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- 21 January
- By Undraa Bayanaa
- Vientiane Regional Office LAO/027
- Health
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LAOS - Digitalisation in the Health Care Sector
The Lao-Luxembourg Health Sector Support Programme Phase II (LAO/027) continues and maintains its efforts to strengthen the clinical and management capacities of health personnel working in the three provinces of Vientiane, Bolikhamxay and Khammouane.

The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated digital transformation needs in the health sector, more specifically, e-health processes and distance learning. The LAO/027 programme offers now alternative learning opportunities for health professionals, whereby teaching is undertaken remotely and on digital platforms.

In 2020, the programme purchased equipment such as TV screens and video conference equipment, including microphones, cameras, and computers for a total amount of USD 28 600. These wide range of equipment are being installed progressively in fifteen different health sites (provincial hospitals, provincial health departments, and district hospitals) in the three Luxembourg supported provinces and at the national level (Ministry of Health and University of Health Sciences).

Remote English Classes

The video conferencing equipment recently installed at the Bolikhamxay provincial hospital allowed to launch and offer the first remote English teaching programme for the provincial hospital health staff.

English for beginners, Bolikhamxay provincial hospital, December 2020, © LuxDev

Fifteen health professionals have been selected to participate in the beginners (group 1) and elementary classes (group 2). The first group will be taught from 8th December 2020 until 30th May 2021.

Remote training on Ectopic Pregnancy

In collaboration with the University of Health Sciences (UHS), the LAO/027 programme has also offered its first remote clinical training on Ectopic Pregnancy at the Bolikhamxay provincial hospital on December 15, 2020.

‘Ectopic Pregnancy’ training provided via Zoom, Bolikhamxay provincial hospital (December 2020), © LuxDev

The online training was held by Dr Sengaloun Chanthavong from the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department of the UHS. The training was offered to a small group of five health professionals (medical doctors, midwives and nurses) working at the Bolikhamxay provincial hospital maternity ward.

‘Ectopic Pregnancy’ training provided via Zoom, Bolikhamxay provincial hospital (December 2020), © LuxDev

This important initiative provides health professionals with the opportunity to further strengthen their knowledge and to consult external specialists for advice in a timely manner for difficult cases of patient care.

Digitalisation: a lever to promote development

Digital technology has an enormous potential to improve both the quality and reach of health professions education. Organising and promoting online courses have particularly been useful during the current health crisis and COVID-19 precautionary sanitary measures. The LAO/027 programme established an innovative way of teaching and learning in the health sector which encourages digitalisation of teaching services provided in the longer term.

Moreover, the LAO/027 programme is planning to introduce ‘telemedicine’ in the three provinces of Vientiane, Bolikhamxay and Khammouane. By using telemedicine, rural hospitals and health centres can consult specialists on difficult cases of care and receive advice on diagnosis and therapy, including for referral of patients to better equipped hospitals, thereby strengthening integrated provincial health care systems.

It should also be highlighted that since 2019, the LAO/027 programme has been working on introducing the Electronic Medical Record system in the three provincial hospitals. Currently patient health information is being processed manually in various hospitals across the country. Thus, computerising and automating this process could make the data more reliable and available more quickly for epidemiological and management purposes.

The Lao-Luxembourg Health Sector Support Programme Phase II (LAO/027) is co-financed by the Government of Lao PDR and the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and is implemented by the Lao Ministry of Health and LuxDev, the Luxembourg Development Cooperation Agency.

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- 19 January
- By Ben WANDIVINIT
- Vientiane Regional Office LAO/029
- Education - Vocational Training & Access to Employment
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LAOS - Tourism and hospitality technical vocational education colleges strengthen public-private partnerships
As part of the support provided to the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) to enhance the quality of technical and vocational education in tourism and hospitality, the Skills for Tourism Project LAO/029 has been working closely with 18 technical and vocational training colleges nationwide to improve cooperation with their local private sector. These efforts have resulted in the formalisation of over 120 public-private sector partnerships (PPPs) between technical colleges and tourism/hospitality enterprises.

TVET students in Savannakhet province are receiving practical insights into baking by a local industry professional, © LuxDev

To help support the development of these partnerships, the Skills for Tourism Project developed two guides which have been endorsed by the MoES. The “Good Practice Guide for Internships” helps schools understand how they can improve the student internship through working more closely with the private sector. The “Education Enterprise Engagement Manual” highlights a myriad of mutually beneficial partnerships that schools and businesses can establish.

