Day 1 / 13 September

Session 1: Session 1: The dual system in international development cooperation: Does it keep its promises?

Jon Lauglo (University of Oslo): Introductory comments on VET (PDF, 45 KB)

Simon Junker (Swiss Development and Cooperation Agency, Bern): The role of the dual system in SDC’s VSD strategy (PDF, 2 MB)

Reinhard Stockmann (Center for Evaluation, University of Saarbrücken): The dual system in international development cooperation: Retrospect and prospects (PDF, 1 MB)

Philipp Gonon (University of Zurich): The dual system as a solution for remedying VSD systems? (PDF, 1 MB)

Session 2: Going beyond implementing the dual system in its traditional form

Md. Mominul Ahsan (Apex Ltd., Dhaka, Bangladesh): The Centre of Excellence in Leather: Combining centre-based and in-firm training in the Bangladesh leather and footwear sector (PDF, 2 MB)

Claudia Jacinto (Instituto de Desarrollo Economico y Social, Buenos Aires / IIEP, Paris): The tradition of enterprise-based training in Latin America (PDF, 20 MB)

Michel Carton (Graduate Institute, Geneva/NORRAG): Non-formal education plus training: An alternative to schooling and dual training? (PDF, 399 KB)

Rudolf Batliner (NADEL/ETH Zurich): Adapting the dual system of VSD (PDF, 997 KB)