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addition, KfW recently started to support a VET
One of the major players involved centre of excellence for construction and logis-

in adult education in Georgia is tics in Georgia 191 .
DVVI (see Chapter VII). Since 2002,

DVVI has focussed on developing a The World Bank launched the project entitled
“Strengthening Teacher Quality in Vocational
functioning adult education system in Education and Training” in 2019. This collab-
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Georgia, skills development, conflict orative project between the World Bank, the UK

resolution and peace-making, capacity Government and the Georgian MoES aims to im-
building for educators, policymakers prove the quality of VET in Georgia by enhancing

and education authorities (at local, teacher management and professional develop-
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regional and national level), as well as ment . Funding to the tune of around EUR 2
networking and exchange activities. million is provided by the UK Government. The

It supports the establishment and implementation phase, led by the World Bank,
operation of adult education centres was 2019-2020. A tangible result of the project
was the launch of the new website for the VET
in different regions of the country, and sector www.vet.ge (described in Chapter VII) in

promotes cooperation and exchange February 2021.
between Georgian adult educators,
technical specialists and decision- The European Training Foundation (ETF) has

makers . produced a great number of different publica-
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tions on skills development in Georgia, such as
“Skills Mismatch Measurement in Georgia” and
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“Youth Transition to Work in Georgia” . In 2018,
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German bilateral development cooperation the ETF launched the new cycle of the “Torino
implements dual education programmes in var- Process” in Georgia, a periodic assessment of
ious sectors (construction, tourism, ICT, logis- progress in modernising skills development in

tics, transport, wine production) as part of the countries neighbouring the EU. The Torino Pro-
GIZ Private Sector Development and TVET Pro- cess is a participatory process leading to an evi-
gramme 190 (budget: EUR 30 million), a region- dence-based analysis of VET policies in a coun-
al programme operating in Armenia, Azerbaijan try. Introduced in 2010 and carried out every two
and Georgia. The programme started in 2013, years, the Torino Process provides a snapshot of
and is now in its second phase (2017-2020). In the state of development of VET systems in the

189 DVVI Georgia website
190 GIZ Private Sector Development and Technical Vocational Education and Training, South Caucasus project website
191 KfW Georgia website
192 World Bank, press release World Bank and Government of United Kingdom to Support Development of Vocational
Education and Training in Georgia, May 2019
193 World Bank, Georgia Strengthening Teacher Quality in Vocational Education and Training (VET) project fact sheet
194 ETF(2019). Skills Mismatch measurement in Georgia
195 Diakonidze, A. & Bardak, U. (2018). Youth transition to work in Georgia. European Training Foundation

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