Develop and strengthen the Vocational Education and Training System all around Georgia to ensure the synergy between the needs of the labor market, the professional skills of graduates and qualifications offered by the educational institutions in a lifelong... <show more>

Develop and strengthen the Vocational Education and Training System all around Georgia to ensure the synergy between the needs of the labor market, the professional skills of graduates and qualifications offered by the educational institutions in a lifelong learning perspective – to achieve:

• Employability on local and international labor market Update qualification, develop professional standards and vocational programmes;

• Engagement and/or participation of vulnerable groups, disability and etc;

• Promoting the participation of social partners;

• Geographic Accessibility for VET.

• Meet education demands of the population, support professional, career development and social protection of individuals;

• Feed economy with qualified staff competitive both on local and international labor market, ensure a match between the fast... <show more>

• Meet education demands of the population, support professional, career development and social protection of individuals;

• Feed economy with qualified staff competitive both on local and international labor market, ensure a match between the fast changing labor market and VET system;

• Maintain competitiveness of employed be re-training and professional development;

• Foster appropriation of the peoples educational capacities with the new social-economic conditions to support self-employment and entrepreneurship;

• Support student mobility;

• Ensure professional development of minority groups and create employment opportunities for them;

• Develop Lifelong Learning;

• Develop School-Business Partnership in VET.

a) Identification of social partners in the field of vocational education, segmentation and determination of relevant mechanisms for social partnership and ensuring to work those mechanisms;

b) Permanent contact with the social partners in the field of... <show more>

a) Identification of social partners in the field of vocational education, segmentation and determination of relevant mechanisms for social partnership and ensuring to work those mechanisms;

b) Permanent contact with the social partners in the field of Vocational Education and coordination of their work;

c) Promotion/support for functioning of NVETC and its thematic working groups;

d) Support and coordination of Sectoral councils working

e) Working on the format for private and public sector cooperation;

f) Development of mechanisms for private sector motivation in order to engage in vocational education;

g) Local and international organization partnership;

h) Local and international educational institutions cooperation;

i) Development of carrier guidance and counseling system;

j) Development of concept for TVET portal and its administration;

k) Increasing awareness for target groups in order to support vocational education;

l) Implementation of other responsibilities determined by the legislation.

National and International Activities:

• Effective labour market management system;

• Career Guidance and Counselling System;

• Employment Support Services (ESS);

• Improved system of VET teacher and trainer career development, and initial and... <show more>

National and International Activities:

• Effective labour market management system;

• Career Guidance and Counselling System;

• Employment Support Services (ESS);

• Improved system of VET teacher and trainer career development, and initial and continuing teacher training;

• Revised national qualifications framework (NQF);

• Enhanced Awareness of VET as a means for securing stable, well-remunerated employment;

• Revised VET curricula;

• Work-based approach to training;

• Social Partnership.

International activities:

• UNDP (UNCHR) - refugees support programme in Samegrelo-zemoSvaneti Region (2013-2014);

• UNDP (SIDA) - Gender balance support in Georgia (2012-2013);

• UNDP (SDC) - Vocational Education and extension support in agriculture sphere (2013-2018);

• EU - technical Assistance programme “quality enhancement and capacity building programme in Georgian TVET” (2012-2013);

• GIZ (BMZ) – “Private Sector Development in Georgia” (2009-2013);

• GIZ (BMZ) – “Private Sector Development in South Caucasus” (2009-2013);

• GIZ (BMZ) – HCD (2013-2014);

• Deloitte Consulting LLC (USAID) - Economic Prosperity Initiative EPI – Georgia (2010-2014);

• MCA(MCC) - Vocational education Project (2014-2019);

• MCA(MCC) - Technical Assistance (TA)(2014-2019);

• World Bank - regional business plan for VET (2013).