VSD Events

<div class="ExternalClass07D3899374A4465CA58BFC7F3B5052D0"><p><span style="color&#58;rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family&#58;FrutigerLTW04, Frutiger, Arial, sans-serif;font-size&#58;16px;letter-spacing&#58;normal;">Aligning with WorldSkills’ Vision 2025, WorldSkills General Assembly 2018 will incorporate engagement and input from external stakeholders. This will be realized by transitioning from the WorldSkills Leaders Forum to the WorldSkills Conference guided by the WorldSkills Conference Coalition, hosting working group discussions related to WorldSkills’ focus areas, and increasing the structure and profile of the Marketing and Communications areas... [<a href="https&#58;//worldskills2018.com/">more</a>]</span></p></div>

<div class="ExternalClassD7A8A9EB9281492896A2D1EB2A6171E7"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass508EB746AF2B4A84934C22D1193F78C7"><strong><span lang="en-US" style="font-size&#58;10pt;">What is an e-talk?</span></strong><span lang="en-US" style="font-size&#58;10pt;"><strong>&#160;</strong>An e-talk is a tool that the E+I network has launched and which should serve to discuss a particular issue in smaller group, but is expected to be more interactive than the regular webinars tend to be. Participation is limited around 10 people.&#160;</span><h3><a href="/site/ei/Pages/Content/Event-Profile.aspx?Event=2018-03%20e-talks%20youth%20employment">Find out more about the format of e+i's e-Talk! here.&#160;</a></h3><p style="text-align&#58;justify;"><span style="font-size&#58;10pt;font-family&#58;Arial, sans-serif;letter-spacing&#58;normal;text-indent&#58;-18pt;color&#58;rgb(0, 0, 0);font-weight&#58;normal;">For the proposed e-talk, GOPA will present its innovative approach of employment counselling that they implement in the <a href="/site/EI/Documents/VSD/About/Project%20Portfolio%20Analysis/GOPA%20-%20Project%20description%20-%20Job%20Clubs%20and%20group%20counselling%20in%20BiH%20-%202018(en).pdf">SDC youth employment project in BiH</a>. Employment counselling is carried out through individual counselling or JobClubs of the employment bureau - the form of group counselling. In particular the latter way can be of interest to other countries, as Labor market insertion is part of many of our projects and sometimes, working with PES is quite challenging.</span></p><div style="font-family&#58;'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;letter-spacing&#58;normal;"><span style="font-size&#58;11pt;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size&#58;10pt;">Please have a look at the <strong><a href="/site/EI/Documents/VSD/Topics/Youth%20Employment/082018-etalkJobClubs-Group%20counselling%20services%20for%20young%20unemployed%20in%20BiH%20Public%20Employment%20Services.pdf">background reading</a></strong><a href="/site/EI/Documents/VSD/Topics/Youth%20Employment/082018-etalkJobClubs-Group%20counselling%20services%20for%20young%20unemployed%20in%20BiH%20Public%20Employment%20Services.pdf">&#160;</a>as preparation for the e-talk!. We hope this will trigger some question on the topic. Also, for your information,&#160;</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size&#58;10.5pt;">find below success stories from several last years, unfortunately only in local language.&#160;</span></span></div><div style="font-family&#58;'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;letter-spacing&#58;normal;"><span style="font-size&#58;11pt;"><a href="https&#58;//sms-eda-owa2010.ras.admin.ch/f5-w-68747470733a2f2f63617361727261792e6564612e61646d696e2e6368$$/owa/redir.aspx?C=y4SFmrl83flZbvKAzARoE-6QCPXGlgUYpzuhRyEpeMlG_S5CSxLWCA..&amp;URL=http&#58;//yep.ba/wp-content/uploads/brosure/Uspjesne_Price.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size&#58;10.5pt;"><span lang="en-US">http&#58;//yep.ba/wp-content/uploads/brosure/Uspjesne_Price.pdf</span></span></a></span></div><div style="font-family&#58;'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;letter-spacing&#58;normal;"><span style="font-size&#58;11pt;"><a href="https&#58;//sms-eda-owa2010.ras.admin.ch/f5-w-68747470733a2f2f63617361727261792e6564612e61646d696e2e6368$$/owa/redir.aspx?C=k9V-bwWfg9bmlZwVgyXn-i836RrYsioyMGEcPAK9kFpG_S5CSxLWCA..&amp;URL=http&#58;//yep.ba/wp-content/uploads/brosure/YEP-Uspjesne-price-2015.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size&#58;10.5pt;"><span lang="en-US">http&#58;//yep.ba/wp-content/uploads/brosure/YEP-Uspjesne-price-2015.pdf</span></span></a></span></div><div style="font-family&#58;'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;letter-spacing&#58;normal;"><span style="font-size&#58;11pt;"><a href="https&#58;//sms-eda-owa2010.ras.admin.ch/f5-w-68747470733a2f2f63617361727261792e6564612e61646d696e2e6368$$/owa/redir.aspx?C=vd32IlVEAT1CR1i0hgkjsHZ5fo_rbbmpUSgRcQNcznlG_S5CSxLWCA..&amp;URL=http&#58;//yep.ba/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/YEP-Price-o-uspjehu-2017.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size&#58;10.5pt;"><span lang="en-US">http&#58;//yep.ba/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/YEP-Price-o-uspjehu-2017.pdf</span></span></a></span></div><div style="font-family&#58;'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;letter-spacing&#58;normal;"><span style="font-size&#58;11pt;"><a href="https&#58;//sms-eda-owa2010.ras.admin.ch/f5-w-68747470733a2f2f63617361727261792e6564612e61646d696e2e6368$$/owa/redir.aspx?C=vPVt2R9960r7mGNr73i_YCX8bxd3iyQIg9Sa8fNmt_hG_S5CSxLWCA..&amp;URL=http&#58;//yep.ba/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/YEP-Uspje%25C5%25A1ne-pri%25C4%258De-2017.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size&#58;10.5pt;"><span lang="en-US">http&#58;//yep.ba/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/YEP-Uspje%C5%A1ne-pri%C4%8De-2017.pdf</span></span></a></span></div><div style="font-family&#58;'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;letter-spacing&#58;normal;"><span style="font-size&#58;11pt;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size&#58;10pt;"><br></span></span></div><div style="font-family&#58;'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;letter-spacing&#58;normal;"><span style="font-size&#58;11pt;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size&#58;10pt;">We hope that at least from each SCO one Program officer can attend. If, after reading the teaser, <strong>you think that your project partner would also benefit from engaging in this discussion, please forward the invitation</strong> with the link to them (and of course to other people in your office, should you think this might be of interest to all).&#160;</span></span></div><div style="font-family&#58;'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;letter-spacing&#58;normal;"><span style="font-size&#58;11pt;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size&#58;10pt;"><br></span></span></div><div style="font-family&#58;'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;letter-spacing&#58;normal;"><span style="font-size&#58;11pt;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size&#58;10pt;">If you have any questions, get in touch with andrea.inglin@eda.admin.ch</span></span></div><div style="font-family&#58;'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;letter-spacing&#58;normal;"><span style="font-size&#58;11pt;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size&#58;10pt;">&#160;</span></span></div><div style="font-family&#58;'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;letter-spacing&#58;normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family&#58;'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;letter-spacing&#58;normal;"><br></div></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClassE3415A21E5E64160999AC47F96D218D5"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass08C997D87B39403F8E42BDD953993F5C"><p>Africa’s largest conference and exhibition on technology supported learning, training and skills development. eLearning Africa is a network of experts, professionals and investors, committed to the future of education in Africa.</p><p>The conference is being organised by ICWE GmbH and the Rwanda Convention Bureau under the patronage of the Rwandan Government... [<a href="http&#58;//www.elearning-africa.com/" target="_blank">more</a>]</p><p><br></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass890F5D17945D4D66BE94A4782B5EDDD9"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClassF48F69261CD34D38BF30EFE9A8AF2460">The event aims to discuss how the academic fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) can contribute to the empowerment of youth - with a special focus on young women and girls - by eliminating the gender gap in education and skill-development, and by providing equal employment opportunities, as a strategy to reduce overall inequalities, eradicate poverty and promote peace and prosperity for all... [<a href="http&#58;//www.un.org/en/events/youthskillsday/index.shtml" target="_blank">more</a>].</div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClassC69B1C2629B34EABA6E808EB02F33DD1"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClassD6A8C2C1AF3C45629DFD1F6058B40293"><p>The Center for the Economics and Managment of Education and Training Systems offers the <strong>Summer Institute 2018&#58; Economic Policy Development Research Program for Education Reform Leaders</strong></p><p>Application Deadline is&#160;1st of April 2018. For more Information, see the <a href="/site/EI/Documents/News/201712-ethzurich-summerinstitute2018.pdf" target="_blank">Flyer here.&#160;</a><strong><a href="/site/EI/Documents/News/201712-ethzurich-summerinstitute2018.pdf" target="_blank">&#160;</a></strong></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass3EF7EAF0FE0944228672D6D0A49ED0BD"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass59856CB13E2D463F9935A22FD3C5092D"><span style="color&#58;black;font-family&#58;&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size&#58;15pt;">3rd International Congress on VPET in 2018</span><p style="line-height&#58;130%;"><span style="color&#58;black;line-height&#58;130%;font-family&#58;&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size&#58;9pt;">6 -&#160;8 June 2018.</span></p><p style="line-height&#58;130%;"><span style="letter-spacing&#58;0.4px;line-height&#58;130%;font-family&#58;Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size&#58;9pt;">VPET specialists from over 80 nations took part in the last edition of the congress and shared their knowledge over three days. Memories we do not want to miss! You can find them in the chapter <em><span style="font-family&#58;&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">review&#160;</span></em>on the official <a href="http&#58;//newsletter.vpet-congress.ch/t/i-l-utjhitd-btllujdij-i/" target="_blank"><span style="color&#58;rgb(148, 176, 83);"><u>congress website</u></span></a>.<br></span><span style="letter-spacing&#58;0.4px;line-height&#58;130%;font-family&#58;Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size&#58;9pt;">The heading of the next congress will be&#160;&quot;Careers through Skills&quot;.&#160;</span><span style="letter-spacing&#58;0.4px;font-family&#58;Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size&#58;12px;">Click here for <a href="http&#58;//vpet-congress.ch/call-for-proposals" target="_blank"><span style="color&#58;rgb(148, 176, 83);"><u>more info</u></span></a>.</span><span style="letter-spacing&#58;0.4px;font-size&#58;1.1em;">&#160;</span><span style="letter-spacing&#58;0.4px;font-size&#58;1.1em;">&#160;</span></p><p style="line-height&#58;130%;"><span style="color&#58;black;line-height&#58;130%;font-family&#58;&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size&#58;9pt;">Follow&#160;the congress on <a href="http&#58;//newsletter.vpet-congress.ch/t/i-l-utjhitd-btllujdij-d/" target="_blank"><span style="color&#58;rgb(148, 176, 83);"><u>Twitter&#160;</u></span></a>and <a href="http&#58;//newsletter.vpet-congress.ch/t/i-l-utjhitd-btllujdij-h/" target="_blank"><span style="color&#58;rgb(148, 176, 83);"><u>Facebook&#160;</u></span></a>and spread the news about #VPET18.</span></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass2E9CC9CA4732406092CB935884807493"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass40C8581EA4B44FD3AC0D56B187392365">In the run-up to the VPET congress, on June 6, the SDC holds its biennial international VSD event. The event is a great possibility to learn more about the SDC's VSD strategy and its projects. In addition to the key notes and visits of companies that provide VET, you will also have plenty of time to network with colleagues from all over the world. More than 70 experts, implementers, SDC staffers and ministers from 30 different countries participated in the last event... [<a href="/site/EI/Pages/Content/Event-Profile.aspx?Event=2018-06%20SDC%20VSD%20Event" target="_blank">more</a>]</div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClassDCAB47929DE3405DA4248426E0631BC8">The course on <b>Skills Needs Anticipation and Matching</b>&#160;will take place from <b>April 16 – 20, 2018</b> at the ITC-ILO Campus in Turin (Italy). The participation cost is Euro 2215.- and the <b>registration deadline is March 13, 2018</b>. For more information on the course contents, partial fellowships and the application procedures, please consult our <a href="http&#58;//promotion.itcilo.org/index.php?entryPoint=campaign_trackerv2&amp;track=46b98910-05ea-11e8-88c9-005056b95b9b&amp;identifier=478fa9e5-5433-e5c6-ef13-5a7372d25a67">course flyer</a>.</div>

<div class="ExternalClassFC8CB43B66974973A021E3F050CC17CE"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass92021678A28C4DD296AB6BC9ED77B5B8">Mobile Learning Week is UNESCO’s flagship ICT in education conference. Mobile Learning Week 2018 is being organized in partnership with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialized agency for ICT. The event will be held from 26 to 30 March at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. The 2018 event will be organized under the theme “Skills for a connected world”. Participants will exchange knowledge about the ways governments and other stakeholders can define and achieve the skills-related targets specified by Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4)... [<a href="https&#58;//en.unesco.org/mlw/2018">more</a>]</div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass75E7E027B0CC44ACBCAED607D0EE5993"><p style="">Throughout the last 14 years, the International Conference of Quality Management in Education and Training Systems (CIMQUSEF) has evolved into an internationally renowned scientific event, and an unavoidable annual meeting, allowing &#160;researchers and experts from all over the world to address issues Quality and issues related to Education, Training and Scientific Research.</p><p style="">In 2018, and within the framework of the strategic orientations of Morocco, CIMQUSEF'14 has set itself the central objective of addressing the major issues that challenge the future of the African continent. To this end, the Moroccan Association for the Improvement of the Quality of Education (AMAQUEN), and the Research Group in Organizational Management (GREGO) of the Cadi Ayyad University, have agreed jointly, To put on the agenda of CIMQUSEF'14 the theme of the role of Education Systems, Training and Scientific Research in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs2030) and those of the Agenda 2063 for Africa... [<a href="https&#58;//cimqusef.amaquen.org/ocs/index.php/cimqusef14/SDG">more</a>].</p></div>

