Vietnam Peru Nicaragua South Africa NORRAG Conference June 2009

The objective of the Country Studies Project (CSP) is to produce knowledge on skills development (SD) policies in different countries in the South and to feed the reflection on SD at the international level. The process of realisation of the case studies aims at:

1.	stimulating a dialogue among different actors involved in SD policies;
2.	raise awareness among those actors by integrating local researchers and institutions.

Another potential for impact of the CSP lies also in building capacities at the local level. In example, the CSP aims at strenghtening capacity of young local researchers working on the skills development topic. The result produced by the project will also be disseminated among policy makers.

Besides the first Vietnamese case study, seven additional country studies are planned in the 3 forthcoming years.

The CSP is coordinated by a “Sounding board” gathering staff from SDC and IUED. The country studies are financially supported by SDC.

Contacts:
Alexandre Freire
Frederique Weyer

Case study Vietnam
How do national and international actors interact in skills developement strategies?
Analysis of Vietnam under Doi Moi
1986 - 2004

This paper focuses on interactions between national and international actors in the field of skills development at both strategic and policy levels in Vietnam. The outstanding development of Vietnam is not questionable. The country has succeeded so far in combining economical growth with a level of social equity. Therefore, it is surprising to note that the place devoted to Skills Development systems in national and international strategies is unclear. In light of the country’s evolution and needs, there is an intriguing question and concern about how international lessons are, or rather are not, reinterpreted in the Vietnamese context. This papers analyses some of the potential answers to this question.

By Alexandre Dormeier Freire (IUED) and Vu Bich THuy (CEST)

Case study Peru
Skills Development Policies in Peru: The Role of National and International Actors



By Miguel Jaramillo, Néstor Valdivia & Jorge Valenzuela (GRADE)

Case study Nicaragua
Skills Development and Labour Competences Policies in Nicaragua (1991 - 2006): The Role of National and International Actors



By Josefina Vijil, Melba Castillo, Nadia Vado, Patricia Elvir & Vanesa Castro (CIASES)

Case study South Africa
International influences on the evolution of South Africa's National Skills Development Strategy
Case study financed by GTZ
1989-2004

By Azeem Badroodien & Simon Mac Grath, Research Programme on Human Resources Development, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa

Case study NORRAG Conference June 2009
Policy Transfer or Policy Learning: Interactions between International and National Skills Development Approaches for Policy Making



Below are the contributions for the conference that took place the 25th and 26th of June 2009 at the Graduate Institute of Geneva.