Nihal El-Megharbel presented on reflections from workshops on multilevel governance in education and training. Three main questions were discussed: 1) The importance of human resource development for regional development. 2) How regional authorities can develop partnerships between stakeholders. 3) What the ARLEM network can do to support regional authorities in developing education and training to meet local needs. Key points included the relationship between education, skills development, and sustainable economic growth, as well as the importance of cooperation across different government levels and between public and private sectors.

1. Reflections on the workshops findings from the CoR networks
Nihal El-Megharbel

2. Day Two, 1 June
Session 1 – Closing plenary
Presentation of the workshops findings
Reflections on the workshops
findings from the CoR networks
Nihal El-Megharbel
Director, Local Administration Reform Unit (LARU)
Ministry of Local Development (MLD), Egypt
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3. Three Main Questions
1. How important is human resource development for
regional development?
2. How can regional authorities develop partnerships and
cooperation between different stakeholders?
3. What can ARLEM network do to support regional
authorities to develop education and training to meet the
local needs?
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4. 1. How important is human
resource development
for regional development?
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6. Relations between sustainable development
and human resource development
Education, training
and re-training:
increase productivity
Human resource Sustainable
development development
the main sources aims at satisfying people’s
of competitiveness needs without sacrificing the
interests of future generations
Increase growth,
creates more jobs,
increase investment in
soft infrastructure
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7. Matching supply and demand:
Several Levels & different actors
Networking
Several
levels
Central
Regional
Local
Coordination
Functional reform
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8. Several levels & different actors:
Multi-level governance of VET
Elements of Good Governance
Asking each actor how it
applies the element vis-à-vis
other actors
and also how it perceives the
application of other actors to
the same element
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9. 2. How can regional authorities
develop partnerships and
cooperation between different
stakeholders?
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10. Supply side: Demand side:
Increase employability Create job opportunities
Engage businesses (public, Engage businesses and
private and associations) with administration in:
public administration (at improving business
central, regional, local levels) environment and encouraging
in determining skills deficit, employment intensive
and designing curricula and investment.
training programs. supporting MSEs, create niche
Initiate a social dialogue to markets, and promote
change students and parents innovation and clustering.
perspectives' about VET. Promote entrepreneurship
and self employment.
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11. Supply side: Demand side:
Increase employability Create job opportunities
Create a “Local Employment Forum”, in the spirit of Local
Economic Development Forum.
The forum represents a platform for dialogue and policy
reforms.
Members of the forum include local authorities, service
providers (public & private(, NGOs, development agencies,
financial institutions, students, parents, local media, etc.
Through the forum, all stakeholders will be engaged in
VET process starting from planning to impact assessment.
Promote the notion of territorial cohesion.
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12. Supply side: Demand side:
Increase employability Create job opportunities
Promote the notion of territorial cohesion.
Encourage the concept of “contractualisation” between
different administration levels.
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13. 3. What can ARLEM network do
to support regional authorities
to develop education and
training to meet the local
needs?
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14. Role of ARLEM (1)
Promote the adoption of the subsidiarity and proportionality
principles.
Support the mutual recognition of diplomas and
qualifications.
Support the adoption of standards for quality and efficiency
of education and training systems.
Encourage member states to adopt “dual education
systems” to ensure partnership between governments,
private institutions, NGOs, development agencies, etc..
Promote the importance of developing comprehensive
information systems for the region.
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15. Role of ARLEM (2)
Support the creation of a regulatory and institutional
framework for cooperation and social partnerships between
member countries.
Coordinate efforts with UfM Secretariat to ensure that
education and training policies are supporting regional
sustainable urban development.
Support the provision of finance to education and training
projects, especially for small-scale and bottom-up
initiatives, in the region through international finance
institutions.
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16. Role of ARLEM (3)
Create a platform to encourage the exchange of knowledge
and good practices.
Promote social dialogue between education and training
stakeholders between Northern and Southern
Mediterranean countries.
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