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Education
For the SDC, education is an essential foundation of individual, social and economic development and for fostering values such as equality, respect, tolerance and dignity. Education is a powerful means to tackle poverty and inequality. It is a fundamental element of development policy. While the main responsibility for education lies with the State, international agendas have been instrumental in orienting national policies in education. The SDC builds on the mutually reinforcing qualities of basic education and vocational skills development and stresses their strong link to the labour market and to economic development. Many SDC partner countries are faced with rapid growth of their youth population which puts pressure on national education systems and on labour markets, and often also affects social stability Humanitarian and protracted crises: The SDC strengthens its engagement in education in emergencies and protracted crises to ensure children’s protection and basic education needs are addressed, including those of both the displaced and affected host communities, as well as to ensure that the national education systems’ capacity is strengthened to cope with the crisis. The SDC also ensures that its interventions are in accordance with the Interagency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) Minimum Standards. Since September 2022, the networks IED and EDU have joint forces in the frame of F4P and are now part of the new section Economy and Education. The shareweb Education will continue as platform for practitioners and we ask you to check out the site here.
Normative Documents
SDC
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Updated Version 2022 - For SDC, education is a priority theme and comprises both basic education and vocational skills development. The SDC Education Strategy sets out how we will reach this objective through our bilateral and multilateral engagement. It provides guidance to the SDC’s South Cooperation, Cooperation with Eastern Europe, Global Cooperation as well as Humanitarian Aid and inspires the SDC’s cooperation strategies and its global and multilateral programmes.
Working Aids
SDC
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This introduction paper and guidance is made for Vocational Education and Training (VET) practitioners, donors and implementing partners in development cooperation who want to better understand and analyse how VET systems function and how their different elements interrelate. It shall therefore… - introduce those working in VET projects and institutions into VET systems thinking and provide them with a basic understanding and analytical dimensions; - improve the quality of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)’s VET interventions based on a better understanding of VET systems; - provide input for SDC’s position in the discussion about systemic approaches to VET systems development and reform.
Updated version April 2022
SDC
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Infrastructure and equipment of Vocational Education and Training (VET) are particularly expensive and VET systems constantly face financial limitations, in particular in countries of the global South. Investments in infrastructure and equipment for VET programmes1 are therefore a recurrent topic in development cooperation. As there is a general interest to get more guidance on this topic, the SDC Economy and Education Team elaborated this guidance paper in close collaboration with other WOGA partners. It aims to shed some light on this issue to help SDC officers and their implementers to make informed and appropriate decisions and to avoid or at least mitigate risks. The guidance paper does not intend to replace the various resources such as internal guidelines and documents dealing with infrastructure investments and procurement issues, but recommends approaching the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Competence Center in this matter.
SDC
Education is integral to the inclusive, peaceful and sustained development of a society. If education is equitable and of good quality, it can ensure the participation of marginalised groups in the development process more broadly, thereby reducing social inequalities. Without attention paid to equitable access, learning opportunities and quality learning outcomes, education can entrench existing inequalities within societies. To create more inclusive and just societies, it is thus crucial to leave no one behind in education. In addition to the note on education, there is a general guidance as well as four other thematic Working Aids on Agriculture and Food Security, Employment & Income, Decentralisation & Local Governance, and Health.