<div class="ExternalClass533D981969FE413D922CD870DA9EA5B2"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass758385691ACD4D21ADF56C5B26DFDF95"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom&#58;0.0001pt;line-height&#58;normal;background-image&#58;initial;background-position&#58;initial;background-size&#58;initial;background-repeat&#58;initial;background-attachment&#58;initial;background-origin&#58;initial;background-clip&#58;initial;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom&#58;0.0001pt;line-height&#58;normal;background-image&#58;initial;background-position&#58;initial;background-size&#58;initial;background-repeat&#58;initial;background-attachment&#58;initial;background-origin&#58;initial;background-clip&#58;initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size&#58;10pt;font-family&#58;arial, sans-serif;letter-spacing&#58;0.3pt;"><strong>Update&#58;&#160;</strong></span>A<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size&#58;10pt;font-family&#58;arial, sans-serif;letter-spacing&#58;0.3pt;">&#160;summary of the event and all slides are available <a href="/site/EI/Pages/Content/Profiles.aspx?SmartID=1572&amp;item1=2018-03%20Youth%20employment%20promotion" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom&#58;0.0001pt;line-height&#58;normal;background-image&#58;initial;background-position&#58;initial;background-size&#58;initial;background-repeat&#58;initial;background-attachment&#58;initial;background-origin&#58;initial;background-clip&#58;initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size&#58;10pt;font-family&#58;arial, sans-serif;letter-spacing&#58;0.3pt;"><strong>Millions of young people are unemployed worldwide</strong>; In addition, youth are disproportionally affected by poor working conditions. On top of this, the world of work is changing and requires new and innovative solutions that offer employment and income for future generations. The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) has gained experiences which contribute to the SDGs and offer <strong>valuable insights on how to effectively promote youth employment</strong>. 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<div class="ExternalClassA6926AB5864D4E4C8C66D611E8350D07"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass23DDE4B188374C0C89574B4FEF6136D9"><p>Rooted in Switzerland’s own unique and strong system, vocational education and training (VET) has been one of the key pillars in Swiss international cooperation ever since its beginnings. The aim of the module is to strengthen the competence in portfolio management for VET, skills development and labor market policies.</p><p><strong>Key Topics</strong><br>1. Basic concepts and terms Differences and commonalities between VET and neighboring systems<br>2. Planning, assessment and counseling of interventions with different objectives (e.g. econ. development, poverty, ...)<br>3. Analysis of VET as a cooperation system of stakeholders with different duties, interests and competencies<br>4. Swissness and specific Swiss strengths in VET&#58; potentials and limitations of transferring the dual VET system to other contexts 5. Background, the potential use and the limitations of (national) qualification frameworks<br>6. Half-day visit to important “players” of the Swiss VET landscape</p><p><strong>Duration&#58;</strong> 12.03. – 16.03.2018<br><strong>Course Coordinators&#58;</strong><span style="font-size&#58;14px;letter-spacing&#58;0.4px;">&#160;Dr. Rudolf Batliner (NADEL), Franz Kehl (KEK-CDC Consultants), Prof. Dr. Markus Maurer (PHZH)</span></p><p><strong>&#160;Course fee&#58;</strong> CHF 950.-<br><strong>ECTS Points&#58;</strong> 2<br><strong>More information</strong>&#58;<span style="font-size&#58;14px;letter-spacing&#58;0.4px;">&#160;</span><a href="http&#58;//www.nadel.ethz.ch/education/spring-semester-2018/vet.html" style="font-size&#58;14px;background-color&#58;rgb(255, 255, 255);letter-spacing&#58;0.4px;" target="_blank">http&#58;//www.nadel.ethz.ch/education/spring-semester-2018/vet.html</a></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClassC2915C232B07416397BE5316E0943BBB"><p><strong>Qualifizierung von Ausbildungsverantwortlichen in Betrieben</strong></p><p><font size="3">Qualität in der Berufsbildung ist abhängig von zahlreichen Faktoren. Pädagogisch-didaktisch gut geschultes Berufsbildungspersonal, das auch über Erfahrung in der Arbeitswelt verfügt, ist zweifellos ein Schlüsselfaktor. Das FoBBIZ geht in dieser Reihe der Frage nach, wie die Berufsbildung zu qualitativ hochstehendem, professionellem Personal kommt – und es auch behalten kann. </font></p><p><font size="3"> </font></p><p><font size="3">Der zweite Anlass dieser Themenreihe findet am EHB statt, welches international zu diesem Thema in zahlreichen Projekten Expertise einbringt. Der Fokus liegt dieses Mal auf der betrieblichen Ausbildung und geht folgenden Fragen nach&#58; </font><b><font face="Calibri,Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri,Calibri" size="3">Was ist Qualität in der betrieblichen Ausbildung? Wie kommt sie zustande? Welche Methoden werden wir in Zukunft in der betrieblichen Ausbildung einsetzen können? Wie kann Transfer von schweizerischen Erfahrungen gelingen? </font></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Calibri,Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri,Calibri" size="3">&#160;</font></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Calibri,Calibri" size="3"><font face="Calibri,Calibri" size="3">Mehr Informationen zum <a href="http&#58;//www.fobbiz.ch/de/aktuell/2018/01/08/themenreihe-12/">Programm</a> und zur <a href="http&#58;//www.ehb.swiss/deutsche-schweiz">Anreise. </a></font></font></b></p></div>

<div class="ExternalClass042FF8C715124DFAA928869EF55A1EDB"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass39590056068E489DB6C5E5490E84BD03"><div>The interactive course provides an introduction to key frames and principles of the M4P approach and their systematic application to project implementation and consultancy in different thematic contexts. M4P increasingly serves as a strategic framework beyond private sector development, also for development work in other thematic fields (public services, education, health care, environment etc.), shaping the discourse about effective intervention strategies with varying goals. <a href="http&#58;//www.nadel.ethz.ch/education/spring-semester-2018/m4p.html" target="_blank">&gt;&gt; more&#160;</a></div><div>&#160;</div></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass507CA450EA114F38B6407E1A81B4CE84"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClassD869102029D74E428D03EECB52428C78"><p>Der Fokus der Veranstaltung liegt auf der betrieblichen Ausbildung und geht folgenden Fragen nach&#58; Was ist Qualität in der betrieblichen Ausbildung? Wie kommt sie zustande? Welche Methoden werden wir in Zukunft in der betrieblichen Ausbildung einsetzen können? Wie kann Transfer von schweizerischen Erfahrungen gelingen?</p><p><span style="letter-spacing&#58;0.4px;"><strong>Anmeldeschluss ist der 6. Dezember.&#160;</strong><br></span><span style="letter-spacing&#58;0.4px;">Mehr Informationen und Anmeldeformular&#58;&#160;<a href="http&#58;//www.fobbiz.ch/de/aktuell/2017/09/14/themenreihe-12/" target="_blank">http&#58;//www.fobbiz.ch/de/aktuell/2017/09/14/themenreihe-12/</a></span></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass3895CEA721AC4F03B469C8AF1CEC2DED"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass47C0AA7A6B15426FBC04627E7725EFB6">Veranstaltung in dieser Themenreihe legt das Hauptgewicht auf die Bildungsverantwortung seitens der Lehrmeister. Mit welchen Mitteln deren Bildungsqualitäten gefördert, welche Unterstützung seitens der Betriebe dafür notwendig sind und ob diese Erwartungen den tatsächlichen Möglichkeiten der Privatwirtschaft in diesen Bereichen entsprechen, soll in Interviews und Diskussionen erörtert werden.<p><span style="font-family&#58;Arial;font-size&#58;small;">Datum/Zeit&#58; 18. Dezember 2017, 15&#58;00 – 18&#58;00&#160;</span></p><p><span style="font-family&#58;Arial;font-size&#58;small;">Ort&#58; EHB IFFP Zollikofen&#160;</span></p><p><span style="font-family&#58;Arial;font-size&#58;small;">Für mehr Informationen&#58; <a href="http&#58;//www.fobbiz.ch/de/veranstaltungen/">http&#58;//www.fobbiz.ch/de/veranstaltungen/</a>&#160;</span></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClassD35F884943314D519C297EAB306BF8D4"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClassAAF96690A13F443AA9687B2138930B5B"><p><u>In German</u></p><p><br></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin&#58;6pt 0cm;text-align&#58;center;"><strong><span style="font-family&#58;&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size&#58;15pt;">EINLADUNG</span></strong></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin&#58;6pt 0cm;text-align&#58;center;"><strong><span style="font-family&#58;&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size&#58;15pt;"><strong><span style="line-height&#58;150%;font-family&#58;&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size&#58;12pt;">Schweizer Lancierung des Global Education Monitoring Reports 2017</span></strong></span></strong></p><p><br></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin&#58;0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align&#58;center;line-height&#58;150%;"><strong><span style="line-height&#58;150%;font-family&#58;&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size&#58;12pt;">“Rechenschaft im Bildungsbereich&#58; unseren Verpflichtungen nachkommen”</span></strong></p><p><br></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin&#58;0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align&#58;center;line-height&#58;150%;"><span style="line-height&#58;150%;font-family&#58;&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size&#58;12pt;">13. Dezember 2017, 09&#58;15-13&#58;30 Uhr</span></p><p><br></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin&#58;0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align&#58;center;"><span style="font-family&#58;&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size&#58;12pt;">Berner Generationen Haus, Bahnhofplatz 2, Bern</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin&#58;0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align&#58;center;"><br></p><span style="font-family&#58;&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size&#58;12pt;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin&#58;0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align&#58;center;"><a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Partner%20Activities/VSD%20partner%20activities/VSD/Invitation%20GEMR%20launch%202017_Deutsch%20(2).pdf">(Mehr Informationen und offizielle Einladung)</a></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin&#58;0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align&#58;center;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin&#58;0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family&#58;&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size&#58;10pt;">Der Globale Bildungsbericht 2017-2018</span></strong></p><p align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="margin&#58;0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align&#58;center;"><span style="letter-spacing&#58;0.4pt;font-family&#58;&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size&#58;10pt;">D<span lang="DE" style="font-family&#58;&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size&#58;10pt;">er Globale Bildungsbericht (GEMR) 2017-2018 widmet sich dem Thema „Rechenschaft im Bildungsbereich“. Zur Erreichung des Bildungsziels 4 (SDG 4) der Agenda für Nachhaltige Entwicklung 2030 &quot;Gewährleistung einer gerechten, inklusiven und hochwertigen Bildung für alle und Möglichkeiten für lebenslanges Lernen&quot; sind weltweit alle im Bildungssystem aktiven Akteure zur Handlung aufgefordert.&#160;&#160;</span></span></p><p align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="margin&#58;0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align&#58;center;"><span style="font-family&#58;&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size&#58;10pt;"><span lang="DE" style="color&#58;rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family&#58;&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size&#58;10pt;">Der Bericht analysiert, was Rechenschaft in Bildung bedeutet und untersucht die Rolle der relevanten Bildungsakteure – Regierungen, Schulen, Lehrer, Eltern, die internationale Gemeinschaft, der Privatsektor etc. –&#160; zum Erreichen einer inklusiven, chancengerechten und hochwertigen Bildung. Nach einer Analyse von Politiken und Faktoren, welche Verantwortung und Rechenschaft stärken oder schwächen, schließt der Bericht mit konkreten Empfehlungen. Darüber hinaus beleuchtet der GEMR die Fortschritte des SDG 4 der Agenda 2030.</span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin&#58;0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align&#58;center;"><br></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin&#58;0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align&#58;center;">&#160;</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin&#58;0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin&#58;0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align&#58;center;">&#160;</p><p><br></p></span><p><br></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass466E76BAB2EF41FCB7902FC68A31D78E"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><p><a href="http&#58;//www.itcilo.org/en/areas-of-expertise/skills-development-and-vocational-training/management-of-vocational-training-centres?set_language=en" target="_blank">ITC-ILO Training course on Management of Vocational Training Centres</a></p><p>27 November- 01 December 2017 | Turin, Italy</p><p>Languages&#58; English</p><p>We have the pleasure to announce that the International Training Centre of the ILO (ITC-ILO) is offering a training course on “Management of Vocational Training Centres”. The course flyer, which can be downloaded <a href="http&#58;//www.itcilo.org/en/areas-of-expertise/skills-development-and-vocational-training/management-of-vocational-training-centres?set_language=en" target="_blank">here</a>, can give you further information on the programme and the application procedures.&#160;</p><h3>Costs</h3><p>&#160;The total participation cost is € 2,180 per participant. This comprises training fees and subsistence costs, including full board and lodging at the ITC-ILO Campus. The fee does not include the cost of travel to and from the ITC-ILO, Turin.&#160;</p><p>ITC-ILO has a limited number of partial fellowships of € 1,000.- each available. To apply for a fellowship, please follow the procedures set out in the course flyer.</p><h3>Deadline for application</h3><p>&#160;20 October 2017<br>The final confirmation of acceptance in the course and award of fellowships will be given by 27. October 2017.<br>We encourage applications by women and persons with disabilities.