The project STRENGTHEN was implemented over a period of 3 years since 2016.It consisted of four components.First, we collected data to address the lack of information on the impact of trade on employment.We looked for studies available on the subject.We conducted an assessment, comparing existing methodologies of the effects of trade on employmentat the national and at the international levels.Another significant result of this project is the issue of capacity building.This is a sensitive and new subject.National partners did not have the skills to address this issue.This project gave them the necessary skills, tools and resources to build capacities.This was mainly done with top managers directly involved in monitoring employment and trade policies.We have shared the results of the TRAVERA study with our partners and they have highlyappreciated it.Through this study, we have analysed specific segments of the value chain.We have seen that some of them are not sufficiently interconnected between each other and this is impacting onjob creation and on the quality of employment.We shared with our partners a very interesting tool which helps to identify the right skills and contributes to the creation of jobs.With this tool, we analysed the automotive industry value chain to observe whichskills are currently available on the market and which skills match the needs of the sector.As part of the project, we focused on the automotive sector.It was a choice we had made with our partners.The automotive industry in Morocco is a strategic one because it is currently the main exporter.However, this industry has been hugely affected by competition and free trade agreements signedrecently by the country.So, this industry has lost many jobs.Checking the results of the automotive industry, we noted that there were specific segmentsof the chain, as I said before, that are not sufficiently connected to each other or tothe global chain.For this reason, we rely on imported products.Importing products from other countries means less employment created at the national level.There are two reasons for creating fewer jobs.One is the technological aspect,and the second is capacity building.The project has supported, I showed earlier, the automotive industry.Especially the weak points identified earlier: the technological development, and digitalisation.which will need further development, it will have to be taken into account in curriculafor the workers, who will enter this industry in the future.Today's skills do not match tomorrow’s jobs;it is really necessary that we start to think about the future of work.At the ILO level, we have started this process.A report on the future of work was published in 2017 and we arecurrently supporting the Moroccan government to conduct a study on the future of work.We also launched an analysis of the working conditions such as flexibility, partial work...These are today's challenges,and we need to take them into account when planning development projects.