1. Dual TVET for a Green and Inclusive Economy Stefan Hummelsheim, TVET Expert

2. Outline Reputation 1.1 International attention
1.2 Functional performance
Structure
2.1 Overview of key aspects
2.2 Description of key aspects
Transfer
3.1 Success factors
3.2 Adaption potential
3.2.1 Green economy
3.2.2 Inclusive economy
Messages

3. 1. Reputation - International Attention
Positive assessments through multilateral actors
World Bank
OECD
ILO
UNESCO
etc.
Industrialized, developing and emerging countries
Armenia
Ethiopia
Greece
Korea
South Africa

4. 1. Reputation - Functional Performance
Very low youth unemployment rate (integration function)
High transition into the labour force (allocation function)
Qualified skilled workers for the specific needs of the enterprises (qualification function)
Identity promotion through the principle of a regulated occupation and acknowledged role in society (socialization function)

5. 2. Structure – Overview of Key Aspects

6. 2. Structure - Description of key aspects - Training contract

7. 2. Structure - Description of key aspects - Work Based TVET

8. 2. Structure - Description of key aspects - Examination

9. 2. Structure - Description of key aspects - Stakeholder

10. 3. Transfer – Success factors
Cooperation of government, business community and social partners
Learning within the work process
Acceptance of national standards
Qualified TVET staff
Institutionalised research and advice
E.g. examination board, TVET standards
E.g. in-company training = 70 %
E.g. Dual TVET standards, chamber certificate
E.g. competent trainers and VET teachers
E.g. National TVET Report

11. 3. Transfer - Adaption potential - Green economy
General aspects
Integration of environmental qualifications (Green Skills) in TVET
Extension of existing vocational competences by building moduls from Green skills
Development of separate demand-oriented green occupations and TVET strategy
Consideration of the green value chain
Specific aspects
Green/Sustainable/Energy Efficiency Economic growth
Example: Technician for Solar Energy Maintenance, Technician for Robotics

12. 3. Transfer - Adaption potential - Inclusive Economy
General aspects
Strengthen the regional and international exchange of experience in sustainable private sector development and cooperative/dual TVET
Promotion of economic development will contribute to raising demand for labour
Supporting TVET will increase the supply of qualified labour
Teaching and practicing specific local needs for the job market
Specific aspects
Trainees will be better prepared to cope with the requirements and tasks in enterprises
Example: Winemaker, Tourism manager

13. 4. Messages Dual TVET is the superior TVET system
(German) Dual TVET system is historically grown under unique conditions, embedded structures for a continuous modernization, stakeholders support based on consensus
Success factors of the dual system must be adapted in a country-specific manner
Need for a specific “Armenian flavor”, no simple copy process
Armenian adaption potential of dual TVET in different ways to support and to establish Green and Inclusive Economy

14. References
ETF 2017: Armenia. Education, Training and Employment Developments strategy of the Republic of Armenia, Turin
Euler 2013: Germany’s dual vocational training system: a model for other countries? Gütersloh
GOVET 2017: Vocational Education and Training in Germany. Bonn
Hummelsheim, Stefan/Baur, Michaela 2014: The German dual system of initial
vocational education and training and its potential for transfer to Asia. PROSPECTS
Quarterly Review of Comparative Education. Volume 44, Number 2, Prospects (2014) 44:
Mertineit, Klaus-Dieter 2013: TVET for a Green Economy. Bonn, Berlin

15. MANY THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION