Goal To achieve systemic changes in the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system that will enable women and men including disadvantaged groups to get access to increased employment and self-employment and to perform at higher productivity levels. Target groups The primary target group includes the learners, job seekers and workers. Besides them, employers and small businesses, training providers (non-formal TVET sector), training companies (on-the-job training, apprenticeship), and the staff of the emerging NVQA themselves are the secondary beneficiaries. Budget CHF 4.736 million Geographic focus Counrty-wide Implementing agency Swisscontact Time Frame 01.09.2015 - 15.07.2019 Summary In Nepal, 500’000 youths enter the labour market yearly but remain un- or underemployed. The project will support the Ministry of Education to establish a National Vocational Qualifications Framework and a corresponding NVQ Authority to manage it. Learners and workers, especially from disadvantaged groups, will benefit from an improved vocational training qualification and skills certification system, thus increasing their chances for sustainable and decent employment. Outcomes expected • National Skills Testing Board (NSTB) successfully manages the emerging Vocational Qualifications Frameworks (VQF) and is prepared for its transformation into a NVQA. • Nepalese youths, especially from the disadvantaged groups, are better employable in the labour market or in self-employment. MANY YOUTH WORK AS UNSKILLED LABOURERS, REMAIN UN OR UNDER EMPLOYED OR CHOOSE TO MIGRATE DUE TO ABSENCE OF FORMAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING. Nepal Vocational Qualifications System (NVQS)