Engaging the Private Sector in Skills Development
This ETF paper, presented at a regional workshop in Dakar in March 2018, describes ETF experience with partner countries in the development of public-private partnerships for VET.
Short description:
Public, private, national and sub-national actors play complementary roles in the VET system. They must also work together to align VET services with the needs of the economy and society in terms of competitiveness and social cohesion. Achieving such alignment requires a multilevel approach to VET governance based on the principles of participation, transparency, accountability, coherence, efficiency and subsidiarity. This calls for significant change and adaptation on the part of the partner country – in terms of reforms to the processes and practices not only of the VET system, but also of its social partners. The ETF works with its partner countries to operationalise these ideas and facilitate the implementation of change.
The social partners need to understand the part played by VET in the country’s society and economy, as well as their own role in VET governance, and the acquisition of certain technical capabilities will be required to fulfil that role. These include abilities in terms of providing informed advice on new strategies or legislation, assessing sectoral trends, carrying out skills needs analysis and identifying the emergence of new skills needs. Social partners may also have to learn how to contribute to school management or regional skills boards and support VET provision based on internships and apprenticeship schemes or student assessment. In addition, they may need to prepare themselves to become involved in VET financing, for example as mandated by the development of fiscal policies such as the design of training levies and national or sectoral training funds.
This paper explains the role of PPPs, treating them as mechanisms for coordinating action and sharing responsibility between the public and private sector in VET, with a view to formulating, financing, managing and/or implementing a project of common interest. It further compares the status of the development of PPPs across ETF partner countries.
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