During the academic year 2019-2020, all 18 colleges were gradually introduced to both publications as well as to case studies and tools to facilitate their implementation. The colleges were also encouraged to apply for the Skills for Tourism Project grants designed to enhance the quality of internships and to implement innovative partnerships with the private sector. By end of 2020, 122 PPs were formalised between public colleges and private sector actors under these initiatives.

The PPPs cover a variety of activities ranging from signing and implementing internship schemes, organising guest speaker events, job fairs and study tours, to having students provide catering support to private businesses or partake in skills competitions taught and judged by industry experts, amongst many other initiatives.

“PPPs not only offer the benefit of introducing technical and vocational education students to the latest industry practices, but they also lay the foundations for high-quality education and for businesses and vocational training providers to work closely to ensure graduates acquire relevant skills that meet labour-market needs”, elaborated Mr Nouphan Outsa, Director General of the Technical and Vocational Education Department of the MoES.

Such partnerships are also at the heart of the Skills for Tourism Project’s collaboration with the Vocational Education Financing Facility (VEFF) through which the Project is granting financial support to dual cooperative training (DCT) programmes in tourism and hospitality in three provinces. Building upon the theory training provided by vocational colleges, a key feature of DCT programmes is the close involvement of the private sector, which is in charge of providing the practical training in a business environment.

The Skills for Tourism Project’s support will go on throughout 2021 to continue fostering a culture of partnerships between the public and private sector which will raise the standards in tourism and hospitality and contribute to a successful recovery of the sector in the long run.

The Skills for Tourism Project is co-financed by the Governments of Lao PDR, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and Switzerland, and implemented by the MoES and LuxDev, the Luxembourg Development Cooperation Agency .

The Vocational Education Financing Facility (VEFF) is implemented by the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES), and co-funded by the German Government through KfW Development Bank.

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- 19 January
- By Pascale Junker
- Cabo Verde Office
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CABO VERDE - Climate Action
Cabo Verde is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change. With a long and hard tradition of coping with cyclical droughts, the archipelago is also exposed more and more often to torrential rains, for which the agricultural production systems, the national infrastructures, urban housing and drainage systems have not been conceived for. Population and urbanisation are on the rise, fossil fuel and importation dependencies are intact, renewable energies are expanding rapidly. Tourism, the economic driver, has collapsed altogether with the COVID pandemic. Such is the context of the current formulation by Luxembourg of climate action in Cabo Verde.

^{Santo Antão, Plano alto Norte completely dried out after years of drought, Aug. 2019}

In 2015, Luxembourg’s Climate and Energy Fund supported Cabo Verde in its efforts to prepare its first Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for submission to the UNFCCC. Luxembourg’s International Climate Finance was confirmed as climate partner of Cabo Verde with the subsequent Cabo Verde request, in 2020, to support it again for the elaboration of the second NDC and the National Adaptation Plan (NAP).

As a consequence, the fifth Indicative Cooperation Programme 2021-2025, the ICP « Development –Climate-Energy (DCE) » between the two countries firmly establishes the climate sector as a priority bilateral intervention sector. For the first time, Climate action will occupy a central place in the ICP-DCE and will be structured around three main areas of intervention:
- mitigation actions which may include support for energy transition, including the switch to solar pumping and desalination in the water sector;
- adaptation actions, in support of the implementation of the Cabo Verde NAP; and
- support for strengthening climate governance.
The central position of the Climate action in an ICT is a first for both the Luxembourg Development Cooperation and LuxDev, who was mandated by the Ministry for the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development of Luxembourg (MECSD) to formulate in 2020 a large climate action programme.

According to the Cabo Verdean request and the MECSD mandate, the LuxDev formulation mission (under programme CVE/401) is to deliver three outputs by early 2021:
- an updated and more ambitious second NDC, as well as its implementation roadmap;
- an outline of a NAP;
- a Climate Action programme technical and financial document (TFD), for a budget of 10 mio EUR and a duration of 5 years.
All along the formulation phase, capacity development activities for the benefit of the project’s national counterpart, the National Direction of Environment (DNA) and of main national climate stakeholders are being carried out.