</p></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClassD1E427B2E6844651A47012C4179A179F"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClassD559B85C3725448EBD0699413A35DEA2"><p>Im Rahmen der FoBBIZ-Jahresveranstaltung werden unter anderem die folgenden Punkte diskutiert&#58; Wie legitim und realistisch sind die Forderungen und Erwartungen der Politik an die Entwicklungszusammenarbeit? Was wird genau erwartet? Was kann in Fluchtkontexten vor Ort tatsächlich getan werden, damit die Leute eine sinnvolle Perspektive erhalten? Welche Instrumente – insbesondere im Bereich Berufsbildung – sind dabei besonders wirksam? Wie können Berufsbildungsmassnahmen gestaltet werden, um Perspektiven vor Ort zu schaffen?</p><p><strong>Anmeldeschluss ist der 6. November.</strong><br><span style="text-align&#58;justify;">Mehr Informationen und Anmeldeformular&#58;</span><span style="font-family&#58;Arial;font-size&#58;13px;letter-spacing&#58;0.4px;text-align&#58;justify;">&#160;</span><a href="http&#58;//fobbiz.ch/de/aktuell/2017/10/09/flucht-und-migration-2017/" style="font-family&#58;Arial;font-size&#58;13px;letter-spacing&#58;0.4px;background-color&#58;rgb(255, 255, 255);">http&#58;//fobbiz.ch/de/aktuell/2017/10/09/flucht-und-migration-2017/</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass209717C8B01C4572AF577CFDA734670A"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClassD9A82062F1874D21A1ADFE23242FEE27"><p><span style="font-size&#58;small;"><span style="font-family&#58;Arial;"><strong><em>Berufsbildung – Flucht – Migration – Gewaltsamer Extremismus&#58;&#160;</em></strong>In der entwicklungs-politischen Diskussion wird Berufsbildung im Kontext von Migration, Flucht und Extremismus zunehmend als Instrument zur Schaffung von Perspektiven für junge und arbeitslose Menschen propagiert. Auch im humanitären Bereich und in Krisensituationen werden die Berufsbildungsansätze immer häufiger eingesetzt. Können damit die grossen Hoffnungen erfüllt werden – und wie schnell? Wir untersuchen und diskutieren dies an unserer Jahresveranstaltung gemeinsam mit Praxis und Politik.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family&#58;Arial;"><span style="font-size&#58;small;">Datum/Zeit&#58;&#160;&#160;</span><span style="font-size&#58;small;">23. November, 15&#58;00 – 18&#58;00, mit anschliessendem Apéro</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family&#58;Arial;font-size&#58;small;">Ort&#58;&#160;BFH Gesundheit, Schwarztorstr. 48, 3007&#160;Bern</span></p><p><span style="font-family&#58;Arial;font-size&#58;small;">Für mehr&#160;Informationen&#58; <a href="http&#58;//www.fobbiz.ch/de/veranstaltungen/">http&#58;//www.fobbiz.ch/de/veranstaltungen/</a>&#160;</span></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClassB4E546EC049E435EA08F97CDD1A47CF4"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass59BC5CC8322B4A8FB4330661FA0C24E4"><div>The symposium series Philanthropy in Education&#58; Global Trends, Regional Differences and Diverse Perspectives is a new initiative launched and co-sponsored by NORRAG, the Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation and the Open Society Foundations. It seeks to facilitate greater understanding and collaboration between philanthropic organizations, national policymakers, representatives of international organizations and academics working in the field of education. The series consists of an inaugural symposium in Geneva, six regional symposia, and a closing symposium. In addition to the overall symposium theme, the regional symposia will address topics that are relevant for the specific region. Click <a href="http&#58;//www.norrag.org/fileadmin/Newsletters/images/FINALPhilanthropy%20and%20Education_3%20pager_Call%20for%20Papers%20for%20Inaugural%20Symposium.pdf" target="_blank">here</a> for more information.</div></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClassAB8FCA0ACB054142A7ADBB96CD5C30A2"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClassEC46EE60C2C84F829571A2C82ADD4FF5"><p>This first national conference of mdplatform.ch will illuminate the relationship between migration and development. It will present the current state of the discussion and allows discussing the future priorities for Swiss actors. The conference also aims to promote the exchange of civil society experience in the area of migration and development, as well as to strengthen the role of migrants as actors in development. International and national speakers will also outline elements of future international migration governance, as well as their observations and expectations regarding national policy coherence in the area of migration.</p><p>More information and registration form&#58;<a href="http&#58;//mdplatform.ch/wordpress/mdplatform-annual-conference-2017/" target="_blank">&#160;http&#58;//mdplatform.ch/wordpress/mdplatform-annual-conference-2017/</a></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass8A4F71814D7445F8AE6AF29797DEA004"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass9E8D2284DC3942F2AD4B1735278E3987"><p>The learning lesson is organized by the focal Point employment + income (e+i) and the Division for Institutional Partnerships (IP). Main topics are the &quot;Agenda&#160;2030&#160;and Tourism&quot; and &quot;Role of the private sector in sustainable development of tourism&quot; . In addition, the&#160;selected projects and general regional insights on employment and income in the tourism sector will be presented.</p><p>Date&#58;&#160;<span style="letter-spacing&#58;0.4px;">&#160;</span><span style="letter-spacing&#58;0.4px;">October 26, 2017 /&#160;</span><span style="letter-spacing&#58;0.4px;">Room&#58;&#160;</span><span style="letter-spacing&#58;0.4px;">Deza, A2023</span></p><p><br></p><p>Learn more about the session on this <a href="/site/EI/Pages/News/Newsletter/Spotlights/ei-newsletter-2017-09-spotlight4.aspx" target="_blank">page</a> or have a look at the <a href="/site/EI/Documents/PSD/Topics/Local%20Economic%20Development/PROGRAM.pdf" target="_blank">program</a>.&#160;</p><p><br>[Photo is from a Swisscontact project in Laos]</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p><br></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClassC9E6C884FCC440418A29C5C0732B2443"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass60455698C39C4FB5B07DADC2ADA61660"><h4 class="ExternalClass8823A87E80BB418FB9D1C1610C2F2AE0"><p class="MsoNormal">This training course will take place on the 16-20th of October in Turin and deadline for application is the 8th of September.</p><p class="MsoNormal">The main objective of this course is to strengthen participants’ capacities to analyse and review the systems and mechanisms for financing skills development and TVET, as well as to find entry points for improving financing mechanisms, both at the system-level, as well as at the level of TVET Centres.</p><p class="MsoNormal">For more Information and course content , check out <a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Trainings/Crouse%20-%20ITCILO%20-%20TVET%20Financing.pdf" target="_blank">the brochure</a>.</p></h4></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass7B62A01FF6BE4F97B43221694FFF9698"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass6C392195127A484493E4B6173A5CEEAD"><p><br></p><p>Each year, over 500 youth and economic development experts from more than 50 countries gather at the GYEO Summit to connect, exchange, and collaborate. The 2017 Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit theme will explore what the future of work holds for young people in developing contexts and for professionals working to expand youth economic opportunities globally in a changing world of work. &gt;&gt;<a href="http&#58;//www.youtheosummit.org/" target="_blank">more</a></p></div></div></div>

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<div class="ExternalClass90B8DD38A81E44CEA0EC39485380211F"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClassB8A51551A7C74547A836DE0C66399A93">The&#160;objective of the conference&#160;is to forster the&#160;coherence and coordination between federal agencies (SERI, SDC, SECO, directorate for political affairs, SEM and SFIVET). All&#160;stakeholders, that contribute actively to international cooperation in VPET or show interest for this field, are invited to participate. The conference will take place in Biel, 14 September &#160;2017. Conference languages are german and french. Simultaneous translation will be provided. Registration is possible from June 2017. For further Information, check out<a href="/site/EI/Documents/News/2017-09-IBBZ-Stakeholdertagung-Programm-DE.pdf" target="_blank">&#160;the brochure in German</a> and the <a href="/site/EI/Documents/News/201709-CIFP-Programme-FR.PDF">brochure in French</a>.</div><div class="ExternalClassB8A51551A7C74547A836DE0C66399A93">&#160;</div><div class="ExternalClassB8A51551A7C74547A836DE0C66399A93"><strong>Click&#160;</strong><strong><a href="https&#58;//www.sbfi.admin.ch/sbfi/en/home/topics/international-cooperation-in-education/swiss-international-cooperation-in-vpet--ic-vpet-/anmeldung-ibbz-stakeholdertagung.html" target="_blank">here</a> for Registration until the 23th of August!&#160;</strong></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass9EEF3E346499489591B60718DBF3944E"><div>The r4d Forum 2017 Employment takes place with the aims&#58;</div><div>- To provide the opportunity for research team members to meet and exchange about their (planned) research</div><div>- To provide the opportunity for Panel members to to interact with the research teams</div><div>- To familiarize the new research teams with the r4d programme</div><div>- To build and enlarge the r4d community</div></div>

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<div class="ExternalClass26636036A4E8491DADC511C2DAD2B06A"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass0450CA2D3B874F33894F85D26E2AC769"><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE"><strong>Update</strong>&#58; A summary of the event is available <a href="/site/EI/Documents/News/SDC%20-%20Summary%20of%20discussion%20-%20Book%20launch%20Exportartikel%20Berufsbildung%20-%202017(en).pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE">Ende 2016 publizierten&#160;Matthias Jäger, Markus Maurer und Martin Fässler mit ihrem Buch&#160;“Exportartikel Berufsbildung”&#160;eine neue Pflichtlektüre für Berufsbildungsexperten in der Schweiz und darüber hinaus.&#160;Die Autoren diskutieren auf 200 Seiten Praxis und Potenzial der Schweizerischen Berufsbildungszusammenarbeit im Spannungsfeld zwischen Armutsreduktion und Wirtschafts­förderung. Dabei schlagen sie den Bogen von den ersten internationalen Berufsbildungsprojekten bis zu einer nächsten Projektgeneration und äussern stellenweise auch Kritik an der derzeitigen Herangehensweise der DEZA.&#160;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE">Die Veranstaltung soll die zentralen Aussagen des Buches vorstellen und eine Diskussion mit den Autoren ermöglichen. So sollen zum Beispiel Schnittstellen zwischen Berufsbildungs- und Entwicklungspolitik, sowie die daraus möglicherweise ergebende Zielkonflikte, thematisiert werden.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="/site/EI/Pages/Content/Event-Profile.aspx?Event=2017-09%20Exportartikel%20Berufsbildung" target="_blank"><span>Read more</span></a>...</span></p><p><br></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass7CE584C46A8F42AAA3590D3BE9D94160"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClassAE65D61395AA4F7F9F9E827465D988E2"><p>The conference brings together policy makers and government officials, practioners from NGOs, experts from international organizations, and researchers working on aspects of helping disadvantaged youths find quality employment. The focus of the conference is to learn about effective youth policies.&#160;The conference takes place at the GIZ-Haus in the heart of Berlin and is part of a research Project that RWI-Leibniz Institute for Economic Research is conducting together with GIZ - Sector Project Employment Promotion, the International Labour Organization ILO, the World Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank IDB.</p><p>For more information and Registration, check out the<a href="http&#58;//www.rwi-essen.de/youth-employment-conference/" target="_blank">&#160;website.</a></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClassFE30072675E9495A93F204B36A486880"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass431F01ECA7F24BC7B9A643816353563B"><span style="color&#58;#444444;font-family&#58;verdana, arial, sans-serif;">&#160;<div class="ExternalClass431F01ECA7F24BC7B9A643816353563B">This year’s Annual Swiss Development Cooperation Conference takes a look at vocational education and training in different countries, sheds light on specific challenges and shows how vocational education and training can create local prospects for people. The focus is on young people who are affected by unemployment and underemployment. The aim is to work with these young people to find ways to help them access employment, an approach which fights poverty while strengthening the economy Please find everything you need to know about the upcoming annual conference in the <a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Events%20by%20date/2017-06%20Annual%20conference%20SDC%20SECO/SDC%20SECO%20-%20Invitation%20-%20Invitation%20annual%20conference%20-%202017(fr)(de).pdf" target="_blank">invitation</a> (click&#160;<a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Events%20by%20date/2017-06%20Annual%20conference%20SDC%20SECO/SDC%20SECO%20-%20Invitation%20-%20Invitation%20annual%20conference%20-%202017(it)(en).pdf" style="margin&#58;0px;padding&#58;0px;background-color&#58;#ffffff;" target="_blank">here&#160;</a>for the english version).&#160;We are looking forward to welcome you.</div></span></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass55F00F8A8A3C488A8F86FB1260453B8F"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass56DB572C545C489D8C8BCDE65B8651C7">This symposium&#160;is part of the FobBBIZ&#160;event series &quot;Support of qualification and professionalism of VET teachers and trainers&quot;.&#160;Read more about the event <a href="http&#58;//www.fobbiz.ch/de/aktuell/2017/04/18/themenreihe_2017/" target="_blank">here</a> [german only]. Registration deadline is May 31.</div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass2A7C6765E5474F9595912CDB016F9EE1"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass0EEA608BAE154774911CC3394871862D"><p class="ExternalClass253C1981E6FC4D08886AA52D5906E8B7"><br></p><p class="ExternalClass083C75E7A1704707AD8CAF31E03B0AA3"><br></p><p class="ExternalClass72EA10A821C5474CA6A7EC63179044C6"><br></p><p class="ExternalClass33DF286ECE714628AC2A60FDD6E4B75A"><br></p><p class="ExternalClass0021D722D673427CB23DBCBF3799910C"><br></p><p class="ExternalClassB8C53B7BF91947CF98C361644E343CE6"><br></p><p class="ExternalClassAB85F5850E6B4F4A9CA6239D7C297381"><br></p><p class="ExternalClass9E1B5B41FB364940A973E0FE05154C1A"><br></p><p class="ExternalClass9CD40F545ABE4584AE2062CC109E76F5">The&#160;course will aim to make planners and policy-makers more aware of the importance&#160;and positive impact of careers guidance in developing and emerging economies.&#160;The target group are directors of public and private training institutions; representatives of employers'/workers' organizations&#160;representatives of ministries of labour and education. Application deadline is May 5. Read more <a href="http&#58;//www.itcilo.org/en/areas-of-expertise/skills-development-and-vocational-training/academy-on-skills-development" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p><br></p></div></div></div>

