1. Technical Support to Tanzania Regional TVET Centers of Excellence
Approach
Nairobi, June 6, 2018

2. Anteja, Slovenia VDI – VDE Germany
TVET Centers of excellence
Value Chains and Clusters
Linking industry and TVET
Demand-driven skills - knowledge-driven services.
Mateja Dermastia, Slovenia
Sylvia Temu, Tanzania
Bede Lyimo, Tanzania
Gerd Meier zu Koecker, Germany,
Fred Kong'ong’o, Kenya
Fernando Queazada, US
Jan Heinze, Germany
Anteja, Slovenia VDI – VDE Germany

3. Kick off meeting
One on One meetings with TVET CoE
Initial review of SIPs

4. GAPS
Business model
Relevance to industry needs
Vision, Mission
Program / Niche
Activities – how, who, when
Cross Cutting and Regional dim

5. Solution is out of the office
Networks
Partnership
Resources

6. Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability
CoE‘s focus - position in the national and regional TVET CoE landscape
Sustainability through Stakeholder Engagement
Attraction of students / high potential
Visibility and Outreach
Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability
Governance and management of the centers
Linkages with industry
Regional and Cross Cutting
Determinantes of our Approach to Strategy TVET CoE involve in every step

7. Focus Linkages Actions

8. Sustainability Addressing needs today, tomorrow and future
Going beyond grants
Long term financial stability
Embedded in the operational and functional structure
Business model
Addresses the evolving market demand for qualified technically trained workers.
Specific plans for constant improvement of efficiencies, market-oriented adaptation and diversification of revenue sources

9. Focus Value Chain What are related needs : Industry, country, region
Position – Mission – Vision

10. Core Stakeholders → National → Regional → Global

11. Industry engagement
Meetings
Workshops
Focus groups
Validation

12. Stakeholder engagement → Strategy development and implementation
Commitment, participation and sustained efforts from the industry and other stakeholders.
Perception and understanding of the opportunities
Constraints that have hampered competitiveness and Innovation
Demand-driven and capacity-based programs,
Equipment and facilities use,
Internships,
Piloting and
staff competencies.

13. National and Regional stakeholder engagement

14. Engage talents - students Talent Camps Events with Industry

15. Linkages – Industry – Students – Talents
Focus workshops
Biopolymer Workshop at the JKUAT, Nairobi, Kenya
Biopolymer Workshop at CBRR Mauritius
Linkages – Industry – Students – Talents

16. Equipment Aligned with Industrial Needs
Types of equipment and equipment platforms of current and future relevance to the selected vocational areas.
Significant capital investment
Competence in maintenance, calibration, immediate levels of repair.
Methods of providing up- to-date equipment access
Purchasing
Leasing
Arrangements with private sector enterprises - “industrial internships” and traineeships on company premises with selected equipment facilities, sharing).

17. Regional Perspective and Cross Cutting
TVET are operating in East Africa
Challenge - Alignment of training standards and skills qualifications based on competency-based learning as determined by the rapidly evolving industry needs.
Niche program – International and Industry recognized
Industrial needs
Key investment regional projects
Access to students, firms at regional level
Incubators, IPR, Entrepreneurship

18. Regional integration and Outreach

19. Formalization links with industry and stakeholders

20. Draft SIPs – Fields of Improving Actions
Stakeholders and Industrial linkages and engagement
Training schemes for staff
Equipment list
Sustainability plan
Numerous programs
Niche program is not clearly defined
Not clear how to assure international / industrial recognition
Improvements vs new program

21. Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability
Governance and management of the centers
Linkages with industry
Gaps
Kick Off
One on One Consultation
May 2018
Niche program – focus
FGD / Interviews
3-days workshops
June 2017
Actions
Budget
Workshops
July 2017
Validation workshop
Cross Cutting issues (Innovation, IPR, Incubators.. )
Regional dimension
August 2018