Call for expressions of interest : Professional capacity building path – CEFA Retour vers les opportunités

• Who: CEFA – European Committee for Training and Agriculture
• Why: Participation in a professional capacity building program
• For the benefit of: 30 women and men from migrant communities and Tunisian host communities
• Where: Governorates of Sousse, Mahdia, Sfax
• Project: “PAAIP: Support Program for the Empowerment and Inclusion of Populations”, funded by the European Union
• Objectives of the call: Facilitate access to employment and the launch of micro-enterprises and / or income-generating activities
• General objective: to promote social inclusion and professional integration, in order to counter the effects of marginalization and economic and social exclusion.
• Why apply? This form will allow you to present your project idea and be among the 30 selected participants who will benefit from the training course.

Professional capacity building path:

Goals:

The proposed training and support path aims to:

• Train participants on the steps and tools required to develop an idea for an entrepreneurial project or an IGA (income-generating activity).
• Develop the managerial skills of the participants in order to be able to launch their entrepreneurial project / AGR.
• Support beneficiaries in the presentation of a micro-enterprise and / or IGA project proposal
• Finance, support and support beneficiaries and their individual or cooperative micro-enterprises, from the ideation stage to post-creation.

Selection criteria for project leaders:

• Be at least 18 years old.
• Be installed in the Governorates of Mahdia, Sousse and Sfax
• In order to strengthen social and economic inclusion: people who find themselves in vulnerable situations will be given special consideration (by way of non-exhaustive example: situations of economic difficulty, situations of social and / or health vulnerability, family with one or more dependent children, families with only one parent and one or more dependent children, etc.).
• Partnerships with members of migrant populations and / or members of Tunisian host communities will be considered an advantage.

PHASES OF THE PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING PATH:

• Phase 1: Training cycle in professional capacity building
  • For the benefit of: of 30 (between women and men) participants.
  • Objective: to build skills on the stages and tools necessary for the development of an entrepreneurial project idea and to develop their managerial capacities.
  • Duration: 8 to 10 days.
  • Training program: Monitoring (reflection on the project idea); skills and leadership; Formalization of an entrepreneurial project; Initiation to business creation; Introduction to the Business Model Canvas.
• Phase 2: Support for project leaders in writing entrepreneurial projects
  • For the benefit of the participants who have participated in at least 80% of the above-mentioned trainings
  • Objective: write the entrepreneurial project and the management tools necessary for the actual launch of the projects.
  • Duration: from 1 to 2 months. This phase will end with the presentation of the entrepreneurial projects written by the participants.
• Phase 3: Financing of micro-enterprises / IGA
  • For the benefit of 5 promoters selected on the basis of the previous phases and on the basis of the evaluation of the projects presented.
  • Objective: Funding is aimed at setting up or strengthening entrepreneurial projects (micro-enterprises and IGAs), whether they are launched individually and / or in groups.
  • Limit of financial support: the grant provided may not exceed 90% of the budget of the project presented.
  • Grant amounts:
    • – Projects presented individually
      • Minimum amount: 12,000,000 Tunisian Dinars
      • Maximum amount: 21,000,000 Tunisian Dinars
    • – Projects presented by two or more project leaders in partnership
      • Minimum amount: 16,500,000 Tunisian Dinars
      • Maximum amount: 21,000,000 Tunisian Dinars
• Phase 4: Technical coaching for individual project monitoring
  • For the benefit of 5 promoters which has received financial support.
  • Objective: Support selected candidates to generate and maintain stable and sustainable income.
  • Technical training: Technical training cycles (between 2 and 5 days) will be provided depending on the nature of the companies / AGRs.
  • Coaching duration: 6 to 12 months.