Offering alternatives to illegal migration, reinforcing the ability of local economies to promote socioeconomic integration for young people, women, and other categories at risk of marginalisation in Tunisia.
O.1 – Contributing to the direct creation of opportunities for decent work, reinforcing the qualifications and employability of young people, women and other categories at risk of economic marginalisation, in territorial processes for development and innovation in food and agriculture.
Duration: 24 months
Expected start date: 01/10/2024
Location: Tunisia
Governorates of: Jendouba, Beja, Siliana and Keirouan
R1: Reinforcement of professional training to better respond to the needs of food and agriculture enterprises, creating quality employment and adding value to local economies.
Diagnostics for identification of demand for skills in food and agriculture and potential employment for young people.
Agreements with enterprises, networks, clusters, associations, etc.: conventions and more.
Identification, awareness of and orientation for “young Tunisian” beneficiaries.
Conception and implementation of short-term training programmes for training staff and youth.
R2: Opportunities for employment with existing enterprises, self-employment or start-up of enterprises connected with training programmes are promoted to benefit young people, women and other categories at risk of socioeconomic marginalisation.
Assistance with professional integration of the target after training.
Assistance and accompaniment for trained promotors of business projects
Campaigns providing information, raising awareness and organising activities in the local territory of the target group concerning opportunities for training and integration in careers and connected cross-cutting themes (decent and inclusive work, ESS, energy transition).
R3: Reinforcement of the abilities of, and coordination among, key players, institutions and local services for training, job creation and enterprises, conveying processes of innovation and sustainable growth in the local productive fabric, particularly in food and agriculture.
Creation of mechanisms for coordination of the various public and private players and services associated with the local organisation for training, employment, innovation and enterprise.
Supporting reinforcement of centres for training and for the promotion of employment and enterprise.
Technical and territorial partnerships with Italian organisations and centres to strengthen stakeholders in training/enterprise/employment.
Exchange of, and capitalisation on, good practices
2. Le opportunità di impiego presso imprese esistenti, autoimpiego e creazione di impresa collegate ai percorsi di formazione sono promosse a beneficio di giovani, donne e altre categorie a rischio di marginalizzazione socioeconomica.
3. Le capacità ed il coordinamento fra attori, istituzioni e servizi locali per la formazione e la creazione di impiego e impresa sono rafforzati per veicolare processi di innovazione e crescita sostenibile dei tessuti produttivi locali con particolare riferimento al settore agroalimentare.
Training and Orientation for the Reinforcement of Trades and Employment in Rural Areas
FORMER offers alternatives to illegal migration, reinforcing the ability of local economies to promote socio-economic integration for young people, women, and other categories at risk of marginalisation in Tunisia. The goal of the action is to contribute to the direct creation of opportunities for decent work by strengthening the skills and access to employment of young people, women, and other categories at risk of economic marginalisation in territorial processes of development and innovation in food and agriculture. FORMER expects to achieve three results in the pursuit of this goal. The first of these is to increase the availability of vocational training for the food and agriculture industry be setting up innovative training programmes for training staff and youth, with the involvement of international expertise in the production of milk and honey. The second result is promotion of the creation of opportunities for decent employment in existing enterprises and among the self-employed. Lastly, FORMER aims to strengthen the skills of training institutions and services and improve their coordination in order to encourage processes of innovation and sustainable growth.
Total cost of the action
1.950.000 €
Total beneficiaries
11.474
SDG’s che il progetto contribuisce a raggiungere
SDG 4 – Quality education
This goal concerns the need to improve the quality of education and adapt curricula to respond to the requirements of the labour market, promoting acquisition of appropriate, innovative skills.
SDG 8 – Decent work and economic growth
This goal is directly linked with promotion of eligibility for employment among youth, of entrepreneurship and of the need to connect supply and demand in employment.
SDG 17 – Partnership for the goals
Promotion of closer dialogue between public and private players to facilitate access to and improvement of local economic development.
Project partners
Agenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo
Project partners
Rossella Semino
Tunisia Libya Desk