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Key Partners
Status
Start year of the initiative:
2013 – still ongoing.
Next steps of initiative:
Nothing, anticipate to keep it the same.
Impact
Country(ies) of impact:
India. Other programme countries include: Argentina, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Ecuador, Indonesia, Kenya, Laos, Libya, Mexico, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Peru, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda
Number of people impacted annually:
12-15 beneficiaries12-15 beneficiaries
Time to intended impact:
2 to 5 years
Benefit to organization:
- Indirect benefit to organization
Key Partners
Status
Start year of the initiative:
2013 – still ongoing.
Next steps of initiative:
Nothing, anticipate to keep it the same.
Impact
Country(ies) of impact:
India. Other programme countries include: Argentina, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Ecuador, Indonesia, Kenya, Laos, Libya, Mexico, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Peru, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda
Number of people impacted annually:
12-15 beneficiaries12-15 beneficiaries
Time to intended impact:
2 to 5 years
Benefit to organization:
- Indirect benefit to organization
Apprenticeship Programme
Submitted by Nestlé
Objective
To provide Indian youth with apprenticeships to strengthen their employability, thereby building a local talent pool of skilled workers to meet Nestlé needs.
Overview and Main Activities
Nestlé is one of the founding members – along with leading personalities from the Swiss private sector – of Swisscontact, a foundation dedicated to training people in developing countries. Swisscontact has developed a large number of vocational and technical training programmes to complement the existing national apprenticeship programmes in emerging economies such as India. This private sector-led initiative seeks to complement the existing national Apprenticeship Act and focuses on improving skills and human resources based on specific industry requirements, which makes it comparatively more focussed than the National Apprentice Programme.
The apprenticeship curricula combine practical and classroom training with content and methodology developed by Swiss federal and private organizations. After successful completion of the programme, participants receive a dual Indian and Swiss certification. Practical training is delivered within a Nestlé Unit – in a speciallydesigned workshop – as well as at local industrial training institutes that are managed by the government.
Since its creation in 1959, Swisscontact has trained approximately 200,000 apprentices and over 700,000 people in its more than 15 programme countries.
Success Factors and Challenges
Most critical success factors:
- Creation of a specific platform in partnership with the government
- Initiative on skill development in partnership with government that strengthens public-private partnership, thereby giving sustainability to the initiative
Main challenges:
- Lack of trained instructors from government-managed Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs)
- Government support in formalizing arrangements
- Clearly defined approach from government to public-private partnerships
- Pioneering nature of this type of public-private partnership, uncommon in India
About the Organization
Website: www.nestle.com
Sector: Agriculture, Food and Beverage
Size (number of employees): 100,000+
Headquarters: Vevey, Switzerland
For Further Engagement
Contact name: Ghislaine Weder
Contact position: Economics & International Relations
Email: [email protected]