STED Asia: Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification

This project will improve the ability of policy-makers, industry and the skills development system to identify export-oriented sectors with growth potential, to then identify emerging skill needs in those industries, and to build up the capacity of training providers to meet them. Constituents in the three target countries, Cambodia, Myanmar and Malawi, will gain practical experience in integrating skills anticipation and development in sector growth strategies, building up and using labour market information and strengthening national and sector institutions for social dialogue to link trade, employment and skills policies. This causal chain - from economic analysis, to partnerships, to training – is needed to turn the potential of trade into the reality of more diversified economies and the creation of more productive and decent jobs. In one target country, Cambodia, further work will demonstrate how recommendations from the statistical analysis and sector-based social dialogue can be implemented and how their impact on productivity and employment can be monitored. This project will also contribute materially to the maturation of the Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification programme (STED), resulting in the development, pilot testing and international vetting of a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework to track interventions through to expected results. The initial use of this Framework will guide the further development of STED and its eventual dissemination is foreseen to contribute significantly to the outreach of the STED programme globally and to its sustainability at the country level.

Project symbol

RAS/14/65/SID

Admin unit

DWT-Bangkok

Start date

19/06/2014

End date

31/03/2018

Total allocation

1618562

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

1618562

Development Partners

Sweden, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

Country/Countries

Myanmar
Cambodia

Outcomes

More and better jobs for inclusive growth and improved youth employment prospects