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Some of eligible voters in DR Congo have struggled to cast their ballots in the presidential elections.

TASR: Az ünnepek alatt, december 24-26-án, valamint január 1-jén és 6-án zárva lesznek a postafiókok – tájékoztatta a TASR-t Iveta Dorčáková, a posta szóvivője. Szilveszter napján szintén zárva lesz az összes postahivatal, mivel december 31-e vasárnapra esik. „A fiókok nyitvatartási idejéről a Szlovák Posta telefonos alkalmazásának segítségével, valamint a www.posta.sk oldalon lehet tájékozódni” – tette hozzá a szóvivő.

TASR: Juraj Blanár (Smer) külügyminiszter csütörtökön fogadta Igor Bratcsikovot, Oroszország szlovákiai nagykövetét. A külügyminisztérium kommunikációs osztálya arról tájékoztatta a TASR-t, hogy Blanár Szlovákia álláspontjáról informálta a nagykövetet az ukrajnai háborús konfliktus kapcsán, és hangsúlyozta, hogy Szlovákia a nemzetközi jog megsértésének tekinti a konfliktust.

TASR: A parlament jóváhagyta a 2024-es állami költségvetést. A tervezett költségvetési hiány a GDP 5,97 %-ára csökken, eléri a 7,84 milliárd eurót.

Orbán Viktor sajátos módon nem akadályozta meg Ukrajna csatlakozási eljárásának megkezdését. Milyen tartalékai vannak a háborús feleknek? Mit kívánjunk az ukránoknak és az oroszoknak karácsonyra? A csallóköznádasdi származású Sátor Balázs nemzetközi fejlesztési szakértővel beszélgettünk.

Legkevesebb tíz halálos áldozata és több mint harminc sebesültje van annak a lövöldözésnek, amely csütörtökön délután történt Prága belvárosában, a Károly Egyetem bölcsészkarának Ján Palach téri épületénél – közölte a prágai mentőszolgálat.

BBC Afrique vous raconte en images les temps forts du scrutin capturés par nos correspondants à Beni, Goma, Lumumbashi et Kinshasa.

La Pologne est le plus grand producteur et exportateur de volaille de l’UE, avec une production annuelle supérieure à 2,7 millions de tonnes et un […]

L’article La Pologne peut-elle exporter de la viande blanche vers l’Algérie ? est apparu en premier sur .

Des sénateurs français ont critiqué la position du gouvernement lors des négociations du règlement sur l'IA (AI Act), en particulier le manque de protection des droits d'auteur et l'influence d'un lobbyiste soupçonné de conflit d'intérêts, l'ancien secrétaire d'État au numérique : Cédric O.

In pursuit of employment opportunities and increased productivity, governments and donors have the highest ambitions for technical and vocational education and training (TVET) systems. Most prominently, TVET is expected to facilitate access to employment and a qualified workforce by offering its graduates skills that the labour market demands. Beyond its employment impacts, TVET supporters also anticipate that it will improve societal outcomes such as inclusion, gender equality and social cohesion.

Access to the labour market plays an essential role in allowing displaced populations to sustain their livelihoods and to foster socio-economic integration. Long-term displacement situations and a decline in resettlement opportunities have spurred the quest for local integration in countries of first asylum. It is in this context that TVET has gained additional salience in the past decade.

Does TVET live up to these promises? Overall, systematic empirical evidence on the impact of TVET is limited and often inconsistent. In terms of employment and income, evidence suggests that there is a small positive effect, but time plays an important factor. Often, impacts are only seen in the medium- to long-term, and in general, programmes tend to work better for the long-term unemployed. Evidence of societal effects is even more limited; there is a large gap of knowledge on the potential social cohesion impacts of TVET. Given the amount of funding and the high expectations found in the policy discourse, it is essential to better understand if and how TVET measures contribute to achieving their self-declared goals.

In this brief, we present the results of an accompanying research study of an inclusive TVET programme implemented by the German development cooperation organisation Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Ethiopia. In this programme, host and refugee participants are jointly trained, with the explicit goals of fostering social cohesion and improving employment opportunities.

