Policy Advice

• Support to GIZ in the conception of the TVET reform programme 'EU4Skills', Ukraine | GIZ 2019-2020

• Support to KfW in the development of innovative approaches to promoting vocational training and employment within the framework of Financial Cooperation | 2007-2008 and 2016-2018

• KfW Guideline: Approaches to promoting vocational education and training and employment | second, revised edition | German language | KfW, 2018

• Support to the Myanmar Ministry of Education in the design of the national education strategy | UNICEF, 2015

• Concept paper: Innovative alliances in vocational education and training | BMZ, 2013

• Advising the Vietnam Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs on the amendment of the Vocational Training Law | GIZ, 2013

• Support to BMZ in the development of its policy guidelines for vocational education and training | 2010-2012

• Drafting of the BMZ position paper: Vocational education and training in German development policy | BMZ, 2012

• GIZ Guideline: Financing vocational training | guidelines for advisory services in the context of Technical Cooperation | GIZ, 2012

• Development of the integrated project approach 'Youth employment and violence prevention' | KfW, 2011 | in cooperation with FAKT

• Advising the BMZ on the development of the vocational training partnership programme, BBP | 2010-2011 | in cooperation with sequa

• Concept paper on vocational training partnerships with the business sector | BMZ, 2011

• Guideline: Selection and Promotion of TVET Institutes based on Criteria, Vietnam | GIZ, 2010

• Support to KfW in the development of its internal project appraisal guidelines for Financial Cooperation projects in the vocational training sector | 2009 and 2019

• Advising the Vietnamese Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs on the development of the national vocational training strategy | GIZ, 2009-2010

• Development of criteria for the evaluation and design of vocational competence centres, Kosovo | GIZ, 2009

• KfW Guideline: Innovative Approaches to Promoting Vocational Training and Employment | KfW, 2008

• Approaches to vocational education and training in the informal sector, draft of an internal guideline | GIZ, 2003

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Sectoral Analysis, Concepts and Consultancy

• Build4Skills, Study "TVET in Construction. Findings from Mongolia and Pakistan" | GIZ, 2020

• Noor Solar Projects | Concept Study: Lessons learnt in terms of qualification, improving employability and jobs creation, Morocco | Masen, KfW, 2019

• Construction-related advice to the Ministry of Education on the rehabilitation and expansion of various vocational training centres in Myanmar | MoE, KfW, 2017

• Regional Conference on Vocational Education and Training, Jakarta/Indonesia, April 2014 | responsible conference design, expert inputs, workshop moderation for the thematic areas 'cooperation with the business sector' and 'financing of vocational training’ | BMZ, GIZ, 2014

• Study on the recruitment of skilled workers in other countries, Asia | GIZ, BMWi, 2013

• Study on private sector participation in vocational training in Sri Lanka | GIZ, 2013

• Study for an innovative pilot project of vocational training in cooperation with German business | various countries | BMZ, GIZ, 2012-2013

• Regional Conference on Vocational Education and Training, Hanoi/Vietnam, Oct. 2012 | responsible conference design, draft of the background paper, workshop moderation for the thematic areas 'cooperation with the business sector' and 'financing of vocational training’ | BMZ, GIZ, 2012

• Developing market-oriented quality and sustainability criteria for the food supply chain in the Philippines | sequa, AFOS Foundation, 2012

• Vocational Training Programme 2008, Vietnam: Development plans for 5 vocational training institutions | GIZ, 2010/2011 | in cooperation with ICON

• Concept paper for the establishment of vocational competence centres in Vietnam | GIZ, 2010

• Cost-benefit analysis of vocational education and training, the example of in-company initial training, Georgia | GIZ, 2010

• Study: costing of vocational training, Georgia | GIZ, 2010

• Development of a calculation model for cost-benefit analysis of vocational education and training | GIZ, 2009-2010

• Criteria-based evaluation of 20 vocational training institutes, Vietnam | GIZ, 2009-2010

