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Vocational Education and Training (VET) Between Poverty Alleviation and Economic Development (08.06. – 12.06.2020)
Key topics:
- Basic VET concepts and terms
- Differences and commonalities between VET and related systems
- Planning and assessment of VET interventions with different objectives: economic development, poverty alleviation, creation of self-employment or systems development
- VET as a cooperation system of stakeholders with different duties, interests and competencies
- Background, potential use and limitations of (national) qualification frameworks
- Half-day visit to important actors of the Swiss VET landscape
ETH Zürich, Centre for Development and Cooperation (NADEL)
In recent years there has been increasing international interest in vocational education and training (VET). The discussion about the success factors of VET and the extent dual VET can offer advantages to developing countries is still ongoing. Switzerland, with its own unique and strong VET system has a long tradition of implementing VET in development countries. Experts from the field will bring their experience to bear in the course, which provides an overview of the systems and process dimensions of VET, opportunities for VET implementation as well as implications and constraints. At the end, participants will have strengthened their competence in portfolio management for VET, skills development and labor market policies.Key topics:
- Basic VET concepts and terms
- Differences and commonalities between VET and related systems
- Planning and assessment of VET interventions with different objectives: economic development, poverty alleviation, creation of self-employment or systems development
- VET as a cooperation system of stakeholders with different duties, interests and competencies
- Background, potential use and limitations of (national) qualification frameworks
- Half-day visit to important actors of the Swiss VET landscape
DegreeCourse TypeLanguage
- English
ETH Zürich, Centre for Development and Cooperation (NADEL), Switzerland
Technology Innovation for Sustainable Development
Technology innovation can be a great enabler for development in low and middle-income countries. This course presents a methodology and an approach to develop impactful innovations that have the power to foster sustainable development. Whether you are from an industrialized or a developing country, whether you are employed in a company, an NGO, an international organization or a government. Whether you are an academic, an independent entrepreneur, or simply a passionate individual, this course is for you.
You will learn how, as an innovator, you can help solve important issues that burden those living in poverty. Through practical examples, we will demonstrate how you can take your initiative from a blank sheet of paper through to large-scale deployment of your technology innovation.
This course is not just about coming up with a nice idea, or designing a nice prototype, but more importantly, about sustainably deploying it at large scale. It fosters an entrepreneurial approach, as you will learn how to design business models that are relevant to address development-related challenges. It encourages co-creating the solution with the key stakeholders involved, including the affected populations.
Coming-up with solutions that are more affordable and more durable, that require less use of consumables and electricity while still being economically viable, concerns all of us, and not just the people living in poverty.
There is no previous knowledge required.
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Learn how to use technology innovation as a tool to fight poverty and enable sustainable development.Technology innovation can be a great enabler for development in low and middle-income countries. This course presents a methodology and an approach to develop impactful innovations that have the power to foster sustainable development. Whether you are from an industrialized or a developing country, whether you are employed in a company, an NGO, an international organization or a government. Whether you are an academic, an independent entrepreneur, or simply a passionate individual, this course is for you.
You will learn how, as an innovator, you can help solve important issues that burden those living in poverty. Through practical examples, we will demonstrate how you can take your initiative from a blank sheet of paper through to large-scale deployment of your technology innovation.
This course is not just about coming up with a nice idea, or designing a nice prototype, but more importantly, about sustainably deploying it at large scale. It fosters an entrepreneurial approach, as you will learn how to design business models that are relevant to address development-related challenges. It encourages co-creating the solution with the key stakeholders involved, including the affected populations.
Coming-up with solutions that are more affordable and more durable, that require less use of consumables and electricity while still being economically viable, concerns all of us, and not just the people living in poverty.
There is no previous knowledge required.
DegreeCourse TypeLanguage
- English
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
Master of Advanced Studies in Development and Cooperation (MAS ETH DC)
Autumn Semester:
During the first semester, students acquire theoretical and empirical knowledge about the most pressing global and local challenges. The courses combine lectures and workshops and allow for extensive discussion between classmates and lecturers. The courses are bilingual (in German and English), multidisciplinary, and policy oriented.
In the core courses, students obtain a solid understanding of important historical, socioeconomic, political, and environmental development processes.
On-the-job-training:
The first study semester is followed by a 8-10 month on-the-job training with a multilateral, bi-lateral, or non-governmental organization. This job assignment is designed to immerse students in a complex and intercultural working environment.
