Benin Vocational Education and Entrepreneurship for Jobs Project

The development objective of the Vocational Education and Entrepreneurship for Jobs Project for Benin is to increase access to quality technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and entrepreneurship support services for project beneficiaries, with an emphasis on youth and women. The project comprises of four components. The first component, strengthening TVET market responsiveness and governance will finance technical assistance (TA) to help reform and revise the rules of the game for TVET and to help institutionalize the reforms envisioned in the new TVET policy. It consists of following sub-components: (i) modernizing the TVET architecture and ecosystem; (ii) strengthening the TVET quality assurance system; and (iii) building regional partnerships and support to overseas scholarships. The second component, improving TVET service delivery supports service delivery at the institutional level to increase the number of trainees emerging from the TVET system with a focus on the quality of training, industry relevance, and the life and soft skills needed to succeed in the marketplace. It consists of following sub-components: (i) enhancing service delivery through implementation of reforms and twinning arrangements; (ii) infrastructure support and resource development; and (iii) human resource (HR) management and direct student support. The third component, promoting the entrepreneurship ecosystem objective is to address some of the key constraints around the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Benin. It consists of following sub-components: (i) enhancement of enabling environment; (ii) strengthening the entrepreneurship ecosystem and entrepreneurial capabilities; and (iii) improving entrepreneurs’ access to finance. The fourth component, capacity building, project management and evaluation will provide support for project management activities including project supervision, procurement and financial management (FM), social and environmental safeguards, monitoring...