The results indicate that while the social cohesion effect seems remarkable on several dimensions, the income and employment effect is at best weak and materialises only for specific groups of individuals. Qualitative and quantitative evidence supports the validity of the approach to achieve social cohesion. More than design or implementation problems, the lack of stronger employment effects appears to be driven by structural context conditions like limited labour market absorption capacity, legal work permission constraints, gender barriers and similar hindering factors.

We derive the following main recommendations from the analysis:

• TVET measures need a careful context analysis (including labour market capacities, legal work barriers) to ensure that the necessary conditions for TVET to succeed are in place. This is particularly relevant in terms of employment effects, which appear to be elusive.
• Inclusive TVET measures seem to be an effective tool to improve social cohesion. However, if social cohesion effects are valued not just as an “add-on” to employment effects but as primary goals, the question arises if alternative interventions might be more efficient. This question is particularly salient given the modest evidence regarding employment and income effects.
• The evidence base of the impact of (inclusive) TVET programmes needs to be expanded. Knowledge gaps that need to be closed include TVET’s impact on displaced populations, its potential societal effects, differential gender effects, and medium- to long-term employment and income effects.

In pursuit of employment opportunities and increased productivity, governments and donors have the highest ambitions for technical and vocational education and training (TVET) systems. Most prominently, TVET is expected to facilitate access to employment and a qualified workforce by offering its graduates skills that the labour market demands. Beyond its employment impacts, TVET supporters also anticipate that it will improve societal outcomes such as inclusion, gender equality and social cohesion.

Access to the labour market plays an essential role in allowing displaced populations to sustain their livelihoods and to foster socio-economic integration. Long-term displacement situations and a decline in resettlement opportunities have spurred the quest for local integration in countries of first asylum. It is in this context that TVET has gained additional salience in the past decade.

Does TVET live up to these promises? Overall, systematic empirical evidence on the impact of TVET is limited and often inconsistent. In terms of employment and income, evidence suggests that there is a small positive effect, but time plays an important factor. Often, impacts are only seen in the medium- to long-term, and in general, programmes tend to work better for the long-term unemployed. Evidence of societal effects is even more limited; there is a large gap of knowledge on the potential social cohesion impacts of TVET. Given the amount of funding and the high expectations found in the policy discourse, it is essential to better understand if and how TVET measures contribute to achieving their self-declared goals.

In this brief, we present the results of an accompanying research study of an inclusive TVET programme implemented by the German development cooperation organisation Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Ethiopia. In this programme, host and refugee participants are jointly trained, with the explicit goals of fostering social cohesion and improving employment opportunities.

The results indicate that while the social cohesion effect seems remarkable on several dimensions, the income and employment effect is at best weak and materialises only for specific groups of individuals. Qualitative and quantitative evidence supports the validity of the approach to achieve social cohesion. More than design or implementation problems, the lack of stronger employment effects appears to be driven by structural context conditions like limited labour market absorption capacity, legal work permission constraints, gender barriers and similar hindering factors.

We derive the following main recommendations from the analysis:

• TVET measures need a careful context analysis (including labour market capacities, legal work barriers) to ensure that the necessary conditions for TVET to succeed are in place. This is particularly relevant in terms of employment effects, which appear to be elusive.
• Inclusive TVET measures seem to be an effective tool to improve social cohesion. However, if social cohesion effects are valued not just as an “add-on” to employment effects but as primary goals, the question arises if alternative interventions might be more efficient. This question is particularly salient given the modest evidence regarding employment and income effects.
• The evidence base of the impact of (inclusive) TVET programmes needs to be expanded. Knowledge gaps that need to be closed include TVET’s impact on displaced populations, its potential societal effects, differential gender effects, and medium- to long-term employment and income effects.

In pursuit of employment opportunities and increased productivity, governments and donors have the highest ambitions for technical and vocational education and training (TVET) systems. Most prominently, TVET is expected to facilitate access to employment and a qualified workforce by offering its graduates skills that the labour market demands. Beyond its employment impacts, TVET supporters also anticipate that it will improve societal outcomes such as inclusion, gender equality and social cohesion.

