Skills for Employment Forum 2026: Vocational Skills that Lead to Income for Vulnerable Youth
Morogoro, 9 June 2026 - The Embassy of Switzerland in Tanzania and Swisscontact Tanzania, an international NGO rooted in Switzerland, hosted the Skills for Employment Forum under the theme: “Vocational Skills That Lead to Income for Vulnerable Youth.”
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The Forum was held as part of the Skills for Employment Tanzania (SET) project, funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) through the Embassy of Switzerland in Tanzania. It brought together practitioners, policymakers, private sector representatives and development partners to exchange experiences and discuss practical approaches to vocational skills development that strengthen youth employability, entrepreneurship and income generation. The SET programme supports vulnerable youth, to access vocational skills and improve their opportunities for employment.
Discussions highlighted lessons and achievements from the SET project, including how a holistic training model that combines technical skills, entrepreneurship, mentoring and labour market linkages can improve employment and income outcomes for vulnerable young people. The forum also provided an opportunity to strengthen collaboration and identify priorities for more inclusive vocational skills development in Tanzania.
Looking ahead, SET Phase III (2026–2030) was introduced, which will continue supporting vulnerable youth in Morogoro and Iringa through non-formal vocational skills development, with increased attention to climate resilience, green skills and entrepreneurship.
In her remarks, H.E. Nicole Providoli, Ambassador of Switzerland to Tanzania, underscored Switzerland’s contribution to vocational skills development and emphasized three priorities: strengthening private-sector partnerships, supporting pathways from skills to income, and ensuring inclusion remains at the centre of all interventions.
In this context, Sabine Renggli, Swisscontact Country Director and SET Project Lead, highlighted the programme’s impact: “Over the past years, together with our partners, we have reached more than 10,900 young people in Morogoro and Iringa regions, many of them young women and single mothers. What matters most is what happens afterwards: around seven out of ten young people transition into self-employment or paid employment.”
Hon. Adam Kighoma Malima, Regional Commissioner for Morogoro Region, reaffirmed the region’s commitment to youth economic empowerment and asked SET to continue capacitating youth in close collaboration with the Regional Office.