Deadline: October 31st 2023 | ECOWAS Regional Strategy On Employment In Agriculture And Food Industries Of Senegal
| Title: | ECOWAS Regional Strategy On Employment In Agriculture And Food Industries Of Senegal |
| Organisation: | Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) |
| Fund/Grant: | Self employment |
| Deadline: | October 31st 2023 |
| Eligible countries: | West African States |
To address the needs of the value chain, Senegal’s Regional Centre of Excellence (CRE) on dry cereals and related crops consists of a number of research and educational institutes. The National School of Agriculture (ENSA), the Institute of Food Technology (ITA), and the Regional Study Centre for the Improvement of Adaptation to Drought (CERAAS) work together to coordinate this under the direction of the Senegalese Agricultural Research Institute (ISRA). The Office of Macroeconomic Analysis (BAME) and the National Centre for Agronomic Research (CNRA) in Bambey are two ISRA centres that are crucial to the CRE. The CRE brings together research and teaching abilities in a variety of sectors, including plant improvement, soil sciences, agri-food processing, breeding, and animal feed, etc., due to its institutional makeup. Additionally, the CRE depends on other ISRA research facilities like the In Vitro Culture Research Unit (URCI) to expand its area of expertise to in vitro plant vegetative multiplication.
FOR TIMELY UPDATES JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL AND TELEGRAM 1 , TELEGRAM 2 CHANNELS
Objective
- This request for applications has the goal of enhancing the capabilities of 100 young professionals and/or project managers in the agricultural and agri-food development sector on four subjects. The programme will include both theoretical and practical components, lasting at least one week (5 working days).
Themes and structures that support instruction
- Theme 1: Instruction in animal nutrition and zootechnics
- The second theme is in vitro plant production.
- The third theme is the manufacturing of biofertilizers and biological soil fertilisation.
- Theme #4: Making bread using local cereals
Expected outcomes ECOWAS Regional Strategy On Employment In Agriculture And Food Industries Of Senegal
- For each theme, the skills of 25 young professionals or project leaders—30% of whom are women—are reinforced.
Beneficiaries of training and requirements for eligibility
- Young persons (students, professionals, and/or project leaders) under the age of 35 benefit from this training. In order to encourage self-employment, candidates with extracurricular activities or a professional project connected to the theme will be given preference.
The selection of candidates
- The application files will be evaluated and the most pertinent ones will be chosen by a selection jury made up of CRE members.
application submittal and file
What’s in the application file:
- A handwritten request outlining the chosen theme, a cover letter, a copy of the most recent diploma, and/or documentation of professional activity (card, certificate, etc.).
- With the title “ECOWAS Training 2023_Choose theme,” the entire file in pdf format must be emailed to ceraas@isra.sn with a copy to amy.bodian@isra.sn.
The application files must be submitted by October 31, 2023, at 11:59 p.m.
Note that only chosen candidates will receive contacts.
For more information visit the ECOWAS regional plan on employment in the agriculture and food sector’s official website.
