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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

 

Activities/ Deliverables

 

Participation

 

Person- Month

Start- End Month

Summary of WP Plans: manpower requirements

WP1

Skill requirements for

GVC upgrading

A. Aggarwal (CBS) & T.T. Tran (NCIF) as leads, and other participants

22

M1-M24

WP2

TVET system in Vietnam: assessment and reform requirements

Tam Thanh Nguyen (CBS)

& Ngan Nguyen (NTU) as leads, and other participants

40

M1-M24

WP3

TVET Partnerships for the next stage of industrialization

Thong Tien Nguyen (CBS)

& Nguyen Lan Phuong (NTTU) as leads, and other participants

32

M1-M24

Detailed WP Plans: steps and manpower requirements

WP1,2,3

Literature review and methodology

All participants

6

M1-M6

WP1,2,3

Kick-off workshop, Vietnam

All participants

n.a.

M1-M2

WP1,2,3

Stakeholder interviews and data collection

All participants

12

M4-M10

WP1

D1.1. Policy report: Upgrading trajectories and skill requirements of GVC firms

WP1 participants

8

M11-M18

D1.2. Manuscript: Forecasting GVC upgrading trajectories

WP1 participants

5

M15-M24

D1.3. Manuscript: Vietnam’s GVC participation and skill upgrading

WP1 participants

5

M15-M24

WP2

D2.1. Policy report- Vietnam’s TVET system assessment;

WP2 participants

14

M11-M18

D2.2. Manuscript: International TVET system development: insights and lessons for Vietnam;

WP2 participants

18

M15-M24

WP3

D3.1. Identifying partnership models for skill development

WP3 participants

10

M14-M20

 

 

 

D3.2. Cost-benefit analysis of proposed partnership models;

WP3 participants

6

M16-M22

D3.3. Policy report: Opportunities and challenges for TVET in Vietnam.

WP3 participants

10

M18-M24

WP1,2,3

Mid-term workshop / internal review – in Copenhagen

All participants

n.a.

M18-M19

WP1,2,3

Seminar 1: oppor- tunities and challenges for TVET in Vietnam - in Hanoi

All participants & Stakeholders

n.a.

M21-M22

Seminar 2: oppor- tunities and challenges for TVET in Vietnam - in Ho Chi Minh City

All participants & Stakeholders.

n.a.

M21-M22

WP1,2,3

Presentation of manu- scripts and policy reports at international conferences

Selected participants

n.a.

M23-M24

 

Video

Workshop on future labor skills for the Electrical-Electronics and Food Chemistry industries:

Partners

Directorate of Vocational Education and TrainingDirectorate of Vocational Education and Training

Directorate of Vocational Education and Training

Sub-contractors
National Center for Socio-Economic Information and ForecastNational Center for Socio-Economic Information and Forecast

National Center for Socio-Economic Information and Forecast

Sub-contractors
Nguyen Tat Thanh UniversityNguyen Tat Thanh University

Nguyen Tat Thanh University

Sub-contractors
Nha trang UniversityNha trang University

Nha trang University

Main partner