Technical & Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Learn4Work Schokland Programme on TVET Hester Pronk Accra, 15 December 2008

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

3 History: Its origin  2007: new government  intensified attention for MDGs  30 June: Schokland event; signing Agreements, a.o. for TVET,  June 2007 – March 2008: developing project proposal  September: approval MoFA  October: initiation

4 Point of departure ‏ (2) Learn4Work 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) Main objective ‏  To contribute to substantial income for youth / young people, and particularly those who are marginalised

6 Learn4Work proposal (2) Objective ‏  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 results: access, quality, networking, capacity building and institutional strengthening (South), awareness & fund raising (North) ‏

7 Learn4Work proposal (3) Results ‏ Results:  Access  Quality  Networking  Capacity building and institutional strengthening (South) ‏  Awareness & fund raising (North) ‏

8 Learn4Work proposal (4) Principals ‏  Focus on ownership & local needs  Stimulate new actors to contribute to development: –Cross-pollination New budget lines Synergy Innovation linking to existing policies, strategies and interventions → harmonisation  use existing contacts and networks → sustainability  Cooperative partnerships: networking for linking and learning  Joined forces to lobby  open initiative

9 Learn4Work proposal (5) Actors ‏  More than 20 Dutch partners involved/interested: education institutes development organisations education member organisations company & TVET knowledge institute

10 Partnership Learn4Work (6) Partnership establish partnerships of N & S organisations (at least 2*2) and elaborate project proposal Ghanaian organisation Ghanaian organisation Dutch NGO Dutch non- NGO

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

12 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

13 Learn4Work Proposal (7) Fund ‏  Aim fund: to stimulate 60% own contribution 40% funding  2 M Euro

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

15 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

16 Future  Identify opportunities to intervene  Identify partners  February 4: similar workshop Netherlands  Project proposal to Edukans (format available mid January) ‏  EC evaluates proposal  Project implementation: mid 2009 – end 2011