Reference Indicators and Measurement
SDC
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To monitor the implementation of Switzerland's international cooperation strategy for 2021 - 2024, SDC has approved a set of ressult indicators according to the 10 sub-objectives of the strategy. Result indicators allow to assess outcomes and outputs achieved with SDC support. E+E has 5 ARIs - Aggregated Result Indicators. 2 ARIs for EDU 3 ARIs for IED
SDC
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To monitor the implementation of Switzerland's international cooperation strategy for 2021 - 2024, SDC has approved a set of reference indicators according to the 10 sub-objectives of the strategy. Result indicators allow to assess outcomes and outputs achieved with SDC support. E+E has a total of 10 TRIs 5 IED TRIs Thematic Result Indicators 5 EDU TRIs Thematic Result Indicators
Case Studies
Swiss Network for Education and International Cooperation RECI
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The Education – Training – Work & Employment Continuum in Development cooperation
FIVE CASE STUDIES UNDER SCRUTINY:
DOES THE NOTION OF CONTINUUM OPEN TRANSFORMATIVE PERSPECTIVES FOR THE RE-INTEGRATION OF THE EXCLUDED FROM EDUCATION, TRAINING, WORK & EMPLOYMENT? FIRST EVIDENCE FROM THE FIELD
Swiss Network for Education and International Cooperation RECI
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DOES A CONTINUUM OPEN TRANSFORMATIVE PERSPECTIVES FOR THE RE-INTEGRATION OF THE EXCLUDED FROM EDUCATION, TRAINING, WORK & EMPLOYMENT? FIRST EVIDENCE FROM THE FIELD
Evaluations and Reviews
SDC
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In 2017, SDC launched the Education Strategy (ES) in line with the goals of the dispatch 2017-2020 and beyond. After three years of implementation, and before the new IC Strategy 2021-24 took effect, SDC commissioned an external evaluation of the education strategy. Despite considerable differences in the overall use and perception of the ES across the organization, there is a consensus that the ES, together with the dispatch 2017-2020 and the target to increase commitments to education by 50%, were instrumental to make education a prominent sector within SDC. For implementation, the ES served more for inspiration and conceptual clarity than for directly influencing programming decisions. For this purpose, the ES is often considered to be too broad to orient decision-making and implementation. The document includes the Management Response. Link here to the presentation of the key findings.
Relevant News
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Do you also wish to learn more about how development programmes can make a meaningful contribution to changing the existing economic system to an Inclusive Green Economic (IGE) system?
Then join the SDC Economy network’s upcoming series of consultation tables on Green Skills, Circular Economy and Green Finance. You will find more information about the consultation process, outcomes and interesting reading materials on our newly created Shareweb page “Inclusive Green Economy”.
Looking at skills in the Inclusive Green Economy: The Donor Committee on dual VET (DC dVET) is conducting a series of interactive online Barcamps (Webinars) between October 2023 and June 2024. You can find more information on our new Shareweb page "Inclusive Green Economy".
Graph: See the "Inclusive Green Economy Orientation paper" (2023), page 9, for complete graph.
15 December 2023
The Section Economy and Education of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation has opened a Call for Proposal looking for innovations in Scaling up Social and Impact Entrepreneurships.
All the necessary information regarding this Call for Proposal is available in the following documents:
1 - Call for Proposal: Scaling up Social and Impact Entrepreneurship - here 2 - Standard contract: Federal contribution for project - here 3 - Standard contract: Contribution outside Switzerland - here 4 - General conditions for contracts concerning federal contributions for projects - here
Questions related to this Call for Proposals can be submitted by email to the following address kep@eda.admin.ch with the subject: “Scale up Social and Impact Entrepreneurship”. All questions and relative answers will be anonymously and openly available on this website.
Deadline submission of questions round 1: 22 December 2023 Publication responses to questions / round 1: 8 January 2024 - The answers to your questions are now avaliable here Deadline submission of questions round 2: 15 January 2024 Publication responses to questions / round 2: 24 January 2024 - The answers to your questions from round 1 and 2 are now avaliable here
The proposals have to be submitted by 29 February 2024, 24:00 CET at the latest to the following email address: kep@eda.admin.ch with the subject: “Scale up Social and Impact Entrepreneurship”.
In August 2023, SDC organised a physical ideation workshop on SIEs together with some European-based SIE expert organisations, many of which SDC has already worked with on this topic. In September and October 2023, it shared and discussed the “take aways” from this workshop in four virtual brainstorming sessions with interested stakeholders, many of them regional and local organisations from the Global South, many of which expressed an explicit interest to SDC’s section E&E in collaborating within the framework of this upcoming project. The “take aways” from the ideation workshop are available here The list of organisations who expressed an explicit interest to SDC’s section E&E in collaborating within the framework of the project is attached to the document “Call for Proposal: Scaling up Social and Impact Entrepreneurship”.
10 September 2023
Updated E+E Information Package of the Topics Economy and Education - Fit for PurposeClick here for the version in french The Information Package is made for SDC staff and practitioners working towards the creation of inclusive economic development programmes as well as quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all. It provides an introduction into E+E approaches and ways of systemic thinking through four interlinked priorities on system and beneficiary level: Education, Vocational Skills Development, Private Sector Development and Financial Sector Development and the modality of private sector engagement. Updated version June 2023 - An easy to read introduction for a quick overview of the topics Economy and Education This two-pager provides a short introduction into the Economy and Education Network for SDCdecision makers.
