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Fostering Collaboration for Better Skills and Jobs: IVET Exchange Meeting Brings Together Educators Across Five Provinces

Laos
Initial vocational education and training
LAOS Phetsila Phoumbandith17.06.2025
Between 12 and 13 June 2025, the Vocational Training and Employment Support Services (VTESS) project successfully convened the Integrated Vocational Education and Training (IVET) Exchange meeting. This forum brought together the IVETS’s managers, coordinator, finance, and heads of faculties from IVET schools and colleges plus representatives of non-formal education centers across five target provinces, fostering an environment for collaboration and knowledge sharing. 
VTESS Project Manager giving an opening remark at the IVET Exchange Meeting on 12 June 2025

The primary objective of the meeting was to exchange lessons learned and best practices while discussing innovative approaches and research findings that have proven effective in addressing the enrollment challenges faced in vocational training. Over two days, participants engaged in comprehensive reviews of the current recruitment process and vocational training initiatives undertaken in the past six months. 

Opening session of the IVET Exchange Meeting in Vientiane Capital

Key discussions focused on strategies for promoting and recruiting target groups, enhancing awareness of the value of vocational training, and refining teaching and learning methodologies. Additionally, the meeting addressed the importance of providing ongoing support during and after training, particularly in relation to job placement services. 

The participants engaged in a group discussion

Mr. Vilayphone Phommahaxay, Acting Director of the Department of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (DTVET), underscored the significance of these efforts, stating,

"The true success of vocational training lies in securing good employment and generating income that allows individuals to support themselves and their families, thereby contributing to the improved well-being of their communities and the nation as a whole. This is our ultimate objective."
Mr. Vilayphone Phommahaxay
A group of participants teamed up to identify challenges and solutions for working in their respective provinces
A group of participants teamed up to identify challenges and solutions for working in their respective provinces
A group of participants teamed up to identify challenges and solutions for working in their respective provinces
A group of participants teamed up to identify challenges and solutions for working in their respective provinces

Throughout the event, participants demonstrated a strong commitment to collaboration, sharing valuable insights, experiences, and constructive feedback. The active engagement and effective discussions among attendees reflected a collective dedication to achieving the highest possible outcomes in vocational education and training, ultimately benefiting the communities they serve. 

VTESS Project Manager emphasized the importance of IVET training related to employment
A lesson-learned sharing session by a guest speaker, a view of the new trend of a technical training provider
2019 - 2027
Laos
Initial vocational education and training
Vocational Training and Employment Support Services in Laos
The VTESS project aims at vocational training and labour market insertion or re-entering of schooling of the main project beneficiaries, who are people between 15 and 35 years of age, have completed primary and/ or lower secondary education only (early school leavers), and are subjected to income poverty. The main objective of the project is to improve the income and, ultimately, the livelihood of its beneficiaries.
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