1. Labor Market Information System & Career Guidance Services Development Project Introduction to the Labor Market Information System & Career Guidance Services Development Project Aidan Maloney Team Leader Consortium APPLICATIO/PEM www.applicatio-pem.org Millennium Challenge Account-Mongolia Vocational Education and Training Project

2. Labor Market Information System & Career Guidance Services Development Project 2 Topics Project Team Objective Expected Outputs Organizations visited Main Activities/Actions Tasks & Duration

3. Labor Market Information System & Career Guidance Services Development Project 3 Project Team

4. Labor Market Information System & Career Guidance Services Development Project 4 Objective The objective is to provide the technical advisory and consulting services to design an integrated Labor Market Information System (LMIS) and Career Guidance Services (CGS) in Mongolia

5. Labor Market Information System & Career Guidance Services Development Project 5 Expected Outputs A Labor Market Information System (LMIS) has been established. Responsibilities and procedures for data collection, data analysis and for the management of the system are clearly defined. The necessary software and hardware are recommended (and provided). Technical Specification for ICT security implemented The necessary capacity building has been provided to ensure the sustainability of the LMIS.

6. Labor Market Information System & Career Guidance Services Development Project 6 Expected Outputs contd. User-friendly career guidance services are supplied by a countrywide network of providers. Responsibilities and procedures for the CGS are clearly defined. Competent career guidance counselors are able to deliver professional and job counseling services for job seekers, students and graduates On-line career guidance services are available for job seekers. Job seekers are aware that the CGS exists and use it appropriately.

7. Labor Market Information System & Career Guidance Services Development Project 7 Organizations visited Ministry of Social Welfare and Labor (MSWL) Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (MECS) National Statistical Office (NSO) Agency for Technical Vocational Education and Training (ATVET) Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry Mongolian Employers Federation (MONEF) Confederation of Mongolian Trade Unions (CMTU) Metropolitan Employment Department Labor and Social Welfare Service Office (LSWSO) Labor Exchange Central Office of Mongolia (LECO) International Labor Organization (Mongolia) ABU Consult for VET MCA-Mongolia Project

8. Labor Market Information System & Career Guidance Services Development Project 8 Main Activities Desk Research Stakeholder Meetings Data Collection Design of Forms & Questionnaires Designing Network Architecture Focus Group research Trainings and Workshops Manuals and technical notes

9. Labor Market Information System & Career Guidance Services Development Project 9 Tasks & Duration

10. APPLICATIO-PEM APPLICATIO Training & Management GmbH Hamburg PEM Consultants GmbH Dusseldorf

11. Relationships

12. INCEPTION PHASE Tasks carried out during Inception Phase Development of stakeholder cooperation Team building and development of common vision and strategies Development of Logframe Writing the inception report