Technical & Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Learn4Work Schokland Programme on TVET Hester Pronk Addis Abeba, 22 January 2009

2 Content of the presentation  Background  TVET proposal  Today: Identification and validation  Way forward, guidelines

3 Learn4Work proposal - Background  new fund  to stimulate new actors to contribute to development: New budget lines Cross-pollination Synergy Innovation  focus on ownership & local needs  use existing contacts and networks → sustainability  linking to existing policies, strategies and interventions → harmonisation  cooperative partnerships: networking for linking and learning  joined forces to lobby  open initiative

4 Learn4Work - Point of departure ‏ Improve access to good-quality TVET in developing countries : TVET often marginalised sub sector little attention and budget for TVET few facilities low status main problem: weak link between education and labour market Potential of TVET for development (poverty alleviation) not optimally used

5 Learn4Work - proposal (1) Objectives ‏  Long term objective: To contribute to substantial income for youth / young people, and particularly those who are marginalised  Operational objective: Improve access to and quality of VE Both formal as non-formal education Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Zambia target group: (marginalised) young people between 15 and 23 years

6 Learn4Work proposal (2) Results ‏ Results:  Access  Quality  Networking  Capacity building and institutional strengthening (South) ‏  Awareness & fund raising (North) ‏

7 Learn4Work proposal (3) Actors ‏  More than 20 Dutch partners involved / interested: education institutes development organisations education member organisations company & TVET knowledge institute

8 Partnership Learn4Work (4) Partnership establish partnerships of N & S organisations (at least 2*2) and elaborate project proposal Ethiopian organisation Ethiopian organisation Dutch NGO Dutch non- NGO

9 Learn4Work Partnership  2 Ethiopian organisations: Establishing linkages Knowledge exchange Cross-pollination  2 Dutch organisations: 1 NGO, 1 other kind of organisation (education institute, business) ‏ Cross-pollination

10 Learn4Work Level of participation Actors actively involved NGO’s, TVET institutes Labour market institutes Actors not actively involved, but support with their knowledge, networks and experiences Ministry of Education, Min. of Labour,Advisory councils, Knowledge centres, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lead, Edukans

11 Learn4Work Proposal (7) Fund ‏  Aim fund: to stimulate 66% own contribution 34% funding  Total project budget: 5 M Euro  Total fund: 2 M Euro (-/- coordination, mapping and L&L) (around 2,8M Birr)

12 Learn4Work – Coordination Partnership Ethiopia Edukans - Lead Evaluation CommitteeAdvisory Committee Partnership Kenya Partnership Ghana Partnership Zambia Partnership Ghana

13 Dutch participants, so far NGOs –Dark and Light –Edukans –Red een Kind (Help a Child) –Woord and Daad Knowledge centre/umbrella organisation –Alice O –COLO –Nuffic VTC: –Groenhorst College –Hoornbeeck College –ROC Landstede –Windesheim College

14 Today  Until today: a Dutch initiative  Objective mapping / validation workshop: to explore / identify opportunities for future interventions Invite parties, who are interested in and committed to improving access to and quality of TVET, to be involved to explore / identify opportunities for future cooperation

15 Future  Identify opportunities to intervene  Identify partners  February 4: similar workshop Netherlands  Call for proposals end Jan – Mid April (format available end January) ‏  EC evaluates proposal  Project implementation: mid 2009 – end 2011