1. ILO Office for Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda ED-DPG Meeting, 23 March 2011 2011 Programme Update 1

2. Draft TVET Policy Review ◊Support the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training to review the TVET Policy ◊Facilitate stakeholders’ participation in the review: Employers and Trade Unions organisations; Development partners and NGOs 2 2

3. Enhance capacity of non-state actors to engage in TVET ◊Provide support to carry out a rapid assessment of TVET from Trade Unions perspective and sensitization of workers on TVET of relevance to improving productivity

4. Institutional support to VETA and NACTE ◊Support development of bridging course modules that will enable VET graduates to progress from National Vocational Award (NVA) level III to National Technical Award (NTA) level IV. Target courses: Mechanical/Automative and Electricity ◊Support development of 5 occupational standards & CBET curricula for VET training

5. UNDAP 2011 ◊Support establishment of institutional structures to support Labour market information system (LMIS) ◊ Support review existing sector training policies & Science and Technology policy ◊Support baseline studies on informal and formal apprenticeship training in Tanzania

6. UNDAP -Entrepreneurship education ILO through the Youth Entrepreneurship Facility will provide support to entrepreneurship education in secondary schools.

7. Challenges Financial limitations Human resource constraint

8. Opportunities ILO has recruited a Skills development specialist to provide technical support. The initiatives have been incorporated into VETA strategic plans.