Quality TVET for the successful training to employment transition of Africa’s youth

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Youth employability

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Globally, nearly 68 million young women and men are looking for and available for work, and an estimated 123 million young people are working but living in poverty. The number who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) stands at 267 million, a majority of whom are young women. Significantly, young people are three times as likely as adults (25 years and older) to be unemployed.

Skills development is a primary means of enabling young people to make a smooth transition to work. A comprehensive approach is required to integrate young women and men in the labour market, including relevant and quality skills training, labour market information, career guidance and employment services, recognition of prior learning, incorporating entrepreneurship with training and effective skills forecasting. Improved basic education and core work skills are particularly important to enable youth to engage in lifelong learning as well as transition to the labour market.

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01 Jul 2020

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This report constitutes the analytical synthesis of the 2nd Regional Workshop for Exchange between Vocational Training Actors in Africa and their Mutual Strengthening, held in Nairobi from 18-20 June 2019, on the theme of “Quality TVET for the successful training-to-employment transition of Africa’s youth”. It was organized under the technical coordination of the Dakar-based Africa office of UNESCO’s International Institute for Educational Planning (UNESCO-IIEP Dakar), in partnership with the Luxemburg Development Cooperation Agency (LuxDev) and La Francophonie’s Institute for Education and Training (IFEF). The workshop received support from the European Commission’s VET Toolbox and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD).

This forum built upon the lessons learned from the first regional exchange workshop of this kind held in Dakar in March 2018, on public-private partnerships in vocational training, of which the wealth of cross-reflections and shared experiences were committed to a thematic report similar to this one.

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