Vocational Training for Job Creation in Renewable Energy
Nordic Climate Facility (NCF)
This project was implemented as a partnership between Makerere University Kampala and The Royal Norwegian Society for Development (Norges Vel), Norway from August 2017 – August 2020.
Project Funder: Royal Norwegian Embassy in Kampala.
Development goal: To contribute to the increased employability among the youth and young adults in the renewable energy in Uganda.
20 youth and young adult women are engaged in the RE businesses value chain
An arena for information and knowledge-sharing and/or exchange is implemented and organized
120 students received scholarships (50 graduated and acquired certificates; 70 students enrolled to pursue engineering courses in vocational institutions)
50 (08 females and 42 males) supported with partial scholarships to complete their national diplomas in RE related courses
56 (13 females and 43 males) program beneficiaries successful graduated with national diplomas in RE related courses
59 (13 females and 46males) students were supported for a period of six months on hands vocational skills training in RE companies
70 (36 males and 34 females) were provided with a two years full scholarship to study national diplomas in RE related courses that included Electrical, Mechanical and water engineering