The TVET Advisor to CS Education Prof. Erick Ogur today held a session with TVETA Board & Senior Management during a retreat to initiate the review of the 1st TVETA Strategic Plan (2018-22). Langat Kipkirui, MBS, Director General TVETA Kenya Dr. Margaret Mwakima EduMinKenya #TVETChat -Let's Talk Future Skills, Jobs, Work Kenya Projects cheryl randolph

A real joy to join the Brazilian #ChancellorFellow |s for their hybrid Alumni meeting. Thank you for your engagement and for organizing this event. Once a Humboldtian, always a #Humboldtian . More necessary than ever… ⁦Humboldt-Stiftung⁩ #BundeskanzlerStipendium

Learning trip to #Germany - #industry representatives, #trainers & managers from Nairobi #TTI and Thika Technical Training Institute to gain insights from the German #DualVET model! This mentoship will position them to effectively implement #CooperativeTVET , supported by GIZ #Kenya ! #TVET

Why have some #youth from #India , #Peru & #Vietnam been more resilient than others during the #Covid19 crisis? Our @ILO report uses data from the Young Lives Study University of Oxford to explore this question.

💡Learn more: bit.ly/3ty65HT

[ #openaccess publication #TVET ] Innovative concept for #furtherTraining on #industry40 for vocational teachers - developed by GIZ & SEAMEOSecretariat VOCTECH for transnational use ➔u.wbv.de/6004870wso

Skills and Lifelong Learning OECD Social #TVETChat -Let's Talk Future Skills, Jobs, Work ASEAN

News! 12 Thika Technical Training Institute trainers completed a 1-week of #training in spray-painting, car assembling and welding in #SouthAfrica ! This has improved their competence to build a #SkilledWorkForceKE ! Supported by GIZ #Kenya in cooperation with the #industry ! #TVET

Great development as we build back better.

Bravo to the Political and #TVET leadership in Rwanda for the timely intervention.

Ministry of Education | Rwanda Claudette Irere Education Quality Network 🇬🇭 POSSIBILITIES. Rwanda TVET Board VET Africa 4.0 #TVETChat -Let's Talk Future Skills, Jobs, Work AUDA-NEPAD National Careers Week

The International Labour Organization released a Working Paper on crowdworking, Crowdwork for young people: Risks and opportunities📖

It focuses on crowdworking and the identifies reasons why young crowdworkers earn higher hourly wages than their older counterparts. #youth

👉youthforesight.org/resource-detai…

This @ILO / UN Women policy tool aims to help policymakers:

☑️ identify coverage gaps in care services for women
☑️ estimate costs to close these gaps
☑️ estimate the return on investment in closing the gaps

Find out more here: bit.ly/3doXTTk
#IWD2022

2008-2014,

transport & comms sector in Zambia grew by 27.2% in GVA, creating 70k new jobs in 2014 alone (International Labour Organization).

How to ride the wave of opportunity in the sector & #labourmarket ?

We believe in building a better TVET system through #partnerships 🌍🤝

👉bit.ly/3vKHHoU

NEWS: Modern curricula for 2 #vocational training courses, developed with the private sector, where presented to Tvet Cdacc Official. by GIZ #Kenya ! The Refrigeration & Air Conditioning and Agricultural Mechatronics courses are aimed at developing a #SkilledworkforceKE ! #jobs #TVET

Which unique opportunities can we leverage with the digitalization of RPL?

Join us for the @ILO Webinar on 'Technological innovations in Recognition of Prior Learning ( #RPL )' on 10 March 2022 from 10:00 - 11:30 (GMT+1).

✍️🏽 Register here: bit.ly/3h9Y5Hj

Africa's growing digital economy 🌍🌐 holds huge potential for youth employment. With the right skills & support, young people can thrive in decent digital jobs. @ILO and Int’l Telecommunication Union are making sure young people are not left behind in the digital revolution.

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How to improve the inclusion of #refugees in #TVET ?

Policymakers🧑‍💻

funders🧑‍💼

education providers🧑‍🏫

NGOs and donor agencies🌍

could follow the recommendations below:

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What's the general environment of #TVET for #refugees ?

A research examines the #inclusion of refugees in TVET, and compares TVET for refugees through the themes of：
🔺availability,

🔺acceptability，

🔺adaptability.

And here are the findings📄

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According to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, more than 82 million people were forcibly displaced by 2020.

Effective education is the ultimate tool for the #inclusion of the displaced.

And better #employment & #socioeconomic status can be possible with TVET

bit.ly/3IasFwl

#vet4refugees

Apply now! We're looking for a Programme Officer to coordinate the design, implementation and management of our global thematic programme on #inclusion and #youth .

Deadline for applications: 24 February 2022

unevoc.unesco.org/i/699

#TVET #vacancyannouncement #jobopportunity

As the last chapter of #SkillsPolicy4Development , we present a list of policy recommendations.

Yet it's impossible to come to a normative conclusion on successful policies & their replicability.

Any design requires profound understanding of the individual country’s context✔️

Below are mostly supply-driven instruments that target the labour market👇

Policymakers need to involve the #privatesector closely & pay special attention to #skillsdevelopment in the informal sector as well as for youth and female workers.

#SkillsPolicy4Development

Join us next week for this exciting #Skills4Dev discussion on #skills for #greenjobs !