23 July 2023
This working aid (including toolbox) on social protection provides concrete guidance for the SDC staff to engage in social protection programmes and policies. Social protection supports people in need at different stages in life and protects them against risks, such as illness, accident or unemployment. In this way, social protection helps to combat poverty and contributes to social equality and justice. By boosting human capital and productivity and supporting domestic demand, it facilitates structural transformation of national economies. The lack of access to social protection is a major obstacle to economic and social development.
Link to the social protection working aid.
20 July 2023
Since September 2022, the Inclusive Economic Development and the Education teams of SDC joined forces to become the new thematic Section Economy and Education. This two-pager provides a short introduction into the Economy and Education Network for SDC decision makers.
19 July 2023
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AREAS OF TENSION IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN SWITZERLAND AND OTHER COUNTRIES – DEVELOPMENTS, CHALLENGES AND POTENTIALThe strengths of the Swiss education system include: a close match between training content in dual VET and the real-world needs of employers on the Swiss labour market; a low youth unemployment rate; and a large proportion of young people who complete upper-secondary level. In order to maintain these remarkable achievements, there is a constant need to strike a balance between VET and general education and to regularly review and readjust the proportion of workplace training and classroom instruction in education programmes. In this manner, Switzerland is able to meet future challenges associated with the rapid changes taking place in the labour market and society. Link to the report.
30 June 2023
Registration is now open for the Swiss Launch of the Global Education Monitoring Report 2023 (GEM Report 2023). Please register here until 31 August 2023. An invitation letter with a preliminary agenda is attached. In the registration form, we welcome your proposals for specific topics and challenges that could inform the panel and break- out sessions during the Launch event and that are related to EdTEch in your specific context and experience. The following experts will join us to share their views on the opportunities and limitations of EdTech:
- Moderation: Urs Gröhbiel, Executive Director Swiss Network for Educational Innovation (SNBI)
- Manos Antoninis, Director of the GEM Report, UNESCO
- Diepak Elmer, Co-Head of the Section Economy and Education at the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
- Sidita Dibra, Advisor Continuous Vocational Education & Training (C-VET) in the Products & Solutions global team of Swisscontact
- Barbara Class, Research and Teaching Collaborator at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences (TECFA), University of Geneva
- Bernhard Probst, Education Development / Strategic Responsibility LerNetz AG
More information is available online here.
We are looking forward to your participation.
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) - in collaboration with the Swiss Commission for UNESCO (SCU), the Swiss Network for Education and International Cooperation (RECI) and the Swiss Forum for Skills Development and International Cooperation (FoBBIZ)
About the Global Education Monitoring Report: Established in 2002, the GEM Report is an editorially independent report, hosted and published by UNESCO. At the 2015 World Education Forum, it received a mandate from 160 governments to monitor and report on the progress and implementation of SDG4 / Education 2030. Each edition of the report is dedicated to a highly topical subject, such as technology and education in 2023.
17 May 2023
The bi-annual training workshop has gained a reputation for empowering the practitioners who are driving the field forward to meet new and on-going challenges in results measurement for improved management, greater accountability and better results. This year's workshop will be in-person in Bangkok. It will bring together experienced results measurement practitioners for five focused days of learning practical approaches, sharing challenges and tips and contributing lessons to the field. The main theme of the workshop this year will be assessing system change including dimensions of system change particularly relevant to PSD programs today. Link to the flyer.
31 March 2023
The guidelines aim to advise SDC staff and partners how to identify and make use of the interlinkages between BE and VSD to equip people with the skills they need to develop both as an individual and as a member of society and to access productive employment. The guide shows why a combination of basic education and vocational skills are needed for decent work4 and for inclusive, sustainable economic development, and how the SDC can operationalise BE–VSD interlinkages in the context of education, vocational education and training (VET), inclusive economic development, or programmes in other fields, e.g. migration, that aim to prepare people for labour market integration.
