Continuous Professional training and vocational education are witnessing a boost in Côte d'Ivoire with the establishment of FDFP (Professional Training Fund). As a veritable structure for the design, organisation and management of professional training, FDFP is a financing-oriented organisation with an autonomous administrative status under the supervision of the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
It orientates, facilitates and implements financing policy in the area of Continuous
professional training and Vocational education in Côte d'Ivoire. Its mission also include the formulation, control and evaluation of training programs. It also provides information, support services and counselling to all its clients.
This report is aimed at describing the Ivorian instrument for funding Continuous professional training and Vocational education through FDFP.
Though institutional provisions and laws were amended over the years, Côte d'Ivoire's objectives in this area did not change. Professional training is considered as an element geared towards enhancing the country's social and economic development. The objectives pursued by the three social partners are as follows:
1. Concerning the enterprises, improve their economic performance through better qualification of their employees.
2. Concerning the workers, it is aimed at providing the opportunity for acquiring new skills, improving these skills and getting promotion on the job.
3. Finally, concerning the Government, to foster the creation and development of economic activities as well as human resource development and promotion.
The institutional and financial measures are many. They include the following:
1. The orientation of policies for Continuous professional training and Vocational education as well as the management of collected funds for implementing these policies. These policies is the responsibility of a Tripartite Management Committee, FDFP Management Committtee where Government, employers and workers have equally represented. |
2. The existence of the Professional Training Fund (FDFP) as a legal entity and self-financing organisation is under the supervision of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. It is financed by funds from Vocational education Tax and Additional tax for Professional Training.
3. All enterprises(subject to tax-paying on basic contribution on salaries) are obliged to contiribute to financing professional training whatever their size to the tune of:
1.5% of the payroll (1.2 % after tax reduction authorised by the Ministry of Economy and Finance) concerning the Additional Tax for Continuous Professional Training.
0.5% of the payroll (0.4% after tax reduction authorised by the Ministry of Economy and Finance) concerning Vocational Tax.
These funds thus collected are used for financing:
-the training of newly employed staff (Integration);
-improving the sikills acquired by interns in their area of specialty (Skill improvement);
-The training help the worker to gain access to a more advantageous position (Promotion);
- Training aimed at changing professional activity (Retraining). |
