The Gered Gereedschap has announced a call for proposals to promote vocational education and entrepreneurship.
The Gered Gereedschap preferably supports vocational training programmes and projects that satisfy demand for the local (labour) market. Schools and projects that promote entrepreneurship and offer further support to young people after their training are greatly appreciated. Preference is also given to gender-orientated projects, projects aimed at marginalised groups, cooperatives, ecological awareness and environment protection.
Gered Gereedschap is a Dutch NGO which has been making a consistent effort for craftsmen and women in developing countries for the last 40 years. Projects supported by Gered Gereedschap strengthen technical vocational education and entrepreneurship in Africa. The support is practical, tangible and comprehensive. From tool sets and machines for schools, fully equipped sewing workshops to the education of technical vocational teachers. All the support is directed towards one purpose: promoting technical craftsmanship as a basis for self-reliance.
The programmes of Gered Gereedschap – under the name of EQUIP – support craftsmanship in the broadest sense of the word: education, employment and entrepreneurship.
Sectors
Education
Quality education is the keystone of craftsmanship. This forms the basis. It is the way to learn both theory and practice. That is why they pursue – with their programmes under the name of EQUIP – good quality vocational education, available to everyone. They do this by:
Tools & Machines
Supporting technical vocational training in developing countries with tools and machines.
Scholarships
Supporting disadvantaged young people with scholarships to receive vocational training and to purchase study material and tools.
Teachers programme
Providing training to teachers in technical and didactic skills to strengthen vocational education.
Curriculum development
Development of training programmes meeting the demand of the local labour market for an optimum balance between labour market and vocational training.
Employment
Gered Gereedschap makes it possible for students to get a job after completing their vocational training. Practical help, taking care of a quick start! This is how they support with their programmes – under the name of EQUIP:
Starter toolkit
The right tools for a good start at the labour market.
Master-Apprentice programmes
Newly starting craftsmen working together with an ‘old hand’ in the trade. Focus on transferring practical trade knowledge and life-skills
Microcredit
Funding to purchase building materials, tools and/or machines
Entrepreneurship
Gered Gereedschap focusses on the craft and construction sector. Many craftsmen do not own the right tools and are therefore restricted in the deployment of their activities. Gered Gereedschap helps – with its programmes under the name of EQUIP – for example by setting up:
Rental workshops
Quality tools and machines are indispensable for a flourishing craft and construction sector. Gered Gereedschap makes these available to local craftsmen by setting up rental locations.
Refurbishing workshops
Old used tools are refurbished and prepared for re-use in tool refurbishing workshops. The refurbished tools will be used at local vocational centres or at tool rental locations.
Eligibility Criteria
The focus countries are: Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana and Malawi. Organisations operating in these countries can apply for support.
Gered Gereedschap only supports projects in which the target group itself takes the initiative and remains active in the preparation, decision-making and implementation of the project.
Gered Gereedschap offers free transport of the materials to the nearest international port if the support consists of tools, machines or workshops. For landlocked countries overland transport to a capital can be arranged as well.
Costs of customs clearance and transport to the final destination are the responsibility of the applicant organisation. Gered Gereedschap neither offers nor mediates in insurance, clearance, storage and/or local transport costs.
Gered Gereedschap never provides financial support, agricultural equipment or household appliances.
In the case of the supply of a rental shop and/or multipurpose workshop, the applicant organisation is responsible for the operation. There will be an agreement between Gered Gereedschap and the receiving party in which the rights and obligations with respect to the use, support and reporting are clearly laid down.
