Occupational training: project management support for INPP

Support for Institut National de Préparation professionnelle (INPP – DRC's national centre for occupational training).

The Institut Forhom's assignment is based on three main lines of intervention with a constant concern for capacity building and transfer of skills to the teams of the INPP :

Improvement to the INPP's strategic and general management:

- Improvement to strategic management and to the INPP's institutional position.

- Support for operational management via a multi-annual strategy, introduction of a monitoring/evaluation system and back-up for support functions (administrative management, accountancy and financial, contracting).

- Introduction of networked IT systems to the standards of a modern structure.

Improvement in training on offer, and enhancement of its appropriateness to the world of work:

- Support for revitalisation of training systems and training reference frameworks based on a skills approach.

- Closer matching of training offered to companies' needs.

- Design and support for building of training infrastructure (buildings and equipment) in provincial centres (Matadi and Bukavu).

- Development of a resources centre based on expertise (internal / external) in engineering and training.

Strengthening of links between INPP and its environment:

- Development of dialogue and partnerships with the private sector.

- Support for creation of work/study courses.

- Strengthening of role of the private sector in continuous upgrading of training on offer.

- Development and implementation of a strategy and of modern communication tools.

The management consultancy support to INPP is provided at three levels:

- support to INPP's top management for strategic and operational management of an action plan for the whole territory;

- support to the INPP's training teams for implementation of the skills based approach;

- support for design, building and fitting out of two provincial training centres: at Bukavu and Matadi.

​More specifically, the Institut Forhom is in charge of:

- Project Management, with secondment of a Project Director for the duration of the project.

- Mobilisation of the Project Leader: Pierre Descombes, for a period of 30 months.

- Mobilisation of additional experts (short-term assignments).

- Co-management (INPP and Institut Forhom) of a €4,500k investment budget.