UNESCO Support to SADC Countries’ Commitment

to Revitalize TVET

Yung-chul KIMyc.kim@unesco.org

Section for TVETUNESCO

Gaborone, 2 March 2011

Contents

• UNESCO TVET Strategy

• UNESCO-ROK Cooperation BEAR Project

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UNESCO contributes to peace and human development in an era of globalization by furthering international cooperation through its programmes in education, sciences, culture and communication

Education for All (EFA) Goal 3: Ensuring that learning needs of all young

people and adults are met through equitable access to appropriate learning and life skills.

The building blocks of EFA: Literacy, Teachers and TVET

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UNESCO TVET STRATEGY (2010- 2015)

Core area 1: Provide upstream policy advice and develop capacity at the country level• Develop and review comprehensive national TVET policies• Establish coherent and cooperative multilateral approaches

Core area 2: Facilitate conceptual clarification and improve the monitoring of TVET• Towards a joint definition of « skills »• Identify TVET indicators• Assess and monitor normative instruments

Core area 3: act as a clearinghouse and inform the global debate

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Core Area 1: Provide upstream policy advice and develop capacity at the

country level

Policy reviews• Malawi: finished• Benin, Bahrain, Malaysia• Cambodia, Laos, Bangladesh, Eastern Caribbean, SADC

Policy advice and capacity development• Djibouti: ongoing• Madagascar: ongoing• Thailand: early discussion• Sudan: early discussion

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Core Area 2: Facilitate conceptual clarification and improve the monitoring

of TVET

• Interagency Group (UNESCO, ILO, OECD, WB, ETF, EC, Asian Development Bank, others... )

• Working Groups (Indicators; Entrepreneurship)

• Providing input to G20 on the monitoring of skills

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Core Area 3: Act as a clearinghouse and inform the global TVET debate

• UNESCO-UNEVOC: information resources

• Third International Congress on TVET

• State-of-the-art publication on World Trends and Issues in TVET as an input to the Congress on TVET

UNESCO-ROK Cooperation Bear Project

Summary of the Project• Project Title: Better Education for Africa’s Rise

(BEAR)• Beneficiary: 5 SADC countries• Donor: The Republic of Korea• Duration: 5 years (2011 – 2015)• Budget: Min. 1,000,000 USD per year (overall)

• 2011: 1,000,000 USD

The first large development cooperation initiative from Korean government in education in Africa

Overview of BEAR Project

• Objectives• UNESCO Priority Africa: To support SADC countries’

commitment to revitalize TVET • To support UNESCO’s TVET strategy (2010-2015) and to

achieve EFA goals

• Expected Outcomes• To contribute to poverty reduction and economic growth by

fostering the development of quality workers

Basic Framework of the Project

• 2011 (Inception Phase) • Advocacy/consensus building • Design of the project/Project kick-off

• 2012-2014 (Implementation/Enhancement Phase)

• Full scale of implementation • Monitoring of progress

• 2015 (Scale-up Phase)

• Evaluation, identification of best practices, and expansion

Progress of the BEAR Project

04/10 Project initiation by the request of SADC ministers to UNESCO07/10 Submission of Project Proposal to Korean government by UNESCO 11/10 Discussion of BEAR proposal in Korean Ministerial Meeting 12/10 Approval of the budget for 2011 by Korean National Assembly 11-12/10 Desk research 01/11 Selection of five potential beneficiary countries (Botswana, DR Congo, Malawi, Namibia,

Zambia)

Next Steps of the Project

1. Two-day Exploratory Mission (March)

• Advocacy, dialogue & consensus building• Meeting with SADC Secretariat• Roundtable meeting with country representatives• Bilateral preparation of field missions

2. One-week Field Missions (March & April)

• Project design: 5-year overall framework• Identification of needs• Meetings with key stakeholders and partners

Thank you for your attention !