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Technical and
Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Reform in Bangladesh
Sector |
Trade and Economic Development/ Education |
Location of
activities |
All over Bangladesh |
Project budget
(€) |
15 million |
EC
contribution (€) |
14 million |
Implementing
agency |
International Labour Organization (ILO) with Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) as national implementing agency |
Co-financing /
Local partner |
International Labour Organization (ILO) |
Starting date |
12 December 2007 |
Expected end
date |
11 December 2012 |
Description |
This 5-year project aims to establish a market-oriented and flexible TVET system which responds to the demand for competitive skills of the modern sector as well as to the needs of youth and under-privileged groups. It is split into two consecutive phases, to accommodate any changes in project design / donor cooperation etc.
The five main components address the following issues:
- TVET policies, system and legislation reviewed and strengthened at central and decentralised levels;
- Enhanced flexibility, quality and relevance of TVET;
- Strengthening TVET institutions through improved knowledge and skills of managers and teachers;
- Improved skills development resulting in enhanced productivity and competitiveness in key growth and export-oriented industries in the formal industrial sector;
- Increased access of underprivileged groups to TVET.
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Contact person |
Marion Mitschke |
Primary Education Development Programme II (PEDPII)
Sector |
Education |
Location of
activities |
Bangladesh: nationwide |
Program budget
(€) |
1,373,000,000 (38% of which was
externally financed) |
EC
contribution (€) |
105,000,000 |
Implementing
agency |
Government of Bangladesh |
Co-financing /
Local partner |
38% of the total budget is provided by a consortium of
external donors:
ADB, Ausaid/UNICEF, CIDA, DFID, EC, JICA, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden,
World Bank |
Starting date |
May 2004 |
Expected end
date |
December 2009 |
Description |
PEDP-II
is designed to create a high quality, inclusive
formal primary education system catering to approximately 16 million
students in Bangladesh, to which external development partners including
the EC contribute an investment program of US$ 680 million. The
Government's contribution of approximately US$ 1.2 billion goes mainly
into recurrent costs like teacher salaries or stipends for students. The
programme combines a physical expansion of the education system through
more classrooms and teachers with measures to enhance the quality of
teaching and the learning outcomes. The program has four major
components:
- quality improvement through organizational
development and capacity building.
- quality improvement in schools and classrooms.
- quality improvement through infrastructure
development.
- improved access to quality schooling.
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Contact person |
Stefan Lock |
Upscaling Non-formal Primary Education Through Institutionalising Qualitative
Endeavour (UNIQUE)
Sector |
Education |
Location of
activities |
Bangladesh (24 Districts) |
Project budget
(€) |
8,861,627 |
EC
contribution (€) |
8,418,545 |
Implementing
agency |
Dhaka Ahsania Mission |
Co-financing /
Local partner |
- Dhaka Ahsania Mission
- Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB)
- Development Organisation of the Rural Poor (DORP)
- Padakhep Manabik Unnayan Kendra
- Plan International Bangladesh, SUROVI
|
Starting date |
1 January 2007 |
Expected end
date |
31 December 2010 |
Description |
This project provides primary education to 88,060 out-of-school children, pre-primary education to 35,700 children and learning support to 35,700 low-performing children of formal schools. This is done through the establishment of a total of 2,680 child learning centres. In addition, it contributes to capacity improvements of communities for the effective management of non-formal primary education programmes; and it develops a mutually beneficial collaborative network of formal and non-formal primary education providers. |
Contact person |
Marion Mitschke |
SHIKHON – Learning Alternatives for Vulnerable Children
Sector |
Education |
Location of
activities |
Bangladesh (8 Districts) |
Project budget
(€) |
9,874,238 |
EC
contribution (€) |
9,287,708 |
Implementing
agency |
Save The Children - USA |
Co-financing /
Local partner |
- Save The Children – USA
- Friends in Village Development Bangladesh (FIVDB)
- Jagorani Chakra Foundation
- RDRS Bangladesh
- Save The Children UK
|
Starting date |
20 December 2006 |
Expected end
date |
19 December 2010 |
Description |
This project aims at increasing
basic education competencies among vulnerable and excluded children.
