Zeinab Abdel Razek, Head of International Cooperation and Donor Projects, Egyptian Banking Institute, Egypt
Winner of British Council International Skills Partnership of the Year 2012
British Council international skills partnerships deliver tangible positive change that enhance the skills and employability of current and future workforces in the UK and the countries in which we work.
Some recent highlights include:
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a partnership that has informed the national strategy on quality assurance in skills in the partner country, leading to quality assurance processes being rolled out to technical training institutions across the country, improving the quality training of hundreds of thousands of young people |
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a partnership that has led to an innovative new entrepreneurship curriculum being implemented in the UK and the partner county across a range of subjects, building on students’ natural creativity to help them develop a strong practical enterprising outlook and enhance their employability |
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a partnership that has led to ground-breaking taster courses being introduced in the partner country, allowing students to experience different courses before selecting the most appropriate one for them, helping to ensure that students embark on the right training path first time |
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a partnership that has led to the partners going on to develop a successful joint enterprise company, winning contracts valued at £1m to date, and ensuring the long-term sustainability of the partnership. |
You can find out more about these and other outstanding partnerships in our Building Skills, Building Partnerships report and in our partnership case studies.
To recognise and celebrate outstanding achievements of our international skills partnerships, British Council has initiated an International Skills Partnership of the Year Award. A shortlist of four partnerships is announced in late autumn, with the winning partnership unveiled at the Bringing the Learning Home annual partnership seminar. The award goes to the partnership that in the view of a panel of experts has delivered the most effective partnership project against a series of indicators.
These indicators are:
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Impact at national, institutional and individual level |
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Mutuality, delivering benefits for both/all countries |
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Employer engagement |
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Innovation |
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Networking and relationship building |
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Sustainability and business development |
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Promotion and dissemination |
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Communication and reporting |
The British Council International Skills Partnership of the Year Award 2012 was won by the Egyptian Banking Institute and Craven College in the UK. Working in a very challenging political environment in Egypt, this outstanding partnership successfully built considerable capacity and developed effective new approaches in the Egyptian banking and finance sector, stimulated entrepreneurship, and identified new business opportunities for the partnership that helped to ensure its long-term sustainability. The partnership also embraced the opportunities presented by social media to engage young people and raise the profile of skills in Egypt.
The partnership is featured in this short film about British Council’s International Skills Work.
To find out more about this year’s award including receiving notification of this year’s shortlist as soon as it announced, please sign up for our skills e-newsletter.
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