Vocational training for agribusiness
Needs assessment showed that skills on agricultural entrepreneurship and economics are missing in the agricultural sector. Therefore, we work directly with Agriculture Technical Vocational Education and Training (ATVET) institutions to qualify them as multipliers for tried-and-tested agribusiness training approaches with the overall aim of fostering growth and job creation in the agribusiness sector.
The process
We chose our ATVET partners during a competitive selection process in 2020. Our implementing partners recommended 85 ATVETs to apply for the partnership with us and 25 institutions actually applied. After having pre-selected 14 institutions and virtually conducted interviews with the support of an international jury, we chose the final 8 implementing partners. Those 8 institutions will network with other ATVETs in form of a South-South exchange and upgrade those as well.
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Building on their self-assessment, we developed a roadmap and agribusiness upgrading strategy for teachers with our partners covering 8 topics:
Upgrading trainings of teachers and subsequent simulation trainings by the upgraded ATVET trainers delivered to their fellows are conducted online. We support this process with expert knowledge, feedback, and some funding to upgrade particularly training and digital facilities. From October 2021 onwards we finally were able to meet our partners in person! Together we now work on upscaling trainings and establishing a South-South exchange between our partner institutions and other ATVETs.
So far, our 8 partner ATVETs trained approximately 1000 students, teachers and professionals in agricultural entrepreneurship and economics, Cooperative business management and economics, Processing economics and entrepreneurship, and value chain promotion. Our partners are continuously conducting trainings and hence, the network of practitioners and multipliers increases as you read this!