The SDC promotes vocational education and training worldwide as a factor of development and a springboard for making people more self-sufficient. SDC-funded training often fills in the gaps in inadequate compulsory schooling and is open to all ages. Participation by women is encouraged.
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The training programmes offered by the SDC-funded centre offer training to enable young people to find better-paid work. ©SDC SDC
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This project focuses on the education of disadvantaged young people and on gender equality. ©SDC SDC
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The SDC is working with the Nepalese authorities to reform the country's vocational education and training system. ©SDC SDC
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Job-seekers and young people, especially the most disadvantaged, can take courses to have better employment prospects. ©HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation Nepal SDC
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Water management is a strategic sector for the SDC in central Asia. ©SDC SDC
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The project contributes to national reforms aimed at upgrading vocational training courses in this field. ©SDC SDC
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Cooperation between employers and vocational schools is being improved. ©SDC/SECO SDC/SECO
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Nearly 60% of young Bosnians do not find work at the end of their studies. ©SDC SDC
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The SDC works with the private sector to improve the quality of existing vocational education and training. ©SDC SDC
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The SDC is supporting the current reform of the vocational system launched in 2009 in Albania. ©Jutta Benzenberg Jutta Benzenberg
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Two years of classes in theory and practice are followed by a year of practical experience. ©SDC SDC
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Thanks to this vocational education and training project, between 2006 and 2012, more than a 1000 young people learned an occupation. ©SDC SDC
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The project develops training courses adapted and accessible to adults and young people in five regions of Burkina Faso. ©SDC SDC
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An IT lesson. The project incorporates gender equality and climate change awareness. ©SDC SDC/SWISSCONTACT
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A class in making soap. This project improves the quality of vocational training in agriculture, rural crafts, building and public works services. © Swisscontact SDC/SWISSCONTACT
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Developing quality vocational education and training in rural areas helps improve food security. ©SDC Karl Schuler
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Short-term training sessions have been successfully organised in various trades for the benefit of vulnerable groups of the rural population. ©SDC SDC
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Two rounds of training for more than 600 beneficiaries have been organised so far. ©SDC SDC
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This project seeks to train people from neighbourhoods that are known for being marginalised and dominated by violence. ©SDC SDC
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The results of the project showed that of the 1,500 young people who attended, 50% found a job in the six months after their course. ©SDC SDC
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This project supports the implementation of the national vocational training strategy. ©SDC SDC
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This project aims to direct young people towards trades that are relevant to the local job market. ©GIZ GIZ
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Vocational training for and employability of women remain a challenge throughout the region. ©GIZ GIZ