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<div class="ExternalClassCFCC6D71F78144AA8FB2775836A9F822"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass3C4F7D774E9A4E0E84D31BEA27EF0DC5">The conference aims to deepen understanding of the labour market effects of various types of skill mismatch and how they can be best measured in different country contexts. It will include ILO research and also present the work of other partner international organizations. For more information and the registration form click <a href="http&#58;//www.ilo.org/skills/events/WCMS_538198/lang--en/index.htm" target="_blank">here</a>.</div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClassC324C65260D340C5A6E0F4B61CC65A34"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClassA89954631D9B49E2A17E5999E8B2C9CE"><div>The purpose of the 1st meeting of the TVET TECHOM is to provide a platform for regional experts, policy makers and selected key stakeholders working in the TVET sub - sector to share information about the opportunities, challenges, lessons learnt and record good practices on harnessing TVET to promote citizens'&#160;mobility within and among member countries through the facilitation of a national and regional harmonization and mutual recognition of TVET. Please register before April 12, 2017 [<span style="font-size&#58;11pt;background-color&#58;#ffffff;">blondine-uwimana.eya-nchama[at]eda.admin.ch].</span></div></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass329524F8185A46F9B168A39EB7A399D0"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClassB3105F85791B402DA2AC2BA54CF0EF01"><p class="ExternalClass859407BF3B4E4E94BE699CD95183B57A">This Academy is a unique learning, knowledge-exchange and networking opportunity for everyone who wants to make a difference in the area of skills development and TVET in developing and emerging economies. It is directed at policy makers, government officials, social partner representatives and other experts and practitioners working in national institutions and NGOs, but also at experts working at the regional and international level. The Academy aims at stimulating learning and knowledge exchange on policies, challenges and options for building effective, responsive and inclusive skills development and TVET systems. Read more <a href="http&#58;//www.itcilo.org/en/areas-of-expertise/skills-development-and-vocational-training/academy-on-skills-development" target="_blank">here</a>.&#160;Deadline&#160;for application is&#160;20 March 2017.</p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClassAD46DA258B14453F956C6097A7C96BCA"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass466D64C13FDA4999B6B04C5FB02A6EF2"><p>The Swiss Forum for Skills Development and International Cooperation (FoBBIZ) annually awards a price for successful, innovative and sustainable international skills development projects and concepts.Particularly, the FoBBIZ Prize is intended to draw attention to ideas,experiences or outcomes in this field within an international context. The prize is awarded to concepts, projects or developments that can be implemented at different levels (i.e. at the education system level, the institutional level or in teaching-learning processes).</p><p>Under this link&#58;<span style="font-family&#58;&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size&#58;11pt;">&#160;<a href="http&#58;//www.fobbiz.ch/de/fobbiz-preis/"><u>http&#58;//www.fobbiz.ch/de/fobbiz-preis/</u></a> you can find the documentation of the event.</span></p><p><br></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass9C339599BC9E40B89F7FC7D09E1EF122"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClassF90DDC85478C494BA407FD6F13D9D25E"><p>The <a href="http&#58;//promo-dev.itcilo.org/eras/index.php?entryPoint=campaign_trackerv2&amp;track=b3bef22f-6a72-645a-a8f4-58d0f76b06df" target="_blank">International Training Center of the ILO</a>’s initiative “Promotion of Decent Work in Situations of Fragility”&#160;is organising a cycle of webinars.<br>The first one will be held on March 30, 2017 at 11.00 a.m.&#160;(CET) and will focus on&#160;Entrepreneurship education in Afghanistan&#160;as a means to help the country move from fragility towards peace and resilience.</p><p>The speaker, Ms Kirsty Ramsbottom from The Development Alchemists, will discuss some key findings from the recent study on Entrepreneurship Education in Afghanistan, published by ITCILO.</p><p>Send an email to&#160;<a href="mailto&#58;fragilestates@itcilo.org" target="_blank">fragilestates@itcilo.org</a> to enrol for FREE, or check out the website to find out more&#58;&#160;<a href="https&#58;//fragilestates.itcilo.org/2017/03/06/join-us-free-webinar" target="_blank">https&#58;//fragilestates.itcilo.org/2017/03/06/join-us-free-webinar</a>.</p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClassFD71DFE9C42E43B2A4AC521C34FAFA33"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass342F481082E846078C1248A7B52CDB3B"><p class="ExternalClass76F94FB33E3840A990BF455F14C5CEBF">The 2017 Annual Conference of Swiss Humanitarian Aid and the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit will <strong>focus on hope for children and young people in humanitarian crises</strong>. Participants include Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter, Pierre Krähenbühl, General Commissioner of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Elhadj As Sy, Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Ambassador Manuel Sager, Director General of the SDC and Ambassador Manuel Bessler, Delegate for Swiss Humanitarian Aid and Head of the SHA. More information and the registration form is available&#160;<a href="https&#58;//www.eda.admin.ch/deza/en/home/news/events.html/deza/en/meta/agenda/2017/3/jahrestagung-hh-skh-2017" target="_blank">here</a>.</p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass68256A6181464D1EB35B1BA9BE12CB53"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass7FAE4CB5742E4AD0BE51030BDCFC52F8"><p class="ExternalClassFA73E555B5D44C22AC567DAF58447C42"><br></p><p class="ExternalClassF798A1949973420785D498895E29A912"><br></p><p class="ExternalClassDB1F57673D56492B9EDA507B41150D20">The BEAM Exchange and HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation would like to invite to a webinar on '<strong><em>Facilitating inclusive labour market systems for youth employment.</em></strong>' We will have two speakers, Gavin Anderson (Independent Consultant) and Jon Burns (Director, The Springfield Centre) using two independent case studies from SDC's RisiAlbania and EYE Kosovo projects. The webinar is moderated by Merten Sievers of the ILO, who is the Global Coordinator of Value Chains and Entrepreneurship.</p><p>Click here to <a href="https&#58;//goo.gl/forms/fSc5s0ILcjAobs8d2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-decoration&#58;underline;"><em><strong>Register</strong></em></span></a> . Read more here&#58; <a href="https&#58;//beamexchange.org/community/events/details/591/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-decoration&#58;underline;">https&#58;//beamexchange.org/community/events/details/591/</span></a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClassD39C718C9CD546109219CDECB5B72A87"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClassD29527695A1B4062BB6A667FFB2A85B7"><p class="ExternalClass42FE395E3F574010916748BFF7341A6F"><br></p><p>SNV Netherlands Development Organisations will present results and experiences from their work on</p><p>-&#160;Sustainable nutrition for all</p><p>- Opportunities for youth employment</p><p>Please join us for this brown bag meeting on <strong>Tuesday</strong><strong>, January 24th from 12&#58;45 - 14&#58;00 at Freiburgstrasse 130, Room A 3038&#160;</strong>with speakers from SNV.</p><p>Please click <a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Events%20by%20date/2017%20BBL/BBL%20-%20SNV%20-%20Sustainable%20Nutrition%20Opportunities%20for%20Youth%20Employment%20-%2024-2017.pdf">here</a> for further information.</p><p><br></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass6F0590AA75974856A0C4F955BB4D5DC5"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass1329111AA0334B31A0D69091D6F34892"><p class="ExternalClass7FE5B59665B34DD0ABD1B6C9A2CC093F"><br></p><p class="ExternalClass37E7B231A21244FD8824119076AD8B38"><br></p><p class="ExternalClassD9D519A9F19F4B4BB2500D6883858011"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-CH">Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-CH">Gerne laden wir euch zum ersten <strong>&#160;<em>E+C Learning Event</em></strong> zum Thema „Impact Evaluation in Practice“ am <strong>22. Dezember&#160;</strong>in der DEZA im A2038 ein. Patrick Premand, Senior Economist bei der Weltbank,wird einen Einblick in sein&#160;</span> <a href="https&#58;//openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/25030/9781464807794.pdf?sequence=2&amp;isAllowed=y" target="_blank">&#160;<span lang="DE-CH">gleichnamiges Buch</span></a><span lang="DE-CH">&#160;geben und den Ansatz&#160;anhand eines Beispiels eines Youth Employment Projekts in Côte d’Ivoire&#160;illustrieren. Wir würden uns sehr über eure Teilnahme freuen.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-CH">Übrigens könnt ihr euch bereits den Termin für den&#160;zweiten E+C Learning Event reservieren&#58; 19. Januar, 15&#58;30 bis 17 Uhr zum Thema „Unintended effects of international cooperation“.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-CH">Liebe Grüsse</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-CH">Sektion Evaluation und Controlling</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClassF04835C1CBA444118E464316DEA954E1"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClassC8537EC8A107467EAE85ED0CC0003356"><p class="ExternalClass581CC931CF2A4C4BB835743F794FB699"><br></p><p class="ExternalClassCDDEB192CC3D4F07AAF8C94361698E2A"><br></p><p class="ExternalClassCE11BAEBDEAE420899CA761BD3B9F824"><br></p><p class="ExternalClass25B27D1ED56D4B0B96B402E3023CA7C5"><br></p><p class="ExternalClass625BC998792744218ACE4D2D8BA00443"><br></p><p class="ExternalClassB21F0A61F9614499BB3DFDF521EB5E85"><br></p><p class="ExternalClass8E00ECC809FA46B58AD2503F15094268"><br></p><p class="ExternalClassA525C8E78B5E4802BF6894D08D0C03DA">This years&#160;GIZs annual theme day for education and labor market is dedictated to the&#160;ongoing&#160;digitalisation of education and vocational training. Registration deadline is December 6.&#160;Read more <a href="/site/EI/Pages/News/Newsletter/Spotlights/ei-newsletter-2016-12-spotlight4.aspx" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p class="ExternalClassA525C8E78B5E4802BF6894D08D0C03DA"><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClassE3E33CDA56D4470EBA920EC6807E45B8"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClassA586580EFFB54F89B4B016F7C6912725"><p class="ExternalClass0577B3428AFF44078EB8B9A385494E66"><br></p><p>[Only in&#160;FRENCH]&#160;La rénovation des dispositifs nationaux de FAR est bien engagée dans un nombre croissant de pays, leurs stratégies d’intervention étant pour la plupart d’entre eux clairement posées, en ligne avec les stratégies nationales de développement agricole et rural. Une des questions majeures reste toutefois posée &#58; comment faciliter l’ancrage de ces dispositifs de formation et leur contextualisation dans leurs territoires de manière durable.&#160;</p><p>Objectifs &#58;</p><p style="padding-left&#58;10px;"><br></p><ul><li>Développer un langage commun sur la territorialisation des dispositifs de la FAR à partir du partage d’expériences sur la réalité et les enjeux de la décentralisation ;</li><li><p>Expliciter les niveaux différents auxquels l’ancrage de la FAR peut se faire en fonction des situations nationales ;</p></li><li><p>Définir, dans une logique de partenariat et du point de vue des collectivités, les différentes formes d’organisation et de financement envisageables pour cet ancrage ;</p></li><li><p>Définir une grille d’analyse aidant à guider la construction et la&#160;pérennisation d’une offre régionale de formation adaptée à la demande locale et procurant des services appropriés aux différentes catégories de bénéficiaires.</p></li></ul><p><br></p><p><a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Partner%20Activities/VSD%20partner%20activities/2016-12%20-%20FAR%20-%20Concept%20Note%20-%20Seminaire%20International%20sur%20la%20Formation%20Agricole%20et%20Rurale%20-%20Concept%20Note%20-%20fr.pdf" target="_blank">Read more</a>.&#160;</p><p><br></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClassB014A5D68A494C278BA267E85366A6D7"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClassD730D2B365EB419783B86F704A355D85"><p><strong>Update&#58;</strong> All presentation&#160;slides are avaiblabe <a href="http&#58;//www.fobbiz.ch/de/veranstaltungen/archiv-veranstaltungen/" target="_blank">here</a> (german only).</p><p>This years annual meeting will focus on the use of new media&#160;in the field of vocational&#160;education. In addition to the workshops and speeches, the book&#160;&quot;Exportartikel Berufsbildung? Internationale Bildungszusammenarbeit zwischen Armutsreduktion und Wirtschaftsförderung“ will be launched at the event. Please click <a href="http&#58;//www.fobbiz.ch/de/aktuell/2016/10/12/jahresveranstaltung-2016/" target="_blank">here&#160;</a>to register for the event. To read&#160;the full invitation click <a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Events%20by%20date/2016-12%20FoBBIZ%20annual%20conference/2016-12-FoBBIZ-Jahresanlass%20Einladung-de.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.&#160;</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass828BE3A416FE4F35814ADAD71D35CAB9"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass92E80C9AEE8D4023B8069492A9AAFCF0"><p class="ExternalClass8AEFC17AFE7642758FF518DF0DC13AFB"><br></p><p>The global, cross-sector conference on technology supported learning and training Berlin.&#160;For more information&#160;click <a href="http&#58;//www.online-educa.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p><br></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClassF6B31863B10046A99AA4B1D88BC67214"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass4BE9AC5FEB8E4E7F89A8771A67D9BB4A"><p class="ExternalClassCCE63E5CE9F64D48AFBC26333185093E"><br></p><p class="ExternalClass43E45BA7155F499DA8BF863046813F43"><br></p><p>The conference is organized by Teach A Man To Fish in association with Fundación Paraguaya. This year's theme is &quot;Schools For Success&#58; Educating Tomorrow's Entrepreneurs&quot;. The list of speakers includes leaders of business, enterprise and sustainable education from Paraguay, South Africa and the UK. The winners of the School Enterprise Challenge 2015 from Zambia, India, the Ukraine and Scotlandwill also participate. Read more <a href="http&#58;//www.educationthatpaysforitself.org/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p class="ExternalClass3C5A4F82FFE44811B27E8330B5EA104B"><br></p><p class="ExternalClass3B8A825BB4674F8A889580FC9C6C357B"><br></p><p class="ExternalClass86A61B11A54B46E4B44282DD2165C6DC"><br></p><p class="ExternalClass1F9D5EF8FCF0403C932CD03C2A30552A"><br></p><p class="ExternalClass7B3E4D8586E84EBB929A87BB9DDD0A85"><br></p><p class="ExternalClassB6A076519619498E8F67B2E383BE8E59"><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClassF86ED070938F49E4B1F5DA63CA74A3F6"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass48551E3672A14DE3BD6A2C635A3DB1A9"><div><div><div><p><span lang="DE-CH">Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren</span></p><p><span lang="DE-CH">Gerne laden wir Sie ein zur <strong>SBFI Herbsttagung derBerufsbildung am Dienstag, 15. November 2016</strong>.