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Vocational Education and Training (VET) can support decent work and inclusive growth by providing people with the knowledge, skills, and competencies required for the jobs of today and tomorrow.

VET Toolbox is an international facility aiming to improve the effectiveness of VET systems by making them more opportunity-driven, turning investments into drivers for inclusive economic growth, social development, and decent job creation.

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Evidence-based VET & labour market reform

The best way to improve VET systems and achieve objectives is to understand the effectiveness of current trainings and to identify gaps and challenges. We take action based on this evidence.

Private sector involvement in VET

Private companies know best what skills are needed on the labour market. We build bridges to make sure structured mechanisms are in place to ensure a strong, active and institutional participation of private sector in VET systems.

Inclusion of groups at risk of exclusion

We innovate within the VET sector to ensure that no one is left behind. We work for the inclusion of individuals belonging to disadvantage groups, experiencing poverty and exclusion from the labour market.

Increasing local benefits from European investments through VET and skills development

VET Toolbox services accompany increasing European investments in African countries, to multiply local benefits and address skills gap.

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When designing VET programmes, a thorough understanding of market dynamics and employer needs is key. Labour market programming and analysis have become a key ingredient in informing VET and labour market policies. VET Toolbox is sharing its expertise on this topic and offering ,guidance.

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VET Toolbox stands for inclusive action. “Leaving no one behind” is a principle behind every VET Toolbox activity, while dedicated actions such as pilot grant projects focus on VET for people at risk of exclusion such as women, persons with disabilities, refugees or youth living in rural areas.

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VET Toolbox offers demand-driven VET that does not stop at graduation but leads to the integration of people into the labour market. Finding (self-) employment is the ultimate objective and an inherent step in the VET journey. Key elements to achieve employment are labour market analysis, private sector involvement, equipping people with technical but also soft, life and business skills, and on-the-job training.

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Engaging the private sector in VET to ensure that training is demand driven and fit for purpose is key to the development of current and future workforce and to the economic and social well-being of countries – it is a central strand of the work of VET Toolbox, whereby a variety of approaches are used to effectively engage industry and employers of all shapes and sizes in a skills system.

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VET governance includes and highly depends on financing. A solid governance and sustainable financing are the base for effectively running (and modernising) VET – although highly challenged by various economic and social factors. VET Toolbox is addressing VET policy development and governance striving for an impactful reformation at system level.

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As society moves towards a more sustainable and technology-driven future, individuals need to be equipped with the necessary skills to succeed in the job market and contribute to the twin green and digital transitions. VET Toolbox guides developing the crucial skills for navigating and achieving these transitions.

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Request-based technical support (2017-2022)
We offered technical assistance through short-term interventions that build VET system capacities.

Between 2017 and 2022, VET Toolbox successfully implemented technical interventions in eligible countries. Each intervention, requested by public authorities, social partners, and private institutions, has placed an emphasis on providing expertise to support systemic change, through capacity-building key stakeholders, developing tools, and advising on strategic planning.
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Assistance technique sur demande (2017-2022)
Depuis 2017, VET Toolbox a mis en œuvre avec succès des interventions techniques dans les pays éligibles. Chaque intervention, demandée par les autorités publiques, les partenaires sociaux et les institutions privées, a mis l'accent sur la fourniture d'une expertise pour soutenir un changement systémique, en renforçant les capacités des parties prenantes clés, en développant des outils et en conseillant sur la planification stratégique.
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Supporting the positive effects of European investments (2020-2024)
We implement opportunity-driven actions in 11 Sub-Saharan African countries accompanying European investments to help improve local benefits (e.g., jobs, income, local value chains) by addressing the skills gap.

We deliver demand-driven skills development and VET, catering to investment needs in selected countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, through targeted skills development and VET programmes.
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Funding of innovative pilot projects (2017-2022)
We funded 11 pilot projects that promote inclusion of disadvantages groups in VET.

They focused on youth experiencing or at risk of exclusion, such as women (including young mothers), youth exposed to violence or extremist groups or with a criminal background, internally displaced people and returnees, youth from the poorest households and rural/remote areas, youth with (complex) disabilities, and other vulnerable and disadvantaged people.
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Actions axées sur les opportunités : des investissements de l’UE aux opportunités d’emploi (2020-2024)
Nous menons des actions de développement des compétences et de formation professionnelle axées sur la demande, répondant aux besoins d’investissement dans certains pays d’Afrique subsaharienne, par le biais de programmes ciblés de développement des compétences et de formation professionnelle.
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Financement de projets pilotes innovants (2017-2022)
Ils se sont concentrés sur les jeunes en situation d'exclusion ou à risque d'exclusion, tels que les femmes (y compris les jeunes mères), les jeunes exposés à la violence ou à des groupes extrémistes ou ayant un passé criminel, les personnes déplacées à l'intérieur du pays et les rapatriés, les jeunes des ménages les plus pauvres et des zones rurales/éloignées, les jeunes ayant des handicaps (complexes) et d'autres personnes vulnérables et défavorisées.
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Twinning and mentoring partnerships (2019-2022)
LuxDev and the British Council are working to support the development of TVET in different countries through various partnership agreements. As part of VET Toolbox, LuxDev used a South-South approach to match countries with similar contexts and improve the management of vocational training centres, focusing on public-private collaboration to improve the quality and relevance of training. The British Council set up intercontinental Mentoring Partnerships, bringing together local institutions with a UK TVET college, to focus on employer engagement and bring training programmes closer to the needs of industry.
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Partenariats de jumelage et de mentorat (2019-2022)
LuxDev et le British Council travaillent pour soutenir le développement de l'EFTP dans différents pays à travers des accords de partenariat. Dans le cadre de VET Toolbox, LuxDev a utilisé une approche Sud-Sud pour mettre en relation des pays présentant des contextes similaires et améliorer la gestion des centres de formation professionnelle, en se concentrant sur la collaboration public-privé pour améliorer la qualité et la pertinence de la formation. Le British Council a mis en place des partenariats de mentorat intercontinentaux, mettant en lien des institutions locales avec un collège britannique d'EFTP, pour se concentrer sur l'engagement des employeurs et rapprocher les programmes de formation des besoins de l'industrie.
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