Evaluation of the Maghreb Regional Training Programme - Indevelop

Annex 4 – Inception Report
Some sections of the Inception Report have been omitted for final publication
1. Assessment of scope of the evaluation
1.1 The regional training programme
The Maghreb Regional Training Programme, “Development of Public Employment
Services in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, was elaborated during
2008 after a series of consultations with partner organisations in the beneficiary
countries. Project implementation started in early 2009. Partners in
the cooperation were:
- the National Employment Agency (ANEM) in Algeria,
- the National Skills and Job Promotion Agency (ANAPEC) in Morocco,
- the National Agency for Employment and Independent Work (ANETI) in Tunisia,
and
- Arbetsförmedlingen.
Representatives of Pôle-Emploi, the French public employment service, the
ILO and other international resource persons have also participated in the
training events organised by the project.
The project was organised as a regional/international training programme
complemented by tailored national follow-up activities to support the institutional
capacity development at national level. Sida’s contribution to the
cooperation was SEK 6 300 000.
The project’s specific objective (or project purpose) was “To increase the institutional
capacity of the three agencies participating in the regional competence
development programme to provide assistance to selected target
groups, i.e. young, highly educated persons as well as members of vulnerable
groups in the labour market (women, handicapped and long-term unemployed)”.
The specific objective was expected to be achieved through five outcomes/outputs
that the project intended to produce. These were:
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