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A useful approach for  project identification and planning, implementation, and evaluation is the Project Cycle Management (PCM) framework . For guidance on PCM, please refer to SDC's Project Cycle Management Interactive platform. Additional useful resources are the ZEWO Guidelines for Projects and Programmes.

In the list below you will find some documents for a more general introduction. More specific tools and documents are listed on the following sites.

Core Elements of VSD projects​link​
​​​​​Common Outcome Indicators (COI) and Aggregated Reference Indicators (A​RI):
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​The six strategic orientations of SDC's Education Strategy​​​link​

​​​ Key Documents

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Matthias Jäger, Roman Troxler-SDC [650 kB]
Vocational Skills Development (VSD) is a cornerstone of Swiss development cooperation. This paper aims to help SDC operations to clearly define the approach and orientation of their VSD interventions, to select the right partners, and thus to manage their Project (Portfolio) in line with the relevant SDC strategies, the policy goals of partner countries, and professional standards. The paper also supports the formulation of realistic and plausible expectations predominantly regarding the outcomes and Impact of VSD projects across time. 
SDC [247 kB]

This Glossary includes the most important terminologies and definitions about e+i result measurement.

SDC [317 kB]

This Glossary includes the most important VSD terminologies and definitions.

SDC [2.5 MB]
These guidelines are designed to guide SDC staff in their work, and also serve as a guide for SDC's close partners. An updated version of the guidelines will follow soon.
SDC [1.4 MB]
The How-to-do-Note aims at providing an overview on economic and financial aspects of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) which is increasingly required in project planning and reporting.
Franz Kehl, Gunter Hohlheyer, Wolfgang Schlegel-SDC [1.3 MB]
The publication "Understanding and analysing vocational education and training Systems" 1) provides an introduction to understanding and analysing VET Systems for those working in VET contexts; 2) aims to improve the quality of SDC's VET interventions based on a better understanding of VET systems; and 3) provides input for SDC's Position in the discussion about systemic approaches to development.