Apart from the specific objective of facilitating the formulation of national TVET-policy frameworks and the setting up of TVET-apex agencies as described above, the workshop also pursued the following aims:

• To promote processes that enhance national technical and vocational education and training systems and reflect social and marketplace needs.
• To share national, regional and international good practices related to sustainable mechanisms for employment promotion in the Caribbean.
• To promote awareness of comprehensive and coherent TVET-policies that directly reflect national and regional employment needs.
• To assist each participating country to draft a national training policy framework that increases the relevance and effectiveness of national and regional learning and skills systems.

Outputs of workshop activities focused on participating countries for facilitating both the formulation and the implementation of national policy frameworks. This aspiration will be the result of the following actions for follow-up:

• Utilisation of global best practices in the context of the Caribbean.
• Establishment of policy strategies that strengthen partnerships with the private sector and appropriate community and regional stakeholders.
• Identification of follow-up advisory assistance to participants based on actions initiated in the workshop.
• Formulation of a draft national TVET-policy by each participating country.

Futher information: ILO Caribbean Office