Addressing ICT Skills Gap and Shortage in Burundi
The presentation discusses the ICT skills gap in Burundi, highlighting evidence of skills mismatch and shortage in various departments. It explores the impact on competitiveness and provides recommendations. Insights are shared on staff skill rankings, job vacancies, causes of vacancies, and difficulties in filling positions. The need for new employees in the ICT sector is emphasized.
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ITP 2023 Project proposal formats and guidelines Information session 30/03/22
Agenda FYP2 ambitions what s new Intro to ITP 2023 New format for the ITP project proposals Questions, clarifications & feedback
FYP2 ambitions and what s new?
FYP2 ambitions Higher education & science as levers for sustainable development and the realisation of Agenda 2030 3 priorities Connect 4 change - Cooperation among and beyond academic actors Valorisation - Scientific nd societal impact Collective learning - Data, lessons learned, sharing tips & tricks, platform
ITP: Whats new? ITP s => projects: focus on capacity building of professionals through short-term training Trainees becoming agents of change Their professional context as driver of change Pre-training trajectory and followed by a post-training trajectory Duration of 3 years max Several editions, min. 8 scholars for each edition Integration of Global Citizenship Where & how: no fixed format Max global budget per ITP: 150.000 (training(s)+scholars)
Timeline ITP 2023 ITP - Proposals 28 March 2022 Launch Call 4 July 2022 Deadline submission 1stweek of September 2022 Assessment Commission meeting End of September 2022 Ratification of Assessment September December 2022 Preparing contracts/start 1 January 2023 Start ITP 2023 7
Whats new? 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development New Theory of change (VLIR-UOS and per outcome) Integration of transversal themes (environment, gender) and other priority themes Country strategy approach SDG centred approach SDG Principles: Leaving No One Behind (LNOB) Multistakeholder partnerships Interconnectedness
VLIR-UOS Revised Theory of Change 1 goal 3 impact areas 6 strategic goals JSF HES4SD 6 VLIR-UOS outcomes along 2 axes: Individuals as agents of change HEIs as driver of change 6 project change domains
Target groups Define target groups Define recruitment strategy Define selection procedure
Points of attention Target groups: professionals A 40-60% balance between male and female No age limitations for participants Reasonable cross-section of trainees from different countries and regions Attention for vulnerable groups Leave no one behind principle, we want to give as many new applicants as possible a chance to receive a scholarship
Eligibility of countries 17 project partner countries: Africa: Benin, Burundi, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Morocco, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda South Africa, Latin America: Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Peru Asia: Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam
Eligibility of scholars Scholarship candidates have to be a national and resident of one of the VLIR- UOS scholarship countries. OR an employee of a target organisation (HEI, NGO, SME, ) in one of the 17 VLIR-UOS partner countries (candidates exceptionally can have a different nationality, but this should be a minority) VLIR-UOS scholarship country list 2022-2027 (29): Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroun, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe Asia: Cambodia, Indonesia, Palestine, Philippines, Vietnam Latin America: Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Haiti, Nicaragua, Peru
Questions? Feedback? Concerns?
FYP2: 2022-2026 Connect4Change : New formats and guidelines Taking into account the new SDG framework (sustainable development context, Theory of Change per Outcome, SDG principles) Revised theory of change 2030 & SDG principles Formats and guidelines: standardisation, simplification, digitization via a new modular approach o Less text, documents, annexes o Online environment o Working documents (word/excel) o Avoiding duplication Scholarship & financial guidelines being updated aligned with Agenda for exchange/preparing
Support & guidance offered Formulation guidelines with background information on how to fill out the format & checklist for integrating SDG principles per module (based on SDGs as a compass toolkit) Online form connected to database / website for calls Formats (working doc): Excel template for Summary, Module 2, 3, 5, 7 Word template for narrative questions / outline for online inclusion of information Information package (under development) with slides summarizing essential info
Content: 8 modules + summary Format Pages of text 1: Context analysis 1 2: ToC and strategy 5,5 3: Organisation 0,5 4: Stakeholders and coherence 1,5 5: Planning & budgeting 0,5 (6: Risk management) - 7: Monitoring & reporting - 8: Learning and steering 0,5
Module 1 Context analysis 1. Sustainable development context 2. Individual and organisational capacity building context
Module 2 Developing a change narrative Narrative description of the change process / pathways and assumptions Here you can explain the content and the strategy of your ITP project. Develop a change narrative which serves as a compass for the project strategy. This narrative description of the change process should build further on the context analysis of Module 1 and should align itself on the VLIR-UOS ToC.
Module 2 Methodology and specific project strategies Key questions 1. Methodological approach: methodologies to realise changes, indicate what is creative and innovative (incl innovative pedagogic methods and approaches),target group definition, recruitment strategy, selection procedure, scholarship policy 2. Project priorities in terms of the transversal themes gender, environment, global citizenship in the project strategy
Module 3 Organisation 1. Who is involved? 2. How is the project structured/organised?
