On August 21-22, the “Strategic Development Agency” NGO together with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) organized a workshop on “Piloting Dual Education in VET colleges” in the framework of the “Modernizing Vocational Education and Training in Agriculture in Armenia” (MAVETA) project.
Directors of 6 vocational colleges involved in the MAVETA project and relevant specialists and representatives of Private Sector partner organizations participated in the workshop.
The aim of the workshop was to introduce the informational, methodological and logistical bases necessary for the organization of dual education, legislative changes and legal documents developed within the framework of the above-mentioned project.
During the workshop, the experts of the “The Private Sector Development and Technical Vocational Education and Training in South Caucasus” (PSD TVET) Programme of GIZ presented the templet of Dual Training Diaries necessary for conducting the student’s practical trainings, as well as the standard forms of the different contracts necessary for employer-educational institution-student cooperation.
The MAVETA project is funded by a broad coalition of international and local organizations led by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), including the Austrian Development Agency, the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Government of Armenia, the Swiss Church Aid (HEKS/EPER) NGO, Izmirlian Foundation, the Strategic Development Agency (SDA) NGO and Vanand Agro CJSC.
The project’s implementing partners are the GIZ and HEKS/EPER with the involvement of SDA and the School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences at the Bern University of Applied Sciences (HAFL).