Access to the labour market plays an essential role in allowing displaced populations to sustain their livelihoods and to foster socio-economic integration. Long-term displacement situations and a decline in resettlement opportunities have spurred the quest for local integration in countries of first asylum. It is in this context that TVET has gained additional salience in the past decade.

Does TVET live up to these promises? Overall, systematic empirical evidence on the impact of TVET is limited and often inconsistent. In terms of employment and income, evidence suggests that there is a small positive effect, but time plays an important factor. Often, impacts are only seen in the medium- to long-term, and in general, programmes tend to work better for the long-term unemployed. Evidence of societal effects is even more limited; there is a large gap of knowledge on the potential social cohesion impacts of TVET. Given the amount of funding and the high expectations found in the policy discourse, it is essential to better understand if and how TVET measures contribute to achieving their self-declared goals.

In this brief, we present the results of an accompanying research study of an inclusive TVET programme implemented by the German development cooperation organisation Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Ethiopia. In this programme, host and refugee participants are jointly trained, with the explicit goals of fostering social cohesion and improving employment opportunities.

The results indicate that while the social cohesion effect seems remarkable on several dimensions, the income and employment effect is at best weak and materialises only for specific groups of individuals. Qualitative and quantitative evidence supports the validity of the approach to achieve social cohesion. More than design or implementation problems, the lack of stronger employment effects appears to be driven by structural context conditions like limited labour market absorption capacity, legal work permission constraints, gender barriers and similar hindering factors.

We derive the following main recommendations from the analysis:

• TVET measures need a careful context analysis (including labour market capacities, legal work barriers) to ensure that the necessary conditions for TVET to succeed are in place. This is particularly relevant in terms of employment effects, which appear to be elusive.
• Inclusive TVET measures seem to be an effective tool to improve social cohesion. However, if social cohesion effects are valued not just as an “add-on” to employment effects but as primary goals, the question arises if alternative interventions might be more efficient. This question is particularly salient given the modest evidence regarding employment and income effects.
• The evidence base of the impact of (inclusive) TVET programmes needs to be expanded. Knowledge gaps that need to be closed include TVET’s impact on displaced populations, its potential societal effects, differential gender effects, and medium- to long-term employment and income effects.

La commission de l’arbitrage de la confédération africaine de football a communiqué la liste des arbitres retenus pour la CAN-2023. Le sifflet algérien sera présent […]

L’article CAN 2023 : 5 arbitres algériens retenus par la CAF est apparu en premier sur .

The nature of the implementation of the European Commission's controversial directive to limit foreign interference will be up to leaders of member states, Commission Vice-President Dubravka Šuica explained in an interview with Euractiv.

TASR: Anélkül fejeződött be a parlamentben a jövő évi költségvetési tervezet vitája, hogy az összes bejelentkezett képviselő elmondta volna a felszólalását. A parlament megszavazta a vita lezárását, a jelenlevő 79 képviselőből 78 támogatta a javaslatot.

Samsung Electronics Algérie et SINOVA s’unissent pour le Salon de la Production Algérienne: Samsung Electronics Algérie, en collaboration avec son partenaire SINOVA, participe au plus […]

L’article Le Made in Bladi par Samsung et SINOVA à la SAFEX est apparu en premier sur .

TASR: Csütörtökön egy perc csenddel emlékezett a szlovák a parlament a prágai Károly Egyetem bölcsészkarán történt lövöldözés áldozataira. Peter Pellegrini (Hlas) házelnök részvétét fejezte ki az áldozatok hozzátartozóinak. „Azt szeretnénk, ha soha többé nem történne semmi hasonló tájainkon, és sehol a világon” – mondta.

Council agrees its negotiating mandate for a regulation prolonging an interim measure to combat online child sexual abuse.

Council negotiators and the European Parliament provisionally agreed on an update of an EU law that deals with legal migration to the EU labour market.

Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/2792 of 11 December 2023 amending Decision (CFSP) 2023/1532 concerning restrictive measures in view of Iran’s military support to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.