Module 4 Stakeholders 1. Identification, management & engagement strategy 2. Coherence: internal & external ESSENCE Describe and analyse the internal and external stakeholders that will be involved in or will benefit from the project. How will they be involved and their interest/influence.
Module 4 Coherence Key questions What synergies or complementarities are foreseen with 1) External: Projects/academic programmes/networks with external funding? (cfr questions/proposals from ANGs!) The local/regional context? 2) Internal: with other VLIR-UOS funded projects / activities in line with the needs of (in)direct beneficiaries and local partners priorities? Max. 1 page
Module 7 Monitoring & reporting Standard indicators
Module 5 Planning and budgeting ESSENCE Word: Elaborate a narrative on your budget. Motivate the requested total amount. Elaborate on how much will be spent on the different activities and why you choose this repartition. Excel:
Financial framework Budget: max. budget is 150.000 EUR Implementation period: max. implementation period is 3 years. Project budget divided in budgets per activity year Activity year: 12-month period (1 Sept year X to 31 August year x+1 ) Date related expenses (e.g. mission related expenses, subscription costs, scholarship costs, etc.) need to be accounted for in the respective activity year Justification needed: these expenses must be accounted for individually with receipts, invoices, bank transactions and / or other supporting documents 31
Financial framework Overall project budget and detailed budget per activity year. Rules in terms of roll-over of budget between activity years are to be defined flexibility Budget lines: A. Investment costs B. Operational costs C. Personnel costs D. Scholarship costs E 1. Coordination costs Flemish HEI 32
Budget Format Budget lines A. Investment costs A.1. General: investment costs A.2. Vehicles A.3. ICT B. Operational costs B.1. General: goods & services B.2. Dissemination & uptake (events) B.3. ICT (operations and services) B.4. International mobility & subsistence B.5. Local mobility & subsistence C. Personnel costs ( indic. max. of XX%) C.1. Employment contracts C.2. Topping-up D. Scholarship costs D.1. Short term scholarship allowances in Belgium D.2. Study scholarship allowances in Belgium D.3. Research scholarship allowances in Belgium D.4. Short term scholarship allowances in partner country D.5. Study scholarship allowances in partner country D.6. Research scholarship allowances in partner country Total A-D E. Coordination Costs E.1. In Belgium (lump sum 10% of the A-D total) E.2. Local coordination costs (lump sum 5% of the A-D total) 34
D - SCHOLARSHIP COSTS The general principle for a project/embedded scholarship is that it contributes to capacity building. Scholarship costs are costs linked to having trainees participate in a training either in Belgium or in the country/region of origin A new scholarship system is being developed An intake of minimum 8 scholarships per edition/training within the ITP. Short term allowance In case the ITP is organised in Belgium, the maximum stay (travel days included) of a (scholarship) participant in Belgium cannot exceed 90 days Duration: between 7 days and 3 months. 7 days and 14 days: based on a daily allowance 15 days 31 days: based on a standard monthly allowance > 1 month - 3 months: based on a standard monthly allowance (pro rata) 35
D - SCHOLARSHIP COSTS- Guidelines Short term scholarship (allowance) - Indirect travel costs : 200 EUR (lump sum) - Airline ticket - Insurance - Bench fee : 1.400 EUR (upon justification) : 2 EUR / day (upon justification) : 16 EUR / day (lump sum) The allowance is differentiated on the basis of the duration of the programme and stay with a maximum of 1500 EUR for 31 days/one month: - 7 days-14 days: daily allowance of 100 EUR - 15 days - 31 days: standard allowance of 1500 EUR (not pro rata!) - >31days 3 months: allowance based on monthly fee of 1500 EUR (pro rata). For stays longer than one month the allowance is calculated pro rata, by multiplying the total number of days by the allowance of 1500 EUR, and dividing this amount by 31 Extra costs possible (esp. for accommodation, indirect travel costs)
D - SCHOLARSHIP COSTS local Local Scholarships As a general principle local scholarships may be funded from the project budget but the amounts are to be in line with university and national guidelines Types of scholarships that can be identified: Short-term scholarships in the region 37
E - COORDINATION COSTS Coordination costs: The coordination costs are considered a lump sum amount in both budgeting and reporting, whereby the latter implies that, in principle, these expenses do not need to be accounted for by detailed supporting documents for individual expenses, since proof has been given by VLIR and accepted by DGD that the amount charged to DGD is in any case lower than real expenses at the level of the Flemish higher education institution. Budget Category E.2. Partner HEI is not available. 38
E - COORDINATION COSTS - Guidelines Calculation coordination costs The coordination costs are calculated as a percentage of the sum of categories A until D of the initially planned budget. The coordination costs can never exceed 10% of the initially planned budget The distribution of the coordination costs within subcategory E.1. Flemish HEI in case there are multiple partners is left to the parties involved 39
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