, Masindi and Kasese - in Western Uganda in line with the Skilling Uganda reforms.