23 February 2023
The factsheet provides an overview of how Basic Education is addressed at SDC. It discusses the main challenges faced, the strategic priorities pursued, and the partners supported at the international, regional, national and local levels. In addition, it presents the expenditure by education sector and by area within SDC. A map presents the geographic spread of SDC's Basic Education projects and is complemented by project examples that illustrate SDC's engagement in Basic Education. Link to the factsheet  French Version  German Version
13 February 2023
This updated VSD Factsheet provides an overview of the opportunities and challenges in vocational education and training, SDC's approaches to promote vocational skills development in its projects, the partners , as well as project examples and facts and figures. Link to the factsheet
24 January 2023
SDC's Quality Assurance and Internal Digitalisation Specialist Service, together with NADEL (ETH Zurich) and other partners, updated the e-learning tool PCMi (Project Cycle Management interactive). PCMi consists of a series of modules introducing development professionals into the thinking of results-oriented project cycle management (PCM). Go to e-learning platform
09 January 2023
International Cooperation Forum Switzerland «Education4Future» - 15 February 2023, International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG), Switzerland - The event is free of charge, CO2-neutral and hybrid. Participation is open to all interested - On 16 February 2023, the «Youth4Solutions» will take place. Register Now: IC Forum Named 'Education for Future', the International Cooperation Forum Switzerland (IC Forum) on 15 and 16 February 2023 will focus on education. As part of «Youth for Solutions», the focus of the second day (16 February) will be on young people and their ideas and approaches. Good basic education and training are crucial for sustainable development. And yet education systems around the world are facing major challenges. Even before the pandemic, six out of ten children were not reaching basic levels of proficiency in reading and maths. COVID-19 exacerbated this situation. Scores of schools were closed, children could no longer study, and young people had to abandon their training programmes. Switzerland has been championing the right to education for many years. Both basic education and vocational skills development are vital cornerstones of Switzerland's international cooperation. The IC Forum brings together diverse voices and perspectives. Representatives of politics, research, the younger generation, the private and financial sectors, NGOs and civil society work together to develop solutions to global challenges. The hybrid event format with working sessions combining practice and theory as well as the interactive platform allow all interested parties to actively participate in the discussions.
04 January 2023
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Dear colleagues and E+E aficionados
We live in a world of overlapping global crises. After a tough 2020 and 2021, in which we were confronted with a global pandemic and the increasingly palpable impacts of climate change, we were faced with a new shock at the beginning of 2022. Just as a durable recovery from the global economic collapse following the COVID-19 pandemic appeared to be in our grasp, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has brought the consequences of conflict and rising living costs to our very doorsteps. More than a decade of economic and social progress was reversed in some regions. Beyond the immediate humanitarian impacts, the war will severely set back any global recovery, slowing growth and increase inflation even further. Many of our beneficiaries will struggle to retain their hard-won entry to the middle classes and risk falling back below the poverty line. Today, 222 million crisis affected children and young people worldwide see their access to education denied or disrupted.
Even more reason to focus on the inspiring, the positive and the possibilities of the new year 2023 ahead! The positive – Since September 2022, the Inclusive Economic Development and the Education teams have joined forces to become the new thematic section Economy and Education (E+E). We have made our advisory services even more accessible and beneficial for all project managers in the field and at HQ. The inspiring – You as a member of the E+E network. The E+E Team has demonstrated great respect and appreciation for the project managers’ professionalism and dedication all over the world. You made the difference thanks to the positive way in which you and your team have worked through the difficult humanitarian and development challenges and embraced emerging opportunities. The possibilities - The E+E Team stands ready to support you in your programme implementation and to help you attain the best possible project results and the highest level of beneficiary satisfaction in 2023. We wish you all the very best for this festive season and the new year ahead. We are looking forward to a great year of working together - Happy 2023 to you and your loved ones!
Diepak Elmer & Patrick Egli and the entire E+E Team ![]()
05 December 2022
Infrastructure and equipment of Vocational Education and Training (VET) are particularly expensive and VET systems constantly face financial limitations, in particular in countries of the global South. Investments in infrastructure and equipment for VET programmes are therefore a recurrent topic in development cooperation. As there is a general interest to get more guidance on this topic, the SDC Economy and Education Team elaborated this guidance paper in close collaboration with other WOGA partners. It aims to shed some light on this issue to help SDC officers and their implementers to make informed and appropriate decisions and to avoid or at least mitigate risks. The guidance paper does not intend to replace the various resources such as internal guidelines and documents dealing with infrastructure investments and procurement issues, but recommends approaching the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Competence Center in this matter.
