Publications and Resources

Embedding entrepreneurship in TVET to support youth inclusion in Jordan
A significant proportion of young people in Jordan, including TVET graduates, lack the business knowledge, startup capital and entrepreneurial mindset needed to find meaningful employment or create their own ventures. Vocational training provides a d ...

A methodology for identifying innovative partnerships between TVET institutions and workplaces
TVET institutions worldwide face a persistent gap between what they teach and what local industry actually needs, but few have a structured, replicable way to diagnose and close that gap themselves. This initiative responds to that need by developing ...

Developing open, AI-supported self-learning resources
The rapid advancement of AI is transforming TVET and increasing the need for TVET educators to develop new competencies for integrating AI into teaching and learning. While AI offers significant opportunities to enhance teaching practice, TVET educat ...

Transforming a university-wide teachning platform into an integrated AI-supported environment for teachers and learners
As TVET institutions increasingly seek to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into teaching and learning, a key challenge is moving beyond standalone AI tools toward institutionwide approaches that effectively support the learning process. The AI- ...

Developing new curricula for the textile and ready-made garment industry
As part of Bangladesh Vision 2041, there are aims to improve environmental sustainability and to transform the education and training sector. Commitments include incentivizing ‘green’ growth through innovation and adapting to increasing digitaliz ...

How to develop new curricula and create a sustainability culture in TVET institutions
The Saudi Arabian Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) is the lead body overseeing TVET provision. Currently, training in environment sustainability is offered in 89 vocational programmes. Training in ‘green’ principles is offered ...

Building partnerships with employers andd educators for the 21st century
A technical secondary school in Vlasotince is being supported in a project called “Equipping workshops and classrooms for dual education, training for teachers and instructors from companies” in five secondary level vocational programmes: Mechatr ...

Professional certificates for Abu Dhabi’s Applied Technology School students
The professional certification initiative provides secondary level students with industry and higher education recognized courses within their qualifications. The initiative ensures graduates have recognized credentials relevant to the labour market ...

Supporting students to plan for continuous self-improvement in an ever-changing world
The Hong Kong Benchmarks for Career and Life Development (HKBM) has been developed by CLAP@JC, funded and co-created by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust. It supports schools in evolving career development benchmarks which help their young pe ...

Empowering Rwanda Polytechnic graduates with with employability skills
The Soft Skills and Career Development (SCAD) training programme is designed to support graduates of Rwanda Polytechnic with soft skills for employability. The initiative comprises training for trainers and for students, as well as the organization o ...

Transforming Svilajnac Vocational Secondary School to a Regional Training Centre
Svilajnac Vocational Secondary School is being transformed into a Regional Training Centre specializing in electrotechnics, mechanical engineering and metal processing. The school provides students with school- and workplace based experience in colla ...

Mobile teacher training modules to empower educators for the 21st century for teacher training
The EUCLASS Alliance is an EU-funded project designed to support its members to strengthen the provision of citizenship education. The Alliance is a transnational network of VET providers who train teachers in actively engaging their students in demo ...

Mobile teacher training modules to empower educators for the 21st century for teacher training
The Future Teacher Kit is a scalable, low-tech solution utilizing mobile phone technology and messaging services to deliver adaptive teacher training efficiently. The training focuses on 21st century skills for teachers in schools and TVET institutio ...

Hosting an employment support services centre at a TVET provider
Kiribati Institute of Technology (KIT) provides employment services for its students through a dedicated Employment Support Services (ESS) Centre. The Centre assists graduates in their search for jobs by helping them to prepare job applications and p ...

Cultivating students’ global awareness and intercultural competence
Shaanxi Polytechnic University's (SNPU) Global Citizenship Education (GCED) programme integrates global citizenship education principles into TVET curricula to cultivate students’ global awareness and intercultural competence. The purpose is to sup ...

Upskilling educators to use GenAI effectively and ethically in their teaching practice
The training programme for generative AI for educators is a blended learning course available to academic staff to allow them to experiment with AI tools for pedagogical uses such as content creation; practice and feedback; personalized tutoring; and ...

Providing flexible online education to improve access to basic education and vocational training for out-of-school youth
Bogdanci Vocational Secondary School is the first school in North Macedonia to innovate training through the integration of new virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) technology into three of its vocational programmes. Funding for equipment is from th ...

Providing flexible online education to improve access to basic education and vocational training for out-of-school youth
The Basic Education Equivalency Programme (BEEP), a joint initiative of UNESCO, the MoEYS and the MLVT, enables young people who dropped out of lower secondary level education to resume or continue their basic education online in a flexible way. Cour ...

Premios Transferencia de Conocimiento de la Formación Profesional
The Vocational Education and Training Knowledge Transfer Awards are designed to reward teams of VET students (at least half of whom should be women) who propose a technologically innovative idea supporting the achievement of the United Nation’s Sus ...

La bolsa de empleo de la Formación Profesional
EmpleaFP is an online job platform to support the job seeking efforts of vocational training students. The platform is the result of a partnership between vocational education and training (VET) providers and enterprises and is implemented by FPEmpre ...

Innovation and Learning Practice Bridging Innovation and Learning in TVET (BILT) Project
Construye 2020+ aims to green Spain’s construction industry. Working with experts in the sector, the initiative redesigns training to integrate green skills and new technologies, while strengthening skills recognition and access to accredited cours ...

Innovation and Learning Practice Bridging Innovation and Learning in TVET (BILT) Project
The Pool Approach addresses the dual issues of Germany’s skilled labour shortage and high unemployment in the Global South. By using newly established migration pathways, it matches young people from non-EU countries with German construction compan ...

Innovation and Learning Practice Bridging Innovation and Learning in TVET (BILT) Project
The Integrating AI into teaching and learning in TVET initiative uses AI to reduce workloads for trainers and improve learning for trainees. Using a digital platform and specifically programmed chatbots, it reduces learning inequalities and strength ...

Innovation and Learning Practice Bridging Innovation and Learning in TVET (BILT) Project
The content-integrated AI learning (CIAIL) model embeds artificial intelligence (AI) across TVET curricula to prepare students for the demands of an AI-driven economy and enhance their employability. The model supports the integration of AI intoexist ...

Submitted by BiW
BiW’s ViTa programme (Vietnamese Talent for Thüringen) represents a model for international TVET cooperation. In partnership with Vietnamese language and vocational schools, BiW has created a comprehensive system to train and integrate skilled you ...