BTC Education, Training and Employment days 2017 - Made by Jan De Ceuster

1. Education, Training and
Employment
ARE WE FIT FOR PURPOSE ?
ETE Days
15 May 2017 – Kampala Jan De Ceuster

2. Overview
1. Current portfolio in Education, Training and
Employment (ETE)
2. Why a new name for our unit? What’s in this new
name?
3. What’s next? Future orientations and trends
4. Questions for debate

3. Overview current portfolio in
Education, Training and
Employment

4. Four thematic areas
• General Education
primary, secondary, teacher education, curriculum reform, quality of
education, school management, school infrastructure, sector support
• Technical Vocational Education & Training
formal and non-formal, policy development, system overhaul, quality of
training, labour-market relevance, infrastructure & equipment, funding
• Strengthening of Individual Competences
previously Scholarship programs
• Entrepreneurship & business incubators

5. General Education
43%
TVET
29%
Strengthening
Individual
Competences
26%
Entrepreneurship &
business support
2%
Distribution ongoing interventions by thematic area
(in terms of budget)

6. Distribution ongoing by country (in million EURO)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
UGA BDI RDC PZA VIE SAF MOR ALG BEN NER MLI SEN TAN BOL
Million€
General Education - EXE TVET - EXE
Strengthening Individual Competences - EXE Entrepreneurship & business support - EXE

7. Distribution ongoing by country (in million EURO)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
UGA BDI RDC PZA VIE SAF MOR ALG BEN NER MLI SEN TAN BOL
Million€
General Education - EXE TVET - EXE
Strengthening Individual Competences - EXE Entrepreneurship & business support - EXE

9. Education, Training & Employment
What’s in a new name?
Why a new name?

10. In previous years our portfolio evolved …
• Previously mainly activities in formal education and
training
• Share of TVET increased (in particular non-formal)
• Scope has widened to: “from learning to work”
– more focus on employability of graduates
– employment support
• Entrepreneurship & business incubators – the new kid
around the block

11. (Ctd)
• Increased Private Sector involvement through Public
Private Partnerships (PPP)
• More focus on relevance of education and training
• Active role for the learner (ATL, student-centered learning)
• Compentency-based learning
• Emphasis on practical training & learning:
– Learning by doing
– work-based learning
• Education Budget Support ↓ (today only Palestine)

12. What’s next?
Future orientations and trends

13. International trends
• Education and Training again on the agenda
Global Partnership for Education (GPE) – Education Commission –
World Development Report 2018 on education
• Increased focus on employment as a development
strategy
• Entrepreneurship & private sector development
• Migration & education in post-conflict
EU trust fund for migration, Education Cannot Wait
• Digital for Development

14. New Belgian priorities &
(re)orientation of our development
cooperation

15. New thematic priorities for Belgium (what)
• Inclusive and sustainable economic growth
in particular through entrepreneurship & employment
• Human Rights Based Approach
• Digital for Development
• Climate change & renewable energy
• Gender
• Migration
• Training programs (next generation)

16. Change the way we do things … (how)
• No business as usual (“start from a white page”)
• Focus on opportunities rather than needs only
• Active private sector involvement (incl. Belgian)
• Rely more on Belgian public and private expertise
• focus on results and impact (“show me the figures”)
• Simple & straightforward with achievable goals
• Focus on beneficiaries, less on central institutions

17. When?
• Partly applied in ongoing projects (policy review)
• full roll-out in new country programs
– 2016: Morocco (Entrepreneurship, TVET, migration)
– 2017: Burkina Faso, Guinea–Conakry, Palestine, Tanzania,
Senegal
– 2018: Benin, Uganda

18. Questions for debate

19. Are we fit to address these new
challenges ?
• Implications for us?
• Need for re-tooling?
• What should we NOT change?

20. Thank you!
Merci!