</span></p><p><span lang="DE-CH">Weitere Informationen entnehmen Sie bitte dem <a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Partner%20Activities/VSD%20partner%20activities/VSD/SBFI%20Herbsttagung%20Invitation%202016-11%20(It)%20(de).pdf">Einladungsschreiben</a> wie auch der&#160;</span><a href="https&#58;//www.sbfi.admin.ch/sbfi/de/home/aktuell/veranstaltungskalender-2016/herbsttagung.html"><span lang="DE-CH">Websitezur Herbsttagung</span></a><span lang="DE-CH">. Auf der Website können Sie sich&#160;</span><a href="https&#58;//www.sbfi.admin.ch/sbfi/de/home/aktuell/veranstaltungskalender-2016/herbsttagung/online-anmeldung.html"><span lang="DE-CH">online</span></a><span lang="DE-CH">&#160;zur Teilnahme an der Tagung anmelden.</span></p><p><span lang="DE-CH">Wir freuen uns, Sie in Bern begrüssen zu dürfen!</span></p><p><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-family&#58;arial, sans-serif;">_____________________________________</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin&#58;0cm 0cm 0pt;">Mesdames, Messieurs,</p><p>Nous avons le plaisir de vous convier à la <strong>Conférence d'automne du SEFRI sur la formation professionnelle le 15 novembre 2016</strong>.</p><p>Vous trouverez toutes les informations utiles dans <a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Partner%20Activities/VSD%20partner%20activities/VSD/SBFI%20Herbsttagung%20Invitation%202016-11%20(It)%20(fr).pdf">l'invitation</a> ainsi que sur la <a href="https&#58;//www.sbfi.admin.ch/sbfi/fr/home/actualite/calendrier-des-manifestations-2016/herbsttagung.html"><span lang="FR-CH">page web de la Conférence</span></a>. Merci de vous inscrire <a href="https&#58;//www.sbfi.admin.ch/sbfi/fr/home/actualite/calendrier-des-manifestations-2016/herbsttagung/online-anmeldung.html"><span lang="FR-CH">en ligne</span></a>.</p><p>Meilleures salutations</p><p><span lang="FR-CH"><span lang="FR">Danielle Jeanneret&#160;</span></span><span lang="FR-CH"><span lang="FR"><span lang="DE-CH"><a href="mailto&#58;danielle.jeanneret@sbfi.admin.ch"><span style="text-decoration&#58;underline;">danielle.jeanneret@sbfi.admin.ch</span></a></span> &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span><br><br><span lang="FR">Collaboratricespécialisée unité politique de la formation professionnelle</span></span></p><p><span lang="FR-CH"><span lang="FR">Secrétariat d’Etatà la formation, à la recherche et à l’innovation</span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass654C7F6873C34D7A8302FD7F9B259BB6"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass2A1DED3626A54D44807CDA7B809D9A38"><p class="ExternalClassBAB14DE98A284A9898C482F08E9B7B43"><br></p><p class="ExternalClass1AC8FDAAA5A842A0B58B795F286728E3"><br></p><p class="ExternalClassE2F1A5EA776D4E6AB5F104ED5358BC05"><br></p><p class="ExternalClass4708DF2603C74BFF9EB8BD52AB6B2910"><br></p><p class="ExternalClassD3D2F16D349B484B8DAE73A9939A703E"><br></p><p>The symposium addresses five core elements of the german dVET system&#58; the private-public partnership, learning during the workflow, the acceptance of standards, the qualification of the <span lang="EN-US">voc</span><span lang="EN-US">at</span><span lang="EN-US">iona</span><span lang="EN-US">l training p</span><span lang="EN-US">erso</span><span lang="EN-US">nn</span><span lang="EN-US">el and the institutionalization of research and consultancy.&#160;</span><span lang="EN-US">The event is organized by the GIZ in collaboration with Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training. Read <a href="https&#58;//www.bibb.de/de/50190.php" target="_blank">more&#160;</a>(german only).&#160;</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClassCC92F65DAE014A8CA495904B3DD4F382"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass74DD0D626A4F452F8BA6E099CAC907E7"><p class="ExternalClass01CB6C9B81F946499F0439F4A1A2141E"><br></p><p class="ExternalClass97CE73CB12974F2495E14FD0F93D5D3D"><br></p><p class="ExternalClass30D36779371B4647920016257CECCBE8">Velafrica will present their business model and show how they support social entrepreneurs in Africa.</p><p>For further information about the BBL&#160;please click <a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Events%20by%20date/2016%20BBL/BBL%202016-09%20Velafrica%20%20-%20Flyer.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>. <a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Events%20by%20date/2016%20BBL/BBL%202016-09%20Velafrica%20Input%20Fabiana.pdf">Here</a> you can find the introduction PPP and <a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Events%20by%20date/2016%20BBL/BBL%202016-09%20Velafrica%20Praesentation.pdf">here</a> the presentation of Velafrica.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass347E991425344E75A14EAACD4A5B889F"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass90AD70AEA7844C39A46FB1C0CF2F1D1A"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin&#58;0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height&#58;14.15pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="letter-spacing&#58;0.2pt;font-family&#58;arial,sans-serif;font-size&#58;10pt;">Dear Sir/Madam,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin&#58;0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height&#58;14.15pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="letter-spacing&#58;0.2pt;font-family&#58;arial,sans-serif;font-size&#58;10pt;">On behalf of SFIVET, I would like to invite you to the launch of the new book &quot;Vocational and Professional Education andTraining in Switzerland&quot;. Written in English, this book offers a clear overview of the Swiss system of upper-secondary level vocational education andtraining and tertiary-level professional education. The book also compares theSwiss VPET system with other VET systems in Europe and presents specificexamples where dual-track approaches to VET have been transferred to other countries.</span></p><span lang="EN-GB" style="letter-spacing&#58;0.2pt;font-family&#58;arial,sans-serif;font-size&#58;10pt;">Together with authors Rudolf H. Strahm, BrunoGeiger and Erik Swars, I look forward to welcoming you to SFIVET campus inZollikofen on 12 September at 16h00. You can find the order form for the book <a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Partner%20Activities/VSD%20partner%20activities/VSD/Book%20Strahm%20VPETS%202016%20(en)%20(de).pdf">here</a>.</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin&#58;0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height&#58;14.15pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="letter-spacing&#58;0.2pt;font-family&#58;arial,sans-serif;font-size&#58;10pt;">Yours sincerely,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin&#58;0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong><span style="color&#58;black;font-family&#58;arial,sans-serif;font-size&#58;10pt;">Prof. Dr. Cornelia Oertle&#160;</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin&#58;0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IT-CH" style="color&#58;black;font-family&#58;arial,sans-serif;font-size&#58;10pt;">Director</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin&#58;0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong><span lang="DE-CH" style="color&#58;black;font-family&#58;arial,sans-serif;font-size&#58;10pt;">Eidgenössisches Hochschulinstitut für Berufsbildung EHB</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin&#58;0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong><span lang="FR-CH" style="color&#58;black;font-family&#58;arial,sans-serif;font-size&#58;10pt;">Institut fédéral des hautes études en formation professionnelle IFFP</span></strong></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass04D92495EDD9423293FF9E47FB467D3D"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass395EFE8EEB6044BE86B9CBCA67737928"><p class="ExternalClass1D3632137BEE4781A4412C0189F95545"><br></p><p>We would like to invite you to the anniversary celebration of FoBBIZ. We would like to celebrate the achievements of FoBBIZ in the five past years. The celebration is&#160;accompanied by the muscian and pedagogue Bruno Bieri. At the same time, we would like to use this event to receive your ideas and suggestions for the next five years of FoBBIZ. We appreciate your registration on the following <a href="http&#58;//www.fobbiz.ch/de/aktuell/2016/06/30/jubilaeum-5-jahre-fobbiz/" target="_blank">link</a>.</p><p><br></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass2179372B4509432D93212D7E25DBEE03"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClassD525949CFF1E49B9AB0C9A25169F9D43"><p class="ExternalClassE2F7691C843044FA90B01884211D1EDF"><br></p><p class="ExternalClassC7938D05D4744771A457E8522B7FA4B5"><br></p><p>Update&#58; A&#160;summary of the event&#160;is&#160;available&#160;<a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Partner%20Activities/VSD%20partner%20activities/VSD/20160830%20FoBBIZ%20Botschaft%20Internationale%20Zusammenarbeit%20Zusammenfassung%20(de).pdf" target="_blank">here</a> (german only).&#160;The discussion on the dispatch on international cooperation of Switzerland 2017-2020 has been postponed to the 30th August 2016 at the Kulturlokal ONO in Berne. Please save the date and register <a href="http&#58;//www.fobbiz.ch/de/aktuell/2016/06/30/diskussion-botschaft-iza-ch-2017-20/" target="_blank">here</a>.&#160;</p><p><br></p><p><br></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClassEDC164001346489F84AE5BFB296A471E"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass7A05EB47EC604ED3B4FC6FDC5B291FFC"><p class="ExternalClass1BCA868AE9ED4E4CB6CE5977E22585B6"><br></p><p class="ExternalClass02D18EAF440641A1A92F33A9915E353D"><br></p><p>Update&#58; Read a summary of the event <a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Events%20by%20date/2016-09%20F2F%20Pristina/20160930%20SDC%20%20EI%20F2F%20Report%20Prishtina%2020-23%20Sept%20(en).pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.&#160;A regional SDC workshop will take place from 29 August to 2 September 2016 in Prishtina, Kosovo. It targets SDC staff and invitees from the Western Balkan Region and will be dealing with Vocational Skills Development. A detailed agenda is currently under development. Participation only upon invitation. Results will be shared within the network.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClassC398321C8D8E442DA6E946BF16DC35CF"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClassD5DC5B844E954D24810FE82D8A584F6E">To raise awareness about the importance of youth skills development, UNESCO-UNEVOC will join the world in celebrating&#160;United Nations World Youth Skills Day&#160;on 15 July 2016! Join the celebrations and get active by&#58;<br><p>Sharing articles about your institution’s celebrations. Email us your stories at&#160;<a href="http&#58;//www.unevoc.unesco.org/info.tvet%40unesco.org" target="_blank" title="info.tvet@unesco.org">info.tvet@unesco.org</a><img src="http&#58;//www.unevoc.unesco.org/pix/link_ext.gif" width="8" border="0" height="8" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii" />&#160;and get featured on our website or social media.&#160;Find more information <a href="http&#58;//www.unevoc.unesco.org/go.php?q=Join%20us%20and%20celebrate%20World%20Youth%20Skills%20Day%20on15%20July%202016%21">here</a>.</p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClassC9BA07B7443E474EAD9F35F6E1099396"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass1EBA9D04177546D9ABFB345571AC7AF8"><p class="ExternalClass70C35FE7A6834C8E9C2D2B28A9498415"><br></p><p>Following the 2nd International Congress on Vocational and Professional Education and Training in Winterthur, the Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (SFIVET) organized on behalf of the SDC a study trip for delegations from different countries. The purpose of the study trip was to deepen understanding of the Swiss VET system.</p><p>Delegations from Burkina Faso, Senegal, Benin, Chad, Haiti, Tanzania and Rwanda participated in this two day study trip.</p><p>On Thursday, June 23rd, the SFIVET invited the participants to their campus in Lausanne. Participants were given a presentation about the role and activates of the SFIVET. Find the presentation about &quot;l'organisation experte de la confédération pour la formation professionnelle&quot; <a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Events%20by%20date/2016-06%20VSD%20Study%20Tour%20-Lausanne/2016-06%20-%20VSD%20Study%20Trip%20-%20Présentation%20Formation%20IFFP%20-%20fr.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>, the presentation &quot;la formation continue&quot; <a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Events%20by%20date/2016-06%20VSD%20Study%20Tour%20-Lausanne/2016-06%20-%20VSD%20Study%20Trip%20Présentation%20FoCo%20IFFP%20-%20fr.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>, and the presentation &quot;secteur formation&quot; <a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Events%20by%20date/2016-06%20VSD%20Study%20Tour%20-Lausanne/2016-06%20-%20VSD_Study%20Trip-%20Présentation%20IFFP%20fr.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.&#160;</p><p>In the afternoon, the <em>Ecole de la construction</em> was visited, where the director, Jean-François Svary, gave an insightful presentation about the roles and responsibilities of the different actors in the Swiss dual VET system. Find the presentation <a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Events%20by%20date/2016-06%20VSD%20Study%20Tour%20-Lausanne/2016-06%20-%20VSD%20Study%20Trip%20-%20Ecole%20Construction%20Presentation%20-%20fr.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>On Friday, June 24^th, participants visited the company Bobst SA, which manufactures packaging machines. Find the presentation <a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Events%20by%20date/2016-06%20VSD%20Study%20Tour%20-Lausanne/2016-06%20-%20VSD%20Study%20Trip%20-%20Bobst%20Presentation%20-%20fr.