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OPERI — Empowering for Sustainable Development
Our programmes

From skills development to systemic reform

Five strategic pillars and five flagship programmes, designed to unlock economic opportunity, strengthen human capital and promote inclusive growth.

Flagship programmes

Programmes in action

Each flagship programme translates our strategy into concrete pathways for youth, women and institutions.

Start-Up Now
01
Entrepreneurship development

Start-Up Now

Training, mentoring and micro-funding for young entrepreneurs, connected to chambers of commerce and employment agencies.

  • Training and mentoring for young entrepreneurs
  • Micro-funding and access to finance
  • Links with chambers of commerce and employment agencies
EmpowerHER
02
Gender-transformative

EmpowerHER

Skills, resources and networks to make women economic leaders, with support for inclusive policy reform.

  • Skills, resources and professional networks
  • Pathways to economic leadership for women
  • Support for gender-responsive policy reform
EduBridge
03
Education to employment

EduBridge

An education-to-employment bridge: curriculum reform, TVET strengthening and school-to-work transition frameworks.

  • Curriculum reform aligned with the labor market
  • TVET strengthening
  • School-to-work transition frameworks
Well@Work
04
Workplace well-being

Well@Work

Mental health and workplace well-being: campaigns, counseling and HR-policy integration with labor ministries and employers.

  • Mental-health and well-being campaigns
  • Counseling and employee support
  • HR-policy integration with employers and ministries
AfricaWorks Lab
05
Policy innovation lab

AfricaWorks Lab

A pan-African policy innovation lab: technical assistance, applied research and regional policy-exchange platforms.

  • Technical assistance to governments
  • Applied research and evidence
  • Regional policy-exchange platforms

Bring a programme to your community or country

We co-design and deliver programmes with governments, partners and local actors.