KATHMANDU: The Confederation of Nepalis Industries (CNI), UKaid Skills for Employment signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to expand apprenticeship-based job creation campaign called Skill for Nepal.
The collaboration intends to work together to enhance transformational enterprise-driven partnerships to propel growth of employment and enterprise growth opportunities in priority sectors across Nepal, such as commercial agriculture, light manufacturing, tourism, ICT, and construction with special focus on Province 2 and Lumbini Province.
“The Skill Nepal campaign supports to build a skilled workforce within interested partner firms to expedite industry transformation and complements our ‘Make in Nepal’ initiative,” said Vishnu Agarwal, President of CNI. As per him, CNI and UKaid Skills for Employment will build on its efforts to leverage national and provincial government budgets allocated for apprenticeship-based training in partnership with co-investments from the private sector—to ensure quality skilling and job-linked livelihoods for Nepalis.