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Participants during the SFIVET presentation, <span lang="DE-CH" style="color&#58;#1f497d;font-family&#58;calibri, sans-serif;font-size&#58;11pt;">©SFIVET</span></p><p class="presentation-image"><img alt="Participants during the SFIVET presentation" src="/site/EI/PublishingImages/Page-Images/image_Workshop.jpg" style="width&#58;490px;height&#58;331px;" class="fr-fic fr-dii" />&#160;</p><p style="text-align&#58;left;">&#160;Group picture of the participants, <span lang="DE-CH" style="color&#58;#1f497d;font-family&#58;calibri, sans-serif;font-size&#58;11pt;">©SFIVET</span></p><p class="presentation-image"><img src="/site/EI/PublishingImages/Page-Images/image_Group%20Photo%20Workshop.jpg" alt="" style="width&#58;490px;height&#58;329px;" class="fr-fic fr-dii" />&#160;</p><p><br></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClassD16222FADA774F61A7A665A364D5911C"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClassCF5DA3E1DA9846F1B31CBE7822863152"><p><span lang="EN" style="line-height&#58;115%;font-family&#58;arial, sans-serif;font-size&#58;11pt;">The theme to be explored by&amp;nbsp;this edition is <em><span style="font-family&#58;arial, sans-serif;">«From Skills to Prosperity – Sharing Elements of Success»</span></em>. Its focus lies on the international exchange of successful principles within different VPET systems. Prominent speakers from both Switzerland and abroad will take part in this congress, including top political, economic, scientific figures responsible for decision-making on vocational education and training matters.&amp;nbsp;</span></p><p>You find furhter information on the congress&#160;<a href="http&#58;//www.vpet-congress.ch/?q=en">here</a><span style="color&#58;#000000;line-height&#58;16.86px;font-family&#58;arial, sans-serif;font-size&#58;14.66px;">.&#160;</span></p><p>&#160;</p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass1A004CC1872A4859AF823DE7893082B3"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass08EE3C19C65043CCA8A886B491AD8569"><p class="ExternalClassB5857BF2530B40F69F0851347CB3C1CC">On June 20th 2016, in the context of the 2nd International Congress on Vocational and Professional Education and Training held in Winterthur, SDC offered a special program for its partners. The program attracted high-level policy makers and implementers from over 25 countries.</p><p class="ExternalClassB5857BF2530B40F69F0851347CB3C1CC"><br>The morning program offered both an overview of SDC's involvement and visions related to VET, and an introduction into the particularities of the Swiss dual system. In his <a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Events%20by%20date/2016-06%20SDC%20VSD%20Day%20and%20International%20Congress%20on%20VPET/2016-06%20-%20SDC%20VSD%20Day%20-%20Welcome%20Speech%20GRT%20-%20en.pdf" target="_blank">contribution</a>, Ambassador Thomas Greminger, Deputy Director General of SDC focused on the tremendous challenge of integrating thousands of young people in the labour market and the need in many countries to reform the VET-system to meet the requirements of the labour market and to ensure the inclusion of marginalized people.</p><p class="ExternalClassB5857BF2530B40F69F0851347CB3C1CC"><br>Prof. Cornelia Oertle, Director General of the Swiss Institute for Vocational Education and Training (SIVET) <a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Events%20by%20date/2016-06%20SDC%20VSD%20Day%20and%20International%20Congress%20on%20VPET/2016-06%20-%20SDC%20VSD%20Day%20-%20Presentation%20-%20Oertle%20-%20en.pdf" target="_blank">explained</a> the Swiss dual VET-system and in particular its permeability, which allows various ways of moving from basic education to higher education up to university level, even when starting off with an apprenticeship. She pointed at the expertise which the SIVET can offer to partner countries, namely curricula development and teacher's training, always with a focus on getting the private sector involved.</p><p class="ExternalClassB5857BF2530B40F69F0851347CB3C1CC"><br>Asked about the key ingredients for the success of the Swiss Dual VET-system, which could be relevant for other countries, Ambassador Greminger and Prof. Oertle mentioned the following features&#58; a) Getting the private sector on board, b) Show that the partnership is producing a &quot;win-win-win&quot; situation and c) Create an enabling environment for the private sector to have an incentive for offering apprenticeships. In Switzerland good professionals are making careers which is one of the reasons, why VET enjoys a reputation that is equal to a university career. It is considered &quot;a smarter way to get a job and make money&quot;. However, building this reputation is a difficult endeavour. 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Four guests and partners from Burkina Faso, Nepal, Bolivia and Laos illustrated the practical implementation of these principles with stories from their projects.</p><p class="ExternalClassB5857BF2530B40F69F0851347CB3C1CC"><br>Rounding off the morning, Sybille Schmutz, Head of Secretariat of Donor Committee for Dual Vocational Education and Training introduced the newly formed Donor Committee for Dual VET and showed how the Committee intends to promote the case of Dual VET.</p><p class="ExternalClassB5857BF2530B40F69F0851347CB3C1CC"><br>Ambassador Thomas Greminger in his closing remarks <a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Events%20by%20date/2016-06%20SDC%20VSD%20Day%20and%20International%20Congress%20on%20VPET/2016-06%20-%20SDC%20VSD%20Day%20-%20Presentation%20-%20DCdVET%20-%20en.pdf" target="_blank">stressed</a> the need for a strong labour market orientation of VET, which makes public-private partnerships mandatory and requires sound policies and institutions. SDC is ready to support partner countries in their endeavour of reforming the VET-system.</p><p class="ExternalClassB5857BF2530B40F69F0851347CB3C1CC"><br>The afternoon program offered opportunities to experience the Swiss Dual VET-system in action. One group of participants visited the Agriculture Training Center and Farm Strickhof, to see <a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Events%20by%20date/2016-06%20SDC%20VSD%20Day%20and%20International%20Congress%20on%20VPET/2016-06%20-%20SDC%20VSD%20Day%20-%20Presentation%20-%20Strickhofe%20-%20en.pdf" target="_blank">VET in agricultural professions</a>, ranging from animal husbandry to viniculture.</p><p class="ExternalClassB5857BF2530B40F69F0851347CB3C1CC"><br>A second group, visiting the <a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Events%20by%20date/2016-06%20SDC%20VSD%20Day%20and%20International%20Congress%20on%20VPET/2016-06%20-%20SDC%20VSD%20Day%20-%20Presentation%20-%20STFW%20-%20de.pdf" target="_blank">Swiss Technical Training Center STFW&#160;</a>was provided with insights into the functioning of VET in Switzerland, including the specific role of associations in this system. In a tour through the school the infrastructure available for training and various forms of training were explained and could be observed live. To get an understanding of the supplementary functions of training centre-based training and workshop training, the group was taken to <a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Events%20by%20date/2016-06%20SDC%20VSD%20Day%20and%20International%20Congress%20on%20VPET/2016-06%20-%20SDC%20VSD%20Day%20-%20Presentation%20-%20ENGIE%20-%20en.pdf" target="_blank">ENGIE Services</a>, a company for building technology. Here, young trainees showed the skills that they had already acquired and the management presented the training concept of the company, emphasizing that the industry has a genuine interest in quality training, because it ensures the basis for maintaining a competitive edge in the global economy. &#160;&#160; &#160;</p><p>Please find the detailled programme <a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Events%20by%20date/2016-06%20SDC%20VSD%20Day%20and%20International%20Congress%20on%20VPET/2016-06%20-%20SDC%20VSD%20Day%20-%20Program%20-%20en.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.&#160;Here you find the <a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Events%20by%20date/2016-06%20SDC%20VSD%20Day%20and%20International%20Congress%20on%20VPET/2016-06%20-%20SDC%20VSD%20Day%20-%20Participants%20List%20-%20en.pdf" target="_blank">pariticipant list</a> and <a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Events%20by%20date/2016-06%20SDC%20VSD%20Day%20and%20International%20Congress%20on%20VPET/2016-06%20-%20SDC%20VSD%20Day%20-%20Directions%20-%20en.pdf" target="_blank">directions</a>.</p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClassEE1F113864884E45A5C83959BC03EE93"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass1A360CFBF92C4274A51B1F61089B1923"><p class="ExternalClass80B4AB0A6AA94414B2D8F69334B07767">The founding event and symposium of the Donor Committee for dual Vocational Education and Training (DC dVET) is taking place on Thursday 14th of April 2016 in Lucerne (Switzerland).&#160;<span style="line-height&#58;1.6;">The event will start with the public launch of the Donor Committee. With great pleasure we announce that Ambassador Thomas Greminger, Deputy Director SDC, will host this founding ceremony. In the afternoon at the symposium we will discuss selected questions on dual vocational education and training in development cooperation. Please f</span><span style="line-height&#58;1.6;">ind more information&#160;</span><a href="http&#58;//www.dcdualvet.com/founding-event-of-the-donor-committee-for-dual-vocational-education-and-training/" style="line-height&#58;1.6;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="line-height&#58;1.6;">.&#160;</span><span style="line-height&#58;1.6;">We will be very happy to welcome you at the event and ask you to register by using the&#160;</span><a href="https&#58;//kek.su.datacoll.net/nq.cfm?q=03C22F5F-AA36-4502-BEAF-5F68C58CD8AB" style="line-height&#58;1.6;" target="_blank">Online Registration</a><span style="line-height&#58;1.6;">&#160;or via&#160;</span><a href="http&#58;//www.dcdualvet.com/" style="line-height&#58;1.6;" target="_blank">www.dcdualvet.com</a><span style="line-height&#58;1.6;">. <br><br>Find the videos of the event <a href="https&#58;//www.youtube.com/channel/UCiJW8TsGYn2oIGgM4cK-wvA/videos" target="_blank">here</a>.<br></span></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass485C30AF89C642E5B240415CB198D4AA"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClassD088AA5F900F4718B444428B8B485AF2"><p class="ExternalClass3479AB487994408BA52DC769612CE993">Have you ever wondered how we can use the internet and information and communication technology (ICT) to enhance the skills of unemployed youth and to create more job opportunities?&#160;Or would you like to know how Facebook and other social media can be used to coach apprentices during work-place based training?&#160;On 31 March 2016 &#160;two experienced experts&#160;presented in a webinar&#160;innovative ideas of SDC projects and other real life examples from Sub-Saharan Africa, Nepal and Albania on how IT and social media can be used in vocational training and education.<br><br></p><p><strong>Webinar contents</strong></p><p style="text-align&#58;justify;">Based on three cases, Urs Gröhbiel showed how ICT can support vocational training and work-based learning effectively. He concentrated on low threshold opportunities of using mobile devices to train unqualified workers in remote Nepalese villages, coach apprentices in Zimbabwe, and support midwives in training in rural South Africa. On this basis, he illustrated&#160;some typical challenges and success factors of ICT use in disadvantaged areas.</p><p>Ridvan Aliu talked about how he established a platform for Massive Open Online Courses (What is a MOOC? <a href="https&#58;//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course" target="_blank">Read more</a>, or watch this <a href="https&#58;//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File&#58;What_is_a_MOOC.ogg" target="_blank">video</a>) to change the way we learn and get access to jobs and careers in the global labour market. He&#160;illustrated the importance of peer-learning in our connected world and presented the case of a MOOC in Albania that signed up over 47'000 students in just over a year.</p><p><strong>Please find the webinar recordin</strong><strong>g</strong> <a href="https&#58;//youtu.be/6ss8eA5jO3M" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a> (parts of the recording have to be re-recorded&#160;owing to unsufficient audio quality and will follow shortly).</p><p><strong>Additional webinar material</strong>&#58; <a href="https&#58;//eduongo.com/new-web/downloadables/EDUonGo-Almooc-case-study.pdf" target="_blank">Documentation</a>, <a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Trainings/2016-03%20Webinar%20Online%20Learning%20VSD/2016-03%20-%20Webinar%20-%20IT%20social%20media%20and%20VSD%20-%20SNBI%20Presentation.pptx" target="_blank">P</a><a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Trainings/2016-03%20Webinar%20Online%20Learning%20VSD/2016-03%20-%20Webinar%20-%20IT%20social%20media%20and%20VSD%20-%20SNBI%20Presentation.pptx" target="_blank">resentation of Urs Gröhbiel</a>, <a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Trainings/2016-03%20Webinar%20Online%20Learning%20VSD/2016-03%20-%20Webinar%20-%20ALMOOC%20-%20Albanian%20Massive%20Open%20Online%20courses%20-%20Presentation.pptx" target="_blank">P</a><a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Trainings/2016-03%20Webinar%20Online%20Learning%20VSD/2016-03%20-%20Webinar%20-%20ALMOOC%20-%20Albanian%20Massive%20Open%20Online%20courses%20-%20Presentation.pptx" target="_blank">resentation of Ridvan Aliu</a>, <a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Trainings/2016-03%20Webinar%20Online%20Learning%20VSD/2016-03%20-%20Webinar%20-%20VSD%20and%20IT%20-%20Q%20and%20A.pdf" target="_blank">Q&amp;A</a>.</p><p><strong>The presenters</strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Urs Gröhbiel&#160;</strong>(Dr. rer.pol.) is based in Basel as the director of the <a href="http&#58;//snbi.ch/" target="_blank">Swiss Network for Educational Innovation</a> (SNBI) and founder of the learning.lab at the <a href="http&#58;//www.fhnw.ch/business" target="_blank">School of Business FHNW</a>. His research focuses on the innovative use of mobile technologies for learning and problem solving in disadvantaged areas. He provides consultancy to governments and NGOs in the areas of eLearning management, strategic management, innovation, quality development and monitoring in education. He is responsible for international development and cooperation, and supports interdisciplinary research &amp; development activities at FHNW.</p><p><br></p><p class="ExternalClass3479AB487994408BA52DC769612CE993">&#160;</p><p><strong><img src="/site/EI/PublishingImages/Portraits/Ridvan_Aliu_Photo.jpg" alt="" style="width&#58;104px;height&#58;127px;" class="fr-fic fr-dii" />Ridvan Aliu&#160;</strong>(M.S. in Computer Science), originally from Kosovo and based in Seattle, USA, is the founder and CEO of <a href="http&#58;//eduongo.com/" target="_blank">EDUonGo</a>, a company that offers an eLearning platform to help anyone create online courses without the need of programming. He is the creator of <a href="http&#58;//almooc.com/" target="_blank">ALMOOC</a>, an initiative that offers free training to Albanian speaking countries and offers them employment opportunities on the global IT market.</p><p>He is an enthusiast of Education Technology, and has previously worked as a Sr. Solution Architect for Microsoft, Amazon and Disney.</p><p>The webinar will be facilitated by HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation. For queries, please contact Sonja Hofstetter, Adviser for Skills Development and Education, <a href="mailto&#58;sonja.hofstetter@helvetas.org" target="_blank">sonja.hofstetter@helvetas.org</a>.