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Afghanistan Workforce Development Program

Pre-application Conference

Park Star HotelMarch 4, 2014

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Program Overview Program Overview

A.Program Goals•The Afghanistan Workforce Development Program (AWDP) is to support for the expansion and strengthening of private sector for mid-career workers in key economic sectors.

•Contribute to a reduction in (a) the high level of under- and unemployment among Afghan nationals; and (b) the current dependency on foreign workers to fill semi-professional, skilled jobs in Afghanistan.

AWDP Components

• The Model – 4 Pillars

• Private Sector

• Mid-Career Participants

• Implemented Through Grants

• Milestone Payments

• Technical Assistant

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Four Pillars of AWDP

1. Labor Market Needs Assessments

2. Curriculum Adaptation/ development and

Validation

3. Competency-based Training design

4. Employment Related Services

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B. AWDP Base Period Grants’ Result,

• AWDP trained over 9,000 participants and place over

5,000.

• 26 grants were implemented by 19 grantees in the six

provinces

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Status JOB SEEKERS that were NOT placed

Sector Balkh Herat Kabul Kandahar Kunduz Jalalabad Grand TotalBusiness Communication and ES 68 44 132 57Construction 29 16 32 27 64 15Employment Related Services 395 621 380 333 560Financial Management 77 48 257 6 18ICT 99 54 11Project Management 111 63 153 38Women in Private Sector 96 91 283 34 23 43Grand Total 776 982 1291 400 105 724 4278

Actual Trained Jobseekers 381 361 911 0 0 164 1817

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Objectives of Employment Services RFA

• Identify and place AWDP trained jobseekers in private sector companies.

• Strengthen the private sector through introducing skilled mid-career jobseekers.

Placement process

• Collect trained jobseekers database from AWDP

• Analyze private companies’ skills need for semi-

professional jobseekers;

• Establish linkage with key employers in support of its

efforts to successfully place trained jobseekers

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Placement Process Continued

• Vacancies database development

• Job matching and job development

• Establish placement delivery system

• Arrange placement for targeted trained jobseekers

• Follow-up services

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Application Evaluation Process

• Applicants Should provide all requirements which are

specified in the RFA

• Each application will be reviewed three times

• A BAFO meeting will be held with selected Applicants

• Selected Applications will be reviewed three times

• One best application will be awarded

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Grant Application Template

• Working in Groups

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