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Eastern & Southern Africa
Eastern & Southern Africa
Kenya Coast National Polytechnic Courtesy Visit to PMAESA Secretariat
September 9, 2021
PMAESA Secretary General Col. Andre Ciseau received a delegation from the Kenya Coast National Polytechnic (KNCP) at the PMAESA Secretariat on 7 September 2021.
Mr. Kevin Ochieng’ and Ms. Magdalene Kituku who lead the ‘East Africa Skills for Transformation and Regional Integration Project’ (EASTRIP) at KNCP, expressed their appreciation for the establishment of a working collaboration through a recently signed MoU between the two organizations, and to discuss the way forward on the implementation plan.
The KCNP team briefed the Secretary General on the progress of the Project and also pointed out all areas they would require collaboration and intervention from Secretariat, focusing on capacity building initiatives for both Trainers and Students in the Maritime Sector.
Col. Ciseau provided insights and ideas on how best to progress with the project and reiterated PMAESA’s support to the collaboration. He also extended his appreciation to the EASTRIP team for the brief provided.
The EASTRIP is a five-year World Bank-funded project that brings together 16 regional flagship Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Institutions in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania. The project brings a regional approach to developing the specialized TVET skills by creating a small cluster of regional TVET Centers of Excellence with the aim of bridging acute shortage of specialized TVET skills in the transport, energy, manufacturing, including agro-processing, and ICT, thereby accelerating the industrialization agenda.