International Development Grant
Gender-Responsive and Inclusive Technical and Vocational Training in the West Bank (GRIT)
Project Number: CA-3-P007040001
Status: Operational
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Maximum Contribution: $9,932,554.00
Start Date: October 25, 2019
End Date: September 30, 2025
Duration: 5.9 years
Project Description
The project aims to improve equitable learning and employment outcomes for women and girls especially women and girls with disabilities in the West Bank including East Jerusalem. Project activities include: (1) conducting technical and vocational education training (TVET) awareness-raising sessions for students in public schools; (2) undertaking physical improvements to promote safety and accessibility for women trainees including access for women with disabilities at targeted TVET institutes; (3) introducing new technologies at targeted TVET institutes to serve as entry points for women including women with disabilities (WWD) in existing programs with a focus on non-traditional sectors; (4) providing training in entrepreneurship to trainees and graduates at targeted TVET institutes; (5) developing community of learning centres that includes the Centres of Excellence and other key Palestinian TVET stakeholders; and (6) developing practical context-specific resources on gender equality and inclusion in the Palestinian TVET system to be used by TVET institutes and other stakeholders.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased equitable participation of Palestinian women and girls including women with disabilities in TVET; (2) enhanced labour force participation of women TVET trainees and graduates; and (3) improved gender responsiveness and inclusion within the Palestinian TVET system.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of November 2021 include: (1) 2 106 trainees (of whom 1 981 are women and 125 are men) increased their knowledge in TVET and learned about reducing barriers for women in TVET through awareness-raising activities. Also the program reached 17 187 people (of whom 7 963 are women and 9 224 men) through promotional materials; (2) introduced 96 women to existing vocations through participation at three vocational camps; (3) supported seven TVET institutes to make their systems practices and policies more gender-responsive and inclusive through participatory gender and inclusion audits; (4) 101 staff (of whom 64 are women and 37 men) at TVET institutions received training on concepts including gender equality/equity gender roles and non-traditional vocations. This resulted in 66 women including eight WWD benefiting from improved access to TVET; and (5) created 100 new training spaces benefitting 66 women (of whom two are WWD) at TVET institutes.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
CLWR - Canadian Lutheran World Relief
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
EGM Europe Arctic Middle East and Magh
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Department-Initiated