[{"bbox": [96, 152, 1135, 416], "category": "Text", "text": "for the planned interventions in Agriculture & forestry, and trade & private sector development under priority area 1 of the MIP and by linking it to the overarching MIP objective to strengthen EU's trade and investment in Lao PDR, especially in green sectors. Furthermore, the EU intends to increase emphasis on education financing and spending efficiency (notably through the full operationalisation of the Education Planning and Budget Committee and the Teacher Allocation Committee, and the implementation of the recommendations of the ongoing Education Public Expenditure Review). These activities will closely involve relevant Ministries and national/provincial assemblies and further strengthening the political aspect of our support. The provision of BS will also provide an opportunity for policy dialogue on macroeconomic policies, PFM reforms, and budget transparency in relation to the BS assessment criteria, accompanied by technical support under another EU-funded project to support PFM reforms."}, {"bbox": [96, 444, 383, 472], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 3.2.2 Complementary Support"}, {"bbox": [96, 496, 1112, 524], "category": "Text", "text": "The main activities under the TVET complementary support (contributing to SO2) will focus on the following:"}, {"bbox": [144, 538, 351, 563], "category": "Section-header", "text": "#### Access and Relevance"}, {"bbox": [151, 566, 1135, 644], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Comprehensive Labour market surveys (current and projected), Gender sectoral analysis in comparative advantage sectors (Agriculture/Forestry, Agroindustry, Textiles, construction and energy), Tourism and ICT-related Services."}, {"bbox": [151, 647, 1135, 698], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Technical assistance to TVET Department in the design and performance of Tracer studies in the above sectors"}, {"bbox": [151, 701, 1135, 783], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Development of Occupational Qualifications Framework (OQF) standards for the priority trades of these sectors and the 6 qualification levels of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF), in cooperation with these sectors' private business, through the Trade working groups (TWG)."}, {"bbox": [144, 797, 218, 823], "category": "Section-header", "text": "#### Quality"}, {"bbox": [151, 825, 1135, 878], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Training needs assessment and capacity building/upgrading of teaching staff in skills and competency assessment in their respective disciplines,"}, {"bbox": [151, 879, 1135, 933], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Capacity building and upgrading of principals in the design and monitoring of \"training centers development plans\" in line with TVET development plan 2021-2025 and ESSDP 2021-2025,"}, {"bbox": [151, 933, 1135, 988], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Training needs assessment and capacity building/upgrading of technical and administrative staff in DESBs in particular, on TVET ACSEP design and monitoring,"}, {"bbox": [151, 988, 1135, 1041], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Upgrade of the Vocational Education Development Institute (VEDI) into a Research & Development Centre of Excellence¹⁶,"}, {"bbox": [151, 1042, 1135, 1123], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Develop joint projects with the private business on Compulsory Basic Training/Dual Cooperative Training training modalities, \"entrepreneurship training\", ¹⁷ and on the creation and development of Incubators for start-ups in priority sectors (Agroindustry and IT)."}, {"bbox": [151, 1124, 1135, 1205], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Support to a limited number of CSO initiatives in the TVET sector, selected in function of their relevance with the public TVET policy, the economic sectors of activity they target and their consistency with the CBT/National Vocational Qualification Framework training approach.¹⁸"}, {"bbox": [144, 1219, 262, 1242], "category": "Section-header", "text": "#### Governance"}, {"bbox": [151, 1245, 1135, 1327], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Support to the **National TVET Council-Permanent Office** in the accomplishment of its mandate such as specified in the revised TVET Law (2019) in order to make it the apex body of Public Private Partnership (PPP) and inter-ministerial coordination (MoES and MoLSW) for TVET development."}, {"bbox": [151, 1327, 1135, 1382], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Support to the **TVET Development Fund** with the aim to increase opportunities of private business funding and enhance its efficiency and effectiveness in the management of funds."}, {"bbox": [96, 1406, 1130, 1460], "category": "Text", "text": "The detailed list of activities, including the list of courses and colleges to be supported, will be further developed during the joint formulation with Luxembourg and Switzerland in Q1&Q2 of 2022."}, {"bbox": [85, 1548, 1144, 1588], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁶ To perform in particular comparative assessment studies on DCT and CBT training modalities in cooperation with private business employers; and integrate the assessment results in its teacher training programmes"}, {"bbox": [85, 1587, 1144, 1627], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁷ Similar public/private awareness courses on Entrepreneurship could be introduced in the LSE and USE curricula as an incentive for the students to join TVET streams after completion."}, {"bbox": [85, 1626, 671, 1647], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁸ The selection process should be shared with the MoES (DG TVET and DG Planning)"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1681, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 13 of 35"}]