To achieve this, LuxDev recruited a Chief technical Advisor (CTA) in June 2020, who took up post at the premises of the DNA, in Praia, Cabo Verde in August 2020. In November 2020, the formulation team was expanded to an assistant and a driver:

^{The formulation team

From left to right: For DNA, Cesária Gomes, UNFCCC Project Coordinator, Alexandre Nevsky Rodrigues, Director. For programme CVE/401 Ação climàtica, Pascale Junker, CTA, Maysa Cunha, Assistant and Ailton Alfama, Driver, at the DNA, Praia, Cabo Verde.}

Whereas the COVID situation has delayed execution and hindered public participation exercises, the main activities are on track:
- two international consulting teams are supporting the project to design the NDC and the NAP;
- Online workshops are organised for consulting stakeholders, discussing findings and building consensus on the way forward;
- partnerships have been agreed with national actors so as to deliver an indicative map, showing in what municipality or community a mitigation or adaptation action has potential to be implemented;
- Training in English language (English is the international climate language) are ongoing, whereas exchanges within the Portuguese-speaking countries community have also intensified in the run-up to the second NDC submission by all countries to the UNFCCC.
The Luxembourg cooperation with Cabo Verde is in a good position to design an effective, quantified, documented NDC and NAP, since it is also the main bilateral donor of the essential energy, water and local development sectors. The climate action project is an opportunity to bring all this together, in the interest of the Cabo Verdeans.

On the basis of this formulation process and of the TFD approved by the Cabo Verde and Luxembourg sides, the planned Climate Action programme can start execution in 2021.

The future Climate Action project will be funded by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and implemented by LuxDev, the Luxembourg Development Cooperation Agency

The NDC

Nationally Determined Contributions, or NDCs, are the expressions of efforts to be made by countries in reducing national emissions and adapting to the impact of climate change. NDCs are at the heart of the 2015 Paris Agreement and the achievement of these long-term goals.

The GCF
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) was set up in 2010 and aims to promote the paradigm shift towards low-emission and climate-resilient development pathways by providing support to developing countries to limit or reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to the impacts of climate change, taking into account the needs of those developing countries particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change.

LuxDev and the GCF
LuxDev was accredited to the GCF as an International Accredited Entity (IAE) in February 2019. Under this accreditation, LuxDev has access to a new source of funding, up to USD 10 million per project of low environmental and social risk level (category C). This funding can complement official development assistance and bilateral climate finance and, hence, contribute to a continuous shift to low-emission and climate resilient sustainable development in order to fight climate changes’ effects, affecting the most vulnerable.

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- 6 January
- By María Belén ZAMBRANO
- Cabo Verde Office CVE/081
- Vocational Training & Access to Employment
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CABO VERDE – Un nouveau centre d’emploi et de formation professionnelle à Tarrafal sur l’ile de Santiago
La population de Tarrafal de Santiago compte actuellement 18 170 habitants dont 54,4% de femmes et le taux de chômage y est de 9,5%. La population est majoritairement jeune avec un taux d’alphabétisation élevé de l’ordre de 98,8%. Cependant, le taux de fréquentation de l’enseignement secondaire n’est que de 43,7%. (Données INE janvier 2020)

Par conséquent, Tarrafal constitue une cible idéale pour bénéficier de formations professionnelles et ainsi consolider les capacités de sa population et créer de nouveaux emplois.

C’est dans cette optique qu’a été inauguré, le 2 décembre 2020, le nouveau centre d’emploi et de formation professionnelle de Tarrafal en présence du ministre des Finances, Olavo Correia et du nouveau chargé d’affaires de l’Ambassade de Luxembourg au Cabo Verde, Thomas de Barbancey.

Ce projet est le fruit d'un partenariat entre le Fonds du Tourisme, la Mairie de Tarrafal et la Coopération luxembourgeoise qui, à travers son Programme emploi employabilité, CVE/081, a investi 52 000 EUR pour financer une partie de la rénovation du bâtiment, le parc informatique et le mobilier des salles de formation et du secteur administratif.

Le nouveau centre d’emploi et de formation professionnelle de Tarrafal concentrera son offre de formation sur les thématiques suivantes :
- hôtellerie, restauration et tourisme
- technologies de l’information et de la communication
- installation et manutention d’équipement de réfrigération
- pêche et sports nautiques
- transformation et conservation des produits de la mer
- culture et artisanat
- construction civile.
En juin dernier déjà, deux actions de formation ont démarré avec succès au centre d’emploi et de formation professionnelle de Tarrafal. L’une portait sur sur la méthodologie GERME (gerez Mieux votre Entreprise) et l’autre sur la méthodologie PIN (planifier un concept d’entreprise). Par la suite, quatre cours ont démarré en coiffure, esthétique et beauté ainsi qu’en cuisine et une formation en soins aux personnes en situation vulnérables est actuellement en cours.