&#160;</p><p><br></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass4FC0B61B27FF4553B6FEBB6933285F64"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass4092964AC9E14E39B7ABB0BB04976F01"><p class="ExternalClass3271774CAC7043CEBB4B57B0A3C4EBF5"><br></p><p><b style="font-size&#58;1.1em;line-height&#58;1.5;text-align&#58;justify;">On 16-17 March 2016 a technical workshop on vocational skills development (VSD) in the context of violent extremism took place in Geneva. It gathered high-level practitioners, policy-makers and researchers, who discussed the potential contribution of VSD to the prevention of violent extremism (PVE). The workshop focused on targeting youth 'at risk' and on finding the most promising approach and design of vocational skills programmes. It also tackled the question of transition from training to employment in order to assure stable social and labour market integration of young people 'at risk'. The workshop's results served as input to the international policy conference on the implementation of the UN Action Plan to Prevent Violent Extremism held on 7/8 April 2016 in Geneva.</b></p><p><br></p><p style="text-align&#58;justify;"><strong>Please find here the&#160;</strong><a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Events%20by%20date/2016-03%20Workshop%20VSD%20PVE%20-%20Geneva/160307_PVE_Workshop%20Program_final.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>workshop programme</strong></a><strong>&#160;and&#160;</strong><a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Events%20by%20date/2016-03%20Workshop%20VSD%20PVE%20-%20Geneva/2016-03%20-%20VSD%20in%20the%20context%20of%20PVE%20-%20Workshop%20Geneva%20-%20Participants.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>participation list</strong></a></p><p><strong>Day 1, Setting the stage&#58; The drivers of violent extremism – and can vocational skills development address them?</strong></p><p><strong>Opening</strong></p><p style="text-align&#58;justify;">Roger Denzer, Head of the Staff of the Directorate and Member of the Directorate of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), opened the technical workshop by emphasising the importance of an improved understanding of the drivers of violent extremism, and how VSD can potentially address them. He confirmed that PVE is high on both the international agenda and the Swiss foreign policy agenda. Denzer explained that the SDC's main contribution to PVE is to tackle fragility and insecurity issues and strengthen good governance. According to Denzer, VSD is one instrument to address PVE. He affirmed that education, VSD and employment facilitation are within the SDC's priorities for the coming years. To date, the SDC facilitated several projects in West Africa, Western Balkans and Honduras promoting vocational skills trainings in fragile and conflict-affected regions with the goal to facilitate the integration of youth into the labour market and providing an alternative to the deceptive lure of radicalization. By this workshop, Denzer has wished to move the discussion forward and help to gain deeper understanding of the key elements to take into account in SDC's vocational skills activities.</p><p><span lang="EN-GB"><strong>Find the opening speech&#160;</strong></span><a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Events%20by%20date/2016-03%20Workshop%20VSD%20PVE%20-%20Geneva/2016-03%20-%20VSD%20Workshop%20Geneva%20-%20Opening%20Speech%20by%20DRG.pdf" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB"><strong>here</strong></span></a></p><p><strong>&#160;</strong></p><p><strong>Keynote Speech&#58; Preventing violent extremism&#58; Defining the issues, tackling the problems</strong></p><p style="text-align&#58;justify;">Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, Deputy Director and Academic Dean of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) and Adjunct Professor at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, highlighted in his speech the complexity of the subject matter and the lack of a common conception of PVE. PVE lacks a clear definition and clear boundaries from other fields, concepts and approaches. Given that radicalization is not a novel phenomenon, he raised the question of where today's extremism differs from earlier forms of violent extremism. According to him, extremism is a continuous multifaceted process, which is expanding, growing in complexity and density, and becoming more lethal. It needs to be understood universally. For those reasons, he pointed at our need of a refined policy thinking resulting in well-crafted operational planning and practices. He thinks a successful strategy for prevention should have an ownership at the grassroots level. The subsequent discussion focused on the need for a better understanding of the phenomenon by research and practice, the question of the goal of PVE programs and the difficulty of generalizing from other cases.</p><p><strong>To watch the Opening and Keynote Speech click&#160;</strong><a href="https&#58;//www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRX8Qnutqcs&amp;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a></p><p>&#160;</p><p><strong>Panel discussion&#58; What is the role of vocational skills development in preventing violent extremism and how can it best be implemented?</strong></p><p style="text-align&#58;justify;">The following panellists participated in the discussion&#58;</p><ul style="font-size&#58;14px;"><li><p><strong>Rudolf Batliner</strong>, Senior Scientist at NADEL, Centre for Development and Cooperation, ETH Zurich</p></li><li><p><strong>Shannon Green</strong>, Director and Senior Fellow, Human Rights Initiative, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)</p></li><li><p><strong>Khalid Koser</strong>, Executive Director, Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF)</p></li><li><p><strong>Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou</strong>, Deputy Director and Academic Dean of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) and Adjunct Professor at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies</p></li><li><p><strong>Marc Probst</strong>, Executive Director of the Swiss Academy for Development (SAD)</p></li></ul><p style="text-align&#58;justify;">The panel discussion evolved around the potential and limits of VSD as a response to PVE, the form and design of vocational skills programmes as well as the complex issue of targeting. It quickly became apparent that the factors fostering violent extremism are multiple and complex, situated on the structural, societal and individual levels. Hence, the panel agreed that VSD cannot be the sole response to preventing violent extremism. Common ground was established on the importance of inclusive and holistic program approaches to tackle the issue of PVE and long-term engagement of donors. Following a comprehensive strategy, programmes should not be limited to technical trainings but also include personal development (e.g. life resilience and empowerment skills) and labour market integration measures. Moreover, programmes are thought to be most effective if developing from the local/communal and grass-root level.</p><p><strong>Find the panel discussion on video&#160;</strong><a href="https&#58;//www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijrZojQsHHQ&amp;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a></p><p style="line-height&#58;22.4px;"><br></p><p><br><a href="https&#58;//www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijrZojQsHHQ&amp;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank"></a></p><p style="text-align&#58;justify;"><strong>Day 2, Designing effective programmes&#58; Focusing on the right people and skills for preventing violent extremism</strong></p><p style="text-align&#58;justify;"><strong>Keynote Speech&#58;</strong> <strong>Challenges of violent extremism for education policy frameworks</strong></p><p style="text-align&#58;justify;">Michel Carton, Executive Director of the Network for international policies and cooperation in education and training (NORRAG) and Joost Monks, Managing Director of NORRAG, addressed the potential and limits of education and training policies to prevent violent extremism. In particular, they raised the question of the role of state and non-state actors. They also highlighted the importance of contextualising programs and policies. They especially called for further research in order to gain an improved understanding of violent extremism and the potential of education and training to address it.</p><p><strong>Find the keynote speech&#160;</strong><a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Events%20by%20date/2016-03%20Workshop%20VSD%20PVE%20-%20Geneva/2016-03%20-%20VSD%20Workshop%20Geneva%20-%20Presentation%20NORRAG.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a></p><p style="text-align&#58;justify;"><strong>&#160;</strong></p><p style="text-align&#58;justify;"><strong>Round table 1&#58; Targeting&#58; Which beneficiaries for PVE and poverty reduction? How to identify and reach out to them?</strong></p><p style="text-align&#58;justify;">First, Martine Zeuthen, Team Leader of the EU-funded Strengthening Resilience to Violent Extremism programme (STRIVE) at the Royal United Service Institute (RUSI) shared her thoughts on identifying youth 'at risk' of radicalisation and recruitment based on her first-hand experiences of the&#160;<em>STRIVE Horn of Africa</em> Project in Kenya and Somalia. STRIVE is an attempt to identify youth 'at risk' and the criteria putting the 'violence-prone' youth at risk of being radicalized. These experiences show that radicalization is associated with a reduction of social networks in which young people are involved. The discussion following her presentation, however, showed how difficult it is to define such criteria and target groups while avoiding stigmatization and discrimination.</p><p style="text-align&#58;justify;">Subsequently, Marc Probst, Executive Director of the Swiss Academy for Development (SAD) shared in his presentation on &quot;Targeting youth at risk for VSD&#58; A synthesis of experiences from the Middle East, Africa and Asia&quot; practice experiences of the SAD's highly inclusive and contextualized programme approach. His main argument claimed that VSD does not work in isolation of other educational initiatives. He particularly highlighted the importance of tailored trainings to various educational backgrounds exceeding technical trainings and time frames. This includes personal development trainings, coaching and mentoring and goes beyond traditional project cycles and programme completion deadlines. Bringing together trainees with different backgrounds, including people considered 'at risk', is a way of avoiding stigmatization and experimenting peaceful diversity. 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She pointed at the need to design programmes in an explicit and youth-led manner. Her main lessons learnt were that programs need to provide more than jobs and have to be in balance with supply and demand. Gustavo Payan, Project Director, Education Development Center (EDC) underlined the importance of a holistic skills development approach for the youth 'at risk'. Hence, the EDC developed a skill curriculum to foster resilience of 'at risk' youth, among which vocational skills are just one of eight skill sets such as personal development, interpersonal communication, leadership, financial fitness, safety and health at work, worker and employer rights and responsibilities, introduction to entrepreneurship and work habits and conduct. Subsequently, Payan presented two youth projects in Kenya and Mali in which EDC applied their integrated model.</strong></p><p style="text-align&#58;justify;"><strong>The subsequent discussion evolved around the effects of the increasing securitisation of development on education programs. Participants debated questions like what basic values and ethics in the whole security/VSD debate are, whether actors are honest about their intentions and what the role of the state in providing trainings is. In the discussion, three urgent needs were identified&#58; 1) structural change of today's donor programming logic by longer timelines, 2) more donor flexibility, and 3) support to pilot-based approaches and inception phases of projects. Agreement was reached that trainings should go beyond technical skills but at best consist of a combination of VSD, life skills, socio-pedagogical support, youth work and urban development.</strong></p><p><br></p><blockquote style="padding&#58;0px;margin-bottom&#58;0px;margin-left&#58;40px;border&#58;none;line-height&#58;22.4px;"><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p style="text-align&#58;center;"><strong><strong>Tara Noronha, Mercy Corps&#58;</strong> &#160;<a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Events%20by%20date/2016-03%20Workshop%20VSD%20PVE%20-%20Geneva/2016-03%20-%20VSD%20Workshop%20Geneva%20-%20presentation%20Tnoronha.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Does youth employment build stability? Lessons from Afghanistan</strong></a></strong></p><p style="text-align&#58;center;"><strong><strong>Gustavo Payan, EDC&#58;</strong> <strong><a href="https&#58;//prezi.com/mnb3nu8r4dos/fostering-resilience-in-at-risk-youth-through-skills-develop/?utm_campaign=share&amp;utm_medium=copy" target="_blank">Fostering resilience in at-risk youth through skills development&#58; The EDC experience</a></strong></strong></p><p><br></p></blockquote><p style="line-height&#58;22.4px;"><br></p><p><strong><br></strong></p><p style="text-align&#58;justify;"><strong><strong>Round table 3&#58; Integration&#58; How can skills development programmes facilitate labour market integration and thereby societal integration of graduates?</strong></strong></p><p style="text-align&#58;justify;"><strong>Annette Hoffmann, Research Fellow on private sector development and peace building at the Conflict Research Unit (CRU) of the Netherlands Institute of International Relations 'Clingendael', indicated in her presentation on &quot;Skills training and labor market integration as a violence reduction tool&quot;, that labor markets and skill trainings are highly affected by questions of access and power. She pointed at the complexity of comprehensive integration due to its different levels. By offering skills training and employment, programmes may lead to economic integration while political and societal integration are still not granted. Following, Rachel Awad, Associate Director, Employment, Silatech emphasized the need for integrated programmes in collaboration with employers and the private sector. She argued that focusing on entry-level jobs in particular would best increase the attractiveness of the youth for enterprises.</strong></p><p style="text-align&#58;justify;"><strong>The discussion circled around the basic premises of the VSD/PVE nexus&#58; the idea that education leads to critical thinking and that employment leads to decreasing radicalization proneness. The participants agreed that it is for these reasons that comprehensive approaches are needed, alongside more research testing these assumptions.