École des métiers du tourisme, de l’hôtellerie et de la restauration

The aim of the programme to build the École des métiers du tourisme, de l'hôtellerie et de la restauration (EMTHR) is to provide an accessible, attractive and effective training and support system tailored to the needs of the tourism industry, in order to improve the employability and socio-professional integration of young Beninese.

The EMTHR is part of a programme launched by the Beninese government to build eight benchmark trade schools throughout the country in order to bridge the gap between training and the job market in Benin, in line with the new National Strategy for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (SN-EFTP) adopted in 2019.

The specific aim of the funding is to improve the employability and socio-professional integration of young men and women as well as disabled EMTHR graduates through decent jobs, while developing specialities and outlets relating to ecological and cultural tourism.

The EMTHR programme is developed and implemented by LuxDev through delegations to the national institutions responsible for implementing the programme's actions, the main one being the Agence de développement de l'enseignement technique, which will be responsible for building the school, through a project management delegated to the Agence pour la construction des infrastructures du secteur de l'éducation.

The Luxembourg funding is a donation of EUR 17,000,000 over a three-year period.