Les objectifs du Programme CVE/081, qui cible en particulier les jeune et les femmes, sont de:
- contribuer à l'insertion professionnelle de la population du Cabo Verde ; et
- renforcer l'employabilité des bénéficiaires de la formation professionnelle.
Le programme CVE/081 est financé par le Grand-Duché de Luxembourg et mis en oeuvre par LuxDev, l’agence luxembourgeoise pour la coopération au développement.
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- 5 January
- By Dieudonné Dakouo
- Mali Office MLI/022
- Vocational Training & Access to Employment
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MALI - Partage d'un expérience inspirante dans le monde de la formation professionnelle
Le Conseil régional de Ségou, avec l’appui de ses partenaires techniques et financiers, a organisé, à la fin de l’année 2019, un salon de l’emploi des jeunes dans le secteur agrosylvopastoral. 1er salon du genre organisé dans la région, il a rassemblé une vingtaine d’exposants, des acteurs publics et privés de la formation professionnelle et de l’emploi, des entreprises et des centaines de jeunes. Un intervenant, Boubacar Doumbia, a particulièrement attiré l’attention des organisateurs et des acteurs publics de la formation professionnelle et notamment celle du Conseil régional de Ségou et les centres de formation publics de la région. Boubacar Doumbia est le promoteur du centre de formation professionnelle N’domo, résolument tournée vers l’entreprenariat et l’auto-emploi et spécialisée dans la confection de Bogolan, ces fameux tissus Malien teinté suivant un style et une technique particulière. L’originalité de son centre est son modèle de gestion inspiré de la tradition et décrite dans un manuel dont il est l’auteur : « Le concept N’domo. Une réponse à l’entreprenariat solidaire et à l’emploi des jeunes ».

Ce manuel, qui est « la capitalisation de vingt années d’expériences d’entreprenariat social et solidaire sur l’utilisation du savoir-faire local et des valeurs sociétales innovées » et se veut une solution au défi de l’emploi des jeunes, a servi de support à l’atelier organisé en septembre 2020 par le Conseil régional de Ségou à l’attention de 35 responsables et gestionnaires de centres et instituts de formation professionnelle publics et privés de la région et d’agents du Ministère de l’Emploi et de la Formation professionnelle. Le but était de présenter aux participants un centre de formation fonctionnel, le N’domo, disposant d’outils de gestion adaptés et arrivant à fonctionner sans moyens mis à disposition par l’État, les Collectivités ou les partenaires techniques et financiers.

Le promoteur du centre N’domo a ainsi présenté son expérience basée sur une gestion innovante par la mise en place d’un dispositif de formation et d’auto-emploi bien structuré, soutenu par une gestion rigoureuse sur les plans administratif, technique et financier. L’innovation s’articule autour de deux axes :

L’utilisation d’un savoir-faire local comme un levier permettant de créer des emplois durables pour les jeunes.
Le savoir-faire choisi est l’exploitation des techniques traditionnelles des teintures naturelles sur des supports 100% coton produits au Mali. La transformation du coton sur le plan local crée des emplois pour les filières filage, tissage, teinture, décoration et confection et de la richesse !

L’adaptation des valeurs sociétales explorées pour l’organisation et le fonctionnement du centre N’domo que l’on caractérise d’entreprise solidaire !

Au cours de l’atelier, les réactions ont été nombreuses et les participants, en prenant la parole, ont presque unanimement qualifié le centre N’domo « d’entreprise-école ». Certains responsables de centres de formation, tant public que privé, ont trouvé l’expérience réplicable dans leur contexte, notamment pour les filières de formation maraichage et transformation agroalimentaire. Le directeur général de l’Institut de Formation professionnelle de Konobougou dira ceci dans son intervention : « nos structures de formation viennent de découvrir une piste précieuse pour optimiser les opportunités qui se présentent à elles pour concrétiser leur désir de former et d’insérer les jeunes ». Plusieurs structures de formation se sont engagées à poursuivre les échanges avec le centre N’domo en vue d’une adaptation de l’expérience à leur centre.

L’atelier a pris fin par une visite guidée des ateliers de formation, de production et d’exposition/vente des produits du centre N’Domo, ce qui a permis aux participants de voir la matérialisation du concept.