Spring Semester
In the final semester, the students deepen their knowledge of specific methods and policies to address global and local development challenges. Students can select from numerous courses on methods to identify innovative solutions or on policy implementation strategies that improve the livelihoods of the poor. They link cutting-edge research with policies and practice. MAS students are given the option of taking the block course on either a full-time (during the spring semester) or part-time basis, but must complete six courses within two years.
ETH Zürich, Centre for Development and Cooperation (NADEL)
The Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in Development and Cooperation offers students an inspiring environment in which they can acquire an understanding of local and global development challenges as well as the tools and methods to find innovative solutions to address them. The program combines studies at ETH with experiential learning at an international organization. This provides students with both the theoretical background and practical experience necessary to successfully pursue a career devoted to more inclusive and sustainable societies.Autumn Semester:
During the first semester, students acquire theoretical and empirical knowledge about the most pressing global and local challenges. The courses combine lectures and workshops and allow for extensive discussion between classmates and lecturers. The courses are bilingual (in German and English), multidisciplinary, and policy oriented.
In the core courses, students obtain a solid understanding of important historical, socioeconomic, political, and environmental development processes.
On-the-job-training:
The first study semester is followed by a 8-10 month on-the-job training with a multilateral, bi-lateral, or non-governmental organization. This job assignment is designed to immerse students in a complex and intercultural working environment.
Spring Semester
In the final semester, the students deepen their knowledge of specific methods and policies to address global and local development challenges. Students can select from numerous courses on methods to identify innovative solutions or on policy implementation strategies that improve the livelihoods of the poor. They link cutting-edge research with policies and practice. MAS students are given the option of taking the block course on either a full-time (during the spring semester) or part-time basis, but must complete six courses within two years.
ETH Zürich, Centre for Development and Cooperation (NADEL), Switzerland
Cooperation and Development
Contenu
Les défis du développement dans les pays du Sud
Les cours seront donnés soit en français soit en anglais:
Semaine 1 : Introduction au cours « Coopération et Développement » (thèmes principaux qui seront abordés, structure du cours et de l'examen) et présentation par deux étudiants partis travailler sur le terrain avec Ingénieurs du Monde.
Semaine 2 : Réduction de la pauvreté, MDGs, SDGs, projection conférence TedX
Semaine 3 : Théories et histoire du développement
Semaine 4 : Film sur des modèles de développement alternatif et discussion
Semaine 5 : Technologies pour le Sud - technologies essentielles
Semaine 6 : Technologies pour le Sud - présentation du travail en groupe
Semaine 7 : Examen écrit (40% de la note finale)
Semaine 8 : Développement rural - Les TIC pour le développement au Burkina Faso
Semaine 9 : Innovation dans les pays du Sud
Semaine 10 : Acteurs internationaux (ONU, WB, FMI)
Semaine 11 : Les défis liés au développement urbain dans le Sud
Semaine 12 : Discussion sur des articles de journaux en lien avec le développement
Semaine 13 : Travailler pour la direction du développement et de la coopération suisse (DDC) aujourd'hui
Semaine 14 : Examen écrit (40% de la note finale)
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Ce cours abordera les défis majeurs du développement auxquels font face les pays émergents et en développement. L'étudiant-e se focalisera sur des projets de développement visant la réduction de la pauvreté, le développement urbain et rural, l'entrepreneuriat social et les technologies essentielles.Contenu
Les défis du développement dans les pays du Sud
Les cours seront donnés soit en français soit en anglais:
Semaine 1 : Introduction au cours « Coopération et Développement » (thèmes principaux qui seront abordés, structure du cours et de l'examen) et présentation par deux étudiants partis travailler sur le terrain avec Ingénieurs du Monde.
Semaine 2 : Réduction de la pauvreté, MDGs, SDGs, projection conférence TedX
Semaine 3 : Théories et histoire du développement
Semaine 4 : Film sur des modèles de développement alternatif et discussion
Semaine 5 : Technologies pour le Sud - technologies essentielles
Semaine 6 : Technologies pour le Sud - présentation du travail en groupe
Semaine 7 : Examen écrit (40% de la note finale)
Semaine 8 : Développement rural - Les TIC pour le développement au Burkina Faso
Semaine 9 : Innovation dans les pays du Sud
Semaine 10 : Acteurs internationaux (ONU, WB, FMI)
Semaine 11 : Les défis liés au développement urbain dans le Sud
Semaine 12 : Discussion sur des articles de journaux en lien avec le développement
Semaine 13 : Travailler pour la direction du développement et de la coopération suisse (DDC) aujourd'hui
Semaine 14 : Examen écrit (40% de la note finale)
DegreeCourse TypeLanguage
- French
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
Urban Habitat and Developement
Contenu
Le cours met en évidence les processus de production de l¿habitat urbain, ainsi que les dynamiques propres du développement en milieu construit, dans toute leur complexité. L¿analyse de ces processus sociaux et territoriaux, comme celle des pratiques de transformations de l¿espace de la ville, s¿inscrit dans une perspective de développement urbain durable, ceci autant au Nord qu¿au Sud. L¿objectif du cours est d¿identifier les enjeux actuels, le rôle des professionnels et des habitants dans la fabrication de la ville contemporaine, à partir de cours théoriques et d¿expériences de terrains relatées par les enseignants et leur(s) invité(s).
