Improve the quality of the educational offer of three technical schools and three training centres to provide relevant and practical teaching in a sustainable way

Sector

Water

Project budget

The maximum budget for this project is € 1.8 million. 

Organisations

This project has been developed by the Holding Company for Water & Waste Water (HCWW). The tender for this project expired on 19 August 2011. Nuffic has awarded this tender to BMB Mott MacDonald, which has formed a consortium with Vitens-Evides International, NHL University of Applied Sciences, Chemonics Egypt Consultant and Capacity Building International (CBI).

Project description

In order to tackle the need for skilled staff HCWW supports three technical schools to supply Water & Wastewater companies with specialised technicians.

HCWW also supports three training departments within its water companies. The project activities with the schools are coordinated with the Ministry of Education. The project activities with the training departments are in line with the HCWW's own HR policies.

Donor coordination

The sector is supported by several other donors. Of particular interest is an ongoing PUM project, supporting the schools and training centre in the development of curricula.

This project aims to:

• increase the supply of skillful technicians, who have been trained at HCWW-affiliated vocational schools and training centres.
• enable three technical schools and three training centres to offer relevant and practical teaching in a sustainable way.

The schools and training centres should offer a gender-friendly environment and the educational offer should be coherent with the needs of the labour market.

Egypt's water sector, and in particular the drinking and waste water sector, urgently needs skilled staff. At present, technical education is not practical and newly hired staff need extensive on-the-job training. Companies are increasingly applying new technologies which underlines the need for higher level staff and better educated technicians.

Investments in the drinking and waste water sector are very high as it delivers services to more than 100 million people. Maintenance deficiencies lead to higher costs because of loss in investments. They also lead to disrupted services. If water companies had higher educated technicians and staff, this would raise their service level.