Week of Skills Opened with the International TVET Conference
By the organization of Millennium Challenge Account-Georgia’s Industry-led Skills and Workforce Development Project (ISWD) a Week of Skills was launched. The Week has opened with the International TVET conference Invest in Human Capital.
The Conference was attended by the deputy vice-president of MCC, Lona Stoll; Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Georgia, Mikheil Batiashvili; Charge d’affaires of the U.S. Embassy, Elizabeth Rood and the Chairman of the Education, Science and Culture Committee of the Parliament of Georgia,Mariam Jashias well as the representatives of private and education sector.
According to the CEO of MCA-Georgia, Magda Magradze, the Week of skills aims to introduce 51 new vocational education programs to the public, by organizing Open Days in major cities of Georgia. “Our aim is to demonstrate why vocational education is our priority and a matter of high importance” – noted Ms. Magradze.
“The development of TVETeducation is our priority, and the active support of Millennium Challenge Account-Georgia and U.S.Governmentneeds to be admitted” – noted Mr. Batiashvili.
The Chief Learning Officer of British Airways, Nigel Jeremy and the Director of Global Education SalesProgram at Intel Corporation, Brian Gonzales were among the speakers of the conference. The speakers shared diverse experience of their companies and spoke about the importance of investing in human capital, training, and development of new staff members and cooperation with the education sector.
The Week of Skill will last until 9th of November. During the week, guests will have an opportunity to attend Open Days held at ten TVETcenters that were funded within the framework of the ISWD Project. On Friday, the Week of Skills will be concluded with the National TVET Award Ceremony.
Industry-led Skills and Workforce Development Project is a $16 project ofMillennium Challenge Account-Georgia, financed by the Millennium Challenge Corporation, within the framework of $140 million Compact between the U.S. and Georgian Governments.