TVET promising practices

Conceptual framework for assessing practices

To help identify and select potential promising practices in TVET we developed a framework containing a set of criteria and indicators. This framework was extensively discussed with and validated by a panel of external experts, in collaboration with UNESCO and UNESCO-UNEVOC staff.

It concentrates on key elements in identifying and analyzing promising practices in TVET areas. The first prerequisite for a promising practice is that it is relevant to TVET. In other words, it promotes TVET in some profound way, either within a particular TVET sub-sector or at local, national or regional level. Moreover, we introduce six criteria that represent important but also necessary indicators of a good or promising practice in TVET. These criteria are needed for a TVET practice to be successful and applicable to other contexts.

The conceptual framework is presented in the following table. Six main criteria were selected, based on a review of the literature, analysis of papers reporting good or promising TVET practices, and validations by TVET experts. The six criteria are impact, innovation and creativity, knowledge base, stakeholder engagement, monitoring and evaluation, efficiency. Descriptions and justifications illustrate the features and significance of each criterion in assessing TVET practices. The last column, titled 'indicators', presents examples of how each criterion can be identified or measured.

Potential promising practices are identified and pre-selected by UNESCO-UNEVOC staff before being summarized and sent to external reviewers for evaluation, based on the assessment framework and an established mechanism for applying it. Those practices that reach a minimum threshold are selected for inclusion in the database.

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