Train-the-Trainer (TOT) sessions under the YEEP Project in Liberia
During the period February – April 2019, the Cadena team has implemented different train-the-trainer (TOT) sessions to support the job-readiness component under the Youth Entrepreneurship and Employment Project (YEEP) in Liberia. The TOT sessions have been provided to University of Liberia student affairs staff, department heads and steering committee representatives, as well as to selected high school teachers (included in the pilot programme). The TOT covered three main topics to mention; Job Readiness, Work-place Based Learning and Career Guidance. In addition Employability skills training has been provided to students of the University of Liberia who now have been placed with different employers and companies. The team continues to support intern placement, monitoring and follow-up; including employer mentoring to improve job readiness services as an active labor market initiative aimed to reducing unemployment.
New contract signed with the World Bank: Pilot Apprenticeships for Addis Ababa’s Youth.
Recently we have signed a contract with the World Bank to develop the Pilot of Apprenticeships for Urban Youth in Addis Ababa under the planned Urban Safety Net and Jobs Project (USNJP). The objective of this project is to help improve the incomes of selected urban...
Participating in the Joint Sector Review (JSR) Zimbabwe!
As part of our assignment “Consultancy service for Analysis of the Zimbabwe Education Sector and Development of the Education Sector Strategic Plan (2021-2025)” the Cadena team participated during the JSR that took place in Harare from 10 to 12 February. For three...
Training TEVET instructors Skills and Technical Education Programme (STEP) Malawi
During period November to January the consultants of Cadena and Getting Competent have successfully implemented 15 day training courses for TEVET Instructors in three regions in Malawi for the UNESCO project “Support to revision of harmonised curricula within...
“Consultancy Service for Analysis of the Zimbabwe Education Sector and Development of the Education Sector Strategic Plan (2021-2025)” Contract signed!
In December 2019 Cadena has signed a contract with UNICEF Zimbabwe for the above mentioned consultancy assignment. Preliminary work has been done in December and the full team now started in the field to support the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (MoPSE)...
“Case Studies on SINCE programme” Ethiopia – Contract signed!
On the 7th of October Cadena has signed a new contract granted by the Italian Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Under the SINCE project “Stemming Irregular Migration in Northern and Central Ethiopia”, we were awarded with the contract “Case Studies on SINCE Programme”...
Malawian instructors successfully trained in developing curricula, and trainer and facilitator guides!
For the STEP Malawi project, Cadena and Getting Competent have been working together with construction sector and education sector representatives to harmonise Construction Curricula in Bricklaying, Plumbing, Electrical Installation, Carpentry and Joinery and Painting...
New Project: ‘Strengthening Agriculture TVET Teacher Training in Kenya and the Netherlands’.
Foundation AERES Group received a grant under the Dutch Orange Knowledge Programme (OKP) - Institutional Collaboration Projects. The grant is awarded for the project 'Strengthening Agriculture TVET Teacher Training in Kenya and the Netherlands' . The project start...
Update YEEP Liberia Project!
Cadena has started the train-the-trainer programme at the Booker Washington Institute (BWI) in Kakata, Liberia. For the next four weeks, two of our key experts will train 15 BWI TVET Instructors as well as 10 BWI Managers. The training of the two groups will be...
New contract signed to support Malawi!
Last April 2019 Cadena signed the UNESCO contract for “Support to revision of harmonised curricula within construction level 2-3, introduction to revised curriculum and technical upskilling of construction instructors" under the Skills and Technical Education...
“If you educate a woman, you educate a nation”
Experiences from Else, an intern at Cadena and a student from Tilburg University studying ‘Global Management of Social Issues’.For my bachelor, I need to do an internship at an international oriented company, therefore, I am currently working as an intern at...