Bavarian State Chancellery

The Bavarian State Chancellery has been funding various of our projects in Ethiopia since 2019 as part of the Bavarian Africa Package. These range from the promotion of coffee cooperatives to reduce youth unemployment in Dano, to emergency aid measures during the COVID pandemic, to the construction of schools and the equipping of healthcare facilities in the Amhara and Afar regions. In addition, an extensive reforestation project was realised in Borena to protect the environment and climate.

Duration: 01.10.2025 bis 31.10.2028
Starting in October 2025, we will be building a modern Technical and Vocational Training Centre (TVET) in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. From 2028 onwards, up to 800 new trainees per year will be trained there in the four areas of manufacturing technology, electrical engineering, automotive technology and textile technology. Thanks to high-quality equipment, trainees will be able to deepen their theoretical knowledge through practical exercises on modern machines. The project makes an important contribution to combating high youth unemployment and at the same time supports Ethiopia’s growing industry in training urgently needed skilled workers.

Duration: 01.10.2024 to 30.09.2028
The pilot project ‘Ethiopian skilled workers for the Bavarian labour market’ combines the surplus of qualified young skilled workers in Ethiopia with the shortage of skilled workers that Bavarian companies are experiencing. We will identify at least 25 Ethiopian skilled workers in the fields of electrical, automotive and manufacturing engineering at our Agro Technical and Technology College (ATTC) and prepare them for the German labour market in the newly established ‘German-Bavarian Skills Hub at ATTC’ within just under two years and place them in various Bavarian companies with a shortage of skilled workers.

Duration: 15.10.2024 until 31.01.2026
The project ‘Promotion of vocational training at TVET in Bure, Oromia’ aims to equip a newly built training centre (Technical Vocational Education and Training Centre, TVET) in Bure with modern equipment. Every year, 600 young people, particularly women, will be able to start training in the fields of automotive mechanics, electrical engineering, production engineering and woodworking. The aim of the project is to reduce youth unemployment, promote economic development in the region and offer young people better career prospects. The Bavarian State Chancellery is supporting the procurement and installation of the necessary equipment.

Duration: 15.04.2023 to 31.12.2025
Until the end of December 2025, three schools for a total of 2,800 pupils will be built in Afar, Somali and the regional state of southern Ethiopia. The overall objective of the project is to improve school education for girls and boys. As part of the project, one residential and three administrative buildings will be constructed, as well as two libraries and six classroom buildings with four classrooms each. In addition, six dry toilet units and three water tanks with hand washing facilities will be built.

Since 2019, several projects funded by the Bavarian State Chancellery have been successfully completed:

If you have any questions about our publicly funded projects, please contact Jan Borchert and Larissa Zwingel.