Activity under preparation Team Europe Skills Initiative: strengthening TVET for youth employment and Global Gateway Investments

About this project

Skills development is crucial to develop local economies and associated value chains. This is particularly important given that youth comprise more than 60% of Pakistan¿s population (64% under 30 years and 29% between 15 and 29) that could either turn into an asset or an emerging concern . With almost three million youth entering the labour market every year, millions of Pakistani youth face limited employment prospects. The action will support GG in Pakistan in two ways. Firstly, it will expand and consolidate the GG Flagship on TVET Centers of Excellence by strengthening the quality of education/skill training through investing in infrastructure, labour market analysis, teachers training and adequate teaching materials in the most fragile parts of the country (i.e., the provinces bordering Afghanistan: Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkwa and Gilgit Baltistan).. By doing so, it will provide better opportunities for decent employment for the youth in these regions. By investing in youth employability in these provinces, the action will also address migration by supporting skills training for returnees and refugees.The action consolidates and builds on the good work of previous EU support to TVET sector (development of National TVET policy, strategies and systems such as the National Vocational Qualifications Framework, Competency-Based Training and Recognition of Prior Learning). Building on these achievements for which the EU is recognised to have supported the transformation of…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 1No Poverty
• 4Quality Education
• 5Gender Equality
• 8Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 10Reduced Inequalities
• 12Responsible Consumption and Production
• 13Climate Action

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships · Other public sector

Countries

Pakistan

Sectors

Employment creationVocational training

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Also contributesClimate mitigation · Also contributesDisability inclusion · Also contributes

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_INTPA-2021-ACT-63432.

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