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Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development The SDC portfolio in Vocational Skills Development (VSD) Key figures 2016

Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development At the end of 2016, the SDC Vocational Skills Development (VSD) portfolio comprised… … with an investment ... in 35 … 54 countries… projects… of 77.4 mio CHF. 2 The SDC portfolio in Vocational Skills Development (VSD) | Key figures 2016 Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development

Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development At the end of 2016, the SDC Vocational Skills Development (VSD) portfolio comprised… … with an investment ... in 35 … 54 countries… projects… of 77.4 mio CHF. 8.5% of SDC’s total expenditures The average duration of the SDC support to VSD for «project-type interventions» projects is 12 years. in non-EU countries was for VSD-projects. 3 The SDC portfolio in Vocational Skills Development (VSD) | Key figures 2016 Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development

Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development … with an investment 54 ... in 35 projects of 77.4 mio CHF. countries Data: Natural Earth Data, SDC e+i Portfolio Database (31 December 2016), SDC statistical office, kek.ch (replication key: 03_karte) General remarks: The boundaries and names shown, as well as the designations used on this map, do not imply officialendorsement or acceptance by Switzerland. * For the project in Chad, expenditure data is unavailable. For one of the two projects in Macedonia, there expenditure was zero in 2016. / + Expenditures for a regional transboundary project in Western Africa are assigned to Benin. 4 The SDC portfolio in Vocational Skills Development (VSD) | Key figures 2016 Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development

Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development … with an investment 54 ... in 35 Projects… of 77.4 mio CHF. countries.. Eastern Europe and CIS 17 11 17.6 Middle East and North Africa 2 3.6 3 Latin Amercia and the Caribbean East and South Asia 4 4 7.1 19 6 28.9 Sub-Saharan Africa 11 12 20.2 Data: Natural Earth Data, SDC e+i Portfolio Database (31 December 2016), SDC statistical office, kek.ch (replication key: 03_karte) General remarks: The boundaries and names shown, as well as the designations used on this map, do not imply officialendorsement or acceptance by Switzerland. * For the project in Chad, expenditure data is unavailable. For one of the two projects in Macedonia, there expenditure was zero in 2016. / + Expenditures for a regional transboundary project in Western Africa are assigned to Benin. 5 The SDC portfolio in Vocational Skills Development (VSD) | Key figures 2016 Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development

Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development VSD projects by selected organizational units 14 projects from the Cooperation 5 projects from the with Eastern Europe Department Humanitarian Aid and SHA Department 3 projects from the New EU Member States Division (of the Cooperation with Eastern Europe Department) 32 projects from the South Cooperation Department 6 The SDC portfolio in Vocational Skills Development (VSD) | Key figures 2016 Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development

Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development Priority countries and regions with VSD projects Cooperation with the South Swiss Humanitarian Aid 18 of 21 5 of 16 New EU member states Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of (Contribution to the enlarged Independent States (CIS) EU) 3 of 13 7 of 9 7 The SDC portfolio in Vocational Skills Development (VSD) | Key figures 2016 Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development

Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development Contribution to the strategic orientations of the SDC‘s new Education Strategy 8 The SDC portfolio in Vocational Skills Development (VSD) | Key figures 2016 Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development

Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development Education System Governance Inclusion and Equity Quality and relevance Sustainability, Cohesion Transition to work and Resilience 9 The SDC portfolio in Vocational Skills Development (VSD) | Key figures 2016 Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development

Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development Education System Governance: • Governance of VSD: 26 projects • Improvement of infrastructure: 12 projects • Financing of VSD: 8 projects Quality and relevance: • Development of standards: 30 projects • Training of instructors: 17 projects • Skills testing and certification: 15 projects • New learning and teaching methods: 15 projects • Quality control: 9 projects Transition to work: • Career guidance: 13 projects • Labour market information system: 12 projects 10 The SDC portfolio in Vocational Skills Development (VSD) | Key figures 2016 Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development

Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development Inclusion and Equity: • Recognition of prior learning: 10 projects • Bursaries and training grants: 5 projects Sustainability, Cohesion and Resilience: Projects of other sectors such as water, safe migration et cetera that use VSD as an instrument for reaching their goals are present in the SDC portfolio. Specific fields of activity under this strategic orientation will be defined in 2017. 11 The SDC portfolio in Vocational Skills Development (VSD) | Key figures 2016 Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development

Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development At least 18 projects focus on strengthening work-based learning, an important element of the dual approach. Role of dual vocational education 8 projects are designed along the lines of dual VET, i.e. strongly articulating school-based and work-based learning and training 1 project promoting the adaptation and contextualization of dual VET approaches in development cooperation is active on global level. Link to basic education 7 projects explicitly link their activities to basic education. 12 The SDC portfolio in Vocational Skills Development (VSD) | Key figures 2016 Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development

Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development At least 18 projects focus on strengthening work-based learning, an important element of the dual approach. 8 projects are designed along the lines of dual VET, i.e. strongly articulating school-based and work-based learning 1 project promoting the adaptation and contextualization of dual VET approaches in development cooperation is active on global level. 7 projects explicitly link their activities to basic education. 13 The SDC portfolio in Vocational Skills Development (VSD) | Key figures 2016 Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development

Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development Integration of VSD in Cooperation Strategies 2 VSD as a domain of its own 5 VSD as a domain together with basic education 12 VSD not mentioned as a component 14 VSD as a component of the employment and income domain 3 VSD as component of other domains 14 The SDC portfolio in Vocational Skills Development (VSD) | Key figures 2016 Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development

Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development Partners 6 Multilateral institutions 13 Local NGOs and private sector companies 15 Government or government associated institutions / public corporations from the partner country 27 Swiss expert/specialised institutions, e.g. NGOs, 17 International expert/specialised private sector companies, institutions, such as INGOs public corporations and and private sector companies from government institutions OECD countries 15 The SDC portfolio in Vocational Skills Development (VSD) | Key figures 2016 Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development

Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development More information? Visit https://www.shareweb.ch/site/EI Mail e+i Network Contact martina.bietenhader@eda.admin.ch 16 The SDC portfolio in Vocational Skills Development (VSD) | Key figures 2016 Focal point e+i – Vocational Skills Development