Le cours se déroule à la fois sur le plan conceptuel et sur celui de la recherche appliquée, en mettant en regard les apports théoriques des penseurs de l'urbain et les actions menées sur le terrain par les différents acteurs sous formes de politiques, de projets de développements et d'initiatives alternatives.
Nous focalisons notre attention sur les conditions de production de l¿habitat des pauvres (habitat précaire, bidonvilles), de manière à mettre en évidence les causes de ce phénomène, ses caractéristiques urbanistiques et architecturales, ses conséquences en termes de détérioration des conditions de vie au plan environnemental, social et économique, mais également les tentatives de réponses qui sont apportées, par les habitants eux-mêmes, de manière indépendante ou organisée au plan communautaire, ainsi que par les institutions publiques et les organismes de coopération internationale.
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Le cours vise à mettre en évidence les processus de production de l'habitat urbain, ainsi que les dynamiques propres de ce développement dans toute leur complexité. Il se focalisera sur les dimensions urbanistiques, sociales, économiques et environnementales de l'habitat dans les villes du Sud.Contenu
Le cours met en évidence les processus de production de l¿habitat urbain, ainsi que les dynamiques propres du développement en milieu construit, dans toute leur complexité. L¿analyse de ces processus sociaux et territoriaux, comme celle des pratiques de transformations de l¿espace de la ville, s¿inscrit dans une perspective de développement urbain durable, ceci autant au Nord qu¿au Sud. L¿objectif du cours est d¿identifier les enjeux actuels, le rôle des professionnels et des habitants dans la fabrication de la ville contemporaine, à partir de cours théoriques et d¿expériences de terrains relatées par les enseignants et leur(s) invité(s).
Le cours se déroule à la fois sur le plan conceptuel et sur celui de la recherche appliquée, en mettant en regard les apports théoriques des penseurs de l'urbain et les actions menées sur le terrain par les différents acteurs sous formes de politiques, de projets de développements et d'initiatives alternatives.
Nous focalisons notre attention sur les conditions de production de l¿habitat des pauvres (habitat précaire, bidonvilles), de manière à mettre en évidence les causes de ce phénomène, ses caractéristiques urbanistiques et architecturales, ses conséquences en termes de détérioration des conditions de vie au plan environnemental, social et économique, mais également les tentatives de réponses qui sont apportées, par les habitants eux-mêmes, de manière indépendante ou organisée au plan communautaire, ainsi que par les institutions publiques et les organismes de coopération internationale.
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
Master in Development Studies
The programme combines training in quantitative and qualitative research methods with courses offering perspectives from the Institute’s core disciplines, including Anthropology, Sociology, History, Law, Political Science and Political Economy.
The programme also includes the completion of a Capstone Project, where students work with one of the Graduate Institute’s partner organisations, as well as professional skills workshops, providing students with the professional tools necessary for effective analysis and ethical decision-making. Students will gain the conceptual and practical tools they need to pursue successful careers in government, international organisations and the non-profit sector.
IHEID
Graduate Institute (IHEID)
The Master in Development Studies is an intensive two-year programme that offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the policies and processes of international development, and the practice of development as a profession.The programme combines training in quantitative and qualitative research methods with courses offering perspectives from the Institute’s core disciplines, including Anthropology, Sociology, History, Law, Political Science and Political Economy.
The programme also includes the completion of a Capstone Project, where students work with one of the Graduate Institute’s partner organisations, as well as professional skills workshops, providing students with the professional tools necessary for effective analysis and ethical decision-making. Students will gain the conceptual and practical tools they need to pursue successful careers in government, international organisations and the non-profit sector.
DegreeCourse TypeLanguage
- English
Graduate Institute (IHEID), Switzerland
IHEID
VET Between Poverty Alleviation and Economic Development (04.11. – 08.11.2019)
Duration: 04.11. – 08.11.2019
Registration for courses in the fall semester 2019 start on the 27th of May 2019.
