[{"bbox": [85, 147, 1140, 669], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tr><td>Institutional capacity</td><td>Insufficient capacity at local level</td><td>High</td><td>High</td><td>Focus on ongoing training programmes assuming they will be able to cover the substantial increased needs create by this program.</td></tr><tr><td>Private sector</td><td>The private sector may not create a sufficient number of jobs to absorb TVET graduates.</td><td>Medium</td><td>High</td><td>Support to Angola in a Team Europe approach for the diversification of the economy and to enhance the business environment and investment climate to attract and retain private investment</td></tr><tr><td>Social aspects</td><td>Lack of integration of cross-cutting themes</td><td>Average</td><td>Medium</td><td>Incorporate specific actions to address participation of women, people with disabilities and promote creation of green jobs. Involve the target groups and representatives of civil society organisations in the initial stages of the action. Ensure that all curricula and materials developed are inclusive and do not create barriers to equal participation. Work with training institutions and the private sector to raise awareness.</td></tr></table>"}, {"bbox": [96, 672, 256, 696], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Lessons Learnt:"}, {"bbox": [94, 710, 1134, 1322], "category": "Text", "text": "Effective communication is fundamental for the success of complex projects as evidenced by RETFOP, where the lack of a structured model made information sharing and coordination difficult. Local ownership of the processes is crucial, externalisation of the project and a weak interaction with local entities may compromise the sustainability of the results. The integration of cross-cutting issues such as gender equality and green jobs can significantly increase the positive impact of EU-funded projects, although not adequately addressed in the previous period. Robust monitoring and evaluation systems are essential to identify shortcomings and adjust project implementation in real time, something that was yet again lacking in the previous phase making it difficult to track progress. All actions should focus on capacity building at the local level to ensure that the different actors have the skills and resources needed to maintain the results after the intervention ends. RETFOP stakeholders manifested that the project was too ambitious in the sense that it was conceived to intervene in too many topics which decreased the effectiveness of the project. Also, RETFOP stakeholders at the beneficiary ministries argue that experts at implementing entities (from EU member states or other) have learnt more about the TVET system than themselves. To address this issue, they suggest that civil servants should be more involved in the implementation of the activities to really build their capacity (i.e., learning by doing instead of being recipients of trainings and so on). On a positive note, RETFOP set up PAME, a successful programme that supported 229 young micro-entrepreneurs through a public-private partnership that involved the INEFOP and the microcredit agency Kixicrédito. Through the programme, the young micro-entrepreneurs were selected according to specific criteria, and they benefitted from incubation services and from a microcredit to create or expand a micro-business. The programme was successful as the greatest part of the micro-entrepreneurs reimbursed the loan. The programme showed several lessons: microcredits have the potential to create jobs; public-private partnership can be fruitful; the more experience beneficiaries had in business management, the better responded. A lesson learnt is that beneficiaries without experience in business management should benefit from more mentoring and incubation to increase their chances to succeed. PAME's lessons learnt are adopted in component 4 of this Action."}, {"bbox": [99, 1348, 412, 1379], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.5 The Intervention Logic"}, {"bbox": [96, 1394, 662, 1421], "category": "Text", "text": "The underlying intervention logic for this action is as follows."}, {"bbox": [94, 1432, 1159, 1620], "category": "Text", "text": "**For Specific Objective 1**, IF: the institutional capacity, at central and local level, to manage the TVET system, including the identification of skills needs of the labour market taking into account promotion of the green and circular economy and building climate resilience, is enhanced, AND the capacities of the relevant Ministries to develop and implement the National System for Qualifications for the priority professional families for green growth and economic diversification in coordination with the private sector are strengthened, AND the capacities of the relevant Ministries to define the Skills Recognition, Validation and Certification (RVCC) model in alignment with professional families are strengthened;"}, {"bbox": [1026, 1681, 1142, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 15 of 30"}]