The ETF developed and implemented VET Governance inventory (2016 -2018). This tool was based on a widely acknowledged analytical framework- Data Collection Tool (DCT) that allowed to produce (20) VET governance profiles in ETF partner countries (PCs) and a cross analytical report focusing on 23 ETF Partner Countries (PC). Overall, ETF VET Governance inventory builds on Torino process rounds ( 2010-2020).
As follow up of such work, a new Data Collection Tool version has been developed and implemented on pilot basis in 5 PCs: Albania, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Moldova and Uzbekistan.
The updated methodological tool ( 4.0) is based on a battery of 65 indicators on VET & Skills governance and financing, addressing policies, practices, processes and approaching system level. Such ETF methodological approach addresses 7 core VET governance functions:
- Formulation -and implementation- of overall policy framework- including strategic policy tools-.
- Provision of legal, normative and/or regulatory framework.
- Management of VET-& skills- provider network.
- Operationalization, alignment and coordination of financial arrangements.
- Management of public-private partnerships for VET & Skills development
- Monitoring, evaluation and review of VET & Skills policies This also include Research & Development.
- Management of Information Systems (MIS). This also includes Data and Statistical provision-
Further, the tool contains an additional set of process indicators for assessing effectiveness/efficiency of stakeholder’s performance in the rulemaking processes. In this respect, DCT targets institutional-oriented coordination mechanisms (performance of councils, committees, agencies etc.), including roles of stakeholders at sub-national level (regional/local).
The new DCT- 4.0 supports on conducting (self) assessments in ETF PCs focusing on governance and financing arrangements. This has been done engaging different categories of policy stakeholders. At least, a minimum of 7 different type of stakeholders has been involved in this pilot exercise:
- Key Ministry or Agency in charge of VET skills policies.
- Key Ministry participating and/or financing VET & Skill policy making.
- Key Employers organisation participating in VET & Skills policy making.
- Key representative of relevant national Trade Union organisation
- Key representative of National and/or sectoral skill councils/committees.
- Key representative of Regional or local departments/bodies (to select and propose one representative region per country) dealing with VET and Skills policy development.
- Key experts on VET & Skills working on and/or with leading institutions.
Other policy actors (e.g. VET providers, civil society representatives, etc.) could be also involved in the ETF self- assessment, depending on institutional arrangements linked to PC contexts.
Overall, the ETF strategic approach working with PCs is based on underpinning the acknowledged principle of applying -in effective and efficient way- good multilevel -and agile- governance to support performance of VET & Skills polices and systems.
The approach looks at the challenging socioeconomic present and future and how the role of governance VET & Skills systems-within such LLL perspective- should be effectively strengthened in order to promote high-quality provision, sound learning outcomes and smart use of relevant -vocational- skills in labour markets to support Human Capital Development (HCD) in ETF PCs.
Due to COVID 19, the self-assessments in the five countries has been conducted on-line (interviews and/or inventory questionnaire). There are three main deliverables per country as results of the hard work done by ETF VET Governance team and national experts (April-December 2020):
- Country Blogs in Openspace.
- Updated VET Governance country profiles.
- Self- assessment reports
Very soon we will make visible all these results. Please, be tuned!
You can access to methodology document attached:
The tool is impressive! It goes beyond usual governance tools, review of institutional setting, etc. We integrated different governance indicators that measure actual quality in policy design and practice in VET. The tool's key feature is that it is adapted to be a self-assessment instrument of governance in VET in partner countries.
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