The mismatch between supply and demand in terms of the gaps between the skills delivered by education and training sectors and the skills required by the world of work has long been recognized as detrimental to prosperity and development. The private sector can play a key role in integrating labour market requirements in training provision, strengthening delivery systems and ensuring that untapped resources amongst women and unemployed youth can be used for mutual benefit.
The Skills Initiative For Africa (SIFA) has developed this framework to advocate and drive the closing of this gap; It was developed on the basis of insights into how different players in this sector operate, and the kinds of opportunities there are for collaboration in TVET and the broader skills development ecosystem. The elements of the model and the engagement processes are described below. This is a developmental project and lessons learned will continue to help refine and expand the Framework: here we offer a ‘snapshot’ as at February 2021
SIFA Private Sector Engagement Overview
