21st Forestry TVET-TZ
Active pedagogy and modernised professional skills in technical and vocational forestry education in Tanzania
Project Information
| Project | 21st Forestry TVET-TZ |
| Duration | 10/2022–09/2023 |
| Partners | Häme University of Applied Sciences (HAMK), Forest Industries Training Institute (FITI), Forest Training Institute (FTI), Forestry and Wood Industries Training Centre (FWITC), Participatory Plantation Forestry Programme (PFP2) |
| Funding | Indufor Ltd Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Finland |
| Budjet | 154 904 € |
The 21st Forestry TVET-TZ project advances Tanzanian forestry sector’s ecological, economical and social development through educational capacity building. The main focus is on promoting climate-smart, circular and sustainable forest resource management and forest sector entrepreneurship, employment and economic growth.
The project offers concrete support to strengthen Tanzanian forestry technical and vocational institutions’ (TVETs) and extension officers’ capacity to provide working life relevant and inclusive forestry education and training.
Forestry teaching staff and extension officers are equipped with modern student-centered pedagogical tools and methods, and abilities to provide teaching and training on sustainable innovation and entrepreneurship. Collaboration with private sector will be facilitated to create a collaborative learning ecosystem for forestry students in Tanzania.
Target Group
Forestry teaching staff.
Operating region
Tanzania
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- Baseline survey and kick-off meeting in Tanzania (November – December 2022)
- Online training programme of 5 ECTS on the topics of pedagogy, climate-smart forestry and entrepreneurship (January – April 2023)
- Training and workshops in Finland (May and August/September 2023)
- Guided development works done individually or in pairs to cover challenges of participating institutions and to be utilized in daily work (January – September 2023)
- Educational collaboration with private sector through collaborative courses organized for forestry students (January – September 2023)
- Final seminar in Tanzania (September 2023)
- Impact evaluation (September 2023)
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