Promotion of Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Armenia

The Private Sector Development and Technical Vocational Education and Training in Armenia (PSD TVET AM) Project commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH adopts an integrated approach towards employment promotion. It builds on the results of PSD TVET South Caucasus regional programme running from 2017 to 2024. The activities of the project include (but are not limited to): - Support to legal and strategic policy frameworks of economic and educational policy - Support the self-organisation of the private sector, e.g. in sectorial associations, - Promote the establishment and working modalities for sectorial committees, steering key processes of the TVET system (e.g. curricula development, work-based learning), - Develop new, demand-oriented short-term qualifications focusing on green and digital skills, - Support certification of non-formal training courses, e.g. recognition of prior learning, - Support capacity building for TVET personnel, - Support SMEs in developing circular or green business models and promote the development of technology-based innovations for other economic sectors (such as tourism, wine, textile), - Foster cooperation between businesses and academia to promote green and digital innovation, - Support ideation and incubation programmes for green and digital business models, - Provide advice to local service providers in the area of entrepreneurship and start-up promotion. The main objectives of the project are: - Promote green, climate-friendly (and VET-related) innovations in the selected sectors, - Promote Start-up / SMEs (green business models) in selected sectors, - Develop and pilot new and adapted long- and short-term training courses relevant for economic transformation, - Strengthen PSD and TVET policy frameworks and raise awareness about green and digital economic transformation, - Strengthen the cooperation of relevant actors in the entrepreneurial system - Promote employment in selected sectors.