Yemen, DED discuss technical cooperation aspects

SANA'A, Aug.19 (Saba) - Yemen and
the German Development Service (DED)discussed here on Wednesday the technical
cooperation
aspects and ways of enhancing them.

The meeting, held by Deputy Minister of Technical Education and Vocational Training
Alawi ba-Faqih and DED delegation head, Regional Director for Central Asia Andreas
Schneider,
discussed the study which has been prepared and implemented by DED.
The study focused on activating the follow-up system for graduates of the technical
and vocational institutes as well as benefiting from experiences of some
neighboring
countries in this field.
The aim of the study is to measure advantages of the graduates of these institutes
as well as the adequacy of the curricula and trainees to meet the needs of local
and regional
labor market.
The two sides also agreed on several issues which DED will provide to support the
areas of technical and vocational education throughout the country's provinces,
topped
by developing the institute to train trainees in Aden, in addition to improving the
training program for the technical and vocational institutes.
They also discussed the possibility of the participation of Deputy Minister in the
training and developing the technical and vocational education conference which
will be
organized by the German institute Capacity Building International "InWent" in October.
FJ/AM