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Through the Global Gateway the European Union (EU) seeks to support smart investments in quality infrastructure and to boost smart, clean, and secure connections in digital, energy and transport sectors, and to strengthen health, education, and research systems. The Global Gateway strategy is fully aligned with the United Nations’ Agenda 2030 and its Sustainable Development Goals. During the European Union - African Union Summit in February 2022, the Africa-Europe Global Gateway Investment Package (GGIP) of EUR 150 billion was announced. Through this Africa Investment Initiative, the European Commission is supporting the creation of decent jobs: stimulating investment, trade and private sector development while contributing to the green and digital transition.
As part of the Global Gateway Investment Package (GGIP), the European Commission launched the Team Europe Initiative (TEI) ‘Opportunity-Driven Skills and Vocational Education and Training in Africa (OP-VET)’ in April 2024. It promotes a paradigm shift where the VET offer is reverse-engineered from concrete job opportunities stemming from public and private investments and related value chain developments. VET can act as an enabler when coupled with the engagement of the private sector and strong public-private partnerships.
The TEI OP-VET aims to orient skills and VET interventions towards decent employment opportunities in selected sectors and value chains under Africa-Europe investment initiatives, with particular attention to the GG. It seeks to bring the employment and skills dimension across other sectors as integral part of interventions in GG priority areas.
The TEI OP-VET is jointly co-financed by the European Union (EU) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) for the period 2024 - 2029. The Action is implemented by Enabel (Belgium), Expertise France (EF), the Finnish National Agency for Education (EDUFI) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
