BACK TO W ORK (BTW) PROGRAMME 163. Back to work Programme (BTW) was introduced in 2015.The objectives of the BTW Programme are to – a) ensure that Mauritian women above 35 years of age can have employment in private enterprises or with individual employers; b) help women gain back their self-confidence and learn to integrate or re-integrate the labour market by undergoing a training programme designed to build or rebuild self-awareness, self-esteem, social responsibility and entrepreneurial skills and to strengthen interpersonal and communication skills; and c) to arrange for the employment of unemployed Mauritian women in private enterprises or with individual employers. Table 28: BTW statistics as at 31 July 2019 Women Registered 4322 Employers Registered 689 Employers Participated 261 Women placed 1143 No of Agreements signed 588 Source: Training Unit, Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations, Employment and Training DUAL TRAINING PROGRAMME (DTP) 164. The Dual Training Programme (DTP) was introduced in 2015 and is a joint Public/Private sector partnership programme. It provides opportunity for a direct match between demand and supply of companies’ requirements and lessens the consequences of misdirected planning in terms of addressing labour mismatch. 165. According to latest statistics, as at 31 July 2019, 39 companies are participating in this programme and 192 trainees have been placed, out of which 85 have obtained permanent employment. TRAINEE ENGINEER SCHEME 166. A Trainee Engineer Scheme was announced in the Budget Programme 2016-2017 for the placement of 200 trainee engineers in public sector bodies. Its objective was to enable Graduates in engineering to qualify for registration with the Council of Registered Professional Engineers of Mauritius and to operate as full-fledged engineers. It was launched on September 2016 and received more than 700 applications in different fields of engineering. In view of the significant 91