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Ethiopia Education and Skills for Employability (EASE) Project
The Project, Ethiopia Education and Skills for Employability (EASE), aims to improve employment outcomes of the technical and vocation education and training (TVET) system of Ethiopia with a focus on women and marginalized groups. The Project will support the government’s strategy of providing labor market-responsive short-term training to produce a competent workforce. It is fully aligned with the Government’s approach of strengthening linkages with employers to reduce skills mismatch and ensure proficiency in soft, technical and ICT-based skill sets. It also complements the government’s initiative to promote increased female participation in a broad range of training opportunities to enable more young women to gain decent jobs.
The project targets rehabilitation and upgrading of polytechnic colleges as a result, there will be proximity between workers and students in the colleges to be rehabilitated and upgraded.
The Project will be implemented under the leadership of the Ministry of Labor and Skills (MoLS). Established under the new government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in 2021, the Ministry is tasked with leading the jobs, labor and skills development sectors by bringing federal mandated institutions under its purview.
Project Components:
- Strengthening selected public polytechnic colleges (PTCs):- to produce high-quality skilled graduates that meet the industry’s needs in priority sectors of the economy.
- Skills for Jobs:- short-term skills programs through a competitive and performance-based financing model that links payments to the employment outcomes of participants.
- System strengthening:- enhance the information, coordination, and capacity of the TVET system.
- Information for decision-making
- Strengthened system coordination
- Strengthened system capacity for policymaking and implementation
Beneficiaries
Direct beneficiaries: At least 200,000 youth (3% of NEET youth) will benefit directly from the project through high quality training and linkages to employment, both in the formal sector and self-employment.
- Women (at least 50% of project beneficiaries)
- Internal Displaced Peoples (IDPs) (at least 15% of project beneficiaries)
- Youth with disabilities (at least 8% of project beneficiaries)
Secondary beneficiaries include staff of PTCs and MoLS who will benefit from capacity building support, as well as employers, who are expected to benefit from better skilled labor that can contribute to their productivity and growth.
Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA)
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is a global humanitarian organization with a mission to work with marginalized people to create just and positive change. ADRA Ethiopia belongs to the worldwide ADRA network. ADRA Ethiopia is an independent, non-profit is, non-governmental organization working in Ethiopia since 1982. As an international aid organization, ADRA Ethiopia aligns its strategic direction with the Agenda 2030, supporting thousands of marginalized people in different regions of Ethiopia – regardless of their race, ethnic origin, gender, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual identity.
The ADRA project in Dire Dawa has been successful in providing solar PV installation and maintenance training to youth, in partnership with the Ethiopia-Italian Polytechnic College. This program has trained 120 young people and serves as a model for other regions in Ethiopia.
Local Training:
The ADRA project in Dire Dawa has partnered with the Ethiopia-Italian Polytechnic College to offer Solar PV Installation and Maintenance training.
Trained Participants:
The program has trained 120 young people and helped them find employment.
Regional Model:
Dire Dawa’s program has been identified as a model with excellent performance, and ADRA facilitates experience sharing from Dire Dawa to other project areas in Ethiopia, such as Arba Minch, Afar, and Wolkite.