More African products on the German market; expansion to include additional countries
In the field of metalworking, the public-benefit Association of International Craft Cooperation e. V. (AICC) was founded with support from Invest for Jobs. Its member companies include German toolmakers and producers, trading firms and commercial end-users. The Association’s goals are to create employment in Africa’s emerging economies and developing countries, and to achieve a lasting improvement in the quality and productivity of local work.
Together with the Senegalese training organisation Pôle de Développement Industriel (PDI), a technical training programme is planned that will offer new specialised courses in industrial pipeline and boiler construction. AICC supports PDI in this area by providing materials and equipment for training courses in order to promote the use of their products on the African market.
In the medium term, the Task Force wishes not only to bring more German goods and services to Senegal, but also to bring more African products to Germany and to encourage production partnerships and the growth of consortia. ‘Our goal is to replicate the success of the Task Force on Senegal in other partner
countries of the Special Initiative, and to enter into similar partnerships in Ethiopia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Morocco, Rwanda and Tunisia,’ Stephan Kunz says. For example, Invest for Jobs in Tunisia will soon be starting a cooperative scheme modelled on the Senegalese Task Force.
The Task Force on Senegal is supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH as part of the Special Initiative "Decent Work for a Just Transition", and by the Business Scouts for Development programme, on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).