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The education, training and decent work Continuum: opportunities for transformative perspectives for inclusion: initial evidence from the field: examples from five Swiss development cooperation projects

This report examines the Continuum between education, training and work from a bottom-up perspective. It is based o... Show more
This report examines the Continuum between education, training and work from a bottom-up perspective. It is based on the presentation and analysis of five projects by members of the Swiss Network for Education and International Cooperation (RECI). The report starts with a brief introduction of the notion of Continuum, with a focus on the discontinuities that currently exist between its constituent entities: education, training and decent work. Existing discontinuities between these three fields appear to create and reinforce exclusion and inequality for marginalized segments of the population. We argue that treating the three fields as a continuum would allow for the re-integration of people who have been excluded from the 'standard' journey between education, training and decent jobs. It then introduces and analyses five projects and draws lessons from across the five case studies.
The five projects are as follows: (1) Social inclusion of Roma through education, employment and socio-economic support in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Caritas Switzerland); (2) Education, work and peace: promising opportunities for young adults in Soacha, Colombia (Vivamos Mejor); (3) Alternative education programme for young people in Niger (Enfants du Monde with Swisscontact); (4) Job orientation training in businesses and schools in Romania (Zurich University of Teacher Education (PHZH), Department of International Projects in Education); and (5) ON-D-GO: developing the employability skills of displaced persons in Switzerland and six other European countries [Austria, Cyprus, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy and Lithuania], (Swiss Federation for Adult Learning).
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Authors: Carton, Michel; Mellet, Aude

Date: 2021

Geographic subjects: Colombia; South America; Niger ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Subjects: Employment; Disadvantaged; Equity ... [+] Show more
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Current situation, limitations and future outlook in three West African countries (Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana)

Africa is seeing a renewed interest in technical and vocational skills development (TVSD). Before efficient youth e... Show more
Africa is seeing a renewed interest in technical and vocational skills development (TVSD). Before efficient youth employment policies can be set out and implemented for both urban and rural areas, however, reliable data and analysis must be available. This study will focus on TVSD. It aims to present a survey of the TVSD-related research conducted by various stakeholder groups over the course of the past 20 years, while also identifying the research expectations, needs and demands expressed by those stakeholders and ascertaining which research topics are in most urgent need of attention. This paper is based on three case studies carried out in Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana. In addition, for the purposes of comparison and idea sharing, two similar studies were carried out in South Africa and Latin America. [The authors] also draw upon an analytical study of the situation in West Africa concerning research on education and training.
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Authors: Azoh, Francois-Joseph; Weyer, Frederique; Carton, Michel

Conference name: Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) Triennale Meeting

Date: 2012

Geographic subjects: Africa; Burkina Faso; Cote d'Ivoire ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Conference paper

Series name: Research on technical and vocational skills facilitating integration into the labour market

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Teaching and learning; Outcomes ... [+] Show more

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The education, training and decent work Continuum: opportunities for transformative perspectives for inclusion: initial evidence from the field: examples from five Swiss development cooperation projects

Current situation, limitations and future outlook in three West African countries (Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana)