Reintegration of HELP TVET Beneficiaries Through the provision of Employment Facilitation
This project was implemented by Organization for Sustainable Aid in Afghanistan – OSAA with the financial support of HELP Germany International Organization in Herat city and districts during the years 2020-2022. Through this project, the OSAA organization covered 2300 trainees and graduates of the HELP TVET projects and facilitate their employment process.
The Role of the Employment and Entrepreneurship Services Center of OSAA in implementing this project:
In accordance with the contents of the AFG105 project and in order to better implement this project, the Employment and Entrepreneurship Services Center (EESC) of OSAA organization provided the following main activities in the field of employment services:
1. Supporting and facilitating job services for the beneficiaries of the Help-UNICEF project;
۲. Supporting the Employers withholding technical training for them;
3. Small Business Training for all beneficiaries of the AFG105 project;
4. Updating the EESC database;
5. Doing Research and market studies regarding marketer professions in Herat province;
6. Holding TVET and employment roundtables.
Major activities of the EESC during the implementation of this Project:
The Employment and Entrepreneurship Center of OSSA launches supplementary training and counseling courses during the six-month training courses and also after the graduation of trainees, and introduces technical and vocational graduates and general job seekers to the labor market and companies to Provide employment opportunities for them.
1. Registration job seekers in the EESC database and introducing them to Employers:
2. Communicating with employers and introducing job seekers to them
3. Tracer Studies of the graduated beneficiaries of the project
4. Holding the TVET and Employment Roundtables in Herat Province
The titles and times of the roundtables are mentioned in the following:
No. |
| Title of Roundtable | Date |
1 | Eleventh | Starting and developing of Business and Introducing Entrepreneurship Training Packages | Oct-2019 |
2 | Twelfth | Opinions on employment status after the Corona Virus challenges solutions and lessons learned (Group work) | Aug-2020 |
3 | Thirteenth | Discussion on Covid-19 impacts on Child Labor and forced Labor during and afterwards | Oct-2020 |
4 | Fourteenth | COVID-19 impact on child labor and forced labor during the pandemic era within west region and beyond & introducing technical committees and priorities of DoLSA for next year | Nov-2020 |
5 | Fifteenth | Introducing the Research, Research Methodology, and its analysis | Feb-2021 |
6 | Sixteenth | Challenges of Signing MoUs | May-2021 |
7 | Seventeenth | The role and importance of TVET in creating jobs and economic growth in the country, recent changes, challenges, and expectations of stakeholders involved in the implementation and monitoring of the projects | Nov-2021 |
8 | Eighteen | Reviewing the findings and suggestions of TVET and Employment Roundtables; Achievements, Challenges, and Suggested Solutions | Jan-2022 |
5. Small Business Training
6. Market Study:
7. Holding Field Exposures to make the beneficiaries more familiar with the professions:
8. Holding Guest Speaker programs to share the work experiences of successful graduates with beneficiaries;
9. Preparation and writing of CVs for beneficiaries.
The project successfully ended on February 13, 2022, and was appreciated by the project donor and other project stakeholders.