• Stakeholder workshop on financing vocational training, Vietnam | GIZ, 2009

• Sector study: business participation in vocational training, Vietnam | GIZ, 2009

• Concept study: development of occupational profiles for the construction sector, Kosovo | GIZ, 2009

• Concept paper: QM/ISO certification of TVET providers based on quality standards, Ethiopia | GIZ, 2008

• Study: School construction costs in Yemen | KfW, 2007-2008 | in cooperation with ICON

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Project Development and Project Design

• Feasibility Study in Ghana | Establishment of a National TVET Fund | contract volume € 196.000 | KfW, 2024-2025

• TVET Feasibility Study “Skills for Just Energy Transition (Skills4JET)” in South Africa | Establishment and equipping of a Centre of Excellence in Renewable Energies and cooperating vocational training centres | investment volume € 10.0 million | SARETEC, KfW, 2024-2025 | in cooperation with INTEGRATION and RENAC

• Training programme on European Legislation on Supply Chain Due Diligence and its impact on Uzbek textile companies (GIZ project “Sustainability and Value Added in the Cotton Economy in Uzbekistan”) | Contract value € 37.000, 2023-2024

• Fact Finding Study: Innovative TVET Financing in Lebanon | investment volume € 10,0 million | MEHE, KfW, 2023

• Feasibility Study “Support for Vocational Education” in Uzbekistan | Focus on formal Vocational Education and MHESI as Project Executing Ministry | Investment Volume € 42,0 +16,0 million | MHESI, KfW, 2023

• Feasibility and Project Design Study in Jordan | Establishment of a Student Aid Programme for vocational training end employment promotion | investment volume € 15.0 million | CPF, KfW, 2023 | in cooperation with IPC

• Feasibility and Project Design Study: Promotion of Agricultural Technical Colleges | investment volume € 10.0 million | ADET, KfW, 2023

• Feasibility and Project Design Study: Establishment of a national Fund for Vocational Training and Employment Promotion in Togo | investment volume € 10.0 million | MESR, KfW, 2022

• Project Design Study: Extension of the HTUplus Programme to support additional Vocational Training Centres | investment volume € 26.0 million | HTU, KfW, 2022

• Project Concept: Development Impact Bonds (DIB) as a new financing instrument for investments into vocational training facilities in Ethiopia | KfW, 2022

• Feasibility- and Project Design Study in Namibia | Support / expansion of 4 selected TVET centres | Investment volume € 7 million | MHETI, KfW, 2021-2022

• Feasibility- and Project Design Study: Vocational Training Center in the Industrial Park Adetikope (PIA) in Togo | investment volume € 9,8 million | MESR, KfW, 2021

• Feasibility Study within the “Skills4 Georgia” programme | Establishment of two Centres of Excellence (CoEs) in the wine and hospitality sectors | Investment Volume € 22 million | MES, KfW, 2021-2022

• Pre Feasibility + Feasibility  Study: Support of Vocational Training in Uzbekistan | Investment Volume € 16,0 million | MELR, KfW, 2020-21

• Feasibility study: Establishment of the financing facility "Investment for Employment" | within the framework of the BMZ special initiative "Training and Employment" in Africa | fund volume € 80.0 million | BMZ, KfW, 2018-2019 | in cooperation with IPC

• Project concept: Establishment of the 'Kosovo Challenge Fund', Kosovo | fund volume up to € 15.0 million | KfW, 2018

• Project concept: Establishment of the 'Regional Challenge Fund', Western Balkans | fund volume up to € 50.0 million | KfW, 2018

• Feasibility and project design study: Promotion of a professional academy in Georgia | investment volume € 23.0 million | MoESCS, KfW, 2018-2019

• Feasibility and Project Design Study: Promotion of a Centre of Excellence at Al Hussein Technical University and satellite vocational training centres in Jordan | investment volume € 30,0 million | MoPIC, KfW, 2018 | in cooperation with GOPA Infra

