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Inclusion (VSD)

The interrelation of VSD and social inclusion is twofold: on the one hand VSD is a powerful instrument for promoting the social inclusion of its clientele. On the other hand it can fulfil this function only if and when the VSD intervention itself applies an inclusive approach.

Youth employment and informal sector

Many young people in SDC’s partner countries who – for whatsoever reason – cannot access tertiary education run a high risk of unemployment or low-paid underemployment, often in the informal economy, and subsequent poverty and social exclusion. Participation in quality skills development can help them getting a decent job, earning their living and being able to participate both economically and socially in their local contexts (go to pages youth employment and informal sector).

LNOB and Access to VSD

However, in SDC’s partner countries at average only around ten percent of those young people without access to tertiary education have an opportunity to benefit of vocational skills development programs. And those who take advantage of such opportunities are often the ones who are better off whereas disadvantaged groups. i.e. young people from poor families,
or living in remote rural areas or belonging to ethnic minorities, or those with low educational levels, can hardly get access to such programs. Therefore SDC’s VSD interventions have to make sure that additional VSD offers are created and that at the same time the access to VSD in general is facilitated for disadvantaged groups who are otherwise would be excluded (go to page LNOB).
Working Aids
SDC [347 kB]

Leave no one behind (LNOB) is the central pledge of the 2030 Agenda, recognizing the need to combat poverty and inequalities. In fact, leaving no one behind is indispensable in order to meet the Sustainable Development Goals.

This working aid is dedicated to LNOB and IED featuring good practices and relevant links on the topic of LNOB - and is based on SDC's guidance for LNOB.
Case Studies
SDC [1.5 MB]

Education faces new challenges – reaching vulnerable learners in new ways of digital learning

Since Spring 2020 the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) has reached, together with its partners, several hundred thousand learners who were excluded from educational opportunities, due to Covid-19 restrictions. Some 20 pioneering teams have implemented innovative solutions on four continents, using digital technologies.

Key Documents

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Work is the main way to achieve full participation in society and promote equal opportunities and in the case of people with intellectual disabilities, this becomes especially important as promote autonomy, self-regulation and economic independence. To contribute to inclusion, the Formación Técnica Profesional Project in Bolivia has created a Support Guide for Labour Inclusion for companies, that will allow the employer to assess the skills and abilities.

The Guide is also accessible online.
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The current phase of the Inclusive Markets project (2017-2021) in Bolivia has the main objective to improve the living conditions and reduce poverty of agricultural producers, craftsmen and women, young people and entrepreneurs in the Andean high plateaus and valleys who are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change and food insecurity. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic the food security in Bolivia has reduced and the access to markets and financial products and services has become more difficult. Read more about the measures the project has taken to bridge temporary liquidity shortages of farmers and producers and how an interruption of food supply chains was prevented.
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Relevant Documents

Title Year Created Date
Job Clubs and group counselling in BiH

2018

 2018-08-27 16:48:58
2016-09 SDC F2F Pristina - Presentation - Skills for Rural Employment (en)

2016

 2017-02-02 11:05:12
Skills Development and Poverty Reduction

2006

 2015-11-21 13:08:52
e+i webinar Leave No One Behind

2019-11-01 17:27:29
Institution Title Year
Institution Title Year
GOPA Job Clubs and group counselling in BiH

Job Clubs and group counselling in BiH

The Youth Employment Project (YEP) in Bosnia and Herzegovina changed the way how young people are supported during the entry phase into the labour market. Overall, more than 3000 participants found employment within six months. More than 25 Public Employment Services (PES) adopted the approach developed by YEP. Learn more about this easily adoptable intervention in this article... [more]

2018
2016-09 SDC F2F Pristina - Presentation - Skills for Rural Employment (en)

2016
COAS - Centre of African Studies University of Edinburgh Skills Development and Poverty Reduction

Skills Development and Poverty Reduction

The present attempt to discern a connection between skills and poverty is part of a much larger targeting of poverty by the donor community. The origins of this poverty discourse lie in the reactions to the structural adjustment policies of the 1980s and the need for these to have a human face, and for there to be safety-nets for the poor. These latter policies led to a full-blown targeting of poverty reduction as the mandate of development agencies.

2006
e+i webinar Leave No One Behind

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VET Systems
Gender in VSD
Dual VET and engagement with the private sector
Digitalisation and Learning
National qualification frameworks
Basic Education & Vocational Skills
Youth Employment
Inclusion (VSD)
Informal Sector
VET System Development Webinar Series

Relevant News

Relevant Events

  • 30 Jan 2024
    DC dVET Webinar: How GESI is implemented in dual VET in development cooperation

    DC dVET Webinar: How GESI is implemented in dual VET in development cooperation


    Following the DC dVET  BarCamp series on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in dual VET, we’re pleased to invite you for another round of discussion to dive deeper into practical application of GESI in VET and enterprises. 

    The upcoming webinar & expert consultation we will focus on how GESI is implemented in dual VET in development cooperation. We will particularly assess and discuss the importance of targeted and sensitive approaches in programming and an inclusive culture within partner organisations. 

    The format contains the following two elements:

    • Webinar, Tuesday 30th January 2024, 11:00 – 12:00pm CET: During the webinar, GESI expert, Ms Sandra Rothboeck, will engage with representatives from BRAC Bangladesh and Enable India on how they have developed a GESI culture in their own organizations. This discussion will be framed by an input from the GIZ global project ‘Inclusion of people with disabilities’ on the recent developments and trends and their newly launched marker on inclusion.