</strong></p><p><br></p><blockquote style="padding&#58;0px;margin-bottom&#58;0px;margin-left&#58;40px;border&#58;none;line-height&#58;22.4px;"><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p style="text-align&#58;center;"><strong><strong>Annette Hoffmann, CRU&#58;</strong> <a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Events%20by%20date/2016-03%20Workshop%20VSD%20PVE%20-%20Geneva/2016-03%20-%20VSD%20Workshop%20Geneva%20-%20Clingendeal%20-%20Presentation%20-%20Skills%20training%20and%20labour%20market%20integration.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Skills training and labour market integration as a violence reduction tool&#58; Pitfalls and success factors</strong></a></strong></p><p style="text-align&#58;center;"><strong><strong>Rachel Awad, Silatech&#58;&#160;</strong><a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Events%20by%20date/2016-03%20Workshop%20VSD%20PVE%20-%20Geneva/2016-03%20-%20VSD%20Workshop%20Geneva%20-%20Presentation%20-%20silatech.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Job creation and employment for Arab youth – the Silatech experience</strong></a></strong></p><p><br></p></blockquote><p style="line-height&#58;22.4px;"><br></p><p style="text-align&#58;justify;"><br></p><p style="text-align&#58;justify;"><strong><strong><strong>Wrapping up the workshop's findings</strong></strong></strong></p><p style="text-align&#58;justify;"><strong><strong>Wolfgang Schlegel, Managing Director of INBAS and moderator of the day, wrapped up the main insights of the discussions of the two days. He asserted the complexity, lack of definitions and unclear terminology that PVE implies. Regarding VSD, he determined that no &quot;one-size-fits-it-all-solution&quot; can be applied. Rather, development approaches including VSD and PVE have to be contextualized and target group specific. His conclusion of the first roundtable was that targeting is crucial but very difficult since it holds a lot of risk indicators and the challenge to avoid stigmatization and discrimination. Hence, he stressed that agreement about targeting should be local and community-driven. About delivery, he stated that VSD has to go beyond technical skills&#58; it has to be completed by life skills, socio-pedagogical support, youth work, urban development etc. Furthermore, delivery has to go beyond labour market orientation but offering real prospects and potential attractive occupations, because otherwise, there is a major risk of raising expectations, which can, if they are not met, easily lead to frustration. On the issue of integration, support at the transition from learning to work is essential for successful integration. In addition, he highlighted the need of social integration alongside labour market integration. Finally, he wrapped up four main challenges&#58; 1) the question of how to mainstream PVE specific approaches or whether to include it in the main education pathways, 2) the question of how to reconcile the different aspects of social inclusion, scale, systemic change and sustainability, 3) challenges regarding adequate time horizons and resources, 4) the difficulty of implementing such approaches in the framework of today's donor programming logic.</strong></strong></p><p style="text-align&#58;justify;"><strong><strong>&#160;</strong></strong></p><p style="text-align&#58;justify;"><strong><strong><strong>The way forward&#58; Defining next steps</strong></strong></strong></p><p style="text-align&#58;justify;"><strong><strong>Frédérique Weyer, on behalf of the Focal Point Employment &amp; Income, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), provided the audience with an outlook on the next steps&#58; The results of this workshop serve as a basis for the Workshop on Education, VSD and Labour Market Integration at 7/8 April Geneva Conference on the Implementation of the UN Action Plan on PVE. Furthermore, the results will be discussed internally in the SDC.</strong></strong></p><p style="text-align&#58;justify;"><strong><strong>Weyer found that the workshop's results generally confirm the SDC' approach. A holistic approach that goes beyond technical skills, ensuring relevance through a sound analysis of contexts and needs/demands of the target groups, and long-term engagement is already part of SDC's support in VSD.</strong></strong></p><p style="text-align&#58;justify;"><strong><strong>VSD is one of SDC's instruments to address violent extremism. It needs to be linked with other issues on which SDC is already active&#58; basic education and transition to work in the first place, but also fragility, governance and human rights. The new message on Development Cooperation to the Swiss Parliament will place emphasis on fragility. More funds for basic education and VSD are also foreseen. In addition, a new education strategy, that includes both basic education and VSD, will be launched at the end of 2016.&#160;<strong>&#160;</strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong>Please find the whole presentation including wrap-up and next steps&#160;</strong><a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Events%20by%20date/2016-03%20Workshop%20VSD%20PVE%20-%20Geneva/2016-03%20-%20VSD%20Workshop%20Geneva%20-%20Presentation.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a></strong></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong><strong><strong><strong>Interviews with participants</strong></strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><a href="https&#58;//youtu.be/fQdcCe_yaPY" target="_blank"><strong><em>Katerina Ananiadou, UNESCO-UNEVOC</em></strong></a></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><a href="https&#58;//www.youtube.com/watch?v=58nGahUFz5I&amp;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank"><strong><em>Gustavo Payan, EDC</em></strong><br></a></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><a href="https&#58;//youtu.be/SgUr5G9FkcU" target="_blank"><strong><em>Roger Denzer, SDC</em></strong></a></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><a href="https&#58;//youtu.be/xilfv37t6Qc" target="_blank"><strong><em>Michel Carton, NORRAG</em></strong></a></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><a href="https&#58;//www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnuxkremk8M&amp;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank"><strong><em>Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, GSCP</em></strong></a><br></strong></strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass1F1F2DE15DBD41CB939D02CB1244B1A8"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass7F7FB334678648B2A96FF394E412A58D"><p class="ExternalClassFE1103765AD84557AB109D85B918E77C"><br></p><p>A regional SDC-workshop on vocational skills development (VSD) will take place in Colombia in February 2016. It will gather heads of SDC's VSD projects in Latin America and the Caribbean as well as the people responsible for this theme in Embassies/Cooperation Offices. The focus will be placed on school-to-work transitions and on coordination with the private sector. Part of the workshop will be held with SDC's gender regional network and will address the interplays between gender and VSD/employment issues. Participation only upon invitation. Results will be shared within the network.</p><p><br></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClassC38E84B9039349AEB9774B7B1F98F5D8"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClassDC3B2C503BB44A3FAF3CEB8038163980"><p>This years thematic workshop oft he GIZ competence centre education, vocational training and labour market tackles those who do train people. Results might be shared. Find the programme <a href="/site/EI/Documents/Events/Partner%20Activities/VSD%20partner%20activities/2015-12%20-%20GIZ%20-%20Thementag%20Berufliche%20Bildung%20und%20Arbeitsmarkt%20-%20Programm_de.pdf" target="_blank">here&#160;</a>and more information is provided by julia.becker@giz.de</p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass3C502C118D264116B0BC703F2868F0E2"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass1F047470847240C7AC10411D4A06C341"><p>FoBBIZ annual conference.&#160;This event&#160;is&#160;over, but you might want to&#160;check it out anyway. <a href="http&#58;//fobbiz.ch/de/aktuell/2015/09/30/jahresveranstaltung-2015/" target="_blank">&#160;&gt;&gt;more</a></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass055B46BCD3FC4387AE5C07FA9E7C8CEE"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass33332C7D069C431FB23B0528AECD50A6"><p><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height&#58;115%;font-family&#58;&quot;arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size&#58;11pt;">The training is organized and implemented by the ILO International Traininc Centre in Turin. This course is over, but will be repeated later, so you might want to check out the site anyway.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https&#58;//prezi.com/zlixdg0gqvm-/management-of-training-institutions-itc-ilo/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</span></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass1AAC2C3FA84B41CFA3C7D6FAE28635FA"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClassC139660DC37840AD82337A5531E3D364"><p>The aim of the training course is to strengthen the capacity of the participants in portfolio management for VET, skills development and active labor market policies. More information <a href="http&#58;//www.nadel.ethz.ch/education/Fall2015/VET.html" target="_blank">&#160;<span style="text-decoration&#58;underline;">&#160;http&#58;//www.nadel.ethz.ch/education/Fall2015/VET.html</span></a></p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClassFCB31AD4A34F44D0B04D7B704B152A29"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClassB61B9FB9FF594489889261ECA0AFB9BE">FoBBIZ annual conference - Vocational education and training&#58;<div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Date and place will be released soon on <a href="http&#58;//www.fobbiz.ch/" target="_blank">&#160;<span style="text-decoration&#58;underline;">&#160;www.fobbiz.ch</span></a></p></div></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass56297A87F7C94A6281EE4080F765267A"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass2522A94C33DD48D7A3C8D72C670B59E3">Two recent studies. More Information on <a href="https&#58;//www.phzh.ch/Berufsbildung-fuer-Erwachsene">PHZ.</a></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass8A15969EFA8A49FF9C02F8D0892B67D0"><p>The training provides participants with a range of integrated approaches, tools and methodologies used in real-life cases to promote employment and decent work for youth in situations of conflict and disaster. </p><p>The new ILO standard on &quot;Employment and decent work for peace and resilience&quot; and the ILO's Flagship programme on &quot;Jobs for peace and resilience&quot; will be at the core of the course (<a href="http&#58;//www.itcilo.org/en/areas-of-expertise/enterprise-development/promotion-of-youth-employment-in-fragile-states" target="_blank">learn more</a>).<br></p><p><br></p></div>

<div class="ExternalClassA1101DD45AD5432985043E3FAD4D531A"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass29E6ADB04FB74A3FBCBBBB34068CF5C1"><p>The International Training Centre of the ILO set up this course with the ultimative objective to support the design and implementation of youth employment programmes, by incorporating rigorous monitoring and evaluation plans.</p><p>More and more programmes have been implemented to promote decent jobs for young people but the impact of these interventions is still not enough documented and is often very much open to debate. Yet policymakers and practioners &#160;need evidence for effective design and implementation. Recognizing the need to mainstream youth employment in policy making and to rely on strong evidence about the impact of programmes and projects, the ILO's Youth Employment Programme and the ITCILO are joining forces to offer a course on monitoring and evaluation of employment programmes with a focus on youth.</p><p>For more information, please see the <a href="https&#58;//www.youtube.com/watch?v=k56f2-y08bgvideo">video&#160;</a>or refer to the course <a href="http&#58;//promo-dev.itcilo.org/eras/index.php?entryPoint=campaign_trackerv2&amp;track=6bbbbcdd-4127-d8ab-f4a6-591079d5b3d7" target="_blank">flyer</a>.&#160;&#160;</p></div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass7D5C2B3537B34A818D9A0CAA4C1DF09E"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClassC0F3EB77A8D9488D870712E98BF4E2B7">The workshop provides a platform for the DC dVET members (ADA, BMZ, LED &amp; SDC) and their projects for mutual exchange, learning and joint action.<br>Based on prior exchanges the exchange will focus on the two thematic areas&#58;<br>1. Experiences and challenges in reforming VET systems with regards to dual Elements.<br>2. Shared responsibility between the state and private sector, focusing on the role of the private sector.<br>Personal invitations to the workshop have been sent out by mid-Mai 2017. Eligible to participate are DC dVET members and implementing agencies in the Western Balkans, Republic of Moldova &amp; South Caucasus. For more information visit the dedicated <a href="https&#58;//www.dcdualvet.org/" target="_blank">website</a>.</div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClass242DAA088958413E8505D34E735A90C8"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClass039C124EB4F84F8CBD057B280E15BFA7">The Torino Process international conference takes place on June 7-8, bringing together a broad spectrum of stakeholders in Turin, working together to drive vocational education outcomes forward. The ‘Changing Skills for a Changing World’ agenda is packed full of interesting topics, workshops, and a market place of ideas to showcase innovative projects by young people from ETF partner countries. Innovation through vocational education and training (VET) is a key theme throughout, setting the stage for keynote speaker Marianne Thyssen, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility. The conference is also an opportunity for ETF partner countries to discuss progress, achievements, and challenges of Torino Process round 4 – the ETF’s flagship programme driving VET outcomes forward. Visit ETF's <a href="https&#58;//blog.torinoprocess.eu/schedule/" target="_blank">Torino Process website</a> for more information or to watch the live stream of the event.</div></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClassF2483E424FA24CAA9B5F477A99609B6B"><div class="toAlignListElmntOnPage"><div class="ExternalClassC8C0D5400B7447B38A858964502E8613"><strong>Course Objective&#160;</strong><p>&#160;</p><p>Rooted in Switzerland’s own unique and strong system, vocational education and training (VET) has been one of the key pillars in Swiss international cooperation ever since itsbeginnings. After a slack period, VET is back on the agenda of international cooperation.The aim of the training course is to strengthen the capacity of the participants in portfoliomanagement for VET, skills development and active labor market policies.<span style="font-size&#58;1.1em;">&#160;</span>Please&#160;visit&#160;NADEL's&#160;<a href="http&#58;//www.nadel.ethz.ch/education/individual-courses-for-professionals.html" target="_blank">website</a> for the registration forms or more information about the admission requirements.&#160;</p></div></div></div>