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To Improve Relevance of TVET to the Labour Market
Under the auspices of the G8-BMENA Partnership Initiative (launched in 2004 to support voluntary economic, political and social reforms in the BMENA region) the Government of Japan announced it would hold a workshop, in cooperation with the Government of Jordan, to discuss how TVET can best respond to the changing needs of the labour market and the need for expanding job opportunities for the increasing youth population in the BMENA region.
As a consequence, the G-8 BMENA workshop was held in Amman, Jordan from 28-29 September 2005, with representatives from BMENA and G8 states as well as from regional and international organizations. UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for TVET and the Beirut regional office of UNESCO were both represented. The workshop was co-hosted by the governments of Jordan and Japan, in cooperation with JICA.
The objectives of the workshop were to share information on the BMENA region’s employment situation and the challenges it poses to economic and social development, before identifying specific strategies on how TVET can best contribute to development. There was common understanding that TVET, however uneven its quality and provision, cannot be held responsible for the lack of economic and employment growth in the region. Equally, however, there was an understanding that shifting the orientation of TVET certainly helps and is needed to result in more market-oriented and demand-driven systems whose graduates would be better able to quickly play an effective part in their national economies. The fostering of public-private partnerships in the provision of TVET was seen as one strategy deserving of future focus.
A taskforce was established that would look into the development and implementation of regional mechanisms to foster public-private partnerships for TVET in the BMENA region. The UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre has been invited to be a member of this taskforce. A first meeting of the task force took place in November 2005, with participation from UNESCO-UNEVOC.
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