Pour l’histoire, « le n’domo est un rite d’initiation des jeunes dans la société traditionnelle bamanan. « Don mᴐ » qui est actuellement prononcé « n’domo ou ntomo » signifie littéralement « la pêche du savoir » ou la quête de la « connaissance ». Autrefois, cette quête de connaissance était la toute première étape d’initiation, d’orientation et de recherche de la plénitude que les jeunes de sept à dix ans devaient avoir jusqu’à l’âge de dix-huit à vingt ans.

Pour aller plus loin, lien vers le Manuel « Le concept N’domo. Une réponse à l’entreprenariat solidaire et à l’emploi des jeunes », cliquez ici.
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- 4 January
- By Pascal Dembélé
- Mali Office MLI/022
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MALI - Des milliers de jeunes certifiés grâce à la formation professionnelle
De 2017 à 2019, la Conseil régional de Ségou a financé la formation professionnelle de 5540 jeunes dont 4000 auprès de Maitres Artisans, à travers l’apprentissage rénové, et 1540 en formation initiale qualifiante dans des centres de formation publics et privés. Les filières de formation professionnelle suivies ont été essentiellement du domaine agrosylvopastoral (aviculture, embouche, maraichage, pisciculture, production de riz, de fonio ou de sésame,) et de l’artisanat (menuiserie, carrelage, électricité photovoltaïque mécanique, maçonnerie, coupe couture, construction métallique).

Au terme de leur formation professionnelle, les jeunes apprentis ont subi un examen de fin d’apprentissage, avec des jurys de professionnels issus des chambres consulaires (agriculture et artisanat), sanctionné par un certificat de qualification professionnelle. Le taux de réussite a été très satisfaisant, il a atteint 86%.

Pour les jeunes ayant suivi un cycle de formation initiale qualifiante, 1 460 ont été admis et ont reçu un certificat de compétences professionnelles. C’est tout au long de leur cycle de formation que leurs compétences ont été évaluées et validées sous la supervision pédagogique de la Direction régionale de l’Emploi et de la formation professionnelle de la région de Ségou.

A l’été 2020, le Conseil régional de Ségou a tenu à organiser, avec le concours des chambres consulaires, parties prenantes et acteurs majeurs du dispositif d’apprentissage rénové, une cérémonie solennelle de remise des certificats aux jeunes lauréats afin de mettre en lumière la formation professionnelle. Cette cérémonie a été rehaussée par la participation de la Directrice Nationale de la Formation professionnelle et du Directeur fénéral de l’Observatoire National de l’Emploi et de la Formation, qui ont félicité les jeunes et les ont encouragés à poursuivre leurs efforts et à se perfectionner afin de faciliter leur insertion professionnelle. Le Président de la chambre consulaire en charge de l’Artisanat a conclu leur disant que « la formation est un investissement que les jeunes sont appelés à rentabiliser par leur dévouement sur le marché du travail ».
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2020
- 31 December
- By Blerta Avdiu
- Kosovo Office KSV/017
- Health
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KOSOVO - 60 healthcare professionals trained
As part of the continuous support to the General Hospitals of Prizren and Gjilan, the project organized trainings for the staff of the respective hospitals on the following topics:
- Importance of intensive care
- Mechanical ventilation
- Emergency management at hospital level
In addition to the general information given throughout the presentations, special emphasis was put on patients with COVID-19, their treatment and lessons learnt during these difficult times. The audience was composed of interdisciplinary teams such as anesthesiologists, pulmonologists, infectious disease specialists and nurses from each department and in total 60 healthcare professionals were trained. The training proved to be very beneficial for both trainers and trainees, considering that the exchange of experiences from tertiary level to secondary level hospitals may help improve the performance of the latter ones.

^{Training on intensive care, mechanical ventilation and emergency management with special emphasis on COVID-19 situation}

The KSV/017 project is co-funded by the Government of Kosovo and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and implemented by the Kosovo Ministry of Health and LuxDev, the Luxembourg Development Cooperation Agency.
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- 30 December
- By Vildane Minci
- Kosovo Office KSV/019
- Decentralisation & Local Governance
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HCDF activities continues in global uncertainty
Covid-19 as global crisis impacted in implementation of the activities. When possible, the activities are organised and held in distance offering new experience for the participants. The held activities are in the Chapters as shown below:

Chapter Free Movement of Goods Chapter

Training on Metrology is provided to 5 participants from the Kosovo Metrology Agency, Ministry of Trade and Industry and ex- Ministry of European Integration where the officials are trained on implementation of metrology surveillance.

