GSDF will support the GJSP’s objective to support skills development and job creation.
The GSDF is embedded in the Government’s TVET policy which has as its objective to “improve the productivity and competitiveness of the skilled workforce and raise the income-earning capacities of people, especially women and low-income groups, through the provision of quality-oriented, industry-focused, and competency-based training programmes and complementary services”.
The primary beneficiary targets for this fund include micro and small enterprises that seek to grow their businesses in order to create more jobs and increase productivity. These enterprises can come from the formal and informal sectors.
The Fund supports initiatives that address the needs of continuous skill upgrading of enterprises in especially the enterprises with high growth potential, as well women-led and enterprises with women dominated workforce and persons living with disabilities (PWD).
Grants will be made available through call windows for different types of enterprises according to formality and/or other criteria as discussed below and specified in
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