This project helps increase basic education competencies among vulnerable and excluded children.
In total, 105,000 vulnerable children, including out-of-school children with no or limited education, are targeted. They are from remote rural areas and landless families, from disaster-prone areas of coastal belts, hoars (marshes), chars (temporary land masses) and eroding river banks and tidal basins. Children from ethnic minorities are reached taking into account their special language-learning needs and cultural traditions. |
Contact person |
Marion Mitschke |
Poverty Alleviation
through Social Change and Alternative Lifestyles Integrated Programme in Three
Dhaka Slums
Sector |
Education |
Location of
activities |
Three slums in the capital Dhaka |
Project budget
(€) |
911, 367 |
EC
contribution (€) |
683,000 |
Implementing
agency |
Fondazione Terre des Hommes Italia with local partner Association for Realisation of Basic Needs (ARBAN) |
Co-financing /
Local partner |
Fondazione Terre des Hommes Italia |
Starting date |
February 1 2006 |
Expected end
date |
January 31 2009 |
Description |
The project contributes to reduced poverty and improved living conditions in three Dhaka slums promoting social change and developing alternative lifestyles and to the strengthening of an institution dedicated to alleviating the hardship of the most disadvantaged. 2000 children, 750 adolescents and 360 destitute women are assisted through education, vocational training and employment provision. 15 working groups and 25,000 citizens are sensitised and motivated to take action on pertinent issues relating to the improvement of living conditions of the community. |
Contact person |
Marion Mitschke |
Vocational training in CHT
Sector |
Vocational Training |
Location of
activities |
Ruma and Thanci in Bandarban in Chittagong Hill Tracts |
Project budget
(€) |
296,599 |
EC
contribution (€) |
252,109 |
Implementing
agency |
Hundreds of Original Projects for Employment (HOPE 87) |
Co-financing /
Local partner |
TOYMU. |
Starting date |
January 1 2006 |
Expected end
date |
December 31 2009 |
Description |
The project provides basic
education facilities (inclusive motivation and awareness) to the tribal
youth in Thanci, and Ruma in CHT and enables them to have access to
skills training in various technical fields in the first ever Training
Centre in Ruma |
Contact person |
Fabrizio Senesi |
BRAC
Non-Formal Primary Education Programme
Sector |
Education |
Location of
activities |
Bangladesh (51 Districts) |
Project budget
(€) |
10,225,000 |
EC
contribution (€) |
9,596,000 |
Implementing
agency |
BRAC |
Co-financing /
Local partner |
BRAC and 60 partner NGOs from the Education Support Programme |
Starting date |
21 December 2006 |
Expected end
date |
20 December 2010 |
Description |
The project aims at qualitative improvement and quantitative expansion of non-formal and formal primary education services of NGOs and the strengthening of links between non-formal and formal primary education systems in Bangladesh.
Target groups are poor children aged 8 – 14 years, especially girls, who have either not enrolled or have dropped out of school. This includes children from minority groups and children with special needs.
In total, 139,500 children are receiving primary education; 4,500 local women with 10 to 12 years of schooling have been trained and employed as teachers; more than 400 new field staff (Programme Organisers) have been trained and receive practical field experience; 4,500 one-classroom schools have been opened. |
Contact person |
Marion Mitschke |
Tribal Children
Education Programme
Sector |
Education |
Location of
activities |
Bandarban (CHT) |
Project
budget (€) |
999,952 |
EC
contribution (€) |
749,964 |
Implementing
agency |
Tearfund – UK and
Lakarmissionen - Sweden |
Co-financing /
Local partner |
KOINONIA |
Starting date |
August 1 2003 |
Expected end
date |
July 31 2008 |
Description |
The project aims at increasing
literacy and awareness of Indigenous people belonging to the most
marginalized Para (Villages) of Bandarban District in Chittagong Hill
Tracts. The project targets directly 6000 children of primary school age
by providing interesting and attractive learning environment, in 100 new
and low cost schools buildings, formation of schools' management
committee and training for teachers. |
Contact person |
Fabrizio Senesi |
Asia Link: Cooperation for
Better Programming Skills
(http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/projects/asia-link/index_en.htm)
Sector |
Education |
Location of
activities |
Bangladesh, Finland, Germany |
Program budget
(€) |
327,591 |
EC
contribution (€) |
294,832 |
Implementing
agency/
Co-financing /
Local partner |
- Tampere University of Finland
- Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
- Shahjadal University of Science and Technology
(SUST)Bangladesh
- University of Applied Sciences, Berlin (FHTW Berlin),
Germany
|
Starting date |
December 28 2004 |
Expected end
date |
December 28 2007 |
Description |
Asia-Link has been designed to
strengthen relations between higher education institutions in Asia and
Europe.
