Public-Private Development Partnerships (PPDPs)
Zambia Investment Webinar (25 July 2024)
Chie Matsumoto, UNIDOThe skills gap challenge
Job market skill
requirement levels

Skills Gap
Job seekers’
skill set levels

Industries face skills shortage

Job seekers struggle to find jobs

Train/retrain workforce; Recruit foreignworkers; Job posts remain unfilled

Unemployed; Underemployed; Employed
under poor working conditions

Public-Private Development Partnerships (PPDPs)
Aspire to reducepoverty, facilitate
increased
investments andpromotesustainable
development

DevelopmentPartner

ZambianGovernment
Want to create
employment
opportunities, attract
FDIs and foster
economic development

PrivateSector

Aim to develop
markets andrequire skilledworkforce

Japan-Hitachi
Construction Machinery UNIDO
Skills for heavy equipment operation
Kitwe, Zambia

Developing skilled local workforce to operate heavyequipment for mining and construction sectors
Curricula for operators developed and nationally accredited to align with industry standards

Center of excellence being developed at Kitwe• Infrastructural upgrade and modern equipment procurement• Trainer and management capacity development• Career services upgrade
Youth trained / transition to employment supported• Youth equipped with marketable skills• Industries and private sector companies with increased access to skilled local workers
Partners: Government of Sweden
Volvo Group

Partners: Japan, Hitachi Construction
Machinery, Ministry of Technology and Science

Ministry of Technology and Science$4.4M
Timeline:
11.2021-11.2025
Timeline:
1.2015-9.2019 (phase Budget:1); 11.2019-12.2024(phase 2)(incl.
in-kindcontribution)
Budget: $4.6M (phase 1); $4.2M (phase 2)

Inputs from partners• Cash funding for CAPEX, OPEX
• Management support• Technology transfer• Training aids/materials• Management support• National accreditation• Bursary for vulnerable youths• Host institution (trainers, training facility and office space)• Overall project management• Existing training material, manuals, curricula
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Hitachi Construction Machinery inputs
TechnologyTransfer

Training
materials/aids

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Technical inputs to curricula development
Training of Trainer programs
eLearning
Study tours
On the Job Training

1.

Training manuals, PowerPoint presentations andvideos
Training aids (below examples)•Cut sections•Simulator

2.

Project in pictures

STUDY TOUR IN JAPANTRAINING OF TRAINERS IN JAPANTRAINING OF YOUTH IN ZAMBIASweden-Volvo Group UNIDO
Skills for heavy equipment and commercialvehicles maintenanceNdola, Zambia

Developing skilled local workforce to maintain heavyequipment and commercial vehicles
Curricula for mechanics of heavy equipment and commercial vehicles developed and nationally accredited
to align with industry standards

Center of excellence being developed at Ndola• Heavy equipment mechanics complete (phase I)• Commercial vehicles mechanics in progress (phase II)
Youth trained / transition to employment supported• Youth equipped with marketable skills• Industries and private sector companies with increased access to skilled local workers
Partners: Government of Sweden
Volvo Group

Partners: Sweden, Volvo Group, Ministryof Technology and Science

Ministry of Technology and Science$4.6M
Timeline: 1.2015-12.2018(phase I) (phase Budget:
Timeline: 1.2015-9.20191); 11.2019-12.2024(phase 2)(incl.
in-kindcontribution)
11.2019-12.2024(phaseII)
Budget: $4.6M (phase 1); $4.2M (phase 2)

Project in pictures

OVERSEAS TRAINING OF TRAINERSONSITE TRAINING OF TRAINERSHANDS-ON TRAINING FOR YOUTH

ResourcesJapan-Hitachi Construction MachineryUNIDO project•••••••

WebsiteProject introduction video
Monthly report (ENG, 日本語）
YoutubeFacebookX
LinkedinSweden-Volvo Group –UNIDOproject

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WebsiteProject introduction video
Monthly report (via mailing list)
YoutubeFacebookX
Linkedin

UNIDO contacts
Chie Matsumoto (松本千枝) C.MATSUMOTO@unido.org
Miki Aoki (青木美紀) M.AOKI@unido.org

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