EDUCATION FOR EMPLOYMENT - Colleges and Institutes Canada

EDUCATION FOR
EMPLOYMENT
Mozambique (Africa)
What is Education for Employment (EFE)?
EFE is an international collaborative program with
developing countries designed to align skills
development with labour market needs. It is an
integrated approach to sustainable development and
cooperation, developed by the Association of
Community Colleges of Canada (ACCC) to support
training authorities in partner countries. EFE
contributes to economic growth and poverty reduction
through labour force development. The program is
designed to be responsive, applied, and demanddriven—equipping the labour force with the skills
required for the jobs of today, and those of the future.
EFE provides support at the:
1. ministerial level by supporting policy reforms
to better align training with employment realities;
2. institutional level by building the capacity of
institutions to design and deliver demand-driven,
competency-based training programs
(curriculum development), and through the
development of entrepreneurial services and
management;
3. regional and international levels by creating
networks for effective sharing of knowledge,
experience, best practices, and innovation.
ACCC’s EFE program was launched in 2008 in
Mozambique, Senegal, and Tanzania. It was
expanded to include 12 Caribbean countries in
2011, and three Andean countries in 2012. EFE is funded by the Government of
Canada through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
What are TVET, COREP, and PIREP?
In 2006, The Government of Mozambique
began a 15-year plan to reform its Technical
and Vocational Education and Training
(TVET) system. The first phase, known as the
Integrated Professional Education Reform
Program (PIREP), is funded by the
Government of Mozambique and other
cooperating partners.
To lead the implementation of the TVET
reform, the Government established an Interministerial Commission for the Professional
Education Reform (CIREP), chaired by the
Prime Minister and comprising eight Ministries,
namely: Education, Labour, Finance, Planning
and Development, Trade and Industry, Science
and Technology, Public Administration, and
Agriculture.
The government created a stakeholder body—
the Executive Commission of Professional Education Reform (COREP)—which
comprises the Minister of Education and
the Minister of Labour. COREP also
includes other Government
representatives, along with the private
sector, trade unions, and civil society.
This body is supported by an Executive
Secretariat (COREP SE), which
manages the daily implementation and
monitoring of the reform process.
Essentially, COREP was created to
facilitate the transition to a demandled training system and provide the
beneficiaries with more market relevant
skills and improved economic
opportunities.
For more information, visit:
www.pirep.gov.mz
Projects and Sectors
In 2008, COREP together with ACCC
initiated EFE-Mozambique, comprising 12
projects across eight of Mozambique’s 10
provinces. There are 17 Mozambican
institutions and 12 Canadian colleges and
other institutions working together.
They cover a wide range of sectors—
including Ecotourism, Mining,
Construction, Agro-processing, Fisheries
and Aquaculture, School Management,
and Entrepreneurship—all of which are
critical to the growth, development, and
future of Mozambique.
Partner Institutions
Canadian Partner (and Participating Institutions)
Cégep de la Gaspésie
Cégep de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Camosun College
Collège François-Xavier-Garneau
(University of Guelph-Alfred Campus)
Marine Institute of Memorial University
(Collège communautaire du Nouveau Brunswick)
Collège François-Xavier-Garneau
Université de Guelph-Campus d’Alfred
(Collège François-Xavier-Garneau)
Institut de technologie agroalimentaire Campus de
Saint-Hyacinthe
Cégep Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Collège Montmorency (Collège Laflèche)
Bow Valley College
Nova Scotia Community College
(Marine Institute of Memorial University/Collège
communautaire du Nouveau Brunswick)
Mozambique Institution
Instituto Industrial e Comercial de Pemba
Instituto Medio de Geologia e Minas de
Moatize
Centro de Formação profissional de Tete
Instituto Industrical e Comercial 7 de
Setembro de Xai-Xai
Centro de Formação profissional de Xai-Xai
Instituto Agrario de Lichinga
Centro de Formação profissional de
Lichinga
Instituto Agrario de Mocuba, Centro de
Formação Profissional de Quelimane
Gestão Escolar (Institutional Management)
(11 institutes and CFPs)
Instituto Agrario de Ribaué
Escola de Artes e Oficios de Chimoio
Instituto Industrial e Comercial 1 de Maio
Quelimane
Centro de Formação Profissional de
Quelimane
Instituto Politécnico de Salamanga
Instituto Comercial de Maputo
Instituto Industrial e Comercial de Pemba
Centro de Formação profissional de Pemba
Escola Secundaria Januario Pedro de
Moçimboa da Praia
Benefits and Outcomes
The EFE-Mozambique program has, and
will continue to result in the following
benefits and outcomes:
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The development of more
functional national labour force
policies and structures;
Effective education and privatesector partnerships;
Updated programming and
curricula;
More qualified instructors;
Continuous competency-based
training programs for workers;
Improved network capacity at both
local and international levels for
knowledge transfer;
Emergence of micro-businesses;
Increased capacity of TVET
professionals to work with the
private sector;
More skilled tradespeople and technical workers.
About ACCC
ACCC is a pan-Canadian association that provides a unified voice at the national
and international levels for more than 150 of Canada’s colleges and other
institutions. Internationally, ACCC has facilitated more than 600 cooperation
programs between Canadian colleges and equivalent institutions in some 75
countries. www.accc.ca
For more information about EFE-Mozambique, contact Suzanne Stump, Senior
Technical Advisor at: [email protected] or +258 84 696 0499.