PC4 the Role of Consultancy Services - Bassil Burke

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UWI / UNESCO Caribbean

Conference On:Technical V ocational Education &Training (TVET)

The Role of Consultancy Services inEnhancing the Goals of TVET

Presented by

Basil A. Burke, Ph.D.CEO, UWI Consulting Inc

MARCH 7, 2012


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WHY THIS PRESENTATION?

TO ENHANCE THE PERCEPTION OF THE NATIONAL,REGIONAL AND GLOBAL IMPORTANCE OF TVET

TO EXPAND THE EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEENUWI, UWI CONSULTING, AND TVET PARTNERS

TO PRESENT UWI CONSULTING AS A HIGHLYRESPONSIVE, PROGRESSIVE, AND NIMBLE PARTNER

TO PREVIEW TVET’S THEMATIC PRIORITIES

TO EXPLORE WITH YOU THE MUTUAL NEEDS ANDIDEAS FOR EFFECTIVE FUTURE PARTNERSHIPS


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PRESENTATION GUIDE

WHO OR WHAT IS UWI CONSULTING?

WHAT ARE THE PERCEIVED THEMATIC PRIORITIES OFTVET?

WHAT HAS UWI CONSULTING DONE FOR TVET? FUTURE PARTNERSHIP WITH UWI CONSULTING?

QUO VADEMUS?


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Our Mission & Goal

Our Mission : To “unlock the development potential of the Caribbean through professionaladvisory services and capacity building ”.

Our Established Goal : In response to theexpressed needs of Caribbean governmentleaders, the Company was established “to havea single portal through which to gain access to

the services of the University of the WestIndies ”.


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UWI CONSULTING (UWIC):

UWI

Benign Portal

A B C D E F G

A to G represent units, centers, and institutes engaged in consulting

UWIC


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COROLLARIES TO OURMISSION:

To harness the intellectual capitalof the academics, alumni, and the

Diaspora to meet the needs of theregion

To mobilize these resources to

address matters relevant to theregional governments and toprovide solutions thereto.


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OUR PHILOSOPHY

“There are those who look atthings the way they are, and askwhy?… I dream of things that neverwere, and ask why not?”

-- Bobby Kennedy


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OUR PHILOSOPHY

If I believe I cannot do something, itmakes me incapable of doing it.

But when I believe I can, then I acquirethe ability to do it, even if I did not havethe ability in the beginning.

--Mahatma Gandhi


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AREAS OF GREAT DEMAND

Education & Social Policy

Tourism & Sustainable Development

Crime Mitigation & Prevention

Poverty Alleviation & Social Protection

Labor Relations & Employment


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SELECTED CLIENTS:

ACTI

CARICOM Secretariat

DBJHEART TRUST/NTA

MLSS, MOT, MOE Gov. of Jamaica

MOE Gov. of St. Kitts, Antigua and Barbuda

UNICEF Regional

UNICEF Barbados


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OUR PRESENCE:

UWI Consulting has hundreds of “Affiliates” situated across all fourcampuses of UWI: Cave Hill, Mona, St.

Augustine and the Open Campus.


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2009

Member Populn. Member Populn.

Jamaica 2,719,000 Antigua & Barbuda 69,481

Trinidad & Tobago 1,339,000 Bermuda 64,500

Belize 310,520 Cayman Islands 53,172

Bahamas 304,837 St Kitts & Nevis 38,756

Barbados 275,330 British Virgin Islands 19,100

St Lucia 168,178 Turks & Caicos Islands 18,122

St Vincent & theGrenadines

110,000 Anguilla 14,254

Grenada 102,632 Montserrat 9,341

Dominica 69,625

Total: 5,685,848


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OUR CAPACITY:

OUR FACULTY & STAFF

OUR ALUMNI

OUR DIASPORAOTHER NON-UWI EXPERTS

WORLDWIDE


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OUR CAPACITY:

In addition to our registered “Affiliates”we draw on:

The Institutes, Units, Departments &Centers across the UWI campuses

The School of Education, the SocialWork Unit in the Faculty of SocialSciences, etc.

SALISES across campuses


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OUR CAPACITY:

The Business Development Offices, St. Augustine; Mona; Cave Hill.

Management Studies Department,Mona.

Mona GeoInformatix;

The Biochem/Biotech Department,Mona;


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SOME KEY EXPERTS

AARON PARKE LEGAL ADVISOR/ TRADE SPECIALIST

MERVIN CHISHOLM CURRICULUM SPECIALIST

ANCILLA ARMSTRONG EDUCATION REFORM; MONITORING & EVALUATION

DISRAELI HUTTON EDUCATIONAL SPECIALIST

ZELLYNNE JENNINGS-CRAIG EDUCATIONAL SPECIALIST

PAULETTE DALEY ICT SPECIALIST

JOSEPH JOHNSON AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIST/ TRADE SPECIALIST

DENISE GASPARD RICHARDS SOCIAL POLICY

CLAUDETTE WILLIAMS LINGUISTICS

DENZIL WILLIAMS INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS EXPERT

RANJIT SINGH AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIST

NORMA MACFARLANE BIOCHEMIST

WAYNE MCLAUGHLIN BIOTECHNOLOGY

JULIE MEEKS CHILD DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST

ABDUL ABDULKADRI ECONOMIST NATHAN RICHARDS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIST

HUNTLEY MANHERTZ ECONOMIST

KEVIN MORRISON FINANCIAL ANALYST/ GEOINFORMATICS

ELIZABETH THOMAS-HOPE ENVIRONMENTALIST


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PRESENTATION GUIDE

WHO IS UWI CONSULTING?

