The Moroccan vocational training system is facing two main challenges: firstly, the declining attractiveness of vocational training and, secondly, the gap between existing qualifications and labour market requirements.
The integration of graduates into the labour market is also often difficult due to a lack of soft skills. The project addresses these challenges and creates attractive new training programmes in green professions. The 6-month timeframe makes the training programme particularly interesting for disadvantaged young people, who often cannot afford a long training period.
The Moroccan association CMED is a recognised training provider that operates in the greater Rabat area and offers a second chance ("deuxième chance") to young people in particular who have previously failed at formal education.
The aim is to successfully train 750 young Moroccans in 6-month short training courses at the end of the programme and to place at least 250 of them in the labour market. Up to 50 interested business start-ups will also be supported as part of the project, provided their business plan is convincing and can potentially create new jobs in the long term. The teaching staff will receive further specialist and methodological training in the new curricula in order to be able to teach the new content. The project is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development as part of the special initiative "Decent Work for a Just Transition".
