“Enabling young people to acquire not only theoretical and practical vocational skills, but also life skills for better socio-professional integration”, is the aim of Solidar Suisse through the Learning, ICT, Entrepreneurship, Financial Education for Employment (AT3E) approach promoted as part of the “Promotion de l’accès des filles à un Système Éducatif et de Formation Professionnelle de qualité (PROMESSE-FP)” project . The aim of this approach is to integrate new skills into vocational training curricula, to help young people integrate into the socio-economic fabric. So, in addition to trade apprenticeships, young people receive training in financial education, entrepreneurship, ICT use, leadership and personal development. Halfway through the PROMESSES-FP project, this approach has been successfully implemented both in education and vocational training centers (CEFP) for adolescents excluded from the education system, and in short-term vocational training for master craftsmen.
Key results include
- 388 girls, 34% of them IDPs, trained in 10 vocational education and training centers (CEFP) opened in Fada, Gayéri, Dori, Kaya, Boulsa and Ouahigouya,
- 10 Amazon clubs set up to promote and develop the Aflatoun approach to social and financial education,
- 1,370 girls, including 499 IDPs (36.42%), trained and supported in sheep fattening, market gardening, poultry farming, saponification, hairdressing, sewing, 02-wheel mechanics, solar energy, plumbing and dairy product processing,
- 1,235 project beneficiaries equipped to use ICTs to promote their activities;
- 2050 girls and women who benefited from the project received capacity-building in entrepreneurship and business management.
Mr. Isaac DIAPA, Regional Director of Youth, Vocational Training and Employment for the Eastern Region, supervising a training session on entrepreneurship.
Girls from Fada’s vocational education and training centers (CEFP) meet with Caisse Populaire agents to discuss savings and credit.
Aflatoun animation session at the Kaya training center
Beadwork training course
ICT training session
Training session in the manufacture of fabric-based sanitary towels
