Our Expertise and Services: Skills Development and Education

Why skills development and education matter

Education is a key factor for improved access to employment and income. The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 therefore focuses on access to quality education. More than 90% of children in developing countries are enrolled in primary school, but the quality of basic education is often low.

Access to vocational training and the world of work are just as important. SDG 8 links skills development to jobs and economic growth. One out of seven youth is unemployed. Ensuring that young people have access to high-quality, professional education is an indispensable element of poverty eradication. Young people with career prospects are less prone to commit violence. 

What we do

Helvetas helps to improve access to and quality of basic education through teacher training and second chance programs for out-of-school children.

Helvetas supports demand-oriented, practical vocational skills training that leads to gainful self-employment or wage employment and improved livelihoods of disadvantaged youth.

What we offer

• Long-standing experience in the skills development and education sector
• Expertise in VET system development, dual VET and work-based learning as well as VET and cooperation with the private sector
• Design, planning and implementation of VET interventions including feasibility studies, assessments, monitoring and evaluation as well as tracer studies and capitalization of experiences
• Labor market-oriented trainings that contribute to labor market insertion of youth
• Support in developing results-based financing of training
• Training, coaching and education of teachers and trainers in learner-centered didactic approaches
• Second chance programs for out-of-school children
• Geographical coverage: Our advisors in partner countries and at the head office of Helvetas provide thematic support to projects in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America

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Further information

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