|
|
|
| |
This guide provides an overview of technical backstopping
opportunities for development projects and programmes. It focuses on support services for technical and vocational
education and training (TVET) and skills development.
Agencies for International Cooperation have different approaches,
methodologies, planning horizons, communication levels, financial
regulations, and submission and reporting procedures. The guide
focuses on development cooperation with the 22 countries that are
members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which
are major donors in development cooperation (see "National
Agencies Dedicated to International Cooperation").
This guide facilitates access to information on:
- Current trends in international
cooperation policies;
- Potential donors and their
policies;
- Donors' requirements concerning
project definition, project and budget management, assessment
and evaluation techniques, and reporting procedures.
|
| |
The section "Restructuring
TVET: Current Approaches"
describes recent trends in organising TVET.
The focus of the section "Trends
in International Cooperation Policies" is on overall trends
in development cooperation with special consideration of TVET and
Skills Development. The move to Programme Based
Approaches (PBAs) and Basket Funding (BF) is presented in this
section. This is supposed to familiarize with the context in which
your cooperation programme or project could be localised. It serves
as background information to find the appropriate partner(s).
The Submission
Procedures section presents guidelines frequently used in
international cooperation. Links to these guidelines and their
matrices are provided.
Access to more resources can be found in the Intergovernmental
Agencies section.
Each of the country sections contains "DAC Donor aid at a
glance charts", giving an overview of the Official
Development Assistance of the particular DAC Member State for the
years 2001 and 2002. The OECD defines Official Development
Assistance (ODA) in the following way: "Flows of official
financing administered with the promotion of the economic
development and welfare of developing countries as the main
objective […]." At least 25% of the amount granted to
the recipient will not have to be repaid, 75% or less will
have to be repaid. ODA flows are contributions of donor
government agencies that are provided to developing countries
either through bilateral cooperation or through multilateral
institutions. In the case of multilateral cooperation, a donor
country's Official Development Assistance refers to the
contribution of this country to the multilateral joint fund.[1]
Official Aid (OA) is defined as
flows that "meet conditions of eligibility for inclusion
in Official Development Assistance (ODA)".[2]
The following information is
being given in each chart: (1) net ODA flows; (2) a breakdown
of bilateral ODA by income group and by region, (3) the top
ten recipients of gross bilateral ODA/OA, and (4) bilateral
ODA by sector.[3]
The chart in the Net Official Development
Assistance from DAC Countries in 2002 section, provides
an overview of the net Official Development Assistance by all
DAC Member States in 2002.
We are grateful to OECD for granting permission to reproduce
the "DAC Donor aid at a glance charts" and the chart
"Net Official
Development Assistance from DAC countries" in this
guide. Additional information on DAC statistics: http://www.oecd.org/dac/stats.
Copyright OECD, 2004
|
| |
Only in few cases do development
agencies earmark particular budgets for TVET and Skills
Development. Instead, they often cover broader fields such as
education, enterprise development, gender, informal sector,
HIV/AIDS (e.g. concerning persons teaching in TVET). TVET and
skills development initiatives can be conceived in these
contexts. Please see the Millennium
Development Goals section on the linkage of a TVET
initiative to the Millennium Development Goals and the
corresponding donor strategies.
The guide is reduced to key
information. Users are directed where to read more, or to
check for possible information updates.
This guide is presented in
English. Whenever information is available in other languages,
this is indicated in the guide. In particular, more
information is frequently available in the donor country's
official language(s).
Partners in development
cooperation are encouraged to share their observations,
comments and suggestions with the UNESCO-UNEVOC International
Centre, so that new information and insights can be
incorporated.
|
| [1] |
Source: http://www.oecd.org
> Statistics > OECD Glossary of Statistical Terms > O
> Official development Assistance (ODA), access: 19 January
2004. |
<back> |
| [2] |
Source:
http://www.oecd.org >
Statistics > OECD Glossary of Statistical Terms > O >
Official Aid (OA), access: 19 January 2004. |
<back> |
| [3] |
Source
of "Donor aid at a glance charts": Source: http://www.oecd.org
> (Find) Statistics > Development > Aid at a Glance by
Donor (English) > Donor Aid at a Glance Charts and Tables ,
access: 19 January 2004 (with the friendly permission of OECD-DAC). |
<back> |
|
|
