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<!-- Focus Education is a provider of end-to-end educational and training initiatives in developing countries around the world – projects that empower individuals and entire communities, enabling them to shape their own future and the future of their nations. Focus Education handles and leads every aspect of each initiative – from the concept, planning, facility construction, equipment, through courses development, to the training and mentoring of the operation.

History
Focus education was founded in 2012 by Haim Taib, and is a member of the Mitrelli Group.

Its Current location of headquarters offices is Frauenfeld, Switzerland. Focus Education also holds offices in Israel, Angola, Senegal and Ivory Coast.

Its strategic areas of interest:
 * Entrepreneurship promotion
 * Distance learning
 * Digital learning management systems
 * Teachers training programs
 * Government professional training programs

The company’s main projects and activity
Focus Education works in close cooperation with governments and private sector companies in order to design and implement innovative, tailor-made educational projects. Focus Education’s main projects include:
 * 1) The Youth Villages project (2010 - ongoing)– provide youth at-risk with a supportive educational framework that will provide them with an opportunity to change the course of their lives.
 * 2) The RETEP project (2004-2016)- a system of professional and technical schools, expanding the population’s access to education and vocational training.
 * 3) The CLESE project (2012- ongoing)- establishment of local centers for entrepreneurship and professional training.
 * 4) The SIAC project (2015-ongoing)– establishment of Integrated Service Centers for the Citizen (SIAC’s), to the benefit of the Angolan citizens.
 * 5) Centers of Professional Formation (CFP)- establishment of 45 Centers for professional training to ensure the rapid integration of graduates into the labor market.
 * 6) Employment promotion Program PAPE, MAPTSS, Angola (2020 – ongoing). Management of the biggest employment program actually undergoing in Angola, in close contact with INEFOP – Professional Training public Institute. Focus is responsible for planning, construction and equipment of two Professional Training Centers (Bié and Namibe provinces), also for upscaling and requalification of several others. Management of professional Kits sub-program, evolving the supply of around 40.000 professional Kits for almost 30 different professions across all provinces of Angola. Upscaling and equipment for 2 start-up incubators in Luanda.

During its years of activity, Focus Education has achieved the following:
 * Established 10 centers for Entrepreneurial Development and Employment Promotion (CLESE), across Angola, as the first phase of a national project to implement 18 centers. Each center was built, fully equipped and managed for an operational period by FOCUS team. Project aims to empower the local population professional skills and to enable economic growth by promoting the creation of new businesses. Several entrepreneurs were able to establish their businesses in different sectors after attending a business management training program and being financed under a micro credit program.
 * Established 6 Youth Villages - providing youth at-risk with a supportive educational framework making them a part of the local contributing economy. These rural schools were implemented in several provinces across Angola and aim to provide technical training to youngsters, giving them a chance to enhance their professional and personal skills. Job promotion in rural areas is the major goal of this project, established by MAPTSS in Angola, since 2010. Since then, more than 2.000 students were able to attend agriculture technical management, electricity, carpentry and metalwork practical courses.
 * Design, implementation and management of a teacher’s training program for technical training schools across Angola - Providing tools for advanced teaching methods.
 * Training of public administration officials in Angola- Education as a primary component of creating an economic growth engine.
 * Upgrading the system of 52 professional and technical schools across Angola- expanding the population’s access to education and vocational training.
 * Establishment of 2 Integrated Service Centers for the Citizen (SIAC’s)- a public Angolan service to benefit  Angolan citizens by providing several public services in a centralized facility, at Moxico and Huíla provinces.

Social Responsibility
Focus 2050 project (2019-ongoing)- establishment of a free online-learning center for youth and adults. To be established in Luanda, Angola it will allow hundreds of youngsters to access short duration practical online courses. Focus 2050 is a place for personal learning and skills development with maximum flexibility and convenience.