UNESCO International Center for Vocational Training

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International Center for Vocational Education of UNESCO
International Center for Technical and Vocational Education and Training
 

Langer Eugen in Bonn
Organization type
Abbreviation UNESCO-UNEVOC
management Soo-Hyang Choi
status active
Founded 2000
Headquarters Bonn , GermanyGermanyGermany 
Upper organization UNESCO
unevoc.unesco.org

The UNESCO International Center for Vocational Education and Training (abbreviated as “UNESCO-UNEVOC”) is one of eight special institutions (“Institutes and Centers”) in the field of education at UNESCO . UNESCO-UNEVOC was founded in 2000 and inaugurated in Bonn in 2002 . The organization is financed by UNESCO and third-party funds, including the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development . UNESCO-UNEVOC supports the member states of UNESCO in the further development and improvement of their vocational education systems (English "Technical and Vocational Education and Training", abbreviated TVET). The center coordinates a worldwide network ("UNEVOC Network") of vocational training institutions and organizations. Members include national ministries and leading research and training institutions. The center works in the context of UNESCO's vocational training strategy for 2016–2021 and the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals .

history

In 1989 the General Conference of UNESCO recognized within the framework of a convention on vocational training that “the development of vocational training should contribute to the preservation of peace and international understanding” and thus belonged to the mandate of the organization. In this context, an “International Project for Technical and Vocational Education” was initiated in Berlin in 1992 and the UNEVOC network was soon founded. The UNESCO International Center for Vocational Education and Training was founded in 1999 by resolution of the 30th UNESCO General Conference. A year later, UNESCO and the German government agreed to locate the center as the first organization on the Bonn UN campus in Langen Eugen . The formal opening took place in April 2002.

goals and tasks

UN campus in Bonn

The international center for vocational training "supports the member states of UNESCO in improving access to and quality of vocational training and in making lifelong learning possible." The work of the center is based on the vocational training strategy of UNESCO for 2016–2021 and the medium-term strategy of UNESCO-UNEVOC for the period 2018–2020. She sees a crucial role for vocational education and training in achieving the United Nations' 2030 education agenda. The programs are based on three thematic priorities: improving the employment prospects of young people and promoting entrepreneurship, promoting equal opportunities and gender equality, and facilitating the transition to sustainable economies and societies. The goals are to be achieved through activities in two areas of action: Strengthening the ability of managers to act in order to support them in the restructuring of the vocational training system, as well as promoting networking and cooperation, the exchange of knowledge and mutual learning. The UNEVOC network coordinated by UNESCO-UNEVOC is of central importance here. It comprises 247 member institutions in 167 member states of UNESCO (2017). Members of the network include national ministries and leading research and training institutions. UNESCO-UNEVOC organizes and participates in conferences, working meetings and expert meetings with representatives from the UNEVOC network and representatives of other national and international organizations. UNESCO-UNEVOC also provides established online services: These include "TVETipedia" (an English-language glossary with vocational training terms), the "World TVET Database" with country profiles, and the "TVeT Forum", an open online community and mailing list for experts in vocational training, which was founded in the 1990s.

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