Support to the National Education and Technical and Vocational Training Policy in Burkina Faso

The key intervention sectors identified by the 3rd Indicative Cooperation Programme in Burkina Faso are:  

• sustainable management of natural resources;
• education and technical and vocational training; and  
• Information and communications technology (ICT).

In the light of this, it is planned to carry on supporting of the Implementing the National Education and Technical and Vocational Training Policy project through the newly Support to the National Education and Technical and Vocational Training Policy in Burkina Faso programme which is to Support the implementation of the sectoral policy of education and technical and vocational training. This programme is a contribution of a joint support of Luxembourg, Austrian, Swiss and Monegasque Cooperations as well as France through the French Development Agency, to implement the education and technical and vocational training policy. These donors entrusted LuxDev to ensure the formulation of the intervention. Prior to the formulation, a capacity assessment of the main entities in charge of the implementation of the national policy of education and technical and vocational training was carried out.

At the end of 2017, the government of Burkina Faso elaborated a triennial 2018–2020 action plan of the national policy of education and technical and vocational training. It is structured around three programmes aimed at improving access to education and technical and vocational training (Programme 1), improving its quality (Programme 2) and strengthening its management (Programme 3).

The Support to the National Education and Technical and Vocational Training Policy in Burkina Faso programme will support the most relevant actions of the three programs of this three-year rolling action plan, which are able to contribute to the achievement of the specific objectives set out therein.

The Technical and Financial Document has been developed and validated by stakeholders. After the document was issued by the MAEE, the execution mandate was issued to LuxDev in August 2019.

The main guideline of the support concerns the realisation of qualifying and certifying training courses with emphasis on strong employability rather than short duration of courses, the support to functional and territorial decentralisation of vocational training, and the development of partnerships with the sector private.

In terms of modality of implementation, it is envisaged national execution through the Ministry of Youth and Promotion of Youth Entrepreneurship and the instrument selected is the trust account of treasury (CAST). This CAST account will provision accounts opened for the MJPEJ and the for Technical and Vocational Training Support Fund (FAFPA). The resources will be made available to other actors (consular chambers and employers) via the FAFPA through conventions.

The different management actors will benefit from important support for capacity building and will be supported through a consistent technical assistance mechanism.

Technical assistance, expert appraisals, financial supervision, audits and evaluations will be managed by LuxDev on behalf of the donors.