AFFIDATO
AID11549
Strengthening the agricultural sector in the Oromia region, Ethiopia
The intervention aims to create new job and business opportunities in the agri-food sector in order to improve local living conditions, particularly for young people and potential migrant women in Oromia, by strengthening the alignment of vocational education supply with the skills demand of businesses in the sector, creating innovative and sustainable support and advisory services for businesses/cooperatives, and facilitating their access to credit and other financial services.
About the project
job and business opportunities in the agro-industrial sector
The project named “Strengthening the agricultural sector in the Oromia region, promoting employment and entrepreneurship, to counteract irregular migration” identified with number 11549. Working project title is “AFFIDATO”
Our intervention
Contribute to the creation of job and business opportunities in the ago-industrial sector in the Oromia Region (in the 6 districts of Adaba, Dodola, Sinana, Tiyo, Shirka and Zuwai Dugda)
Funded by:
AICS_Italian Agency for Development Cooperation
AICS – the Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development – is one of key innovations established by the Italian law on international cooperation (Law No. 125/2014). The Agency began operating in January 2016, with the aim of aligning Italy with its principal European and global partners in the endeavor of development. Its basic model reflects that used in the main European countries, and it must comply with the demand for more professional and innovative forms of cooperation, involving the methodological flexibility necessary in a continuously evolving scenario.
Implemented by
Partners:
LVIA
LVIA: Present in Africa for over 45 years, LVIA is currently present in Burkina Faso, Burundi, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea Conakry, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Senegal, Tanzania. It works in the fields of agriculture, livestock breeding and entrepreneurship, permanent access to drinking water, education and work opportunities, professional training and youth empowerment.
COOPI
COOPI: is an Italian non-governmental organization founded in Milan in 1965, today present in 31 countries with 225 development and emergency projects reaching over five million people, and a budget in 2019 of €49,115,747. In Ethiopia, COOPI has an uninterrupted presence since 1995 made up of numerous interventions mainly in the WASH and livelihoods sectors, in the regions of Addis Ababa, Oromia, Somali, Amhara, Afar and Benishangul-Gumuz. To date, interventions are concentrated in the Oromia, Afar, Somali and recently Sidama regions.
iceaddis
ICEADDIS: is a private company registered in the country and operating as a social enterprise since 2011. ICEADDIS, where ICE stands for innovation, collaboration and entrepreneurship, was the first to introduce incubation and innovation for start-ups in Ethiopia. The focus of the company is to support the private initiative of young aspiring entrepreneurs and facilitate interaction between them and technology experts, entrepreneurs and investors.
EDUKANS
EDUKANS: is a Dutch NGO with more than 15 years of cooperation experience, active in Malawi, Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia. Specialized in the access of disadvantaged children and young people to quality primary, secondary and technical-vocational education, it adopts an approach that sustainable strengthens teachers' teaching, technical and pedagogical capacities and introduces elements of social and emotional learning into each learning environment.
Madda Walabu Univeristy
Founded in 2006, Madda Walabu University is a non-profit public higher-education institution located in the small city of Bale Robe (population range of 50,000-249,999 inhabitants), Oromia Region. Officially recognized by the Ministry of Education of Ethiopia, Madda Walabu University (MWU) is a coeducational Ethiopian higher education institution. Madda Walabu University (MWU) offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees in several areas of study.
Arsi University
Arsi University is committed to providing the highest-quality education for all its students, enabling them to achieve success in their career paths and make a valuable contribution to society. The university amplifies collaborative faculty-led research activities at Assela and Bekoji and expands its capacity to pursue major multi- and interdisciplinary research initiatives that garner national and international recognition.