• Feasibility study: Kenyan-German Training Initiative | Promotion of several competence centres for cooperative training in the greater Nairobi area | investment volume € 17.0 million | MoE, KfW, 2016-2017

• Feasibility study: Establishment of a 'Challenge Fund' for dual-cooperative vocational training in Laos | fund volume € 6.0 million | MoES, KfW, 2016-2017

• Feasibility study: Establishment of a 'Challenge Fund' for cooperative vocational training in Vietnam | fund volume € 11.4 million | MoIT, KfW, 2016-2017

• Feasibility study: Expansion of the Lao German Technical College in Laos | investment volume € 1.0 million | MoES, KfW, 2017

• Concept study: Nationwide introduction of 'Fast Track Skills Assessments' in Myanmar | GIZ, 2015

• Feasibility study: Vocational training reform programme in Myanmar | Component 2: Development of the Baelin Teacher Training Centre | investment volume € 7.0 million | MoE, KfW in cooperation with GIZ, 2015-2016

• Feasibility study: Vocational training reform programme in Myanmar | Component 1: Promotion of selected Polytechnic Institutes | investment volume € 14.0 | MoE, KfW in cooperation with GIZ, 2015-2016

• Pre-feasibility study: Centre of Excellence for Green TVET, Vietnam | investment volume € 9.0 million | MoLISA, KfW, 2013-2014

• Feasibility study: Joint vocational training programme Rwanda | contributions by Financial and Technical Cooperation | investment volume € 6.0 million | WDA, KfW, 2012

• Concept development: Centre of Excellence for Environment, Kosovo | GIZ, 2011

• Concept development: Youth Centre, Kosovo | GIZ, 2011

• Feasibility study: TVET voucher programme Ghana | fund volume € 20.0 million | COTVET, KfW, 2011

• Pre-feasibility study and feasibility study: Promotion of an international Centre of Excellence for TVET in Vietnam | investment volume € 13.5 million | GIZ in cooperation with KfW, 2010-2011

• Sector study and programme design: Promotion of vocational training institutions, Laos | investment volume € 5.0 million | KfW, 2010

• Project appraisal: Vocational training partnership programme, Philippines | sequa, 2010

• Project appraisal: Promotion of Centres of Excellence in the context of vocational training reform, Kosovo | GIZ, 2009

• Sector study and project conception: Promotion of vocational training for target groups in the informal sector, Tanzania | ILO, 2009

• Programme appraisal: Vocational training programme 2008, Vietnam | promotion of 5 vocational training institutions through Technical Cooperation | GIZ, 2008

• Feasibility study: Vocational training programme 2008, Vietnam | investment volume € 10.0 million | KfW, 2007

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Project Implementation

• Ghana Jobs and Skills – Apprenticeship Programme, GJS-AP | Roll-out of competency-based training programmes at higher vocational training levels (National Certificate), digitalization of all voucher-related processes | contract value US-$ 6,9 Mio. | CTVET, World Bank, 2023-2028

• Vocational Education Financing Facility (VEFF) Lao PDR | design update, comprehensive fund management, political advisory services for the establisment of a national TVET Development Fund | contract value € 1.9 million | MoES, KfW, 2024-27

• HTUplus Programme, Phase I, Jordan | Establishment of a TVET Campus at HTU and equipping regional satellite centres for vocational training | contract value € 5.2 million | HTU, KfW, 2024-2027 | in cooperation with GOPA Tech and GOPA

• Ghana TVET Voucher Project, GTVP Phase 4 | Fund management, web-based national training voucher distribution, introduction of new support services | contract value € 3,1 million. | CTVET, KfW, 2023-2027

• Support for Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Ghana – Phase III: CoE for Green Technologies at KTI | contract value € 1.2 million | CTVET, KfW, 2023-2027 | in cooperation with CES

• Promotion of vocational training and employment, PFPE | Renovation and equipping of vocational schools, improving the access to vocational training and labour market integration for defined target groups via the national fund 3FPT | contract value € 2 million | MFPAI, KfW, 2022-2026

