SSACI’s overall goal is to promote social and economic development by reducing unemployment amongst young South Africans. SDC expects that SSACI's interventions will contribute to strengthen the skills development sector (implementation of policies, improvement of service delivery).

The project in brief

Directorate/federal office responsible	SDC
Credit area	Development cooperation
Project partners	Contract partner International or foreign NGO
Budget	Current phase Swiss budget CHF    4’200’000 Swiss disbursement to date CHF    1’771’155
Project phases	Phase 3 01.12.2010 - 31.12.2015   (Completed)

Further technical details

• Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation	EDUCATION OTHER SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES EDUCATION
  Sub-Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation	Vocational training Employment policy and administrative management Education policy and administrative management
  Cross-cutting topics	The project takes account of gender equality as a cross-cutting theme. The project supports partner organisation improvements as a priority The project also supports partner organisation improvements
  Type of support	Official development assistance (ODA)
  Type of collaboration	Bilateral cooperation
  Finance type	Aid grant
  Aid Type	Mandate without fiduciary fund Project and programme contribution
  Tied/untied aid	Untied aid
  Project number	7F01359