As part of efforts by the Government of Ghana and its Donor Partners, to ensure that a demand-driven and robust labour market skills intelligence system drives the implementation of TVET Strategies in the country, a secretariat for the Sector Skills Bodies of Ghana has been established for the bodies to operate from.

A graduation ceremony for the Agricultural TVET Competency-Based Training (ATVET CBT) Course in Oil Pam Value Chain has been organized for 101 students by Solidaridad West Africa in collaboration with the Ghana Skills Development Initiative (GSDI III), and the University College of Agriculture and Environmental Studies (UCAES).

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With a festive inauguration ceremony, the first Sector Skills Bodies in Ghana for the pilot sectors Agriculture, Construction and Tourism & Hospitality have been kicked-off in Accra. Organising partners of the event were the Ghana Skills Development Initiative (GSDI III) together with the Council for Vocational Education and Training (COTVET) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

Members of the Education Committee of the German Federal Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag) visited one of GSDI’s regional partners, the Koforidua Technical Institute (KOTECH), in Ghana's beautiful Eastern Region. The delegation was accompanied with representatives of the German Embassy to Ghana, the Goethe Institute Ghana, the DAAD Ghana and GIZ.

In accordance to GSDI III’s activities in the ATVET field, namely the Oil Palm Value Chain, the GSDI III Steering Committee Meeting visited our project partner Norpalm Ghana Limited in the Western Region. After an introduction from the management team into the business and safty and security guidelines, we were given a tour through the Oil Palm Nursery as well as the oil production site.

In the presence of high level dignitaries such as training providers' principals, trade associations' officials and the Western Regional Commander of Ghana Police Service, Regional Minister