03 December 2022
The SDC is excited to continue the series of webinars on VET system development. Infrastructure and equipment of VET are particularly expensive and VET systems constantly face financial limitations. Investments in infrastructure and equipment for VET programmes are therefore a recurrent topic in development cooperation.
As there is an overall interest to get more orientation on this topic, the SDC Economy and Education Team elaborated a guidance paper in close consultation with the colleagues of the Expert Group Construction from the Swiss Humanitarian Aid. The webinar on 5 December at 11 am CET introduces you not only to this guidance paper but also to the Expert Group Construction as part of the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Competence Centre. Overall, several experts will provide practical orientation on key questions related to investments of infrastructure and equipment in VET. Link to the event
18 November 2022
IED (now part of E+E) and FCHR thematic units have engaged on a workstream to provide SDC staff with practical guidance on i) how to plan and implement IED projects in fragile contexts, taking into account the particular challenges of fragile contexts and ii) how IED projects can go beyond the minimalist approach of doing no harm (working in conflict/ fragility) by explicitly contributing to reduce fragility (working on conflict/fragility). Link to the guidance sheet This practical guidance sheet should be used as additional practical tool together with the slide deck and FAQ published on the shareweb (links below): Slide Deck: Inclusive economic development (IED) in fragile contexts FAQ: IED in fragile contexts Slide Deck
17 November 2022
Village Capital with the support of its partners at the Impact-Linked Finance Fund, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and the Austrian Development Agency have launched the Catalyzing Financial Inclusion: Gender-Inclusive Fintech Solutions for Migrants report. This report shares insight on the financial inclusion obstacles disenfranchised migrant populations (especially women migrants) face in Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, and South and Southeast Asia – and highlights innovative, tech-driven solutions to these challenges. Link to the report
11 October 2022
Four Case Studies about some of SDC’s innovative Private Sector Partnerships (PSE) were just published. They portray 1) Social Impact Incentives (SIINC), 2) Impact-Linked Finance Fund (ILFF), 3) Catalytic Market Facility Aceli Africa (Aceli), and 4) Product Development Partnerships (PDPs). The Case Studies provide an easy to read (and well-layouted) introduction to those projects and mechanisms and can also be shared outside of SDC.
25 August 2022
This report documents the evaluation of the Nepal Cooperation Strategy 2018-22 from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). The evaluation entailed a qualitative inquiry into the development effectiveness of the Cooperation Strategy. Its purpose was to inform the formulation of the new Nepal Cooperation Program 2023-26. The evaluation was conducted by two external evaluators and two SDC staff. Check ou the findings and recommendations for the bilateral inclusive economic development programmes in Nepal. It's a must read!
14 June 2022
Updated Version 2022 - For SDC, education is a priority theme and comprises both basic education and vocational skills development. The SDC Education Strategy sets out how we will reach this objective through our bilateral and multilateral engagement. It provides guidance to the SDC’s South Cooperation, Cooperation with Eastern Europe, Global Cooperation as well as Humanitarian Aid and inspires the SDC’s cooperation strategies and its global and multilateral programmes. - Click here for latest version.
Relevant Events
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24 Oct 2023
Eventforum Bern and online
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12 Sep 2023
Zollikofen
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12 Jul 2023
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24 Apr 2023
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27 Feb 2023
ETH Zürich
24 Oct 2023 in Eventforum Bern and online
24 October 2023
24 October 2023
in Eventforum Bern and online
24 October in Eventforum Bern and online
Registration is now open for the Swiss Launch of the Global Education Monitoring Report 2023 (GEM Report 2023). Please register here until 31 August 2023. An invitation letter with a preliminary agenda is attached. In the registration form, we welcome your proposals for specific topics and challenges that could inform the panel and break- out sessions during the Launch event and that are related to EdTEch in your specific context and experience. The following experts will join us to share their views on the opportunities and limitations of EdTech:
- Moderation: Urs Gröhbiel, Executive Director Swiss Network for Educational Innovation (SNBI)
- Manos Antoninis, Director of the GEM Report, UNESCO
- Diepak Elmer, Co-Head of the Section Economy and Education at the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
- Sidita Dibra, Advisor Continuous Vocational Education & Training (C-VET) in the Products & Solutions global team of Swisscontact
- Barbara Class, Research and Teaching Collaborator at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences (TECFA), University of Geneva
- Bernhard Probst, Education Development / Strategic Responsibility LerNetz AG
More information is available online here.
