EPA facilitates partnerships between English FE and HE institutions and sub-Saharan African universities and education and training institutions which build institutional capacity with the aim of delivering employability skills in collaboration with local employers and social enterprises.

This builds upon the recent successful England-Africa Partnerships (EAP) programme which supported innovative approaches to institutional capacity building in the African HE sector.

EPA is a 3-year programme which will invest £4.5 million in at least 73 partnership projects from January 2009 to January 2011.

EPA OUTCOMES

			Development of employability skills for local economies
			Sustainable capacity for HEIs/FE colleges (relating to employability skills, social enterprise & entrepreneurship)
			partnerships contributing to the broader skills, employability and entrepreneurship agenda in sub-Saharan Africa
			Engagement of employers and social entreprises in education partnerships
			models of good practice for education co-operation between English and African institutions

EPA PROJECTS

72 new and existing partnerships have now begun activity with support from the EPA programme

In England the programme is engaging:

			40 Higher Education Institutions in England
			15 Further Education Institutions in England

In sub-Saharan Africa:

			69 Higher Education Institutions in sub-Saharan Africa
			16 Further Education Institutions in sub-Saharan Africa

You can find out more about the partnerships and the countries involved from each round below

			EPA round one
			EPA round two
			EPA round three

EPA is now closed to any further applications. Any further opportunities will be posted here.

FINDING PARTNERS

If you are looking for an institution to work with the DelPHE Partner Finding Tool and also the Africa Unit Partnerships Database can help you to locate a partner in Africa or in the UK.