Re-alignment of TVET in Iraq

UNESCO, in partnership with the government of Iraq and the government of Germany, organized a 3-day forum on TVET in Iraq, which took place on 17-19 July 2006 in Cairo, Egypt. The forum was attended by high-ranked officials and professionals representing all governmental TVET providers in Iraq, the German Ministry for International Cooperation and Development and key German donor agencies, international and regional experts and consultants and representatives of UNEVOC Centres in the Arab States, UN-HABITAT and others.

The forum focused on issues and challenges pertaining to re-aligning the TVET system in Iraq to the labour market to assist in reducing unemployment among Iraqi youth. The discussions at the forum took place within the context of the National Development Strategy in Iraq, the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and the UNESCO EFA goals.

The forum included a number of plenary sessions as well as working groups. The working groups focused on the following topics:

Group "A": What is needed to develop a 'system' of TVET in Iraq? (covering issues such as legislation, financing methods, levels of autonomy of TVET institutes, quality assurance systems, qualification system etc).
Group "B": What is needed to improve the quality of teaching and learning in Iraq? (including issues of curriculum, teacher training and updating, instructional methods, textbooks, facilities and equipment, student services etc).
Group "C": What is needed to improve the relevance of TVET to the labour market? (focusing on issues of labour market demand, manpower projection, methods to bring employers closer to the institutes, public/private partnerships etc)

A number of international and regional experiences from other conflict/ post-conflict economies were also presented at the forum.

Documents

Report (PDF, 265 KB)