Projects and references

Technical assistance to the Ministry of Secondary, Technical and Vocational Education and Training for the implementation of the DEFI-PRO project to strengthen vocational training in Benin. SOFRECO provides expertise at two levels: support to the coordinator for project management (steering, budgetary, administrative, procurement, capacity building of ministry officials) and technical support for the implementation of activities (capacity building for staff of the Ministry and TVET high schools, definition and steering of the TVET policy, support for the production of new curricula, support for the definition and installation of Equipment), TA for the INA TVET high school and the TVET high school of Lokossa (definition of the programmes, equipment, laboratories, etc.); capacity building for the training-of-trainers and setting of guidance-information units.

The Support to the Technical and Vocational Education and Training Reform Programme in Egypt –Phase II (TVET II) co-financed by the GoE (EUR 67 million) and the EU (EUR 50 million) aims to improve the structure and performance of the TVET system to better respond to Egypt’s new socio-economic needs, and in particular to boost the employability of youth and increase the country’s competitiveness.

The mission consisted of training four civil servants and managers from the Ministry of Health and Population of the Congo, the Ministry of Decentralisation and Territorial Development of Madagascar and the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Madagascar on the theme: ''Public Investment Programming as part of programme budgets''. Over the course of 10 days, the participants strengthened their skills in order to acquire an understanding of the technical framework for investment programming, the tools and methods required for monitoring and evaluating under a programme budget, and a knowledge of decision-making aids.

The assignment consisted of training 12 people from various Senegalese institutions (Ministry of Energy, Oil and Mines, the Energy Sector Regulatory Commission, Senelec and MCA Senegal II) on the theme of ''Leadership and Change Management''. The aim of the five-day course was to enhance participants' skills and theoretical and technical knowledge in the area of change management.

The aim of this training course was to enhance the knowledge of five civil servants and officials from Madagascar's Ministry of Education on the subject of ''Implementing Contracts of Objectives and Performance''. For five days, the participants strengthened their skills in the field of Contracts of Objectives and Performance (COP), so as to acquire an in-depth knowledge of these contracts, how they are drawn up and the issues involved.

The objective of the assignment is to assist the implementing agency in identifying the training needs of the Airways Authority (''Régie des Voies Aériennes SA - RVA SA'') and the Civil Aviation Authority (''Autorité de l'Aviation Civile - AAC'') and in developing and effectively implementing technical training programmes for the staff of these two organisations by clearly defining the procedures for monitoring and evaluating the implementation of this component. The number of people to be trained and the scope of the modules to be delivered takes into account the analysis of the needs expressed and the limits of the resources allocated to this component, which includes all the pedagogical and logistical costs of the training.

The aim of this training course was to strengthen the knowledge of six civil servants and officials from Madagascar's Ministry of Education on the subject of ‘Implementing Objective-Based and Performance-Based Contracts’. Over a five-day period, the participants strengthened their skills in the field of Objective-Based and Performance-Based Contracts, in order to obtain in-depth knowledge of such contracts, their development and the stakes involved.

The mission consisted of training three civil servants and officials from the Ministry of Sports and Recreation of the Democratic Republic of Congo on the subject of ''Public Investment Programming for programme budgets''. Over a period of 10 days, the participants strengthened their skills to acquire a thorough understanding of the technical framework within which investments are programmed, the tools and methods required for the monitoring and evaluation of programme budgets, as well as knowledge on decision-making aids.