    • Expert Consultation & Exchange, Tuesday 6th February 2024, 11:00 – 12:30pm CET: The webinar will be followed by an expert consultation and exchange. During this session, you can exchange with the experts from the webinar around your own challenges and discuss them with them and the other participants.

    Registration: Please register for the webinar and/or the expert consultation: Register here
  • 26 Nov 2019
    Webinar Leave No One Behind (LNOB) in IED

    Webinar Leave No One Behind (LNOB) in IED

    Leave no one behind (LNOB) is the central pledge of the 2030 Agenda, recognizing the need to combat poverty and inequalities. In fact, LNOB is essential to meet the SDGs. SDC has elaborated a thematical working aid for e+i, additional to the SDC guidance on leaving no one behind, which is a normative document for all SDC staff. 

    We will learn about the thematic working aid and how – based on practical examples – it supports e+i projects and programmes to translate LNOB into project design and implementation.

    Date: Tuesday, 26 Nov 2019, 11:00 – 12:00 Swiss time. 

        



    About the speakers


    Jodie Thorpe, Research Fellow at the Institute for Development Studies in the United Kingdom will introduce the thematic working aid on LNOB in e+i. Thereby she will present insights regarding the livelihoods of very marginalized men and women and how to make a good diagnosis of exclusion in the employment and income domain. She will also explore strategic entry points for programmes to expand the scope for marginalised women and men to use their agency to access markets, and to transform markets to better reach these groups.

    Zenebe Uraguchi, Senior Advisor Market Systems Development at HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation in Switzerland will provide insight how a project in Bangladesh has challenged misconceptions about inclusiveness and which practical considerations are required to ensure inclusion of poor and disadvantaged women and men.



    Kleidor Rustemi, Programme manager of Coaching for Employment and Entrepreneurship (C4EE) at Swisscontact Albania. Kleidor has over 20 years of experience in labor market, skills and social inclusion. In particular he focuses on topics like sustainable development and change of livelihood for marginalized categories. He has a degree in social work and is certified as trainer in coaching for employment methodology from University of Applied Sciences Lucerne, Switzerland.  

    Kleidor will share his extensive experience how the program has supported young individuals, in particular from marginalized groups to increase their chances in the market through the application of the C4EE methodology.
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30 Jan 2024 30 January 2024 30 January 2024 30 January
DC dVET Webinar: How GESI is implemented in dual VET in development cooperation


Following the DC dVET  BarCamp series on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in dual VET, we’re pleased to invite you for another round of discussion to dive deeper into practical application of GESI in VET and enterprises. 

The upcoming webinar & expert consultation we will focus on how GESI is implemented in dual VET in development cooperation. We will particularly assess and discuss the importance of targeted and sensitive approaches in programming and an inclusive culture within partner organisations. 

The format contains the following two elements:

  • Webinar, Tuesday 30th January 2024, 11:00 – 12:00pm CET: During the webinar, GESI expert, Ms Sandra Rothboeck, will engage with representatives from BRAC Bangladesh and Enable India on how they have developed a GESI culture in their own organizations. This discussion will be framed by an input from the GIZ global project ‘Inclusion of people with disabilities’ on the recent developments and trends and their newly launched marker on inclusion.

  • Expert Consultation & Exchange, Tuesday 6th February 2024, 11:00 – 12:30pm CET: The webinar will be followed by an expert consultation and exchange. During this session, you can exchange with the experts from the webinar around your own challenges and discuss them with them and the other participants.

Registration: Please register for the webinar and/or the expert consultation: Register here
26 Nov 2019 26 November 2019 26 November 2019 26 November
Webinar Leave No One Behind (LNOB) in IED

Leave no one behind (LNOB) is the central pledge of the 2030 Agenda, recognizing the need to combat poverty and inequalities. In fact, LNOB is essential to meet the SDGs. SDC has elaborated a thematical working aid for e+i, additional to the SDC guidance on leaving no one behind, which is a normative document for all SDC staff. 

We will learn about the thematic working aid and how – based on practical examples – it supports e+i projects and programmes to translate LNOB into project design and implementation.

Date: Tuesday, 26 Nov 2019, 11:00 – 12:00 Swiss time. 

    



About the speakers


Jodie Thorpe, Research Fellow at the Institute for Development Studies in the United Kingdom will introduce the thematic working aid on LNOB in e+i. Thereby she will present insights regarding the livelihoods of very marginalized men and women and how to make a good diagnosis of exclusion in the employment and income domain. She will also explore strategic entry points for programmes to expand the scope for marginalised women and men to use their agency to access markets, and to transform markets to better reach these groups.

Zenebe Uraguchi, Senior Advisor Market Systems Development at HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation in Switzerland will provide insight how a project in Bangladesh has challenged misconceptions about inclusiveness and which practical considerations are required to ensure inclusion of poor and disadvantaged women and men.



Kleidor Rustemi, Programme manager of Coaching for Employment and Entrepreneurship (C4EE) at Swisscontact Albania. Kleidor has over 20 years of experience in labor market, skills and social inclusion. In particular he focuses on topics like sustainable development and change of livelihood for marginalized categories. He has a degree in social work and is certified as trainer in coaching for employment methodology from University of Applied Sciences Lucerne, Switzerland.  

Kleidor will share his extensive experience how the program has supported young individuals, in particular from marginalized groups to increase their chances in the market through the application of the C4EE methodology.

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