Chapter Right of Establishment and Provision of Services

Technical Assistance is provided to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Kosovo Business Registration Agency, Ministry of Public Administration and ex-Ministry of European Integration on Development of structures and clarification of rules and procedures for recognition of professional qualifications obtained abroad, the Report is delivered on the topic.

Chapter Public Procurement

Training of Trainers is provided for 10 officials from three institutions of public procurement (Public Procurement Regulatory Commission, Procurement Regulatory Body and Central Procurement Agency). Participants are certified as trainers in Public Procurement.

Chapter Company Law

Technical Assistance and the Professional Training is provided on European Corporate Governance Code. Beneficiaries are the Kosovo Business Registration Agency, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Kosovo Council for Financial Reporting and ex-Ministry of European Integration.

Chapter Intelectual Property Rights

14 officials of the Agency for Industrial Property, Ministry of Trade and Industry and ex-Ministry of European Integration are trained on examining Industrial Property Objects based on EUIPO Guidelines for examination of registered community designs and trade marks.

Chapter Food Safety, Veterinary and Phytosanitary Policy

Training of Trainers is organised for veterinary inspectors dealing with categorisation and collection of animal by-products. 16 officials of the Kosovo Food and Veterinary Agency, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, as well as ex-Ministry of European Integration are certified as trainers.

Chapter Judiciary and Fundamental Rights

Two Technical Assistance sessions on Drafting the Manual for setting up a Human Rights Monitoring System at the national level and Drafting the operational Manual for monitoring the implementation of the Ombudsperson's recommendations are provided . Beneficiary institutions are the Office of Good Governance, Human Rights, Equal Opportunities and Non-Discrimination at the Office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Justice, The Ombudsperson’s Institution and ex- Ministry of European Integration.

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- 30 December
- By Renea Bula
- Kosovo Office KSV/020
- Education - Vocational Training & Access to Employment
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KOSOVO - Provision of 20 computer labs in selected VET schools
The Support to Vocational Education and Training Reform in Kosovo Project, KSV/020, supported the provision of 20 computer labs in six selected VET schools. Such an initiative corresponds to the already developed curricula and the Teaching and Learning Materials (TLM) and will facilitate the smooth implementation of the supported ICT profiles.

With this regard, an event was organized and held by the technical school “Mehmet Isai” in Gjilan, in promoting the three new ICT workshops. The event was covered by a local news channel whereby the mayor of Gjilan along with representatives from the Municipal Education Directorate were present among the representatives of Project KSV/020. Herewith, the mayor expressed his gratitude to the Project and pointed out that such a contribution will most definitely optimize the VET offer of the school in the next academic years followed by supporting reforms.

As a next step, the Project will proceed towards the equipment of other workshops in different VET schools. It will try to do so with the cooperation of the private sector through the establishment of the Industrial Bodies and Industrial Advisory Boards as part of the Business Model concept.

The KSV/020 project is co-funded by the Government of Kosovo and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and implemented by the Kosovo Ministry of Education and Science and LuxDev, the Luxembourg Development Cooperation Agency
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- 30 December
- By Renea Bula
- Kosovo Office KSV/020
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KOSOVO - Development of Training Need Analysis related to 12 VET profiles
The Support to Vocational Education and Training (VET) Reform in Kosovo Project, KSV/020, undertook the development of Training Need Analysis (TNA) related to 12 VET profiles in six sectors, including ICT, Visual and Communication, Electronics, Manufacturing, Construction and Tourism. The analyses serve to evaluate the skills offer and the market demand, to identify improvement opportunities and the most promising positions in different sectors in Kosovo in the next few years.

The TNAs have been presented by the Ministry of Education and Science and, with the support of both Project KSV/020 and KSV/801, they are being reviewed in collaboration with numerous VET stakeholders, through a series of technical workshops. The aim of these workshops is to identify and propose to the policy makers the next steps that need to be taken on a national level to optimize and align the VET offer with the labor market demand. Furthermore, they seek to strengthen the role of the private sector in VET and foster its collaboration with VET schools.

Herewith, the first two workshop on the Manufacturing sector focusing on the Welder profile, and the Electronic sector focusing on the Electrician profile have already been held with participants stemming from public institutions, VET schools, civil society and the private sector being part of it.

The KSV/020 project is co-funded by the Government of Kosovo and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and implemented by the Kosovo Ministry of Education and Science and LuxDev, the Luxembourg Development Cooperation Agency.

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