Inclusive TVET Training for Hosts and Refugees in Ethiopia | Results of the Evaluation | GIZ | IDOS

Описание: Inclusive TVET classes in Ethiopia: A promising tool for fostering social cohesion and employment among refugee and host communities?

This video shows the results of the accompanying research study of an inclusive TVET (technical and vocational education and training system) programme for refugees and host communities, implemented by the GIZ in Ethiopia. Researchers from the Jigjiga University in Ethiopia, the Esurv consultancy, and researchers from IDOS evaluated qualitative and quantitative data from two settings in Ethiopia accompanying the inclusive TVET training. For this inclusive training host and refugee participants were jointly trained with the explicit goals of fostering social cohesion and improving the employment opportunities.
The results showed that the TVET programme had a remarkable effect on several dimensions of social cohesion. However, the income and employment effects of the training were at its best weak and materialized only for specific groups of individuals.
The researchers pointed out that the inclusive TVET classes in Ethiopia are a promising tool for fostering social cohesion and employment among refugees and hosts. The lack of stronger employment effects appeared to be based on structural conditions like limited labour market absorption capacity, legal work permission constraints, gender issues and similar hindering factors. The recommendation of the researcher from the Jigjiga university in Ethiopia and the IDOS team, as well as the Esurv consultancy, were: TVET measures need a careful context analysis (including labour market capacities, legal work barriers) to ensure that the necessary conditions for TVET to succeed are in place. This is particularly important in terms of employment effects, which appeared to be elusive. Furthermore, inclusive TVET measures seem, to be an effective tool to improve social cohesion. However, if social cohesion effects are valued not just as an “add-on” to employment effects but as primary goals, the question arises whether alternative interventions might be more efficient. Due to the modest evidence regarding employment and income effects, this question is relevant. Finally, the research team points out, that it is important to close the knowledge gaps on the impact of TVET programmes on displaced populations, medium- and long-term employment and income effects as well as the gender and societal effects of these interventions.

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