The sector project ‘Technical and Vocational Education and Training’ supports the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in upgrading strategies and approaches for technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in German and international development policy. By means of TVET, BMZ seeks to increase the supply of qualified labour in order to contribute to improving employment opportunities and economic growth.
At the same time, promoting TVET as a part of lifelong learning constitutes an important contribution to the ability of individuals for social and political participation. Training geared to labour-market needs enhances people’s employment prospects and enables them to earn a decent income to escape from poverty.
Currently, the issue of the future of work is very important for the future development of German development cooperation, in particular in TVET. The concern here is on the one hand with how work and employment are changing in developing countries and on the other, with the corresponding consequences for TVET in development cooperation.
- What kind of employment in which sectors calls for what skills?
- How must TVET systems be designed to cope with these altered requirements and their continuous change?
- How can vocational training measures be planned and carried out to prepare for work in the era of the digital transformation, and to harness the opportunities afforded by the digital transformation?
To answer these questions, the sector project TVET issues a publication series. It provides background materials on TVET in development cooperation which are published on an ad hoc basis. Each of these papers examines a specific aspect of the issues described above. The aim is to compile concise, relevant information, to illustrate this with good practices, and then to make practical recommendations for both development advice and implementation based on this.
The intention is to provide decision-makers and practitioners with inspiration for their own tasks so as to help TVET in development
cooperation to respond to the challenges of new work and to make use of the opportunities it affords.
