The objective of the Skills Development for Growth Project for Niger is to improve the effectiveness of formal technical and vocational training, short term skills development and apprenticeship programs in priority sectors. There are three components to the project, the first component being improving the effectiveness of formal training. This component aims to help the Government to address the demand for skills in economic sectors with the highest growth and employment potential and to improve youth employability by supporting interventions to improve effectiveness of formal Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) through the support of new demand-driven institutions and a strengthened school-to-work transition approach. The second component is the strengthening short term skills development and apprenticeship programs. This component aims to help Niger address the demand for skills in the economic sectors with the highest growth and employment potential and improve youth employability by supporting short term skills development and apprenticeships programs. Finally, the third component is the institutional capacity strengthening and monitoring and evaluation. The main objective of this component is to support institutional strengthening and the monitoring and evaluation of the project.