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Enhancing socio-economic development through investing in Human capital in Sindh and Punjab September 2012 – August 2015. Project Objectives. Overall objective: ‘To improve the relevance, quality, access and equity of TVET services for the women and
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Enhancing socio-economic development through investing in Human capital in Sindh and PunjabSeptember 2012 – August 2015
Project Objectives Overall objective: ‘To improve the relevance, quality, access and equity of TVET services for the women and youth in rural areas of Southern Punjab and Sindh’. Specific Objective: To Increase access of Rural Women and Youth to income generation opportunities through innovative TVET approaches
Sindh Punjab
Project Specifications • Funding support: European Commission • Project budget: 2.7 million euros • Project Duration: September 2012 - August 2015 • Project Implementing Partner in Punjab: AWAZ CDS • Project Implementing Partner in Sindh: Rahnuma- (FPAP) • Project Beneficiaries: 4600 Rural Women & Youth (15-29yrs), • 300 TVET staff
Expected Results Result 1: An improved TVET Programme is established for rural women and youth; Result 2: Innovative Approaches and new teaching methodologies are developed and access to TVET services is increased; Result 3: Linkages between TVET graduates and employers are promoted; Result 4: Small Enterprises & self-employment amongst rural women and youth is promoted & linkages with MFI’s are strengthened
Institutional level changes / improvements in Punjab & Sindh TEVTAs / Private TVET institutes • Baseline survey and Market assessment & skills gap analysis • Develop of 6-8 new/ improved courses of 3 and 6 month duration on identified technical skills and vocations • Sponsor 2,800 women and youth enrolled in 3 &6 month courses • Develop and mainstream curricula on Life Skills Education (LSE) • Develop 3- month training programme on Service Industry and Micro-entrepreneurship (ME) • Sponsor 1400 women and youth enrolled in ME training programme
Train 175 TEVTA instructors on the new/ improved curricula on identified skills, LSE and ME; 42 instructors on Packaging & Dissemination of information; 14 instructors on Secondary research and data analysis; 35 instructors on Career counseling • Establish District level Career Counseling centers within TEVTA institutes • Job fairs, exhibitions and networking events.
Women home-based workers/ entrepreneur groups • Focus on rural home-based women workers already undertaking income generation activities • 14 women home-based worker entrepreneur groups formed; two in each district, each having 25 members • Home-based worker entrepreneur groups trained in identified skills and entrepreneurship and linked with businesses (CCI) for marketing of their products
Rural Sales Women • Replica of CARE Bangladesh Program • 50 Rural Sales Women trained in marketing, basic accounting and communication skills in two districts • Linkages with Industry/ Private Sector
TVET services in girls & boys high schools • •42 teachers trained on delivering orientations on technical & • vocational education to high school students • •A total of 3150 boys and girls in 21 schools oriented on • technical and vocational education • Provision of basic vocational laboratory equipment
Linkages with Micro-finance institutions (MFIs) - Facilitate (orientation sessions/ exhibitions) graduates access MFI for small businesses/ entrepreneurial work Private Sector Engagement- Explore synergies with core business District level Coordination Committees (CCs) - Guidance to TVET bodies; comprised of local Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CCI), related government departments and civil society organizations Advocacy - District, Provincial and National advocacy events organized with the policy makers and key stakeholders for improved TVET services
Major Targets • 6-8 new/improved courses on technical and vocational skills • successfully run in TVET institutes • Training programme on LSE and ME mainstreamed in TVET institutes • 60% of TVET graduates avail apprenticeship or employment opportunities • At least 60% trainees graduating from Micro-entrepreneurship training programme establish successful (micro) enterprises • At least 60% rural home-based workers establish successful enterprises
Progress since September 2012 ... • Implementing Partner organizations' project staff on board • MoUs signed with Punjab and Sindh TEVTA • Initial orientation meetings held with Private Sector Organizations - Unilever, SHELL, Procter & Gamble, ENGRO, Tameer Micro - Finance Bank • Baseline and Market assessment & skills gap analysis starting from November 15, 2012