Technical and vocational training

The extension of this programme in 2021 marks a commitment to consolidate the achievements of the first phase of the programme by continuing to focus on the economic integration of young people and women in the Ségou and Sikasso regions into jobs related to the agricultural sector.
The intervention strategy places young people at the centre of the programme. It aims to enable them to acquire all the resources (skills and/or financial resources) necessary to achieve their professional goals, whether this involves finding salaried employment, developing income-generating activities or moving towards self-employment (including the creation of small commercial structures).

The overall objective remains the same as in the first phase of the programme: ‘to support job creation, with priority for women and young people, and income-generating activities’. The specific objective is as follows: ‘young men and women in the Ségou and Sikasso regions have greater economic opportunities in occupations related to the agricultural sector’.

The only result identified for achieving this specific objective is as follows: young people's economic integration pathways are improved through attractive, accessible, effective guidance, training and support services tailored to the needs of the economy in sectors offering opportunities for young people.

This result is broken down into four sub-results:

• the capacities of vocational training providers are strengthened;
• young men and women enter economic integration pathways linked to occupations in sectors offering opportunities for young people;
• initial and continuing vocational training programmes in occupations in sectors offering opportunities for young people are improved;
• companies are able to provide continuing training for their staff.

The direct final beneficiaries are young men and women in the Ségou and Sikasso regions who are seeking employment. The indirect final beneficiaries are companies in these regions, which will be able to employ these trained workers and benefit from continuing training themselves. With regard to the young people who will enter the vocational training programme, the objective is to train 1,100 young men and 1,100 young women over the 18-month extension period.