SHORT NEWS

Enhancing quality apprenticeship systems
ILO, Geneva
26 February 2025 - by zoom
This webinar presented practical insights and strategies for building effective, equitable and sustainable apprenticeship systems based on ILO Recommendation 208 on Quality Apprenticeships.
The event provided an overview of the Guide for policy makers on quality apprenticeships, followed by discussions with ILO members and partners on its implementation. Experts from Costa Rica and Ethiopia shared their experiences of implementing Dual VET in their countries.

Mentoring programme
CEFIM, La Paz - Bolivia
2 September 2024 - by zoom
In 2024, a DESK Hospitality online mentoring programme led by Nathalie Gloor, vocational trainer and adult educator, was carried out to strengthen the competences of CEFIM's management and educational team in specific areas of dual vocational training.
During the last meeting on 2 September, the team from the CEFIM Technical Institute presented some of the products they had created for trainees (dual notebook and online form for sending feedback), companies (guidelines for training pathways and regulations for in-company trainings), and teachers (competence evaluation form and follow-up monitoring tools).

Frauenausbildung und Armutsbekämpfung
OST – Ostschweizer Fachhochschule
30. Mai 2024, St. Gallen
Auf Einladung von Michael Czarniecki zu seiner Vorlesung "International Economics" an der Ostschweizer Fachhochschule konnte Barbara Primo einige der Projekte von DESK Hospitality in Kenia, Bolivien und im Libanon vorstellen.
Die Ausbildung von Frauen als Schlüsselfaktor, um die Armutsspirale zu durchbrechen ("an educated woman is an educated family") und die Chancen und Herausforderungen der Einführung eines dualen Ansatzes in der Berufsausbildung wurden vorgestellt und durch die Fragen und Kommentare der anwesenden Studierenden ergänzt.

