Policy Advice

• Policy advice to the government of Lao PDR regarding establishment of a national training fund | contract value € 0.8 million | MoES, KfW, 2019-2024

• 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 Training and Employment | 2nd, revised edition | German language | KfW, 2018

• Regional Conference on Vocational Education and Training, Jakarta/Indonesia, Ail 2014: responsible conference design, expert inputs, workshop moderation for the thematic area 'financing of vocational training’ | BMZ, GIZ, 2014

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

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

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

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

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

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Costing and Financial Planning

• Determination of training costs for 5 technical occupations, Mongolia | GIZ, 2019-2020

• Criteria-based evaluation and financial analysis of 23 vocational schools, Laos | KfW, 2016-2017

• Criteria-based evaluation and financial analysis of 20 vocational training institutes, Myanmar | KfW, 2014

• Cost-benefit analysis of in-company initial training, Vietnam | KfW, 2012

• Cost-benefit analysis of in-company initial training, Albania | GIZ, 2011

• 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 and financial analysis of 20 TVET institutes, Vietnam | GIZ, 2009-2010

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

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Project Development and Project Design

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

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Project Implementation and Fund Management

• Vocational Education Financing Facility (VEFF) | design of the Challenge Fund incl. funding policy, grant categories, and operational procedures, development of a web-based Grant Management System, comprehensive fund management | contract value € 2.4 million | MoES, KfW, 2019-2024

• 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, 2018-202

• 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

• Design and piloting of a Results-based Financing Mechanism with the FC-funded TVET Programme Phase 1 in Rwanda | WDA/KfW, 2014-2018 

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