You are in charge of guidance and vocational training politics. You want to set up or improve vocational training systems to enhance workers’ skills and boost employment in your country.
Under cooperation and twinning agreements, AFPA assists public bodies and authorities in defining their politics in the fields of education and vocational training. The Association also contributes to creating and reforming guidance, training and accreditation.
Countries in Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Middle East, Maghreb and Sub-Saharan Africa recently benefited from AFPA teams expertise.
Analysing and counselling
Assessing training systems
Analysing local politics and strategies in the areas of employment and vocational training
Counselling national leaders in education and vocational training
Supporting the evolution of training systems
Upgrading training programmes, relying on a skill approach and on the analysis of local enterprises
Bringing technical assistance to modernise training systems
Creating and developing cooperative education and vocational training programmes
Designing assessment and certification procedures
Setting up procedures to accredit prior learning and work experience
Introducing training programmes designed for specific publics: the young, women, the military, migrants, people with disabilities, etc.
Getting involved alongside with changing industries
Offering certified training in pressured and developing industries
Supporting employment restructuring
Egypt : a recent achievement
As part of the MEDA Programme, initiated by the Egyptian Ministry of Industry and Commerce, AFPA supports the reformation of education and vocational training in the clothing industry. The Programme is planned to last from 2005 to 2011.