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EASTRIP East Africa Skills for Transformation and Regional Integration Project EASTRIP East Africa Skills for Transformation and Regional Integration Project About Overview Objective Project Beneficiaries Contact Us Structure Regional Steering Committee-RSC National Coordinators Center Leaders IUCEA – Regional Facilitation Unit (RFU) WB Procurement team World Bank Task Team WB Financial Management team WB Safeguards RFTIs Arusha Technical College DIT Dar es Salaam Campus DIT Mwanza Campus Ethiopia Railway Academy General Wingate Polytechnic College Hawassa TVET Ploytechnic College Holeta TVET Polytechnic College Kenya Coast National Polytechnic Kenya Institute of Building and Highway Technology KenGen Geothermal Institute Kisumu National Polytechnic Kombolcha TVET Polytechnic College Dire Dawa Polytechnic College Meru National Polytechnic National Institute of Transport TVET Institute Regional Priorities Transport/Infrastructure Power and Energy Manufacturing ICT Press Events News Press releases Speeches Gallery Videos Resources for Journalists Resources Presentations Meetings Vacancies & Adverts Regional TVET Qualifications Framework Blogs Covid-19 Updates EASTRIP East Africa Skills for Transformation and Regional Integration Project About Overview Objective Project Beneficiaries Contact Us Structure Regional Steering Committee-RSC National Coordinators Center Leaders IUCEA – Regional Facilitation Unit (RFU) WB Procurement team World Bank Task Team WB Financial Management team WB Safeguards RFTIs Arusha Technical College DIT Dar es Salaam Campus DIT Mwanza Campus Ethiopia Railway Academy General Wingate Polytechnic College Hawassa TVET Ploytechnic College Holeta TVET Polytechnic College Kenya Coast National Polytechnic Kenya Institute of Building and Highway Technology KenGen Geothermal Institute Kisumu National Polytechnic Kombolcha TVET Polytechnic College Dire Dawa Polytechnic College Meru National Polytechnic National Institute of Transport TVET Institute Regional Priorities Transport/Infrastructure Power and Energy Manufacturing ICT Press Events News Press releases Speeches Gallery Videos Resources for Journalists Resources Presentations Meetings Vacancies & Adverts Regional TVET Qualifications Framework Blogs Covid-19 Updates The Executive Secretary, Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) Prof. Gaspard Banyankimbona (Front Right) and Prof. Li Minnggen (Front Left), the Secretary of Guangzhou Technician College (GZTC) Party Committee, during the launch of International Teachers Training Center in Guangzhou China. The Principal Secretary, State Department of Vocational and Technical Training, Ministry of Education in Kenya, Dr. Margaret Mwakima (Centre) with Director, TVET, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in Tanzania, Dr. Noel Mbonde (Left) and Dr. Genene Abebe (Right), the Chairperson, the Technical Working Group after signing a communique to adopt the Regional TVET Qualifications Framework for the 3 countries. Technical Advisory Meeting in Ethiopia, July 2021 Students of Ethiopian Technical University in a workshop A female student operating a machine at Arusha Technical College Participants after a meeting on Harmonization of TVT qualifications Workshop-EASTRIP EASTRIP Launch and Capacity Building Workshop, 2019 Workshop-EASTRIP EASTRIP Appraisal Workshop in Kenya DURING WORKSHOP EASTRIP Appraisal Workshop attendance in Kenya EASTRIP EASTRIP will increase the access and improve the quality of TVET programs in selected Centers of Excellence East Africa Skills for Transformation and Regional Integration Project (EASTRIP) According to the 2015 World Bank Enterprise Surveys, over 25 percent of the formal firms surveyed in Sub-Saharan Africa identify an inadequately educated workforce as a major constraint, and over 29 percent of all production workers are rated unskilled workers by these firms. Shortage of specialized technical and vocational education and training (TVET) skills is particularly acute in transport, energy, manufacturing, including agro-processing, and ICT, and this could slow the industrialization agenda. Keep reading Regional Priorities Transport East African countries have rolled out several transport and infrastructure initiatives, including the Northern Corridor Integration Project (NCIP), the Central Transport Corridor Project, and the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia-Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor Project. Read more Manufacturing African countries, with support from the international community, have shown strong commitments to transforming the continent through industrialization. The 2008 Africa Union Summit adopted the theme, ‘the industrialization of Africa’, which endorsed and adopted a plan of action for accelerating industrial development in Africa. In September 2016, the G20 Summit pledged support to the Africa industrialization Action Plan. Read more ICT East Africa has experienced technological revolution after liberalisation of the telecommunications sector in the 1990s. This has improved communication services and infrastructure, particularly mobile telephone services which are widely accessed even in rural areas. Read more Power & Energy Countries in East Africa have adopted policies and developed cooperation to promote the efficient utilisation of various energy resources available within the region. Read more Latest News Advertisements RFTIs Latest News IUCEA_RFU News RFTIs EASTRIP Champions TVET as the Engine for Sustainable Industrialisation Technical and vocational education can play a critical role in creating sustainable industrialisation on the African continent. Speaking at the 6th Partnership for Skills in Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology (PASET) Forum held recently in Nairobi, Kenya, Dr. Cosam Joseph, Regional Project Coordinator for the World Bank-funded East Africa Skills for Transformation and Regional Integration […] May 12, 2024 DIT Dar es Salaam Campus Meru National Polytechnic News RFTIs EASTRIP Student Exchange Programme Graduate at Meru Polytechnic Excels as Film Entrepreneur In Kenya, at The Meru National Polytechnic, Rashid Lizangari began a journey driven by ambition. After enrolling for a Diploma in Information and Communication Technology, he joined Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology (DIT) in Tanzania as part of the student exchange programme between DIT and The Meru National Polytechnic. The exchange programme was supported […] May 12, 2024 DIT Mwanza Campus News RFTIs DIT Mwanza Facilitates Regional Integration through Skills Training in Leather Manufacturing for students from Rwanda and Kenya The Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology (DIT) in Mwanza continues to offer both online and offline training sessions focused on leather product manufacturing to students and experts from Kenyan and Rwandan colleges. The six-month program aims to enhance participants’ understanding of the latest technologies in shoe manufacturing. One of the participants, Mr. Michael Habumugisha […] May 12, 2024 Arusha Technical College Meru National Polytechnic News RFTIs Kenya and Tanzania TVET Institutes Collaborate to Enhance TVET Training and Regional Integration In a collaborative effort to enhance technical and vocational education and promote regional integration, The Meru National Polytechnic in Kenya and Arusha Technical College in Tanzania initiated a partnership that will reshape the TVET landscape in East Africa. Through the East Africa Skills for Transformation and Regional Integration Project (EASTRIP), with funding from the World […] May 12, 2024 Holeta TVET Polytechnic College News RFTIs Holeta Polytechnic College Empowers Communities through Solar Ovens and Cookers Trainers at Holeta Polytechnic College have developed an exciting project that uses solar thermal technology for designing, building, and using safe, reliable, and user-friendly solar ovens for outdoor cooking and heating. 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