Facts
Project period: 1 December 2023 – 30 November 2026 (3 years),
Project Number: 101129181 – STRIPES,
Programme: ERASMUS+, Partnerships for cooperation and exchanges of practices,
Project Coordinator: STICHTING VU, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Challenge & Motivation
In Lebanon, communities are affected by humanitarian, economic, and governmental crises that threaten their livelihoods. Unemployment numbers are high and increasing, particularly among young people. Technical and Vocational Education and Training (T-VET) can make a meaningful contribution to socio-economic development in the country by providing urgently needed, relevant skills for the labour market.
Ambition
By establishing STRIPES Centers, the project aims to enhance T-VET’s capacity in Lebanon to develop and implement work-based learning programmes linking skilled graduates to the labour market.
Specifically, the STRIPES project aims to build the capacity of two T-VET providers in Lebanon (CIS College and INMAA) to advance in the field of demand-oriented and opportunity-driven education by improving their responsiveness to job market-relevant needs and skills. The project will also assist IRADA in upscaling its operations enabling clear insights into the needs of the labour market and transferring these into the T-VET system in Lebanon.
Expected impacts
The project provides tailor-made training, workshops, study visits, co-design activities, and training of trainers’ sessions to support the establishment of the STRIPES centres and to enable the centres to play an interface-like role between the T-VETs, its students (internships), graduates (employment), and the labour market. Ultimately, STRIPES aims to contribute to a positive image of T-VET education among students as well as stakeholders in Lebanon and worldwide.
Objectives
Develop the institutional context and organisational capacity needed for the STRIPES T-VET centres to thrive.
Strengthen the operational capacity of the STRIPES centres by delivering training on employability skills; training on anticipatory systems for the T-VET institutions to develop future labour market responsive curriculum; and training on recruitment, internship coordination, mentoring and coaching.
Establish two physical STRIPES centres in Lebanon and install the tools necessary for inclusive digitisation.
Provide training to digitise courses and to create an online STRIPES platform that links T-VET graduates to the labour market with the intention to scale.
Work packages
WP1: Inception, Project Management, Monitoring & Evaluation
The WP1 leads the overall project flow connecting the inception phase with the other WPs.
WP2: Institutional Capacity Development of STRIPES Centres
The WP2 strengthens the institutional capacity of the STRIPES centres and delivers training at the organisational and individual levels.
WP3: Operational Capacity Development of STRIPE Centres
The WP3 provides responsive interventions to match the labour market needs, enrich T-VET education with the necessary skills to enter the job market, and link graduates to the labour market.
WP4: Developing STRIPES Centres Physical Space
The WP4 aims to establish the STRIPES centres at the CIS College in Beirut and INMAA in Beqaa.
WP5: Digitization of STRIPES Centres Services
The WP5 develops a digital platform serving as a link between the labour market and the T-VET students and graduates, together with digital/online content to make education more inclusive for students.
WP6: Communication and Dissemination
The WP6 aims to inform, promote, and communicate project activities and results to external stakeholders and target groups.