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Richard Walther, TVSD: the role of NGOs
“10 main points to
consider as an NGO
designing a TVSD
program’. ”
BU-net, January 2010
Richard Walther, AFD
Richard Walther, TVSD: the role of NGOs
Point 1Designing a TVSD program is only possible
• If you answer to a request made by the a central and local authorities a trade organisation, economic and/or social partners…
• If you implement « opportunity study » or a « skills need study » at national, sectoral or local level
Richard Walther, TVSD: the role of NGOs
Point 1 bis
Designing a TVSD program is only possible :
• If you adapt your program to the educational level of the intended beneficiaries
• If you build your program on the skills already acquired by the people you wish to train
Richard Walther, TVSD: the role of NGOs
Point 2Designing a TVSD program can only succeed if
the skills to be acquired
• Are defined according to the development needs and possibilities of a local community, a trade or a profession
• Are defined in partnership with the national/local actors/trade organisation themselves
Richard Walther, TVSD: the role of NGOs
Point 2 bisDesigning a TVSD program can only succeed if
the skills to be acquired• Are aiming to insert the trainees into the world
of work• Are acquired trough training and qualification
pathways adapted to the type of jobs and activities trainees are looking for
Richard Walther, TVSD: the role of NGOs
Point 3 Designing a TVSD program has to be
part of a global strategy• Training activities must be part of a
development action (notably regarding any promising outcomes identified)
• Training activities must be linked to an overall strategic and operational planning at national or local level
Richard Walther, TVSD: the role of NGOs
Point 3 bisDesigning a TVSD program has to be
part of a global strategy• Training activities must be integrated in an
overall intervention process involving the different stakeholders concerned
• Training activities must, as much as possible, help the trainees to go from a logic of survival into one of development
Richard Walther, TVSD: the role of NGOs
Point 4Designing a TVSD program has to identify the
intended impact
Context of the
demand for training
Identificationof
intendedimpact
Inclusion oftrainingwithin
an overallprocess
Impact analysisin
•economic•social
•occupational
terms
MonitoringEvaluation
Richard Walther, TVSD: the role of NGOs
Point 4 bisDesigning a TVSD program has to
identify the intended impact• Improving the quality of production or
services
• Creating more added value in a trade or a sector
• Helping to launch new activities or jobs
• …
Richard Walther, TVSD: the role of NGOs
Point 5
Designing a TVSD program has to improve the life of the beneficiaries
• SD must aim to improve people’s socio-economic circumstances (increased revenue, decent work standards)
• SD has to help young people or adults to find, as much as possible, activities or jobs where they are living
Richard Walther, TVSD: the role of NGOs
Point 5 bis
Designing a TVSD program has to improve the life of the beneficiaries
• SD has to fight against the poverty of people living in remote areas (rural versus urban areas)
• SD has to find ways to benefit to young people or adults being illiterate
Richard Walther, TVSD: the role of NGOs
Point 6Designing a TVSD program has to be focused
on sustainable resources and outcomes• Financing resources cannot be defined without
calculating the bulk of costs the program has to face to be efficient
• Financing resources have to take into account all the types of costs (running costs, tangible and intangible investment) needed to adapt continuously SD to the development needs
Richard Walther, TVSD: the role of NGOs
Point 6 bisDesigning a TVSD program has to be
focused on sustainable resources and outcomes
Training
program for- existing or needed jobs - self-relianceand capacity to create his
own activity
Real costs andresourcesneeded to
reach internal/external
efficiency
Type of training (school based,
cooperative training,
profession-nalisation
pathways…
Following and
assessingthe
insertion into localmarket or
trade
Richard Walther, TVSD: the role of NGOs
Point 7Designing a TVSD program has to favor an
public/private partnership Profession and skills standards defined and
assessedin common between all public and private actors
Acquisition of the skillsat workplace
General and technical
knowledges
Common definition of curriculum and pedagogical tools
Employer Training center
Apprentice/trainee
Profession and skills standards defined and assessed
in common between all public and private actors
Artisans/micro-unit/company Training center
Apprentice/trainee
Richard Walther, TVSD: the role of NGOs
Point 8Designing a TVSD program may lead to
restructuring traditional SD pathways
(the case of West Africa) • Updating the occupational standards of
tradional apprenticeship• Retraining the masters• Introducing general and technical training • Leading the existing SD to recognised
qualifications
Richard Walther, TVSD: the role of NGOs
Point 8 bisDesigning a TVSD program may lead to linking
occupation and professionnalisation
• Developping public works in order to insert and qualify young people (Ethiopia, South Africa)
• Creating opportunities for young people to be placed in local enterprises or communities and qualified on and trough the job (Ivory Coast and West and Central Africa common project)
Richard Walther, TVSD: the role of NGOs
Point 9Designing a TVSD program has to
respond to the need for equity • Linking global needs and individual needs• Responding to the lack of SD pathways for
– Low educated people
– Girls/women
– Rural population
– Post-conflict population…
Richard Walther, TVSD: the role of NGOs
Point 10A designed TVSD program has to be
• Integrated in a national qualifications framework
• Piloted trough partnership • Supported by sustainable financial means• Regularly assessed in terms of
equality/efficiency of access and outcomes