{"id":585112,"date":"2022-02-06T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T09:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/?p=585112"},"modified":"2022-02-06T09:00:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T09:00:02","slug":"schneider-electric-afd-to-invest-in-energy-sector-training-for-south-africas-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/schneider-electric-afd-to-invest-in-energy-sector-training-for-south-africas-youth_585112.html","title":{"rendered":"Schneider Electric, AFD to invest in energy sector training for South Africa\u2019s youth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro upper-first\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Power&nbsp;management company Schneider Electric, French organisation Agence Fran&ccedil;aise De Developpement (AFD) and the South African Department of Higher Education and&nbsp;Training&nbsp;(DHET) have partnered to invest in South&nbsp;Africa&rsquo;s&nbsp;energy&nbsp;sector.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The DHET and Schneider Electric have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU), while Schneider Electric and AFD have concluded a bilateral agreement. Both agreements are focused on creating&nbsp;training&nbsp;opportunities in the&nbsp;energy&nbsp;sector for South&nbsp;Africa&rsquo;s youth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The five key objectives include&nbsp;training&nbsp;10 000 people up to 2027 on&nbsp;energy-related subjects, the&nbsp;training&nbsp;of trainers, capacity&nbsp;building&nbsp;for the practical skill requirements for trade&nbsp;testing, the rollout of digital education programmes through the Schneider Electric Academy in Anglophone&nbsp;Africa, and support for South African entrepreneurs in the&nbsp;energy&nbsp;space.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A total of &euro;1.2-million has been allocated to this programme by AFD, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.schneider-electric.co.in\/\" target=\"_blank\">Schneider Electric<\/a> and the Schneider Electric Foundation.&nbsp;This builds on previous initiatives to expand the French South African Schneider Electric Education Centre (F&rsquo;SASEC) network, established by the French Ministry of Education, the Schneider Electric Foundation, Schneider Electric South&nbsp;Africa&nbsp;and various educational institutions in South&nbsp;Africa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The F&rsquo;SASEC network focusses on upskilling students with advanced practical&nbsp;training&nbsp;in the field of&nbsp;energy&nbsp;to prepare students for industry requirements.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In May 2021, Schneider Electric became one of the first companies in South&nbsp;Africa&nbsp;to join the French Skills Label programme.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The French South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry in collaboration with the French Embassy of South&nbsp;Africa&nbsp;launched the French Skills Label, which is issued by the embassy. The French Skills Label highlights what French companies are doing in terms of internal and external&nbsp;training&nbsp;opportunities for South Africans.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>About Schneider Electric<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Schneider&#8217;s purpose is to&nbsp;empower all to make the most of our energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability&nbsp;for all. We call this&nbsp;Life Is On.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Our mission is to be your&nbsp;digital partner for Sustainability and Efficiency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We drive digital transformation by integrating world-leading process and energy technologies, end-point to cloud connecting products, controls, software and services, across the entire lifecycle, enabling integrated company management, for homes, buildings, data centers, infrastructure and industries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We are the&nbsp;most local of global companies. 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