Cap Compétences
Improving the quality of the appraisal, preparation and support for Agence Française de Développement’s vocational training projects.

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Benin, Comoros, Costa Rica, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Madagascar, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tunisia
Education and socio-professional integration
Health and human development
Published on 18/09/2024
Credit: Laurent du Rusquec

Objective

This expertise facility aims to improve the quality of the appraisal, preparation and support for Agence Française de Développement’s vocational training projects.
  • €4.5m
    BUDGET
  • 04/02/2020
    PROJECT START
  • 54 months
    DURATION
    PROJECT FUNDED BY
  • Agence Française de Développement (AFD)

Cap Compétences: a vocational training expertise facility

Cap Compétences is an expertise facility financed by Agence Française de Développement (AFD) which aims to improve the quality of the appraisal, preparation and support for vocational training projects by capitalising on the expertise and experience of Expertise France in implementing and deploying expertise. At AFD’s request, Expertise France mobilises and supervises experts to carry out identification, opportunity and feasibility studies on projects and support the start-up phase of activities.

Since 2020, Cap Compétences has carried out 28 services in 16 geographical areas: Benin, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, DRC, Egypt, Guinea, Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa and Tunisia.

 

 

Supporting vocational training and higher education projects

The services provided through Cap Compétences are deployed prior to the projects. They comprise various expert missions to conduct studies in a local-international synergy to support AFD Group’s projects.

 

Rwanda - Fabien Dutasta

Costa Rica - Alain Bustin

 

Broadly speaking, Cap Compétences includes the following activities:

• Exploratory studies (overview) to define/propose the most appropriate scope of action

• Opportunity studies: they further develop the exploratory study and define scenarios for action

• Policy/strategy analyses and action plans: these services are generally linked to AFD projects/financing requiring a strengthening of the strategic environment supported by the project  

• Feasibility studies: the project engineering operationalises the scenario adopted

• Sizing studies for the training centres

• Policy-based budget financing: in the context of this system, AFD provides financing linked to results, indicators and targets decided with the contracting authority 

• Development/consolidation of financing mechanisms/funds for vocational training, higher education and/or research

• Start-up support/temporary assistance to the contracting authority (prior to the start of the project): the objective is to stabilise the project’s ecosystem in order to accelerate its actual start-up

Gender, sustainable development, the environmental and climate transition, and the consideration of vulnerable groups are crosscutting focuses for all the activities and the preparation of AFD Group’s projects.

 

Consult the presentation of the projects supported by Cap Compétences (in French)

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    Education and socio-professional integration
    Education and socio-professional integration are central sustainable development issues and contribute to achieving all the Sustainable Development Goals. The transformative power of education, as set out in the Incheon Declaration and Education 2030 Framework for Action, provides self-fulfilment, promotes stability and security, as well as opportunities for full employment and access to decent work in order to fight poverty.

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  • Projets accompagnés par Cap Compétences
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