Team Europe “EU4Moldova: Local communities” programme and the Ministry of Education and Research strengthen the capacity of the VET system
With the support of the European Union and Team Europe, Austrian Development Agency (ADA) will assist the Moldovan VET (Vocational Education and Training) institutions to provide better professional education and smoothly youth transition from education to the labour market. In this sense, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on the 22nd of June 2022, between the ADA and the Ministry of Education and Research of the Republic of Moldova (MER).
The document sets the foundation for diversifying the economic opportunities outside agriculture as part of the VET sub-component of the programme, in the selected project communities from Edineț raion – Cupcini Professional School and Bratuseni Veterinary and Economy in Agriculture College; Leova raion – Professional School; Strășeni raion – Engineering College, and aims to align the VET system in the Republic of Moldova to international and EU educational standards.
Furthermore, the MoU also outlines the collaboration between ADA and MER in developing Occupational Standards, Qualification Standards, and Curricula, the development of additional Education Management Information System modules, as well as qualified support for the continuous professional development of VET teachers in using innovative and digital methods.
The MoU was signed as part of the “EU4Moldova: Local communities” programme financed by the European Union, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC), and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland – Polish aid, being implemented by the German Development Cooperation through GIZ, the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) and the Solidarity Fund PL (SFPL) in Moldova.