We are looking forward to your participation.
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) - in collaboration with the Swiss Commission for UNESCO (SCU), the Swiss Network for Education and International Cooperation (RECI) and the Swiss Forum for Skills Development and International Cooperation (FoBBIZ)
About the Global Education Monitoring Report: Established in 2002, the GEM Report is an editorially independent report, hosted and published by UNESCO. At the 2015 World Education Forum, it received a mandate from 160 governments to monitor and report on the progress and implementation of SDG4 / Education 2030. Each edition of the report is dedicated to a highly topical subject, such as technology and education in 2023. About the Global Education Monitoring Report: Established in 2002, the GEM Report is an editorially independent report, hosted and published by UNESCO. At the 2015 World Education Forum, it received a mandate from 160 governments to monitor and report on the progress and implementation of SDG4 / Education 2030. Each edition of the report is dedicated to a highly topical subject, such as technology and education in 2023.
12 Sep 2023 in Zollikofen
12 September to 23 September 2023
12 September to 23 September 2023
in Zollikofen
12 September in Zollikofen
The aim of this course is to provide an insight into the functioning of Swiss Vocational Education and Training (VET) with a particular focus on initial VET. The course will take place from 12 to 15 September 2023 in face-to-face format, including one day at the BAM event (a platform for career choice & training). The format of this course includes numerous visits (see "On tour" in the programme below) which will take place in the canton of Berne.
The learning opportunities of this course allow to develop the following competences: - Having an overview of the Swiss VET system;
- Knowing all the key actors for Swiss success;
- Understanding how Swiss VET operates, including experiencing the reality of apprenticeships;
- Reflecting on the possibilities of adaptation.
For more information, visit: Understanding the Swiss VET system from the inside | Swiss Federal university for Vocational Education and Training SFUVET
12 Jul 2023
12 July 2023
12 July 2023
12 July
We would like to take this opportunity to invite you to attend our virtual World Bank – ILO – UNESCO joint event on “Building Better Formal TVET Systems” which will take place on Wednesday July 12, 2023 from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm (CEST).
The report brings together the global knowledge on Technical Vocational and Education Training (TVET) reform to develop a common understanding on the promise of TVET in advancing employment and productivity in support of sustainable economic transformation and on the main challenges observed in TVET systems in low- and middle-income countries, and on the lessons learned from TVET reforms, including the experience gained during the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on this understanding, the report offers a joint way forward towards better TVET that can become the basis for more impactful and coordinated support of TVET systems in the future.
The World Bank, ILO, and UNESCO are organizing a live virtual event that will include a presentation of the report and a high-level panel discussion. The panel will use the key messages of the report to discuss country experiences with TVET reform as well to reflect on how the report’s findings can be operationalized to support better TVET. Other participants at the launch event include the World Bank Vice President for Human Development, the ILO Assistant Director General for Jobs and Social Protection, the UNESCO Assistant Director General for Education, and representatives from government, TVET institutions, and youth.
Here is the registration Zoom Link for the Webinar.
24 Apr 2023
24 April 2023
24 April 2023
24 April
27 Feb 2023 in ETH Zürich
27 February to 04 March 2023
27 February to 04 March 2023
in ETH Zürich
27 February in ETH Zürich
This course provides a basic introduction to the concepts and methods behind market systems development (MSD), an approach to understanding and overcoming the failure of systems to serve the needs of the poor. Contrary to traditional project approaches, in which implementing agencies provide or support services that go directly to the poor, an agency applying MSD acts as a facilitator to align key players and functions of a system to produce sustainable results. The approach was originally developed to analyse and strengthen market systems and private sector development — which will be the focus of the course. Today, the approach is also applied to systems with predominantly public sector activities, such as education systems. Link to NADEL ETH Zürich
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