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Dr Cornelius, UG, taking some beneficiaries through the training
Dr Cornelius, UG, taking some beneficiaries through the training

COTVET holds Skills & Technology Fair 2016

As part of activities to showcase results under the Ghana Skills and Technology Development Project (GSTDP), the Council for Technical and Vocational Education Training (COTVET), under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, is organising the third Skills and Technology Fair 2016 at the La Trade Fair Centre in Accra.

The fair, which begins on November 9 to 11, will attract key participants such as small, medium and large-scale businesses, research institutions, science and technology institutions, development partners and the media. 

The GSTDP comes to an end in December 2016. As part of the project’s close out activities, the fair will exhibit outcomes of GSTDP-funded projects and share information about progress made in finding innovative solutions to skills and technology-related challenges of industry. It will also provide insights on how to access funding under the second phase of SDF.

The Government of Ghana, in 2011, received financial support of up to US$70 million from the World Bank and $ 18.5 million from DANIDA towards the implementation of the GSTDP and more particularly, the Skills Development Fund (SDF), which is managed by the Project Support Unit of COTVET. 

The SDF is a competitive and challenge fund aimed at addressing the skills and technology needs of business enterprises operating in both the formal and the informal sectors of the economy of Ghana. 

The fund has since 2012 approved $51.9 million to over 646 trade associations, small, medium and large-scale businesses to upgrade the skills of their employees and access technology from science, technology & research institutions both in Ghana and abroad. Part of the grant has also gone to support training institutions to develop demand-driven innovative training content required by industry for enhanced productivity and competitiveness.

Another grant-making component of the GSTDP is the support to science and technology institutions, which is being implemented in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI) where about US$2.5 million has been spent to support five key science and technology institutions (STIs) to develop and operationalise technology transfer and marketing centres to provide technology solutions to businesses and institutions in the private and public sectors.

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