International Development Grant
Young Competent Madagascans at Work
Project Number: CA-3-D003995001
Status: Terminating
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Maximum Contribution: $5,860,258.00
Start Date: May 02, 2018
End Date: February 28, 2024
Duration: 5.8 years
Project Description
The project aims to increase the employability of and facilitate entry into the labour market of young women and men in Antananarivo Ambositra and Antsiranana. The project includes vocational technical and university training (VTUT) for jobs in construction and public works and the tourism hotel and food services industries as well as training to help young people become entrepreneurs. Project activities include the following: (1) reviewing targeted training programs in educational institutions (secondary school and university) using a skills based approach; (2) setting up institutional services to help young people particularly girls enter the labour market and/or provide support to help them start businesses; and (3) developing joint action and collaborative arrangements between educational institutions and private sector and civil society organizations in order to expand the supply of vocational technical and university training.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes for this project include: 1) strengthened organizational management for institutions providing vocational technical and university training for jobs in construction and public works and the tourism hotel industry food services industries as well as support to help young people start businesses—that is strengthened organizational management that incorporates approaches based on equality between men and women as well as on the environment and sustainable development; (2) increased implementation of revised vocational technical and university training programs that incorporate the environment sustainable development and equality between men and women and meet various labour market requirements in the fields concerned; and (3) increased long-term collaboration between institutions providing vocational technical and university training and private sector and civil society organizations for the purposes of setting up institutional services on an egalitarian basis to help young people enter the labour market and/or provide support to help them start businesses.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved at the end of the project (July 2024) include: (1) improved management of 9 vocational technical and university institutions by integrating gender equality environmental sustainability and sustainable development measures; (2) aligned training programs with a competency-based approach. 90% of program specialists developed or revised programs using this method surpassing the 70% target; (3) improved employment services and entrepreneurship support through collaboration between schools the private sector and civil society. As a result 46 young people (32 women) initiated 30 business creation projects far exceeding the original goal of 10 projects (4 led by women 6 by men); (4) supported 4 826 youth (41% women) to complete training surpassing the target of 2 500. Among them 2 916 secured employment; (5) facilitated integrating 267 out-of-school youth into (24% women) formal vocational training programs and provided them with professional qualifications for jobs in construction public works tourism hotel and food services industries; and (6) provided scholarships to 6 women and 2 men to pursue master’s studies at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres).
Key Information
Executing Agency:
Université du Québec à Trois Rivières
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
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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:
Unsolicited Proposal