Insights is a freshly produced series of pamphlets which describes the approach and experience of implementing the Vocational Skills Development Program (VSDP) in Myanmar. The purpose is to share with others who may be interested in the theory and practice of vocational skills development within the local context in Myanmar. The VSDP has started the series with Insights for Local Vocational Training (LVT). It briefly illustrates the main elements of the course development and delivery and summarises the experiences of how this has worked out in practice. LVT Insights 01 gives you a glance of what you can expect from the series.

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Why Local Vocational Training?

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Insights 01

Why Local Vocational Training?

The Vocational Skills Development Program (VSDP) is an SDC

Project implemented by Swisscontact.

First edition, September 2020

All inquiries should be emailed to mm.inquiries@swisscontact.org

LVT Insights

This series describes the approach and experience

of implementing Local Vocational Training in

Myanmar under the VSDP.

Myanmar is undertaking a transition

Emergence into a more open and competitive world

Income and employment give people

Work opportunities reduce

Training and work opportunities mitigate

Mon, Kayin, Tanintharyi and Southern Shan

• Geography, climate, and poor 

infrastructure can isolate rural

communities, further reducing

access to income opportunities.

• Families and youth displaced by 

armed struggle and expanding dry

zone.

• NSA areas may often lack income 

opportunities for youth and have

reduced access to education and

training.

• Of the total of nearly 6,000 

trained graduates, over 10% are

internal migrants.

• Few points of entry into income 

earning for large numbers of

youth because of lack of jobs,

mismatch in skills, and low

employability.

       

• Large numbers of youth with 

limited education, few employment

skills, and few opportunities.

• Potential for social disruption as a 

result.

Recent and on-going conflict

and areas under non-state 

actors (NSA)

Very high levels of school drop-

out at all grade/age levels

Limited formal economy and lack

of jobs

Large and often isolated rural

areas and changing population

characteristics

Significant internal migration

from the dry zone

Translating the rationale into actions

Improving access t o

employment skills

Mitigation of

‘disadvantage’

Supporting

communities

Reducing remoteness,

increasing connections

Increasing income

earning in remote areas

Improving the local

skills pool

Thandar Moe, Supervisor

Kyaw Electronics, Mon State

Our experiences implementing the rationale

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S y s t e m D e v e l o pm e n t

S u s t a i n a bi l i t y

R e d u c i n g c o m m u n i t y b u r d e n s

Va l u e o f t r a i n i n g

I m p a c t o f LV T

Southern Shan

Kayin

Mon

Tanintharyi

Local Vocational Training Locations

We Create Opportunities

Swisscontact

Swiss Foundation for Technical Cooperation

437 (B), Pyay Road, Kamaryut Township, Yangon, 11041

www.swisscontact.org/myanmar