In project implementation, it is critical to understand how planned project components create synergies to achieve the desired impacts. For example, according to the theory of change, VTGF training would be offered in priority areas and by matching the supply of skills to the demand for skills, trainees would find jobs and experienced higher income than they would have without the training. Functioning ISCs were in many ways a necessary precondition to assure that training was offered in priority sectors and skills domains. However, in practice, training was funded in the absence of ISC input, which weakened or broke the link between the demand for skills and the supply of them. The VTGF results reinforce the need to consider implementation decisions, such as moving forward without rigorous demand information from the ISCs and the labor market, within the context of the likely impact on targeted results.
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