International Development Grant
Improving Skills Training for Employment (2014-2020)
Project Number: CA-3-A035555001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $13,106,820.00
Start Date: March 24, 2014
End Date: December 31, 2020
Duration: 6.8 years
Project Description
This project seeks to reduce poverty and contribute to economic growth by improving the ability of Tanzanian women and men to find gainful employment and self-employment in the extractives and tourism sectors. The project brings together government ministries training institutes and private sector employers to identify the most critical labour shortages in their sectors and develop skills training programs to address these needs. The project also works to strengthen the national system for delivering skills training programs improve the management of individual training institutions and enhance instructors' technical and teaching skills. Ultimately this will result in a skilled workforce that is more aligned with labour market requirements creating more opportunities for Tanzanian women and men to contribute to and benefit from economic growth.
Expected Results
The expected intermediate outcomes for this project include: (i) improved national mechanisms for the coordination planning and promotion of skills development programs; (ii) enhanced capacity of 11 training institutions to design and deliver market-oriented skills training programs; and (iii) increased number of technical and vocational graduates with specific skills that respond to labour market requirements in the extractive and tourism sectors.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved at the end of the project (December 2020) include: (1) 2 797 students (of whom 565 women) enrolled in or completed training programs supported by the project (this includes 4 diploma and certificate programs 31 short courses and 2 pre-technology bridging programs). The results exceeded the target of 1 200 students (of whom 240 women); (2) trained 431 instructors (of whom 90 women) to develop new programs and 128 senior officials of partner institutions (of whom 103 women) trained in leadership. This exceeded the initial target of 200 instructors and 60 officials respectively; (3) improved national coordination between partner institutions employers and development partners with 92% of stakeholders surveyed rating coordination as effective or highly effective compared to 54% at the start of the project; (4) all 11 partner institutions rated their engagement with employers in new training programs design as effective or highly effective compared to 6 institutions at the start of the project; and (5) all stakeholders surveyed report that new training programs better respond to labour market needs compared to 57% of stakeholders reporting satisfaction with programs at the start of the project.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
Colleges and Institutes Canada
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
WGM Africa
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:
Pre-APP