Förderung beruflicher Bildung Promotion of vocational training IV Das Programm Förderung der beruflichen Bildung in Ghana ist Bestandteil des deutsch-ghanaischen EZ Schwerpunktbereichs Nachhaltige Wirtschaftsentwicklung. Es setzt an den im Berufsbildungssystem existierenden Schwächen an, die dazu beitragen, dass Klein- und Kleinstbetriebe aus dem informellen Sektor nur sehr eingeschränkte finanzielle und ökonomische Teilhabe genießen. Ziel des Vorhabens ist ein verbesserter Zugang zu bedarfsgerechter beruflicher Bildung mit dem Ziel einer angemessenen Beschäftigung (decent employment). Die Zielgruppe sind Inhaber/-innen, Lehrlinge und Arbeiter/-innen von Klein- und Kleinstbetrieben des informellen Sektors, die bislang keinen Zugang zu formaler Berufsbildung haben.Der Projektträger Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (C-TVET) händigt die aus FZ-Mitteln subventionierten Weiterbildungsgutscheine für praxisorientierte Kurzkurse an die Zielgruppe aus. Die Gutscheine können nur bei privaten und öffentlichen Trainingsinstituten eingelöst werden, die die in Zusammenarbeit mit den Berufsverbänden festgelegten Qualitätskriterien einhalten. Das Vorhaben ist komplementär zum TZ-Programm, das auf die Verbesserung der Rahmenbedingungen für kompetenzorientierte Aus- und Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen abzielt und dabei u.a. C-TVET bei der Implementierung von Qualitätssicherungsmechanismen in der beruflichen Bildung berät. Die Wirkungen des Programms erstrecken sich über die unmittelbare Zielgruppe hinaus auf den gesamten Berufsbildungssektor. So werden in Ghana erstmalig die duale Ausbildung und der Competency Based Training (CBT)-Ansatz für den informellen Sektor eingeführt. Das Vorhaben fördert den Wettbewerb zwischen den existierenden rd. 650 Trainingsanbietern auf Basis des Kriteriums Qualität/Marktgerechtigkeit. Für die Trainingsanbieter werden Anreize gesetzt, die Qualität der Aus- und Fortbildungsangebote und deren Quantität dem Bedarf der Unternehmen entsprechend anzupassen. The programme Promotion of Vocational Training in Ghana is part of the German-Ghanaian EZ priority area Sustainable Economic Development. It addresses the existing weaknesses in the vocational training system, which contribute to the fact that small and micro enterprises from the informal sector enjoy only very limited financial and economic participation. The aim of the project is to improve access to needs-based vocational training with the goal of decent employment. The target group is owners, apprentices and workers of small and micro enterprises in the informal sector who have not yet had access to formal vocational training.The project-executing agency Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (C-TVET) hands out the FZ-subsidised training vouchers for practice-oriented short courses to the target group. The vouchers can only be redeemed at private and public training institutes that comply with the quality criteria defined in cooperation with the professional associations. The project is complementary to the TZ programme, which aims to improve the framework conditions for competence-oriented education and training measures, advising, among others, C-TVET on the implementation of quality assurance mechanisms in vocational education and training. The impacts of the programme extend beyond the immediate target group to the entire vocational education sector. For example, dual training and the Competency Based Training (CBT) approach are being introduced for the first time in Ghana for the informal sector. The project promotes competition between the existing 650 training providers on the basis of the criterion of quality/market justice. Incentives are provided for training providers to adapt the quality and quantity of their training offers to the needs of the enterprises. Verbesserung des Zugangs armer Bevölkerungsgruppen zu beruflicher Weiterbildung The programme Promotion of Vocational Training in Ghana is part of the German-Ghanaian EZ priority area Sustainable Economic Development. It addresses the existing weaknesses in the vocational training system, which contribute to the fact that small and micro enterprises from the informal sector enjoy only very limited financial and economic participation. The aim of the project is to improve access to needs-based vocational training with the goal of decent employment. The target group is owners, apprentices and workers of small and micro enterprises in the informal sector who have not yet had access to formal vocational training.The project-executing agency Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (C-TVET) hands out the FZ-subsidised training vouchers for practice-oriented short courses to the target group. The vouchers can only be redeemed at private and public training institutes that comply with the quality criteria defined in cooperation with the professional associations. The project is complementary to the TZ programme, which aims to improve the framework conditions for competence-oriented education and training measures, advising, among others, C-TVET on the implementation of quality assurance mechanisms in vocational education and training. The impacts of the programme extend beyond the immediate target group to the entire vocational education sector. For example, dual training and the Competency Based Training (CBT) approach are being introduced for the first time in Ghana for the informal sector. The project promotes competition between the existing 650 training providers on the basis of the criterion of quality/market justice. Incentives are provided for training providers to adapt the quality and quantity of their training offers to the needs of the enterprises.