Deadline: 30-Jul-25
The Agricultural Training and Professional Integration (FIPA) Project is part of the National Strategy for Technical Education and Vocational Training (SN-EFTP), the Strategic Plan for the Development of the Agricultural Sector and the National Climate Change Adaptation Plan of Benin.
The project improves the effectiveness of training-integration pathways in the agricultural sector and related professions. This will involve coherently and concretely strengthening the training integration-employment continuum by supporting multi-stakeholder national and territorial dynamics, developing structuring mechanisms of complementarity.
Objectives
- The overall objective of FIPA is to: “contribute to reducing poverty among the population of Benin.” This overall objective has been broken down into two specific objectives defined as follows:
- Specific objective 1: Improve the effectiveness of training-professional integration courses in the agricultural sector and related professions;
- Specific objective 2: Facilitate Benin’s access to climate finance while promoting sustainable practices and climate-related initiatives, through the creation of a fully operational climate finance unit (UFC)
- Three results are expected per specific objective of the FIPA project.
- For specific objective 1:
- OS1 R1: Agricultural technical and professional training systems are accessible, attractive and effective and in line with the needs of the sector and the aspirations of young people;
- OS1 R2: The governance of the agricultural training professional integration sector at national, regional and local level is based on the active participation of all stakeholders concerned;
- OS1 R3: Entrepreneurs in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the agricultural sector benefit from personalized support through incubation and acceleration programs, including tailor-made programs for specific support for women.
- For specific objective 2:
- OS2 R1: The creation of the Climate Finance Unit (UFC);
- OS2 R2: The capacities of local institutions are strengthened in order to identify, access and use existing climate finance.
- OS2 R3: Development of a diversified portfolio of quality, bankable climate projects, in accordance with Benin’s taxonomy and sustainability objectives.
- For specific objective 1:
Sectors or Themes
- Gender, human rights and social and emotional empowerment (or psycho-affective empowerment)
- Specific themes:
- information, education/training, communication;
- literacy;
- awareness raising and advocacy;
- transformation of gender norms;
- power and capacity to act;
- decision-making power;
- self-confidence;
- equality between women/girls and men/boys;
- leadership féminin.
Funding Information
- The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is 90,000 EURO.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for subsidies, the applicant must meet the conditions following:
- be a legal entity; and
- be a non-profit civil society actor or a foundation; or
- Be a legal entity under public or private law without profit motive; and
- be established or represented or have an operational office in Benin for five (05) years at least years old; and
- be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and not act as an intermediary; and
- have at least two (02) relevant experiences related to the strengthening of the social empowerment of women (exclusively) or women’s groups/cooperatives (exclusively) in the agricultural sector in Benin over the last five (05);
- have at least one (01) relevant experience in supporting organizations in taking gender equality into account.
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