UNEVOC Center
Information
UNESCO-UNEVOC is a UNESCO center specializing in the field of Technical Vocational and Education Training (TVET) and is an integral part of UNESCO.
It works closely with the organization's headquarters in Bonn and carries out country-level activities in within UNESCO field offices and UNESCO institutes and centers. UNESCO-UNEVOC serves as the center of the UNEVOC Network. According to UNESCO resolution 31.4, UNESCO-UNEVOC's objectives are to assist UNESCO member States in developing their own TVET systems. The objectives are partly focused on achieving UNESCO's comprehensive goals in the field of vocational education and training, namely, the development of vocational education and training around the world. It renders support for Member States in developing strategies and methods related to education to expand professional competencies, increase employment and social responsibility, as well as to open access to high-quality and relevant educational programs.
UNESCO-UNEVOC provides various types of technical assistance:
- Establishing global and regional contacts;
- Support in strategy development and capacity building;
- Resource development and knowledge sharing.
UNESCO-UNEVOC is taking an active role in strengthening and updating the UNEVOC Network, in particular with regard to:
- Informative dialogue on the issues of strategy in the field of TVET;
- Stimulating international and regional cooperation in the field of TVET;
- Promotion of effective and innovative methods of work in the field of TVET;
- Enhanced south-south and north-south-South cooperation between the institutes of the TVET;
- Mobilizing expertise and resources;
- Promoting and strengthening partnerships with the multilateral participation of relevant agencies;
- Promoting the implementation of UNESCO's normative instruments and standards.
The UNEVOC Center at the University of Management "TISBI" has been operating since 2013. The opening of the UNEVOC Center for the Republic of Tatarstan at University of Management TISBI was announced at the UNESCO International Conference "Improving the mechanisms of interaction between Affiliated Schools, UNESCO Chairs and UNEVOC Centers in the interests of sustainable development: problems, projects, prospects." On September 12, 2013 Shamal Majumdar, Head of the UNESCO-UNEVOC International Office signed the letter confirming the inclusion of TISBI in the UNEVOC network.
Management
UNESCO provides its services to UNESCO member countries using its worldwide network of specialized institutes of technical vocational education and training in all UNESCO member countries.
Contacts
UNEVOC Center in Kazan
Areas of activity
The UNEVOC Center provides a base for productive joint actions with UNESCO headquarters, other centers and institutes of the Organization and its regional offices, and works in close cooperation with various international and national institutions in the field of technical and vocational education and training.
The University of Management TISBI has opened the first UNEVOC educational center in Tatarstan and the second in Russia, which pays great attention to vocational and technical education.
The UNEVOC Center provides the University with the opportunity to disseminate and promote best practices and knowledge gained through successful cooperation with UNESCO in the framework of major projects. Interaction takes place at three levels of the educational system: primary and secondary (UNESCO Affiliated Schools), secondary vocational (UNESCO Centers for Vocational Education) and higher education (UNESCO Chairs). The structure of the UNEVOC Center also humanizes secondary vocational education programs in the Republic of Tatarstan in accordance with UNESCO's priorities and mission.
Tasks of the UNEVOC Center
- Quality management Education;
- Problems of measuring the reproductive potential of the Region;
- Innovative relations in socio-economic systems;
- Intellectualization of economic entities of the regional economy;
- Correlation and interaction of the norms of international law and Russian law;
- Preservation of cultural and natural heritage in the context of regional economic development;
- Regional aspects of the functioning of business entities.
Cooperation
- Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan;
- Kazan College of Public Utilities and Construction;
- "Kazan Pedagogical College";
- Kazan College of Information Technologies and Communications;