JICA is about to start two projects in partnership with a Brazilian vocational training institution that will work to boost the capacity of vocational training institutions in Paraguay, which neighbors Brazil, and in the African country of Angola.
SENAI was established in 1942 in Brazil with the goal of developing human resources with the skills and abilities needed by industry. It has provided vocational training to more than 27 million people.
Japan has been providing assistance to the organization since 1962. SENAI has developed superior personnel who can pass on their skills on to other developing countries. JICA has been collaborating with SENAI since the year 2000 to carry out triangular cooperation* with various countries in Latin America and Africa.
The "Project for Developing Qualified Human Resources in response to the Needs of the Industries" in Paraguay launched in June.
The four-year project aims to develop skilled workers and human resources with profound knowledge in the field of factory management, to meet the demands of Paraguayan manufacturing industries. In addition, collaborating with Japanese experts specialized in the Japanese principles of manufacturing known as “
monozukuri,” SENAI experts will undertake development of a curriculum of factory management, as well as strengthen the capacities of the Paraguayan instructors in a model training institute.
And in Angola, the “Project for strengthening the capacity of Vocational Training Center for Civil Construction (CENFOC),” which targets vocational training centers, is about to get underway. In Angola, rehabilitating buildings and infrastructure destroyed by the long civil war is an issue. And the purpose of this project is to develop skilled labors in the construction field.
Angola and Brazil not only share the same official language of Portuguese, important elements of their architecture — land and materials — are also similar, so the guidance of experts sent from SENAI is expected to be effective.
It is a plan focused on improving the skills of young people, some of whom are expected to take the lead in rebuilding infrastructure as part of the effort to build up the country in the wake of the civil war.
Cooperation between Japan and Brazil has been continuing for more than 50 years. It has brought about big results within Brazil, but also has spread to other countries in Latin America and other Portuguese speaking countries including East Timor and some in Africa.
*Triangular cooperation refers to developed countries helping developing countries where development is comparatively advanced to use their development experiences and human resources to carry out assistance to developing countries that are not very developed.
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