The training course for the second group of coordinator teachers in VET institutions that are VET4JOB partners, within the framework of VET4JOB capacity building activities supported by the European Union Facility for Refugees in Turkey (FRIT) fund, was held in İzmir on 7 – 9 September 2021. VET4JOB is carried out in cooperation with the Ministry of National Education Directorate General of Vocational Education and Training and TESK, through implementation partnership of Expertise France and EDUSER, in 36 vocational training institutions in 12 provinces. The programme aims to is to improve sustainable livelihoods and employment prospects for Syrians and host communities, by supporting their skills development through apprenticeship and VET in line with labour market needs. Attended by coordinator teachers working in Ankara, Istanbul, Kahramanmaraş, Kayseri and Konya, the training course was carried out by expert trainers in areas such as “developments in apprenticeship training, developments in the apprentice training regulation, family cooperation in apprentice training, preparing presentations and presentation methods, teenager psychology and Generation Z, strengthening social cohesion, social inclusion in education, distance learning/ICT, innovative equipment use in apprenticeship training, introduction and use of VET Student Portfolio in Workplaces, methods for reaching and persuading the target group and individual meeting methods”. At the end of the training, participation certificates were presented to the coordinator teachers who attended the course.