• Promotion of Youth Employment and Vocational Training in Kenya, Phase 2 | Support for vocational training centres in their development into ‘Centres of Excellence’, including construction measures, equipment and establishment of incubation centres | contract volume € 1.9 Mio | MoE, KfW, 2022-2025 | in cooperation with GOPA Tech

• Financing and Expanding the Access to TVET Implementation of a Pilot TVET Scholarship Scheme | Design and piloting of a scholarship programme for vocational training programmes | contract volume € 100.000 | Rwanda TVET Board (RTB), KfW, 2023 – 2024

• Vocational Education Financing Facility, VEFF |  Lao PDR, Phase I | design of the Challenge Fund incl. funding policy, grant categories, and operational procedures, development of a web-based M&E system, comprehensive fund management | contract value € 2.4 million | MoES, KfW, 2019-2023

• Ghana TVET Voucher Project, GTVP phase 2 | comprehensive fund management, extension of the programme to other regions and occupational fields | contract value€ 3.2 million | COTVET, KfW, 2018-2022

• Vocational Training for Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency in Ghana | development of CBT modules for solar energy, support to 6 selected TVET centres | contract value € 1.5 million | GIZ, 2019-2021 | in cooperation with GOPA 

• Ghana TVET Voucher Project, GTVP phase 1 | Project design, establishment of a fund management unit, development of a web-based voucher management system, comprehensive fund management | contract value € 2.2 million | COTVET, KfW, 2015-2020

• Ghana Skills Development Initiative | Promotion of vocational training in the informal and agricultural sectors | GSDI, phases 1-3 | contract value € 12.2 million | GIZ, 2015- 2019 | in cooperation with GFA

• Promotion of vocational training centres in Rwanda | contract value € 1.3 million | WDA/KfW, 2014-2018 | in cooperation with GOPA

• Advisory service to the Ministry of Education for the implementation of its education strategy, Palestine | contract value € 1.6 million | MoEHE, KfW, 2017-2021 | in cooperation with GOPA

• Vocational training and qualification in agriculture, Ethiopia | contract value € 2.1 million | GIZ, 2015-2017 | in cooperation with IAK and Ambero

• Promotion of the Industrial Training Centre Sinde, Myanmar | contract value € 0.6 million | MoI, KfW, 2015-2017 | in cooperation with GOPA

• Vocational training for wastewater technicians in Vietnam | phases 1-3 | contract value € 3.1 million | GIZ, 2013-2020 | in cooperation with GOPA

• Vocational Training Programme 2010 | Promotion of the Technical College LILAMA2 in Vietnam | planning, procurement and installation of technical equipment | contract value € 0.7 million | MoC, KfW, 2014-2017 | in cooperation with GFA

• Vocational Training Programme 2008 | Programme to promote vocational training institutions in Vietnam | Planning, procurement and installation of technical equipment | contract value € 0.7 million | MoLISA, KfW, 2014-2016

• Promotion of the German-Vietnamese Vocational Training Centre Hai Phong | initial pilot of cooperative training in Vietnam | contract value € 1.2 million | GIZ, 2012-2015 | in cooperation with GFA

• Investment programme Vocational training Ethiopia | Promotion of >50 vocational training institutions | planning and implementation of construction works, planning, procurement and installation of technical equipment | contract value € 2.2 million | MoE, KfW, 2004-2009 | in cooperation with WEM

• Development and introduction of a nationwide web portal for vocational training institutions as part of the vocational training investment programme (BTVET) Uganda | contract value € 0.2 million | MoE, KfW, 2007-2010 | in cooperation with ICON

• Piloting a student loan program for the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector | contract value € 0.5 million | City of Johannesburg, KfW, 2006-2009

• Further training of multipliers in the Ethiopian vocational training sector | contract value € 0.2 million | GIZ, 2008 | in cooperation with InWent