29 dec 2010
Project "Poverty Alleviation in Tajikistan through Education and Non-formal Training (PATENT)"
In the framework of European Commission program "To alleviate poverty through employment and income generation in Sughd and Khatlon regions of Tajikistan" a new project " Poverty Alleviation in Tajikistan through Education and Non-formal Training (PATENT)" is starting.
Project will implement in Sughd and Khatlon provinces of Tajikistan during 24 months by the Institute for International Cooperation of the German Adult Education Association (dvv international) and Association of Scientific and Technical Intelligentsia of Tajikistan (ASTI). Project PATENT is providing jointly by European Commission and Federal Department on Economic Cooperation and Development of German.
The main aim of the project is solving the problems of unemployment and poverty by ensuring the access to the system of vocational technical training the wide groups of adult population. By using and strengthening existed vocational schools, project will develop innovation training programs for adults in Sughd and Khatlon provinces.
During implementation of project's activities there will be realize arrangements, which can divide to the 4 main groups:
1. Training of unqualified category of adult population or persons interested to re-qualify their profession in short-term three-months courses, which are in requisition in Tajikistan's labor-market, including providing short-term courses with needed equipment and teaching materials. Resource base of 10 selected VET-schools in towns and districts of Sughd and Khatlon provinces will use for conducting short-term courses.
2. Activities, which bring contribution in strengthening vocational technical training in a hole: training courses for management and pedagogical staff of 10 VET-schools, development of manuals on modern methods of teaching and management.
3. Activities related to establishment the system of consulting services for the population: business-planning and teaching, job counseling of school-leavers.
4. Activities, which will promote to improve image of renewed vocational technical training system in Tajik society.
Project will implement in close collaboration with Ministry of Education, Ministry of Labor and Social Defence of Population, also with local authority, placement services, employers and other social partners.
By the termination of the project 2000 persons will directly benefited, by receiving professional skills during the project's implementation; 10 selected VET-schools can independently develop and conduct vocational trainings which are in requisition; there will establish mechanism of settled partnership and network cooperation between vocational schools, local and government authorities, social partners. Consequently, possibilities of vocational education and non-formal training will better realized by wide groups of population.