WHAT ARE THE PERCEIVED THEMATICPRIORITIES OF TVET?

WHAT HAS UWI CONSULTING DONE FOR TVET FUTURE PARTNERSHIP WITH UWI CONSULTING?

QUO VADEMUS?


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TVET’S THEMATICPRIORITIES

To stimulate employment through the provision ofeducation and training which responds to the demand ofthe labour market

To encourage active dialogue between social partners.

To position itself within the framework of theGovernment’s overall education system reform, and

To be a key part of the support to the Education andEconomic Development Sector

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TVET’S BEST PRACTICES (From TVET Best Practice Clearinghouse)

A best practice is a technique, method, process, activity,incentive or reward that is believed to be more effectiveat delivering a particular outcome than any othertechnique, method or process.

A best practice provides valuable and viable lessons andresources to learn from.

A best practice in one country may not necessarily be abest practice in another country – hence the term: “EFFECTIVE PRACTICES”.


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TVET’S BEST PRACTICES

EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION

To harness, document and evaluate practices that are in

place in their country, To share their expertise and knowledge on What Works

in TVET with the global TVET community, and

To provide TVET practitioners in other countries or

contexts with information on how their best practice canbe reproduced.


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THE CAMBODIA EXPERIENCE

Faced with the closing of high-employee garment factories,Cambodia, through the intervention of consultants:

Responded quickly with an effective decentralizedretraining strategy for unemployment,

Set up the special training fund, including providingMicrocredit

Starting in late May 2009, retrained and gave newopportunities to over 10,000 unemployed and dislocatedworkers


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THE CAMBODIA EXPERIENCE

THE STRATEGY

Develop a rapid response training model to respond toemployment crisis

Since 2005, learn how to mobilize local skill trainingresources to respond to local needs.

Improve labour market information

THE BENEFIT Postponed industrial and enterprise closing

Create Jobs and export manpower


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TVET’S CHALLENGES

QUALITY TVET – WHO PAYS?

(Roland Dubois and Koontee Balgobin -

Industrial and Vocational Training Board, Mauritius )

Quality TVET is very expensive.

Quality TVET needs a relatively low trainee/trainer ratio,workshops of reputable standards, regular investment in

new equipment, and the maintenance and repair ofexisting equipment.

Quality TVET requires competitive salaries to attractsuitably qualified teaching staff.


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PRESENTATION GUIDE


WHAT ARE THE PERCEIVED THEMATIC PRIORITIES OFTVET?

WHAT HAS UWI CONSULTING DONE FOR TVET?

FUTURE PARTNERSHIP WITH UWI CONSULTING?QUO VADEMUS?


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WORKING WITH ACTI

UWI Consulting has worked with ACTI (The Associationof Caribbean Tertiary Institutions) to develop and re-design associate degrees for the Project Harmonizationand Articulation of Associate Degree Programmes to be

offered by Regional National/Community Colleges inEnglish speaking territories of the Caribbean SingleMarket and Economy (CSME).

The harmonized curricula afforded students at

Community Colleges in the region the option tomatriculate into the 2nd year of a 3-year programme atUniversities. This is a 2 plus 2 scenario. The subjectstargeted were ICT, Modern Languages, and Auto

Mechanic.


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WORKING WITHHEART TRUST/NTA

UWI Consulting contributed to the enhancement ofTVET’s goal when it was contracted by HEART TRUSTNTA to investigate: “Transition Strategies for

Displaced Workers in the Banana Industry–

Alivelihood Approach “

UWI Consulting used investigative findings to identifyalternative occupation for displaced banana workers, as

well as to design a policy towards rehabilitation of skilledworkers resulting from the retrenchment of thesebanana workers.


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WORKING WITH CDF

UWI Consulting was contracted by the CARICOMDevelopment Fund (CDF) to produce manuals for CARICOMSmall and Medium-sized Enterprises. The three manualsprepared were entitled:

1. Mobilizing Financial Technical Assistance fromNon-Traditional Development Partners

2. Legal and Administrative Requirements andQuality Guidelines for Agricultural and Food

Exports to More Developed CARICOM Countries3. Maintaining Agile Businesses - Identifying and Using

Opportunities for Success


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PRESENTATION GUIDE


WHAT ARE THE PERCEIVED THEMATIC PRIORITIES OFTVET

WHAT HAS UWI CONSULTING DONE FOR TVET

FUTURE PARTNERSHIP WITH UWICONSULTING? QUO VADEMUS?


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LOOKING TO THE FUTURE(UWIC & TVET: COMMON GOALS )

UNSKILLED POOR - REHABILITATION

SKILLED POOR – PREPARE FOR EMPLOYMENT

NEW ENTREPRENEURS – INFORM AND DIRECT INCUBATORS – TRAIN AND GUIDE

MICRO, SMALL & MEDIUM-SIZED ENTITIES – MANUALS FOR SUCCESS

LARGE BUSINESS – FUNDING FOR TVET (?)


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CAN WE DO IT? YES, WE CAN!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!!

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