1. Title: Innovating Vietnam’s TVET system for sustainable growth (VIETSKILL)
2. Coordinator: Professor Ari Kokko, Copenhagen Business School
3. Duration: 10/2020 - 10/2022
4. Budget: Total: 4.999.992 DKK
- Copenhagen Business School: 3.680.904 DKK
- Nha Trang University: 1.319.088 DKK
5. Participating institutions
- Responsible institution: Copenhagen Business School
- Implementation: Nha Trang University
6. Outcomes:
a) Longterm Objective: The overall objective of VIETSKILL is to strengthen and upgrade Vietnam’s TVET system to help it meet the requirements of the country’s labor market in the next stage of industryalization.
b) Short-term Objective:
- To understand the medium- term skill upgrading requirements in foreign MNEs in selected GVCs in Vietnam
- T o examine the current state of development in Vietnam’s TVET programs, to identify public investment priorities,
- To design strategies to strengthen the TVET system. I
- To help Vietnam’s TVET programs deliver the skills and capabilities needed to raise domestic value-added and local participation in GVCs
The Project plan is provided in the Workplan table below. All three work packages will run in parallel, although the ambition is that preliminary versions of the deliverables from WP1 will be available for the research team as early as possible (since some of the findings will be used as inputs for WP2 and WP3). In particular, the initial work on literature reviews, methodology, and stakeholder interviews will be coordinated and involve all project participants, in order to provide a common theoretical and empirical base for the research team. To facilitate this coordination, a kick-off workshop for all team members will be arranged in Vietnam.
Team members based in both Denmark and Vietnam will participate in all work packages, with joint responsibility for carrying out research and preparing deliverables. This also facilitates the coordination of project activities. A mid-term workshop will be arranged in Copenhagen after approximately two-thirds of the project period. The purpose is to compare findings, provide feedback to all participants, and to carry out an internal quality review of draft manuscripts and reports. Some resources will be reserved for additional stakeholder interviews and data collection in case the review identifies areas where further primary information is needed.
Two major seminars at the end of the project period, in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, will provide opportunities to bring together all stakeholders and partners for discussing the research findings and proposed partnership models. Apart from disseminating the research findings, these seminars will also provide opportunities for establishing collaborations and networks among stakeholders and partners for the implementation of training programs, to be carried out in second phase of the project or independently.
Since the aim of the project is to disseminate our research findings as widely as possible, including publishing at least three articles in academic journals, we also plan to present our work at relevant conferences in Asia and Europe. We will make a particular effort to facilitate Vietnamese participation in international conferences.
Workplan table
Work package
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Activities/ Deliverables
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Participation
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Person- Month
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Start- End Month
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Summary of WP Plans: manpower requirements
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WP1
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Skill requirements for
GVC upgrading
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A. Aggarwal (CBS) & T.T. Tran (NCIF) as leads, and other participants
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22
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M1-M24
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WP2
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TVET system in Vietnam: assessment and reform requirements
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Tam Thanh Nguyen (CBS)
& Ngan Nguyen (NTU) as leads, and other participants
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40
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M1-M24
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WP3
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TVET Partnerships for the next stage of industrialization
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Thong Tien Nguyen (CBS)
& Nguyen Lan Phuong (NTTU) as leads, and other participants
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32
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M1-M24
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Detailed WP Plans: steps and manpower requirements
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WP1,2,3
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Literature review and methodology
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All participants
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6
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M1-M6
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WP1,2,3
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Kick-off workshop, Vietnam
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All participants
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n.a.
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M1-M2
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WP1,2,3
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Stakeholder interviews and data collection
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All participants
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12
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M4-M10
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WP1
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D1.1. Policy report: Upgrading trajectories and skill requirements of GVC firms
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WP1 participants
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8
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M11-M18
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D1.2. Manuscript: Forecasting GVC upgrading trajectories
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WP1 participants
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5
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M15-M24
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D1.3. Manuscript: Vietnam’s GVC participation and skill upgrading
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WP1 participants
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5
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M15-M24
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WP2
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D2.1. Policy report- Vietnam’s TVET system assessment;
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WP2 participants
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14
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M11-M18
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D2.2. Manuscript: International TVET system development: insights and lessons for Vietnam;
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WP2 participants
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18
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M15-M24
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WP3
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D3.1. Identifying partnership models for skill development
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WP3 participants
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10
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M14-M20
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D3.2. Cost-benefit analysis of proposed partnership models;
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WP3 participants
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6
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M16-M22
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D3.3. Policy report: Opportunities and challenges for TVET in Vietnam.
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WP3 participants
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10
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M18-M24
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WP1,2,3
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Mid-term workshop / internal review – in Copenhagen
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All participants
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n.a.
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M18-M19
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WP1,2,3
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Seminar 1: oppor- tunities and challenges for TVET in Vietnam - in Hanoi
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All participants & Stakeholders
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n.a.
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M21-M22
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Seminar 2: oppor- tunities and challenges for TVET in Vietnam - in Ho Chi Minh City
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All participants & Stakeholders.
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n.a.
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M21-M22
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WP1,2,3
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Presentation of manu- scripts and policy reports at international conferences
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Selected participants
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n.a.
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M23-M24
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