VVOB – education for development
s e c n e t e p m Our core co Technical assistance We provide technical assistance to our partners in the education sector. Medium and longer term assistance is given by our teams, consisting of local and expatriate experts. These education and development experts are professionally experienced and socially committed specialists who engage mainly in training, coaching, facilitating and planning tasks. The teams are supported by partnerships with local and Flemish institutions offering short-term expertise in the field of education and development.
Capacity building We focus on institutional capacity building of our strategic and operational partners. It strengthens their ability to use resources effectively and efficiently in order to achieve their goals. Our actions are aligned with the policy plans and the needs of the direct and indirect target groups in our partner countries. We increasingly focus on initiating, guiding and facilitating processes of change and institutional strengthening, based on ownership and partnership.
Bridging between macro, meso and micro level We refer to ‘macro’, ‘meso’ and ‘micro’ as the levels of policy and institutions that govern and influence the quality of education. Since our organisation’s size and mandate allow for collaboration both with governmental and non-governmental institutions, our interventions mainly focus on the meso level (sub-sector level partnerships, such as with teacher trainer institutions, and/or focus on the provincial level, etc.). From this position we are able to reconcile the macro level policies with the needs and circumstances at the micro level, where implementation takes place. The alignment with local policies and the harmonisation with other donors through partnerships, safeguards the relevance of our interventions.
Micro
Level of implementation (e.g. primary and
Meso
Sub-sector level and regional level (e.g. prov incial departments of the Ministry of Education, teacher training institutions)
Macro
National policy level (e.g. Ministry of Educ
secondary schools)
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l Assistance (VVOB) was The Flemish Association for Development Cooperation and Technica mes in the educaprogram ent developm nts impleme that ion organisat t founded in 1982 as a non-profi objective: “to contribute to overall its reflects ent” Developm for n “Educatio motto VVOB’s tion sector. for all”. The organisation’s main poverty reduction and to a fairer world with increased opportunities of education and training ness effective and y aim is “to sustainably improve the quality, efficienc in developing countries”.
al partnerships in ten counVVOB is currently active and has well established strategic and operation e, Vietnam, Zambia Surinam Africa, tries: Cambodia, DR Congo, Ecuador, Kenya, Rwanda, South between € 700,000 varies me program country each for and Zimbabwe. The annual budget of VVOB is based in Brusoffice head The e. worldwid s associate 130 than more and € 1,100,000. VVOB employs sels, with local offices in ten countries. rnmental organisations, VVOB cooperates in a variety of ways with other governmental and non-gove both national and international: Department of Education; zz key Belgian government agencies, including DGD, BTC and the Flemish South Africa, Suriname, zz the governments of Cambodia, DR Congo, Ecuador, Kenya, Rwanda, Vietnam, Zambia and Zimbabwe; teacher training instituzz regional and local education authorities, such as pedagogical services, ns; institutio tions and quality support IRC, JICA and ADB. zz and international development agencies, such as UNICEF, UNESCO, In Flanders, VVOB runs a programme on linking Flemish schools and (www.scholenbanden.be/english).
Contact
schools in developing countries
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