DR Congo

Projects

Promoting Market Oriented Skills Training and Employment Creation in the Great Lakes Region

The project supports the Governments of Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to improve access, quality and relevance of their respective Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) systems. This addresses the key development challenge of unemployment and underemployment brought about by the low quality of skills...

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United for Gender Equality in Democratic Republic of Congo

The aim is to strengthen the socio-economic skills of young men and women in order to promote their autonomy for a self-determined life. Special attention is paid to gender equality.

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08.03.2021

Creating a livelihood through carpentry training – Iragi's story

19-year-old Iragi trained in carpentry and entrepreneurship in Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Today, she makes furniture and sells it to households in her neighbourhood.

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10.06.2020

PROMOST: What’s been going on in the Great Lakes Region?

The Promoting Market-Oriented Skills Training (PROMOST) in the Great Lakes Region has been up to a lot these past few months despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)- funded project has put in place several measures to ensure that they still proceed with the major project activities but cautiously and...

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05.05.2020

Things Worked out Because of the Support I got

“Berwa means looking good or good looking”. That is what 35-year-old Aloysie Muhawenimana named her salon, a business that she built from the bottom up. The wife and mother of two tells her story of how the project ‘Promoting Market-Oriented Skills Training (PROMOST) in the Great Lakes Region, implemented by Swisscontact and funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), has helped her achieve some of her life goals.

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Country Director, DR Congo

Thierry Lenoir

SWISSCONTACT IN DR CONGO

Swisscontact works in DR Congo to contribute to increased employment and income generation for the rural population in South Kivu province, Bukavu. Swisscontact implements the PROMOST project together with stakeholders to improve access to quality and labour-market-oriented vocational training.

Partners

The Provincial Ministry of Education
The Provincial Youth Division
World Confederation of Artisans (CMA)
Craftsmanship Society (SMA)
South Kivu Local Economy Counter (GEL-South Kivu)

Promost - Project journey and key achievements 2012 - 2020

Since 2012, Swisscontact implemented the Promoting Market Oriented Skills Training and Employment Creation (PROMOST) project in the Great Lakes Region. The project was funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.

The programme’s overall goal was to contribute to increased employment and income generation for the disadvantaged rural population in target geographical areas in the Great Lakes Region (Western Province districts in Rwanda, safe rural areas near Bukavu in DR Congo and Kayanza Province in Burundi) by improving their access to quality and labor-market-oriented Vocational Training.

More specifically, it envisioned support to the local TVET and employment stakeholders as an effective and sustainable way to enhance employability of the mainly disadvantaged categories of the population by improving their skills and competences in line with labor market requirements and increased their income-generating capacity by supporting them in the employment or self-employment process.

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