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Terms of reference Vocational Education and Training Reform Strategy and Pilot Implementation in a selected region in Azerbaijan • Optimization of network of VET institutions, and improvement of school management including promotion of off-budget activities at VET institutions • Preparation of new curricula and printing of new textbooks for VET • Training/retraining of teaching staff • Provision of educational/training equipment to VET institutions The VET Development Programme includes action plans to achieve above objectives. The action plans, however, are not interrelated and their sequence is not clear. The Programme is not based on any elaborated VET strategy. 1.5 Related programmes and other donor activities: 1.5.1. International organizations Following international organizations are currently active in the education and other relevant sectors of Azerbaijan. The World Bank has a leading position in the ongoing education sector reform, but it has focused so far on general (basic) education only. United Nation Development Programme is undertaking a project for poverty reduction under the title “Development of Vocational Training System” for the period from 2005 to 2007. The counterpart agency for this project is the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population. The project is aimed at assisting the Ministry to establish and equip vocational training centres for re-training of unemployed and further training of employed persons. Such centres are being established in Baku and Goychay with additional centres planned for Ganja, Lankaran and Khachmaz. With technical support from ILO, the project also provides assistance for development and implementation of modular-based short-term programmes and courses. International Labour Organization assists MoLSPP in application of the International Labour Standards, promotion of employment, improvement of social protection and development of social dialogue. ILO rendered assistance for the preparation of the Azeri National Employment Strategy. ILO is collaborating with UNDP and MoLSPP in the implementation of the above mentioned project “Development of Vocational Training System”. The Director-General of UNESCO during his visit to Azerbaijan in August 2005 signed with the Ministry of Education a Memorandum of Understanding on co-operation in the field of education. UNESCO and the Ministry of Education have agreed to set up a joint working group aimed at devising and preparing policy and technical recommendations in support of the education reform initiative of the Azerbaijani Government. So far the working group was not operational. Page 7
Terms of reference Vocational Education and Training Reform Strategy and Pilot Implementation in a selected region in Azerbaijan 1.5.2 Bilateral donors Germany Society for Technical Assistance (GTZ) has been implementing a transregional training programme for the VET teachers of Central Asian and Caucasian countries including Azerbaijan. Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) Undertook in 2006 a comprehensive evaluation of the Azeri VET system and indicated directions of the future assistance to this sector. As a condition for the implementation of such assistance, JBIC called the Government of Azerbaijan to define possible direction of VET strategy. Bank also indicated that EU-TACIS might be a forerunner in delivering assistance to the Government of Azerbaijan in elaboration of VET strategy. USAID (United States Agency for International Development) carried out a vocational education assessment in 2005 and identified the possible future involvement of USAID with a systematic approach to the reform of VET sector with five core components, including: (1) national classification system of occupations; (2) employment services; (3) labour market information system; (4) national skills standards, assessment, and accreditation system; and (5) technical education and vocational training. So far no activities to implement the above components have been undertaken. In 2002, Russia and Azerbaijan concluded the agreement on mutual recognition of educational documents and degrees. The agreement aims at developing cooperation in general education and vocational training, exchange of students, and collaboration among training and educational institutions. 1.5.3 European Union The Partnership and Cooperation Agreement entered into force in 1999 and provides the legal framework for EU-Azerbaijan relations. In June 2004, the European Council decided to include Azerbaijan together with two other Southern Caucasus countries in the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). Past EC supported actions in the education sector were focused on higher education modernization through Tempus joint European Projects and Structural Measures. European Training Foundation (ETF) conducted in 2003 an overall study of VET in Azerbaijan, and a research on labour market needs for adult education. ETF implemented in 2005 an in-depth study on labour market in Azerbaijan and a pilot project on national qualification framework. TACIS Action Programme 2006 for Azerbaijan designed to render support to the Azerbaijan Government in the reform process and is compliant with the National Indicative Programme 2004-2006 that focuses on two areas of cooperation: • Support for institutional, legal and administrative reforms; • Support for the private sector and economic development. Within the framework of the first area, the support is provided to the Ministry of Economic Development in the implementation of the “State Programme on the Socio-Economic Page 8
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