This project combines modules in
computer science to create a network of international experts in
information technology from the partner universities which will, in
time, contribute to poverty alleviation in Bangladesh. |
Contact person |
Laila Baqee |
Asia Link:
Europe-South-Asia Maritime Heritage
(http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/projects/asia-link/index_en.htm)
Sector |
Education |
Location of
activities |
Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, UK, France |
Program budget
(€) |
754,564 |
EC
contribution (€) |
565,923 |
Implementing
agency /
Co-financing / Local partner |
- Department of History, Dhaka University Bangladesh,
- Jawaharlal Nehru University, India,
- Unité de
Formation et de Recherche Letters, Sciences Humaines et Sociales,
Université de Bretagne-Sud, France,
- Faculty of
Architecture, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
|
Starting date |
November 25
2005 |
Expected end
date |
January 1 2009 |
Description |
Asia-Link has been designed
to strengthen relations between higher education institutions in Asia
and Europe.
This project has been designed to improve research cooperation and the
quality of teaching and research in the subject of Europe-South Asia
maritime history in the partner universities. |
Contact person |
Laila Baqee |
Asia Link:
ICCD: Internationally Coordinated Curriculum Development for Modules in
Intercultural Communication
(http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/projects/asia-link/index_en.htm)
Sector |
Education |
Location of
activities |
Bangladesh,
China, Germany, Ireland |
Program budget
(€) |
451,997 |
EC
contribution (€) |
299,990 |
Implementing
agency/
Co-financing
/Local partner |
- Department of
Sociology, Dhaka University, Bangladesh
- Beijing
Institute of Technology (BIT), China
- Technische
Universitat Dresden, Germany
- University of
Limerick, Ireland
|
Starting date |
March 15 2004 |
Expected end
date |
March 15 2007 |
Description |
Asia-Link has been designed
to strengthen relations between higher education institutions in Asia
and Europe.
This project incorporates sociology modules focusing on development,
culture, populations, gender relationships etc. to be shared among the
students and staff of partner universities. |
Contact person |
Laila Baqee |
Recently terminated projects
Programme to Motivate, Train and Employ Female Teachers in Rural Secondary
Schools (PROMOTE)
Sector |
Education |
Location of
activities |
Bangladesh: nationwide |
Project budget
(€) |
29,200,000 |
EC
contribution (€) |
29,200,000 |
Implementing
agency |
Government of Bangladesh |
Co-financing /
Local partner |
Government of Bangladesh |
Starting date |
January 1995 |
End date |
December 2005 |
Description |
While the main implementation activities of
PROMOTE ended in December 2005, the EC will continue to support teachers
who have been recruited for permanent posts under PROMOTE with salary
subventions up to 2009.
The aim of PROMOTE was to facilitate a more
gender sensitive equitable society by promoting girl friendly secondary
schools throughout the country. During its implementation phase
(1995-2005), PROMOTE achieved the following results: training of 6,800
female B. Ed. Fellows; 3,418 female secondary teachers in short term
employment; 1,325 in long term employment; completion of 11 Resource
Centres and 162 hostels for female secondary teachers. |
Contact person |
Stefan Lock |
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