ALLED-II Aligning Education and Training with Labour Market Needs - EC Funds



Contract partner: Diverse Träger Country: Kosovo Funding amount: € 3.800.000,00 Project start: 01.03.2019 End: 30.04.2024

Short Description:

Overall goal


The Overall objective is to reduce poverty through increased labour market participation and improved employability of the Population. The specific objective is to strengthen the quality and relevance of education and training programmes for the labour market and to support the adaptation of the legislative framework and mechanisms as a precondition for increased employability.


Expected results


ER 1: Study programmes in public HE institutions serve as a competence hub for the industry and VET.

ER 2: Professional qualifications and occupational standards meet NQA criteria for validation.

ER 3: VET schools and VTCs offer qualitative programmes based on the Labour Market Needs.

ER 4: Education and training system related governance procedures support the alignment of education and training with labour market needs.

ER 5: The link between the VET and the business sector is more structured.

 


Target group / Beneficiaries


Direct beneficiaries: Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST), Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare (MLSW), public universities, Municipal Education Departments (MED), VET schools, Vocational Training Centres (VTC), Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA), National Qualifications Authority (NQA).

Indirect beneficiaries: HE and VET students, job seekers, private sector, adult learners, including diverse women and men.

 


Activities


Activities of ER 1 include Curricula development, diploma supplement and faculty management are enhanced, labour market-relevant and lead to increased employability; ER 2 encompasses Quality assurance activitities and occupational Standard development, Elaboration at policy Level and linking Progression pathways between HE and VET; ER3 ensures to offer qualitative Programmes based on labour market Needs, including Training of teachers, sustainable Quality assurance mechanisms and Provision of Equipment; ER4 Supports structuring related goverance procedures including the policy Level; ER 5 identifies and pilotes incentives for the stronger cooperation between the private sector and education institutions.


Context


In ALLED I the EU and ADA provided support in the field of Higher Education (HE), National Qualifications Framework (NQF) and Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Kosovo. ALLED I contributed in establishing closer links between education and labour market needs in Kosovo. Based on the results of ALLED I, the second phase will continue the action through sustaining reached results and supporting innovative measures based on IPA 2017 plans.


The project is co-funded by the Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC) with EUR 700.000 (ADC project reference number 6531-01/2018).

project number 6531-00/2018
source of funding EU
sector Bildung
tied
modality Basket funds/pooled funding
marker Gender: 1
  • Policy marker: are used to identify, assess and facilitate the monitoring of activities in support of policy objectives concerning gender equality, aid to environment, participatory development/good governance, trade development and reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health. Activities targeting the objectives of the Rio Conventions include the identification of biodiversity, climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, and desertification.
    • 1= policy is a significant objective of the activity
    • 2= policy is the principal objective of the activity
  • Donor/ source of funding: The ADA is not only implementing projects and programmes of the Austrian Development Cooperation , but also projects funded from other sources and donors such as
    • AKF - Foreign Disaster Fund of the Austrian federal government
    • BMLFUW - Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water
    • EU - Funds of the European Commission
    • Others - various other donors are listed in ADA’s annual business report.
  • Type of Aid – Aid modalities: classifies transfers from the donor to the first recipient of funds such as budget support, core contributions and pooled programmes and funds to CSOs and multilateral organisations, project-type interventions, experts and other technical assistance, scholarships and student costs in donor countries, debt relief, administrative costs and other in-donor expenditures.
  • Purpose/ sector code: classifies the specific area of the recipient’s economic or social structure, funded by a bilateral contribution.
  • Tied/Untied: Untied aid is defined as loans and grants whose proceeds are fully and freely available to finance procurement from all OECD countries and substantially all developing countries. Transactions are considered tied unless the donor has, at the time of the aid offer, clearly specified a range of countries eligible for procurement which meets the tests for “untied” aid.
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