BEF- Burkina Training and Employment. Tools for job creation

About this project

The project will contribute to the achievement of SDG 4 target 4.4 and 8 target 8.5 by promoting the improvement of the expertise, work opportunities and private sector development towards an inclusive economic growth. Burkina Faso is experiencing rapid economic and demographic growth. In this framework, the support to the Vocational Training OCSE-DAC 11330 and private sector for the creation of employment opportunities (OCSE-DAC 16020), will widen the productive system base and the employment activating virtuous mechanisms of economic development. Starting from project design, the partnership network counted on the presence of the Ministère de l’Education Nationale et de l’Alphabétisation MENAPL, the KI- Zerbo University coordinating the 6 Universities, the Public Agency Burkina Suudu Bawdè - (BSB) and the local SCO Union Nationale Des Professionnels Del'enseignement Et La Formation Techniques Et Professionnels (Unp-Eftp), with an internal expertise on the vocational education. These partners will work with the italian team made of Centro Internazionale per la Pace fra i Popoli APS, the Fondazione Giovanni Paolo II FGPII (as a member of the strategic ATS) and the private enterprise Progepiter srl. The mismatch between the vocational training sector and the job market requirements will be addressed through an improved monitoring and analysis system together with a redevelopment of the vocational education offer. This process will be fostered through: i) the upgrading with mo…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

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

Published by

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development · Government

Countries

Burkina Faso

Sectors

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

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesNutrition · Also contributesEnvironment · Also contributesClimate mitigation · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Also contributes

Funded by

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development

Implemented by

CENTRO INTERNAZIONALE PER LA PACE FRA I POPOLI 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 6 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-6-4-013244-08-0.

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