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Social and professional insertion
A major challenge for young graduates of
Vocational and Technical Training
but also an essential key to
the economic development of Burundi
Insertion, yes, but into which economic
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A (very) poor country: 185th out of 187 on
Human Development Index
GDP: 250 $/inhab.
Agriculture = 46% of GDP employing more
than 80% of working population (underproduction)
Little or hardly any processing industry
Primacy of the informal sector
90% rural population
65% undernourished population
Poorest productivity worldwide
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TVET is the poor member of the
education sector
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Explosion of staff in primary, secondary and higher education
No evolution since 2005 in the Vocational Education Centres
("CEM")
Sub-sector = 3% of the Education budget
Efficiency/very low cost
Very low trainer/learner ratios
Poor attendance by learners
No match between the skills acquired and the demands of
employers
Obviously no match between the training offer and the needs of
the Burundi economy
No traceability of degree of insertion of graduates
Social and professional insertion
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Priorities of BTC for insertion of graduates for the
TVET sector
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AESTP project – 2005 to 2009
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Improved matching of training and employment
Review of programmes
Continuous training of teachers and managers
Self-financing of schools through production units
Activation and implementation of the concept of internship in the
centres supported
Support with infrastructure, heavy equipment, tools and
consumables
Introduction of self-employment and entrepreneurship modules
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AEP project – 2009 to 2013
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Creation of insertion units
Training of members
Formalisation and mainstreaming of system via various manuals
Writing professional Occupational Terms of Reference
Drawing up job profiles
Redefinition of contents and modular approach of training
programmes
Agreement with Micro finance for Guarantee fund
Training and strengthening of trainers
Research and development of innovative products
First reorientation of the training offer
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AFPT project - 2012 to 2017
• General objective: Enable young people and adults to acquire
technical and vocational skills adapted to the needs of the local,
national, regional and international economy
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R2: Training that is aligned with the demand of the economic and
social environment and learners provided with real vocational
skills
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R3: Put in place all activities and mechanisms that enable
effective social and professional insertion of graduates by
obtaining employment or creating one's own employment
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Strategy for result 2:
Concentration of efforts and support on a double strategy
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1. Matching of training offered with needs of the market
Modular approach and innovative products
Capacity development of trainers
Strengthening employability of graduates
Baseline study on needs of current and future economy
2. Support of reforms at the institutional level
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National Insertion Policy
Public Private Partnership Agreement
National qualifications and certification framework
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Findings after 10 weeks in the field pertaining to matching
training and employment
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Value chains/training contents do not match with the needs of the
economy: sewing, mechanics, agro-food business…
Few real work situations (internship not supervised)
Weak involvement of formal or informal entrepreneurs
Poor level of employability of graduates after training
Stereotypical view of entrepreneurship and business potential
Conservative and short-term approach of the insertion project
Duplicate instead of innovate micro business projects
Graduates that do get inserted remain (very) uncertain about
insertion
Hardly any formal job market
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Strategy for result 3:
Concentration of efforts and support to the benefit of insertion
units, capitalisation of AEP project
Ensure all activities are put in place to enable effective social and
professional insertion of graduates by obtaining employment or
by creating one's own employment
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Mission 1: Participate to the effective social and professional and
economic insertion of the graduates
Mission 2: Take on the interface role between the centre and the
socio-economic environment
Mission 3: Improve knowledge and develop entrepreneurship
skills
Mission 4: Do administrative management and support graduates
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Findings after 10 weeks in the field pertaining to insertion units
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Wait-and-see insertion units that are not much involved, even
passive vis-à-vis unachieved missions assigned
Theoretical ownership of the insertion concept
Not or hardly operationalised in favour of graduates
Discrepancies in terms of mobilisation, often too little time given to
the approach due to other activities
No action plan, very low productivity
Demand for means to work
Poorly qualified staff (A2,A3,A4) for this type of mission
Assigned while fully unaware
Emerging positive dynamism
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R3: What we put in place in the field today:
"How"
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In vivo results-oriented support
Coaching of Bujumbura insertion units two days/week on 2 priority
topics and support and coaching to insertion, 2 days/month for each
unit of the interior of the country
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Own creating of employment: innovation workshops, creativity and
search for added value, project formulation, validation, Business
Plan, micro credit, statutes and follow-up of continued activity.
Coaching towards salaried employment: evaluation of potentials,
Identification of the professional project, in-business prospection,
follow-up of employment
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Currently in the pipeline, better tools to support
insertion
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Statistical and dynamic database that integrates all information on
graduates, businesses, 'AGR' and actions.
Excell Business Plan tools and management tools for micro
enterprises
Project formulation format
Formulation of a credit dossier
Leasing and mortgage scheme in support of investment
Sector consultants for technical capacity development (designers,
cabinet makers, "couturiers")
Pilot projects based in cooperative activity units, business
incubator, insertion enterprise
Cooperative store in Bujumbura, fair trade
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We have always
done this
Yet, we can also do this
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Our ambition for tomorrow with the sub-sector
Ministry
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Concrete support to the field for all centres supported
Promotion of innovation, creativity and diversification
Social and Solidarity Economy initiatives
Creation of an autonomous Burundi support team
Put in place pilot projects and dissemination thereof
Initiation of new collective dynamism based on insertion units
Inventory and capitalisation of initiatives and success stories in
Africa
Employment rally
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Multidimensional institutional support in partnership with all actors
(enterprises, policies, NGOs...)
Insertion units and schools at the service of operational insertion
policies that focus on graduates
Measurable and sustainable results with insertion into salaried
formal or informal employment
Qualitatively and quantitatively structured results in terms of
revenue-generating activities
Innovative pilot projects that stimulate the economy
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A visit to Lake Nyanza, including:
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The tough reality of the sewing value chain (30% of the training
offer)
Underemployment and uncertainty generated by this profession
Exploitation of manpower
Competition of fringe imports
Lack of innovation
Fragmentation of operators
Very poor productivity
Stereotypical offer
A limited market that is already saturated
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Solutions?
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Awaken the cooperative spirit
Rely on skills and proven success stories
Creating and achieving the potential of added value
Opening up to new markets
Cross the critical threshold
Innovate
Propose new modes of organisation
Invent alternative financial levers
Establish social relations and work towards solidarity
Your proposals...
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Traditions…
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Or innovation…
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