Thematic Areas
As per the Country Programme Strategy (CPS) 2014 – 2018 DEC
consolidated its present programme in Skill Development and
Education (SDE) as one of a major thematic area. Under this
thematic area the following major interventions are provided.
- Youthempowerment for employment (YEE) and provision of market relevant skills training/Skill Development and Education
- (SDE).
- Capacity building of existing TVET institution to provide market relevant skills training
- Promotionof youth and women entrepreneurship
- Promotionof cluster of SMEs development, coop formation and micro credit support services
- Promotionof income generating activates (IGA)
Lessons learnt
The lessons learnt during our project implementation period were:
- Wellorganized and effective implementation of project activities has contributed in equipping vulnerable youths and women with market relevant skills and makes them ready for work, contribute to reduction of unemployment, decrease irregular migration and enter in to the labour market.
- 7-stepsapproach helped us to provide market relevant skills training, reducing the mismatch between training provider and labour
- market and facilitate employment linkages after trainee raduation and it helped us to develop training programs and materials such as labour market assessment tool, job profile, curriculum frame work, training modules and trainees monitoring tool.
- Vision development training was a good model that enabled us to select the committed and motivated trainees who have a true interest for skills training and it helped us to minimize dropout rate.
- Private enterprises involvement in the project implementation period was very crucial for provision of quality cooperative training/apprenticeship, to get constructive feedback on the processof providing market relevant training and also for employment linkage.
- Frequent coaching, support and follow up is very important to ensure the quality of training in line with the curriculum frame work and job profiles and also it very helpful to shape different changes with dynamic market needs.
