The Africa Union Development Agency-New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA-NEPAD), the technical arm of the African Union is coordinating the implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP) which stresses the importance of Agricultural Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ATVET) for workers in the sector. With support from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Promotion of Agricultural Technical Vocational Education and Training in Africa Project (ATVET project) started in 2013. The CAADP operates at the continental, regional and national levels, where the national level is the central level for implementation. In 2017, a new module (ATVET4W) that focuses on enhancing women’s participation in ATVET activities was added. The 12 ATVET countries include Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Togo, Tunisia, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Uganda, Namibia and South Africa. ATVET4W implementation is currently only in six countries, namely, Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi and Togo.
