[{"bbox": [134, 152, 1164, 206], "category": "List-item", "text": "and to find participatory solutions to their challenges, including that of out of school girls and boys, in all their diversity."}, {"bbox": [97, 231, 1164, 524], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. Relating to **Output 1.2**, and expanding on the current PESIDE project, the activities will support the consolidation of the EMIS/SIGE at national level, enabling the collection and analysis of reliable data to support the annual planning and budgeting of activities and strategic plans of the Ministry of National Education (MEN). Collaboration with the Ministry of Public Administration and Labour (MAPTESS) and the Ministry of Finance (MF) will help expand the use of statistics to strengthen more informed decision making adjusted to the real needs of the education system. Furthermore, the Action will expand this work to new levels of education namely pre-school education, higher education and technical and professional training, in direct cooperation with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MESIC) as well as the Ministry of Labour (MAPTESS), which has co-responsibility for TVET and human resources management of the civil servants. EMIS/SIGE will also integrate the dimension of children with special needs in order to support the education system to better plan its policies to support these children."}, {"bbox": [97, 549, 1164, 709], "category": "List-item", "text": "3. Relating to **Output 1.3**, and on the basis of a functional EMIS/SIGE, the Action aims to establish procedures for the governance of the education system based on a chain that promotes continuous cycles of evaluation, reflection and improvement. An on the job and continuous training work will be organised to meet the needs of the different specialists working directly or indirectly with the EMIS/SIGE. The support to the reorganization of the organigramme and structures of the relevant services of MEN and MAPTESS, as well as the articulation with national and international entities for statistics dissemination, will complement these activities."}, {"bbox": [134, 736, 1164, 816], "category": "Text", "text": "A memorandum will be signed with the involved ministries to guarantee the stability of the technical positions trained and the commitment to allocate funds from 2023 onwards for current expenses inherent to the practice of inspection and planning, monitoring and evaluation of the sector."}, {"bbox": [97, 841, 1164, 949], "category": "Text", "text": "If the activities accomplish the expected results, the Action will achieve its specific objective to improve quality assurance, including system monitoring and efficiency, supervision, and learning assessments of the education and TVET systems and to improve access to TVET provision and integration of young people into the labour market, with particular reference to women and girls."}, {"bbox": [97, 974, 1164, 1027], "category": "Text", "text": "At the TVET level, the Action will implement the policy, while increasing training opportunities, especially for women, girls and youth living in vulnerable situations and in rural areas."}, {"bbox": [134, 1052, 1164, 1426], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. Relating to **Output 2.1**, the TVET policy, which is currently under development within the RESET programme, is a result of a participative EU-funded exercise implemented by ENABEL and involving all relevant stakeholders, including the MEN, the MAPTESS and representatives of the private sector. This process requires a long-term engagement and substantive efforts to support the two ministries and the respective agencies INAFOR and AGEFP, currently lacking clear terms of reference and adequate human and material resources, and to design and implement the TVET Qualifications Framework. The RESET programme will end in 2024, but these activities, which are of strategic importance for the development of the TVET system, must not be disrupted and need to be reinforced and complemented. For this reason, the Action will work in parallel and in close synergy with the activities foreseen by the SO1 of the RESET project (Strengthen the governance of TVET and improve the quality of the system with the participation of the private sector) and will develop some autonomous and complementary activities related to the strengthening of governance and management of the TVET system. In particular, the Action will contribute to set up a national vocational training and employment fund (most probably based on a training levy) and to strengthen the daily autonomous management of Vocational Training Centres, including through PPPs."}, {"bbox": [134, 1450, 1164, 1638], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. Relating to **Output 2.2**, on the other side, the Action intends to respond to the need to broaden access to vocational training and, at the same time, to accompany the social inclusion and job placement of illiterate women and other disadvantaged categories, while contributing to repair a current unstructured and dysfunctional system. This approach responds to a dual purpose: meeting the needs of a labour market in need of a qualified workforce (economic purpose), and offering an opportunity for people in disadvantaged positions who do not enjoy any kind of support to enter working life (social purpose). This entails the need to create new training opportunities and some centres of excellence for training in strategic sectors, with"}, {"bbox": [1121, 1655, 1143, 1678], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "15"}]