Support to the implementation of the Skilling Uganda Strategy Appui à la mise en oeuvre de la stratégie "Skilling Uganda" This intervention aims to improve the quality of technical and vocational education so to bring more young people at work, being articulated into three components: (1) the elaboration of a legal framework; (2)the set-up of a Skills Development Fund (SDF) to address via calls for proposals to direct needs of the labour market (tourism, agriculture and the private sector development gain here a particular attention); and the strengthening of institutional capacities at the technical and vocational schools. The project has been extended and benefits of an additional budget (total of 22 MEUR and duration of 96 months) in the frame of the Bridging Programme. Specific attention will be put at the digital transition with for instance a platform of exchange between pupils and teachers. The intervention is implemented in western Uganda; the Rwenzori and Albertine Regions. The project supports the implementation of some of the key-reforms of the national BTVET strategy, both on a national/central level, and on the local level, in 4 districts in Western Uganda. It will support and strengthen policy formulation and implementation, it will assist in developing financing instruments and new modalities for training delivery, and it will support a restricted number of training providers in Kasese, Fort Portal, Hoima and Masindi. The project will strive for a close collaboration with Business Membership Organisations and private sector companies on all levels of intervention.
The intervention will a.o. provide support to different actors and stakeholders in developing and testing a national Skills Development Fund, and at the same time implement improvement of access and quality in Technical and Vocational Education and Training on the grassroots-level in two of the Western Regions of Uganda, the Rwenzori and Albertine Regions.  The intervention supports the key-reforms of the Ugandan policy on “Skilling”, both on a national/central level, and on the local level. At the local level, operations are developed in 4 districts in the Rwenzori/Albertine Region of West-Uganda, coordinated by the office in Fort-Portal.Strong synergy is organised with other Enabel interventions on Skilling in Karamoja (financing from Irish Aid) and in refugee and host communities in Northern Uganda (financing by EU- rust Fund and GiZ).
It will support and strengthen policy formulation and implementation, it will assist in developing financing instruments and new modalities for training delivery, and it will support a restricted number of training providers  ie Kasese Youth Polytechnic (KYP) in Kasese district; St.Joseph Technical Institute in Fort Portal; St. Simon Peter Technical  Institute and Millennium Business School in  Hoima and Uganda Technical College in Masindi. The  capacity of instructors and management in these listed vocational institutions will be built in terms of pedagogical training, entrepreneurship, gender mainstreaming,  monitoring and evaluation as well as training private sector Master Craft persons. Out of school youths, women and girls will also be targeted for both formal and non formal training in the vocational institutions and in private sector enterprises for work based learning and industrial training.

The project will strive for a close collaboration with Business Membership Organisations and private sector companies on all levels of intervention. The employability of youth is increased through better quality of instruction and learning in Skills Development The quality of skills development is enhanced and responsive to labour market needs, in four Districts – Kabarole, Hoima, Masindi and Kasese - in Western Uganda in line with the Skilling Uganda reforms. Result 1: The BTVET and employment (sub)sector have a coordinated and formally agreed governance structure, vision and medium-term strategy.
Result 2: The Pilot Skills Development Fund is established and operates in the Project Area and it serves as a model for the future National Skills Development Fund.
Result 3: Quality of training and qualification processes is improved and the access to quality BTVET provision is enhanced with special attention to the needs and potentials of females. The direct beneficiaries of the project are people who have gone through training in BTVET institutions supported by the project, including relevant internships and apprenticeships in enterprises and other collaborating entities.
Other beneficiaries are (quoted from the Identification file)
•	‘Clients’ of BTVET training institutions (graduates and employers) 
•	Existing BTVET training institutions. These can be public and private-not-for-profit establishments (faith based, community) offering formal and non-formal training. 
•	Managers and instructors of training institutions, e.g. through continuous professional development
•	The members of the Reform Task Force for Skilling Uganda (RTF), and its Executive Secretariat (ES), and at a later stage the SDA 
•	The heads and staff members of directorates and departments at MoESTS, in particular BTVET department and DIT 
•	Human Resources officers and technical staff engaged in enterprises, business organisations and trade unions