Madagascar: a collective dynamic to guide career guidance and integration
How can we build quality employability paths without establishing a collective dynamic and adopting a common language between support players? In Antananarivo. Objective: structure a community of committed players, capable of proposing concerted responses to the challenges of youth employability.
Towards a collective dynamic at the service of higher education
On May 28 and 29, 2026, the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) hosted a long-awaited and strategic workshop on its premises in Antananarivo: the Atelier de rencontre des acteurs de l'orientation et de l'insertion professionnelle dedicated to higher education. For two days, some twenty career guidance counsellors (COP) and support staff from the public universities of Antananarivo, Fianarantsoa and Toamasina worked side by side side by side with educational managers from IST Antananarivo, INSCAE, ISCAM and the Catholic University of Madagascar. Co-organized within the framework of the TAFA project (supported by the French Embassy, Humanité & Inclusion and the AUF), this session follows on from a successful first edition dedicated to guidance actors in secondary education. Their common mission: to cross-fertilize their experiences in the field to break down the fragmentation of interventions and harmonize practices.
Overcoming fragmentation: the urgent need to pool resources
Support for employability can no longer be provided in a fragmented fashion. In Madagascar, numerous public bodies, associations and university structures are involved in this field on a daily basis. However, the diversity of their tools and approaches often limits the overall impact of their actions on students. For the participants, this workshop offered a rare opportunity for collective reflection. Using real-life experience and realities in the field as an anchor, the interactive sessions helped to align the roles and postures of advisors in the face of rapid changes in the job market and corporate expectations.
An inclusive approach: an imperative at the heart of the program
The work accomplished over the two days went far beyond the framework of a classic exchange. It enabled us to integrate an essential dimension: the inclusive approach. Through a training course dedicated to the fundamentals of disability and vulnerability, higher education players shared common principles for adapting their support methods. The challenge is crucial: to ensure that guidance becomes a genuine lever of empowerment for all student profiles, taking into account the diversity of their backgrounds, aspirations and obstacles.
The strength of the community: concrete tools for after the workshop
What makes this initiative so special is the desire to build lasting synergies. The workshop produced immediate operational results: the collective definition of concrete ways of sharing methods and, above all, the creation of a community of practice.
What's next? Tools will circulate, methods will be harmonized and the network will get to work. This initiative doesn't just bring professionals together - it structures a coherent, coordinated response to the challenge of employment. Proof that well-thought-out, shared support can at last enable young Madagascans to regain confidence in their abilities, make informed choices and become full players in their own future.
Source: www.auf.org/
