Strengthening Vocational Education and Training - SVET

The following outcomes will be pursued: 

• Elements of inclusive dual-organised vocational education and training are introduced, developed and institutionalised at the level of chambers, school authorities, TVET schools and training companies in partner regions.
• Young women and men, students of TVET schools, acquire skills that fit the needs of the labour market. 

Resultados previstos:  

• 800 participants in TVET teacher trainings(40% f) and 150 in-company trainers trained to implement dual-oriented curricula in their TVET schools and companies.
• 550 TVET students (200 f) from at least 13 TVET schools benefit from the dual-organised education programs and receive in-company training in at least 150 companies. Higher number of female students in this phase is expected due to the increasing attractiveness of TVET (better salaries and more employment opportunities) and better knowledge of education workers how to address gender and social inclusion in TVET.
• 12 recommendations for strengthening TVET systems with integration of learning outcomes in the field of green economic transformation and digitalisation prepared and implemented. 

Resultados de las fases anteriores:  

• Total of six laws, regulations or strategies for the introduction or improvement of dual-organised and gender sensitive TVET have been adopted by authorities and pedagogical institutes in entities or cantons. 
• 443 (46 f) young persons from nine TVET schools enrolled into three-year dual-organised TVET programmes (e.g. cutting machine operator, car mechatronics, plastic processing operator, car repair mechanic). 399 of them are mentored by qualified mentors from 119 companies. 
• Three chambers of commerce have assumed new tasks in the framework of dual-organised TVET with focus on training of mentors in companies and creation of a register of contracts of TVET students trained at companies.
• The gender and social inclusion practical guidebooks for TVET schools are developed by teachers and pedagogues.

• Regional Challenge Fund will provide additional opportunities for better cooperation between TVET schools and private sector. 
• Local Economic Development project will address TVET contribution to local economic development and cooperation with private sector in specific locations.