The project
We provide high quality trainings for a Decent Work
Objective: The IEFP/ITCILO training project aims to develop the capabilities of the institutions of the states of the CPLP in the design and implementation of policies and programmes aimed at the creation of more and better jobs and increased employability.
Focus areas
Employment promotion, skills development and vocational training, and other topics related to the Decent Work Programme that are priorities for the policy agendas of the countries of the CPLP, with special consideration of women, young people and disadvantaged groups.
All our activities are offered in Portuguese
The participating countries are Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe and East Timor.
A long-term and multilevel programme
The overall objective of the training programme is broad and long-term, and thus, in order for it to be achieved, training initiatives are necessary at various levels and over time. The plans are conceived in such a way as to answer the needs for institutional capacity-building of the member States of the CPLP and of their selected institutions.
The training activities are brought into harmony with the technical cooperation initiatives of the IEFP currently under way, and with the priorities of the ILO.
The project promotes and disseminates the Portuguese language as an important medium of communication among the countries of the CPLP and as an instrument of communication and work internationally.
We strongly foster network working among the Lusophone countries, offering a space for discussion and the sharing of best practices and cooperation on topics of employment and employability.
Longstanding collaboration
Carrying on the tradition of cooperation between the Government of Portugal and the ITCILO that began in 1993 with activities within the framework of vocational training and social protection for the Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOPs), the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security/Employment and Vocational Training Institute (IEFP) of Portugal, and the International Training Centre of the ILO (ITCILO), agreed in 2010 on cooperating in the implementation of training and apprenticeship programmes looking to develop the capacities of the institutions in the member States of the CPLP, on topics of decent work, employment, vocational training and sustainable development.
After several annual training programmes, in January 2015 implementation was launched of three-year training programmes, with short- and medium-term objectives and results, and activities that are strategically linked over the three project years. In 2021 the new three-year cycle began, with activities up to December 2023.
Since the beginning in the year 2010, 41 training activities have been offered in Portuguese taking in a total of 1045 trainees.
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