The course can either be taken individually, or as a part of the CAS in Development Cooperation.
ETH Zürich, Centre for Development and Cooperation (NADEL)
In recent years there has been increasing international interest in vocational education and training (VET). The discussion about the success factors of VET and the extent dual VET can offer advantages to developing countries however is still ongoing. Switzerland, with its own unique and strong VET system has a long tradition of implementing VET in development countries. Experts from the field will feed in their experience into the course, which provides an overview of the systems and process dimensions of VET, opportunities for VET implementation, their implications, as well as constraints. At the end, participants will have strengthened their competence in portfolio management for VET, skills development and labor market policies.Duration: 04.11. – 08.11.2019
Registration for courses in the fall semester 2019 start on the 27th of May 2019.
The course can either be taken individually, or as a part of the CAS in Development Cooperation.
DegreeCourse TypeLanguage
- English
ETH Zürich, Centre for Development and Cooperation (NADEL), Switzerland
Vocational Education and Training (VET) Between Poverty Alleviation and Economic Development (In French), 29.04. – 03.05.2019
Key Topics
- Basic concepts and terms, both in the German-speaking and Anglo-American traditions
- Differences and commonalities between VET and neighboring systems
- Planning, assessment and counseling of VET interventions with different objectives: economic development, poverty alleviation, creation of self-employment or systems development
- Analysis of VET as a cooperation system of stakeholders with different duties, interests and competencies
- Swissness and specific Swiss strengths in VET: potentials and limitations of transferring the dual VET system to other socio-cultural and economic contexts
- Background, the potential use and the limitations of (national) qualification frameworks
Course fee: CHF 950.-
ECTS-Points: 2
ETH Zürich, Centre for Development and Cooperation (NADEL)
Rooted in Switzerland’s own unique and strong system, vocational education and training (VET) has been one of the key pillars in Swiss international cooperation ever since its beginnings. After a slack period, VET is back on the agenda of international cooperation. The aim of the module is to strengthen the competence in portfolio management for VET, skills development and labor market policies.Key Topics
- Basic concepts and terms, both in the German-speaking and Anglo-American traditions
- Differences and commonalities between VET and neighboring systems
- Planning, assessment and counseling of VET interventions with different objectives: economic development, poverty alleviation, creation of self-employment or systems development
- Analysis of VET as a cooperation system of stakeholders with different duties, interests and competencies
- Swissness and specific Swiss strengths in VET: potentials and limitations of transferring the dual VET system to other socio-cultural and economic contexts
- Background, the potential use and the limitations of (national) qualification frameworks
Course fee: CHF 950.-
ECTS-Points: 2
DegreeCourse TypeLanguage
- English
- French
ETH Zürich, Centre for Development and Cooperation (NADEL), Switzerland
Open Course: Technology Innovation for Sustainable Development
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Technology innovation can be a great enabler for development in low and middle-income countries. This course presents a methodology and an approach to develop impactful innovations that have the power to foster sustainable development. You will learn how, as an innovator, you can help solve important issues that burden those living in poverty.DegreeCourse TypeLanguage
- English
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
M4P - Making Markets Work for the Poor, 04.03. – 08.03.2019
Key Topics
- Enabling environment for private sector development
- Strategic framework of the M4P approach
- Analyzing and understanding systems and system change
- Sustainability of system change
- Facilitation of system change
- Monitoring and measurement of M4P interventions
- Management of M4P interventions
Course fee: CHF 950.-
ECTS-Points: 2.0
ETH Zürich, Centre for Development and Cooperation (NADEL)
This course provides a basic introduction to the concepts and methods behind M4P. M4P is an approach to understand and overcome the failure of systems to serve the needs of the poor. Contrary to traditional project approaches, in which implementing agencies provide or support services directly to the poor, an agency applying M4P acts as facilitator that aligns key players and functions of a system to produce sustainable results. As the term M4P indicates, the approach was originally developed to analyzeand strengthen market systems and private sector development – which will be the focus of the course. Today, the approach is also applied to systems with predominantly public sector activities, such as education systems.Key Topics
- Enabling environment for private sector development
- Strategic framework of the M4P approach
- Analyzing and understanding systems and system change
- Sustainability of system change
- Facilitation of system change
- Monitoring and measurement of M4P interventions
- Management of M4P interventions
Course fee: CHF 950.-
ECTS-Points: 2.0
ETH Zürich, Centre for Development and Cooperation (NADEL), Switzerland
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