The Seminar on “Sharing Experience and Output of the Project” Organized

On 26 December 2012, HaUI and the Project organized the project closing seminar on “Sharing Experience and Outputs with Other Educational and Training Institutions” on 26 December 2012. 52 people from 33 educational and training institutions participated in the seminar. Representatives from MOIT, GDVT, MOET, JICA, the Embassy of Japan, Japan Business Association Vietnam, Australian Chamber of Commerce, PENTAX Vietnam, Panasonic Vietnam, Toyota Vietnam, Canon Vietnam, and CNC Vina also participated in the event.

In the opening ceremony, Dr. Tran Duc Quy, Rector of HaUI said, “Through the Project, HaUI improved its management system and produced many good outputs in skill test development and employment support system. We will surely continue the various activities launched in the Project, and try to improve them further”.

Mr. Daiken Murakami, Chairman of Japan Business Association Vietnam (JBAV) said, “We highly appreciate the achievements through the project. They will help reducing the gap between supply and demand of skilled industrial human resources which remains as serious challenge for Vietnam’s industrialization. We hope that more educational and training institutions will replicate what the HaUI-JICA project has done.” Mr. Motonori Tsuno, Chief Representative of JICA Vietnam stated, “After two technical assistance projects with JICA, we are proud that HaUI is now acknowledged as a vocational training institution which can provide vocational training at Japanese standards and receive high evaluation from government agencies, other vocational training institutions and industry”.

In the plenary session, Mr. Ha Xuan Quang, Vice Rector presented the overview of main outputs and key activities of Project. Mr. Inagawa explained the training process management system, which is the core of the Project.

After the plenary session, participants joined six breakout sessions: (i) organization of industry needs survey; (ii) development of short-term course: experience from machinery maintenance course; (iii) implementation of win-win internship programs; (iv) development of employment support system; (v) implementation of 5S in schools; and (vi) implementation of pilot skill test. Project working group members presented those key outputs of projects, showing reports, guidebooks, procedures and other publications produced in the project.

In the wrap-up session, presenters and moderators briefly reported the summary of sessions. Mr. Quang facilitated discussion on some selected issues such as how to organize industry needs survey regularly, how to develop good curricula for short-term courses, how to trade employment situations of graduates, and so on.

In this seminar, participants obtained know-how to introduce the training process management, develop skill tests, and introduce employment support systems, while HaUI members reconfirmed what they gained through the project and what to improve in the future through interaction with participants. This would contribute to development of technical and vocational education and training programs in Vietnam in the long run.

Based on results of this seminar, HaUI will further promote the technology transfer to other vocational training institutions through the third-phase technical cooperation project with JICA, which plans to start in the middle of 2013.