Projects and references

The overall objective of the High Quality TVET Training Project is to renovate five Vietnamese vocational training institutions through the construction of buildings, procurement of equipment and provision of expertise for training and capacity building.
The Technical Assistance Project will:
- Provide technical support on TVET policies and strategies, especially on issues of investment in vocational training, and private sector financing and involvement in vocational management systems;
- Assist the PMU in the overall implementation of the Project.

The aim of the project is to contribute to and facilitate the successful implementation of the Primary Education Retention Programme (PERP). In order to achieve the overall objective of increasing primary school completion rates, and the specific objective of reducing drop-out during primary education, three results have to be achieved:
Result 1: Primary educational planning is based on reliable information.
Result 2: Primary retention projects are designed and implemented in each of the five target states.
Result 3: There is enhanced understanding of factors related to drop-out and of effective strategies.

The IMPRES project aims at improving preschool education provision and broadening access for children, especially from disadvantaged groups. The project will support improvements in the quality of preschool curricula and expansion of the capacities of preschool institutions. The assignment includes the preparation and implementation of training programmes, advice on the improvement of preschool legislation, preschool teaching methods and the provision of preschool activities, as well as the organisation of conferences, workshops and study tours. Mobilisation of two long-term experts and multiple short-term experts.

Comprehensive technical assistance support to the Ministry of Education in the implementation of the Secondary Education Support Programme (SESP) aiming at reforming and upgrading the Syrian secondary education system. Services provided include capacity building and training of the Syrian staff within the Project Task Force for the planning, management, monitoring and visibility of the SESP as well as institutional support.

Support to the University of Pristina (UP) to set up, strengthen and increase the sustainability and proficiency of initial and in-service training structures for translators and interpreters in a lifelong learning perspective.
The technical assistance will provide the following services:
- Institutional strengthening
- Curriculum development
- Training of trainers of professional translators and interpreters and training of teachers in interpretation and translation
- Study visits for trainers of interpreters and translators
- Creation of accreditation procedures
- Procurement activities to equip the UP.

Support to national authorities in the planning, implementation, management and monitoring of a EUR 17 million educational reform project, and transfer of knowledge and skills in view of improving the quality of the education provided, strengthening the management and guidance of support staff, and increasing the accessibility and fairness of the basic education and preschool system.

The overall goal of the Community Health Workers Programme was to provide equitable access to health care services to the population of Liberia by strengthening community health interventions through a national standardised community package of health services provided by trained, deployed and motivated community health workers. Phase one was formative in nature and had quantitative population level objectives for outcomes. It shaped and supported full implementation during the next phase of the project.

This assignment focused on building the Ministry of Health's management and steering capacities for the 'obstetrical package' project, and on transferring skills to the various actors in the package system, particularly the concerned services of the Ministry of Health including the PNSR (National Reproductive Health Programme), the Regional Health Action Departments (DRAS), the 'package' managers, and the members of the package management committees.
The assignment included two components: (i) assistance to the contracting authority, and (ii) implementation of two studies.