Objective:

Performance and demand-orientation of TVET in Viet Nam are improved in a sustainable way.

Approach:

The Vietnamese partners are offered support in terms of political advisory services, system development, and capacity development in order to introduce and organise legal regulations, ordinances and models for financing TVET. In particular, the cross-ministerial collaboration of state, industry and civil society is supported at the national, regional and local level in order to ensure demand-oriented design ofTVET.

Piloting of approaches in terms of local TVET planning, financing and re-financing possibilities as well as cooperation between TVET institutes and enterprises are supported. Furthermore, new forms of TVET teacher training will be developed and piloted. This programme is based on the results achieved during previous Vietnamese-German cooperation on TVET. The “TVET System Advisory” project on a macro-level and the cooperation programmes     “Promotion of TVET” and “Programme Vocational Training 2008” on the micro- and meso-levels    interact very closely across all fields of activity.

Overall term: 2008 - 2011 (1st phase)

Results achieved so far:

Acting on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and responding to the request of the partner ministry (MoLISA) and the General Department of Vocational Training (GDVT), the GTZ has offered considerable support for the development of a TVET Strategy 2010-2020 (with a forecast extending to 2025). During advisory discussion rounds with international experts, continuative discussions among the Vietnamese TVET actors were encouraged and selected issues taken up in the strategy, dealing in particular with the involvement of enterprises in the steering, designing and implementation of TVET.

Through the application of advisory services, the Vietnamese partners are supported in developing a customised concept for cooperation among TVET institutions with the economic sector as well as financing TVET. Therefore, a first step was taken to analyse existing mechanisms, challenges and courses of action. Recommendations for further arrangements were also developed.  During workshops, relevant actors from the GDVT, ministries, TVET institutions and the economic sector discussed together with international experts about Vietnamese and international experiences.

A cooperation agreement was signed at the beginning of 2009 between the GTZ, the VVTA and the GDVT. In this document, an agreement was reached on common endeavours towards supporting the cooperation between TVET institutions and the economic sector (including financing mechanisms) as well as publicity work for TVET as a focus of the cooperation.