Region: The Netherlands

Institution: AMSCO/ATMS
Website: http://www.icco.nl/nl/

Summary: The African Training and Management Services (ATMS) Project was initiated by AMSCO, and is sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest and most ambitious human capital development effort in the private sector.

About AMSCO/ATMS

Created to play a key role in Africa’s economic development and operating in over twenty five countries, the Project provides human capital solutions that lead to wealth creation via the private sector and commercially operated state enterprises. It comprises two separate, but interrelated components, The ATMS Foundation and AMSCO BV. The ATMS Project is a regional project of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is the executing agency and the African Development Bank (AfDB), regional coordinating agency. Host governments facilitate entry into countries of operation that are tailor-made for emerging businesses and SMEs.