Portfolio

Work that has shaped TVET across Africa.

From multi-country CBT programme development to impact evaluations for development banks, Eljen's projects have strengthened skills systems and institutions across the sub-region.

Flagship · National CBT Development

World Bank · Government of Ghana

Ghana Jobs & Skills Project (GJSP) — 46 priority trades

Under the World Bank–funded GJSP, Eljen worked with CTVET to develop complete Competency-Based Training packages for 46 priority trades — delivered in two fully executed phases of 23 trades each — spanning occupational standards, unit specifications, learning materials and assessment instruments at Levels 1–5 of the NTVETQF, with Greening TVET embedded throughout.

Flagship · Curriculum Development

WUSC · Mastercard Foundation

ACTIVATE — Agricultural TVET curricula

2025 – 2026

Reviewing and developing 13 competency-based agricultural curricula (cashew, mango, oil palm, poultry, vegetables, agripreneurship) under the Mastercard Foundation–funded ACTIVATE programme — a system reaching over 80,000 young Ghanaians, with climate-smart, gender-responsive and disability-inclusive competences embedded throughout.

Sector Breadth

APSOG · Global Water · GOPA · World Education

CBT across security, water, agro-processing & crafts

2020 – 2023

Developed full CBT packages across diverse trade areas for public and private clients — Security & Safety Management (Levels I–V) for APSOG, Water Technology for Global Water, Agriculture Processing & Manufacturing with GOPA/PLANCO (Germany), and Weaving & Soap Making for World Education Inc.

Impact Evaluation

African Development Bank

Development of Skills for Industry Project (DSIP)

2012 – 2017

Consultant assessing and evaluating the impact of the DSIP bursary schemes on increasing the participation of disadvantaged groups in TVET.

Programme Evaluation

Bread for the World (Germany)

OIC Liberia TVET Project

Evaluated the OIC project's impact on human and institutional capacity for equitable access to TVET, the quality and relevance of TVET in Liberia, and the project's management structure.

Curriculum Development

GIZ · ATVET

Multi-country CBT programmes

2014 – 2020

Facilitated CBT curriculum development and backstopping across Ghana, Malawi, Kenya and Sierra Leone — including renewable-energy and energy-efficiency trades — for GIZ and the ATVET programme.

National CBT Pilot

JICA

Piloting CBT in Ghana & establishing COTVET

2007 – 2012

Served the JICA TVETS Project as CBT Expert in curriculum development and institutional support, leading the piloting of Competency-Based Training in Ghana and the establishment of COTVET (now CTVET).

In the field