1. Swiss-Uzbek “Water Management Skills Development Project in Uzbekistan” (WMSDP)
Goals and Activities
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2. Project passport Budget : 3.354.618 USD
Duration : –
Government counterpart : Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education
Project area : Ferghana Valley and Tashkent Oblast (Uzbekistan)
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3. Reason and Goals for WMSDP
Lack of skilled workers in water management sector
Standards and curricula have to be modernized
Sustainability of Swiss water projects’ results
WMSDP targeted on VET-system
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4. Fields of Project Activities
Designing a scheme for cooperation of colleges and water management facilities
Improvement of standards and curricula
Development of study materials
Organization of practice oriented exams
Advanced training
Establishing regional competence centers
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5. Designing a Cooperation Scheme
Contracts colleges-water management facilities for practical training of students
Agreements colleges-water management facilities for training of teachers
Contracts colleges-water management facilities for cooperation within the regional competence center
Agreements for cooperation in standards, curricula, and study materials development
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6. Improving Standards and Curricula
New standards and curricula for technicians of
water/gas supply and sewerage systems
Irrigation technology operation and maintenance
Irrigated land reclamation systems
Installation, repair and maintenance of automated water management facilities
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7. Developing Study Materials
Study books and manuals developed jointly by all VET-partners
Module packages for further training at regional competence centers developed in line with ILO standards
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8. Organizing Practice Oriented Exams
New set-up for interim and final exams will be applied
More practice oriented exams
Part of the final exam is a work assignment
60% of the examination board are experts of water management sites and companies
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9. Advanced Training Advanced training for
Colleges’ managers and teachers
Company experts
Staff of ministries
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10. Establishing Regional Competence Centers
College based Regional Competence Centers
Training for water management staff and unemployed people
Courses approved by Ministry of labor
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11. Scaling-up Approach of WMSDP
Horizontal scaling-up
200 Colleges and 50 Regional Centers of Competence
9000 College Students and 5000 adults per year
Vertical scaling-up
Project’s working plan discussed and agreed with Ministries
Ministries’ experts assigned for project tasks by Ministers
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12. Thanks for your attention
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