Promoting employment and youth and women entrepreneurship in the shea and renewable energy sectors in Mali.

About this project

This proposal aims to contribute to the promotion of sustainable economic growth, full employment and decent work for all, especially women, in Mali (OO). In particular, it aims to promote the training and employment of women and young people and the strengthening of enterprises and cooperatives in the shea sector and in the renewable energy sector in the Bamako district and in the regions of Koulikoro and Dioïla (SO). The project consortium, formed by the Lead partner ActionAid Italy and the partners, the international NGO ENGIM, the local association AME and the Italian cosmetics company Reynaldi s.r.l., has identified, in collaboration with various local stakeholders, the shea supply chain and the renewable energy sector as areas with a high potential for entrepreneurial development and thus job creation, particularly for the youth and female population. The implementation strategy envisages acting on the nexus between vocational training, strengthening of the private sector and access to employment with the collaboration of local governmental and non-governmental stakeholders. Firstly, the proposed initiative, in order to address the existing mismatch between the skills of the target groups and the actual needs of the private sector, intends to improve the quality of vocational training in the renewable energy and shea processing sectors and make it more aligned (R1). To do this, the project envisages the strengthening of Vocational Training Centres (by equipping them wi…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 4Quality Education
• 5Gender Equality
• 8Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 13Climate Action
• 15Life on Land

Published by

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development · Government

Countries

Mali

Sectors

Vocational trainingEmployment creationSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SME) development

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Also contributesTrade development · Also contributesBiodiversity · Also contributesClimate mitigation · Also contributes

Funded by

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development

Implemented by

ACTIONAID INTERNATIONAL ITALIA ONLUS

Accountable

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development

Published by AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 5 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-6-4-013244-03-8.

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