EU-Ghana Pact for skills

About this project

The EU-Ghana Pact for Skills is a comprehensive programme that seeks to increase youth employment through reducing the persistent mismatch between the skills offered by training providers and the requirements of the private sector and improving employment services for an easier access to the job market. The programme thus aims to boost the creation of new careers in low-carbon and digital sectors.Formal vocational training at the secondary and tertiary level suffers from a lack of infrastructure, limited market-oriented training, and inefficient labour market orientation. Digital and green jobs have enormous potential and could substantially contribute to reduce youth unemployment. The proposed action addresses these issues through a multi-level approach ¿ macro, meso, and micro ¿ to capacity development and promotes cooperation between the government, the private sector, the employment services and the training institutions for a smoother transition into future job markets.The action¿s overall objective is to boost decent employment for all with a special focus on digital and green sectors.The action has four main outcomes (specific objectives):·      SO.1: Enhanced sustainable financing of TVET and policy coherence across skills-development programmes and environmental policies.·      SO.2: Increased relevance and availability of competency-based training (CBT) programmes to respond to labour market needs, includi…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 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

Ghana

Sectors

Facilitation of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobilityHigher educationVocational training

Focus

Climate adaptation · Also contributesGender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Also contributesGood governance · 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-2022-ACT-60920.

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