Success stories

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed to mark the formal handing over of 30 Occupational Standards in three key sectors, a key milestone under the ELMS project.

By using an international platform such as the World Youth Skills day, Dakchyata demonstrates the value of skills to youths and how it equips them to make use of these.

In South Africa, the Department of Higher Education and Training has put an emphasis on TVET institutions being key players in youth skills development and economic growth.

The I-WORK (Improving Work Opportunities – Relaying Knowledge) project has now finished. Its aim was to enhance technical and vocational education and training. Read about its achievements.

All Taqaddam activities are planned to provide young people with a greater understanding of life skills and to communicate and demonstrate these skills to others, including future employers.

South Africa experiences high levels of poverty, inequality and access to opportunity for previously disadvantaged groups remains quite low, especially amongst the youth.

Nepal faces high level of unemployment and a growing demand for skills that leads to employability and contributes to the sustainable development.

A two-day British Council I-WORK National Workshop was organised in Ghana in January 2020 with the aim to highlight the work done in developing the ‘Draft National Apprenticeship Policy’.

This project addresses the ‘a fairer future’ theme of the Commonwealth Summit with emphasis on promoting the interests of the 60% of the Commonwealth’s population who are under 25.

Altogether, 4076 visitors including employers, exhibitors, media, donors secondary school students attended national and local launches of the TVET Public Information Campaign in Nepal.