The Government of Grenada is moving full speed ahead with the implementation of the Grenada Training and Employment Project (GTEP). The Programme which will be officially launched in November 2007 is designed to upgrade and enhance the competitiveness of Grenada’s workforce with a view towards ensuring that the country is able to seize the employment opportunities that are being generated by a rapidly developing economic climate in the country, the region and the world at large.

 
In particular, GTEP will be focused on providing unemployed Grenadians with the skills and competencies required to become competitive in the local and regional labour market and to be successful in life in general. In this regard, the project provides for the design and delivery of a programme of training in occupational and life skills targeted specifically at unemployed Grenadians who because of a lack of the occupational and life skills demanded by industry are at a profound disadvantage in the job market.   
 
The immediate focus will be on meeting the short term needs of the local industries with the greatest potential to absorb persons with low-skill basic training in the short term.
 
To facilitate the achievement of the overall objective of increasing youth employment, particular emphasis will be placed on the skills and competencies demanded by industry.  In this regard, the private sector and other key stakeholders were invited to play a pivotal role in the identification of areas of training, and in the design and delivery of courses and training modules.
 
This will help to reduce the gap between the training provided by training providers and the competencies and skills required by industry. In short, this approach will help to reduce the significant wastage which occurs when scarce resources are used to provide training and the trained persons remain unemployed simply because the training provided is not in accordance with the requirements of industry.
 
To further improve the chances of short term and long term success, the training will be certified and will be based on approved national and regional standards.  Training modules/courses will be geared towards meeting national requirements while simultaneously providing certification for portability across the region.
 
The duration of the programme will be between 13-16 weeks, during which participants will be provided with an average of one hundred and ninety hours of training with the equivalent of 10 to 12 credits. A competency-based modular approach will be employed with a view to ensuring the provision of the basic skills-set required to operate effectively in particular trades and at particular levels. Upon completion, a Level 1 certificate will be awarded to the successful trainees.
 
The programme will be managed by the Grenada Citizen Advice and Small Business Agency (GRENCASE) under the general direction of the Ministry of Education and the Grenada Council of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (GCTVET).