African Union Commission (AUC)-EU Skills Initiative for Africa funding Window III

The SIFA Funding Window III (FW3) is implemented under the Skills Initiative for Africa (SIFA) Financing Cooperation (FC) which is a pan-African initiative set up in 2016 by the African Union Commission (AUC) and co-funded by the German Government and the European Union (EU) with support from national governments in eight SIFA partner countries: Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Togo and Tunisia. The overall objective of SIFA is to strengthen the occupational prospects of young people in Africa. During its pilot phase (2016-2025), the Programme finances skills development projects expected to contribute to employment-oriented skills development for
young people in African countries

SIFA is an initiative of the African Union Commission (AUC) supported by the German Government to strengthen occupational prospects of young people in Africa. SIFA finances skills development projects in several African countries. Projects should contribute to employment-oriented skills development for young people.

Requirements

Responsiveness to COVID-19
Demonstrated Jobs
Demonstrating Value for Money
Proposals shall refer to the conceptualisation, development and commercialisation of
products, services, or processes solving an identified problem/skills gap in the labour
market
Demonstrated Viability and Sustainable Future Financing

Thematic Areas

Digital Tools and Skills
Female Entrepreneurship and Employability
Training Innovation in Informal Sectors

Eligible Applicants
Professional TVET entities from the public and private sectors, academia, civil society, and organisations supporting entrepreneurship in the labour market

Grant details:

Selected projects can receive a grant between EUR 0.2 to 3 million for sustainable and innovative initiatives.

FW3 funding is targeted for the implementation of the proposed innovation, and hence it will not support the following:
• projects that exclusively focus on research
• projects that exclusively focus on market surveys
• projects that exclusively focus on policy development
• projects that exclusively focus on capacity building or training
• projects that exclusively focus on building infrastructure