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Support to TVET for Value Chain Development (STVET-VCD) — South Sudan

South Sudan · Juba and selected TVET institutions nationwide · Education and social development

Overview

The Support to Technical and Vocational Education and Training for Value Chain Development project is a sovereign skills-development programme designed to increase access to quality middle-level technical training for young people in South Sudan and strengthen their participation in agricultural value chains and employment. It combines investment in training facilities with curriculum development, instructor training, labour-market analysis and institutional reform.

Physical investments include new and upgraded training facilities, laboratories, workshops and classrooms. A major component is the new agricultural TVET training centre at the University of Juba’s School of Applied and Industrial Sciences, where construction formally began in February 2026. The programme also covers the Multi-Service Training Centre and assessments and investment planning for five institutions in Juba, Bor, Malakal and Rumbek.

Implementation is continuing alongside wider institutional reforms. In 2026, the programme advanced a national labour-market assessment, investment plans for five TVET institutions and development of a competency-based national TVET curriculum framework.

Key project information

Official name
Support to Technical and Vocational Education and Training for Value Chain Development Project (STVET-VCD)
Status
Ongoing
Current phase
Implementation · construction and institutional reform
Country
South Sudan
Location
Juba, Bor, Malakal, Rumbek and national TVET system interventions
Sector
Education / social development
Sub-sector
Technical and vocational education and training · agricultural value-chain skills
Project structure
Sovereign public-sector programme financed through an ADF grant and parallel financing
Project ID
P-SS-I00-005
RicherFin project ID
03209d5a-6208-4f2b-9c46-b59f46de4c7c
Estimated project cost
UA 8.60 million
Financing secured
UA 8.60 million
Approval date
02 Nov 2023
Financing agreement signed
21 Jun 2024
Effective date
21 Jun 2024
Effective for first disbursement
04 Oct 2024
Expected completion
31 Dec 2028

Financing

The appraisal estimates total project costs at approximately UA 8.60 million, including contingencies and excluding taxes and duties. The African Development Fund contribution is UA 7.00 million through an ADF-16 grant, representing approximately 81% of total costs. Parallel SIDA/UNESCO financing amounts to approximately UA 1.60 million, representing 19%.

The AfDB’s June 2025 implementation report recorded UA 1.05 million disbursed, equal to 15% of the ADF grant, and UA 5.95 million undisbursed. UNESCO reporting shows implementation continuing through 2026, but the institutions use different currencies and frameworks and their figures are not combined.

Total project cost
UA 8.60 million
Financing secured
UA 8.60 million
Financing structure
Grant and parallel development-partner financing
Concessional financing
UA 7.00 million ADF-16 grant
Parallel financing
Approximately UA 1.60 million SIDA/UNESCO