Section 3 - Regional Coordination

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Regional Strategy for Technical and Vocational Education and Training

Caribbean Community Secretariat Competency - based Curriculum Design
TVET Council, Barbados - Ministry of Labour and Social Security,
Barbados, 19 to 23 November 2001

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Section 3 Regional Coordination

Major Action: Appoint a Regional Advisory Committee

At the international level:
In many instances international overseas and government agencies operate independently of each other and often in apparent conflict. This lack of coordination brings its own problems.

At the regional level:
It often happens that through ignorance or lack of communication there are coordination problems which lead to misunderstanding and confusion.

CARICOM Survey P.130

Rationale

The implementation of this Regional Strategy for TVET involves certain activities which could be effectively coordinated at a regional level. For example, regional mechanisms for teacher training and for certification, accreditation and validation activities are necessary. A Regional Advisory Committee will oversee the implementation of the Strategy and will appoint sub-committees as may be necessary for the various aspects of the Strategy being coordinated at a regional level.

Composition

The Regional Advisory Committee will have representatives from:

-National Training Agencies
-TVET Institutions (Secondary and Tertiary level Institutions)
-University of the West Indies
-University of Guyana
-College of Arts, Science and Technology (CAS1) -National Institute of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology
-Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Secretariat -CARlCOM Secretariat
-Business and Professional Groups -Caribbean Congress of Labour
-Caribbean Examination Council
-Caribbean Association for Technical and Vocational Education and Training.

The CARICOM Secretariat will act as the Secretariat for this Committee.

Functions

Through the appointment of sub-committees as may be necessary for specific tasks, the Regional Advisory Committee will monitor, advise and co-ordinate activities, examples of which are as follows:

-Regional programme articulation, certification, accreditation and validation
-Assessment of regional training needs
-Regional representation for procurement of resources for activities in TVET
-Procurement, allocation and use of resources -Feasibility studies
-Referencing of projects undertaken by external agencies
-Dissemination of information
-Development and strengthening of teacher education programmes.
-Development of public awareness programmes.

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