[{"bbox": [96, 153, 1160, 353], "category": "Text", "text": "The underlying intervention logic and assumption for this action by reinforcing the quality of TVET for women in agriculture, the transformation process of agriculture in Rwanda will be supported (impact), ensuring the provision of relevant skills and competencies for these women to thrive in the Rwandan agricultural labor market with an emphasis on climate action and sustainable farming practices. The focus on women in TVET for agriculture is crucial given their dominance in the Rwandan agricultural sector. By emphasizing their training and integration into the labor market, the action not only targets a significant demographic but also ensures that the biggest portion of the agricultural workforce is equipped with the necessary skills."}, {"bbox": [96, 369, 1160, 455], "category": "Text", "text": "Furthermore, by considering the entire TVET system and the unique needs and contributions of women, the action addresses the root of the challenge rather than merely addressing symptoms. This holistic approach, coupled with the emphasis on sustainable farming and climate action, ensures the transformation is both impactful and lasting."}, {"bbox": [96, 471, 1160, 644], "category": "Text", "text": "The approach considering TVET and skills development as a lever to support the agricultural transformation process is justified in particular by the fact that the Rwandan government has for some years been putting in place a framework conducive to this overall transformation, but the results have not matched the commitments made. This lack of results can be explained mainly by the lack of qualification of the workforce, dominated by women, which characterises the agricultural sector in Rwanda. Moreover, with the pressing challenges of climate change, there's an imperative need to integrate climate-resilient practices and skills into the training."}, {"bbox": [96, 660, 1160, 947], "category": "Text", "text": "The action aims at improving this situation, which has also been identified by numerous studies, and is based on a systemic vision of the changes that need to be applied to the agricultural TVET system in order to make a real contribution to the transformation of Rwandan agriculture. Additionally, with the intensifying impacts of climate change, it's crucial to weave in climate-responsive strategies and training into the TVET curriculum. Any other vision that would not consider the agricultural TVET system as a whole and not taking into account women needs and contribution to the agriculture sector would very quickly show its limitations, given that all TVET constituent elements are so interdependent and mutually reinforcing each other. In other words, the challenge facing agricultural TVET is to help provide the labour market with a strong workforce that is both sufficient in terms of quantity and competent in terms of quality, to meet the expectations of Rwanda's agricultural labour market putting women on the driving seat of the Rwanda's agricultural transformation."}, {"bbox": [96, 963, 714, 992], "category": "Text", "text": "Consequently, two specific objectives are envisaged for this action:"}, {"bbox": [96, 1008, 1160, 1380], "category": "Text", "text": "Outcome 1 aims at improving access to agricultural TVET and enhancing its quality, and the other at ensuring women and youth integration on the labour market, envisaging a series of outputs that address women's needs and participation, being the majority of the skills base in the agriculture sector, in a holistic manner, the various levers of the agricultural TVET ecosystem, taking into account the Rwanda's efforts to adapt to and mitigate the challenges posed by climate variability and change, as well as the country's aspirations to advance nutrition sensitive agriculture for the promotion of healthy and diverse diets and reduction of malnutrition. As has been observed in other situations, and provided the hypothesis of strong engagement of all involved stakeholders (MINEDUC, MINAGRI, TVET centres and CoVEs staff, private sector representatives, ...) holds true, the simultaneous activation of these levers should i) bring about changes in the alignment of training programmes with the needs of the agricultural labour market, ii) place agricultural TVET institutions on a quality/excellence dynamic towards becoming Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs) in agriculture, pioneering a generation of women farmers, agricultural entrepreneurs, and professionals poised to pioneer sustainable agricultural practices, iii) improve the internal functioning of these institutions and enable them to open up to the surrounding environment."}, {"bbox": [96, 1396, 1160, 1540], "category": "Text", "text": "These measures are likely to make agricultural TVET more attractive to young people and women, meeting the quantitative objective of increasing the proportion of skilled labour available for agriculture, as well as the qualitative objective of equipping this workforce with the adequate skills that meet the challenges facing Rwandan agriculture in terms of mastery of agricultural techniques, entrepreneurship, inclusion in market-oriented agriculture, adaptation to climate change, sustainable development and the circular economy."}, {"bbox": [96, 1556, 1160, 1614], "category": "Text", "text": "The outcome, as a continuity of the above, aims at developing and reinforcing an enabling system for women professional integration and access to employment and/or self-employment for the beneficiaries of agricultural TVET"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1681, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 19 of 32"}]