Cyr DAVODOUN Consultant Coordinator, Bureau d’appui aux artisans (Artisans’ Support Office)

1. End-of-apprenticeship exams (EAEs) in traditional apprenticeships: an accelerator for upgrading traditional apprenticeship in Benin. Cyr DAVODOUN Consultant Coordinator, Bureau d’appui aux artisans (Artisans’ Support Office) E-mail: baacotonou@baa-benin.com Johannesburg, 23 April 2013

2. Session plan 1 - General information on EAEs 2 - Implementation strategy 3 - Participants and their roles 4 - Institutional and organisational composition 5 - Activities relating to EAEs 6 - Quantitative outputs obtained 7 - Changes effected - harmonization of practices 8 - Changes effected - ending certain practices 9 - Changes effected - establishing good practices in apprenticeship 10 - Other changes effected at actor, commune and national level

3. Process of evaluating the skills acquired by apprentice artisans at end of their apprenticeship, to be organized, managed and funded independently by local actors (local authorities, artisan collectives etc.) In 29 communes situated in 5 local authorities in Benin Where do they take place? What are they? Swiss Support Programme for Artisans (ASAA) Inter-commune Programme to Support Apprenticeship (PIC2A) Through what programmes? Contribute to strengthening human capital at local level through the vocationalization and qualification of the local workforce EAE To what purpose? Financial partners: Swiss and Danish cooperation efforts Technical partner: Artisan Support Office Who are these partners? General information on EAEs

4. 2-Implementation strategy All public and private local actors Information/ awareness raising Organization of EAEs Creation of EAE managing bodies through commune-level legal orders orate Beginning operations Creation of institutions Members of management bodies Training

5. 3-Participants and their roles

6. 4-Institutional and organizational composition Commune consultative council Piloting Preparation General assembly Organizing committee Implement-ation Launching body Artisans’ collective Consultation Monitoring commission Exam centres Exam Jury 1: Evaluation Jury 2: Correction Jury 3: Deliberations

7. Start Register candidates E1 E2 Publish lists Phase 1 E3 Appoint juries E4 Prepare tests E5 Identify exam centres E6 E7 Allocate candidates and jurys Phase 7 E8 Prepare tutors and materials E9 Draw up budget Phase 6 E10 Appoint secretariat Phase 2 E2 Deliver and run tests Phase 5 E3 Monitor knowledge Phase 3 Centralize data Phase 4 E1 E2 Anonymize data E3 Organize the work of the juries E4 Mark and grade the tests 5-Activities relating to EAEs Preparation Issuing certificates Holding exams Drawing up report Organization of appeals Correction Deliberation

8. 6-Quantitative outputs obtained Registered Admitted

9. 7-Changes effected – Harmonization of practices APPRENTICESHIP LENGTH FRAIS D’APPRENTISSAGE APPRENTICESHIP FEES HARMONIZATION UNIQUE CERTIFICATE FORMAT EVALUATION CRITERIA

10. GRADUATION “DOWRY” RUINOUSLY EXPENSIVE GRADUATION CEREMONIES TIME OFF WORK TO GRADUATE ENDED LEGAL REGISTRATION OF ORIGINAL CERTIFICATS THE “FINAL CANING” RITUAL 8-Changes effected – practices ended

11. ESTABLISHMENT 9-Changes effected – good practices established APPRENTICESHIP CONTRACT REGISTER OF APPRENTICES THE APPRENTICE’S CARD MANAGEMENT OF ENTRANT AND LEAVER FLOWS

12. OTHER OUTCOMES BETTER TRANSFER OF SKILLS BY EMPLOYERS INCREASED AWARENESS AMONG APPRENTICES AND EMPLOYERS CERTIFICATES ACKNOWLEDGED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES A DYNAMIC OF INTER-COMMUNE WORKING INCREASED CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ARTISANS TO THE PUBLIC COFFERS ROLLOUT OF THE PROGRAMME THROUGH CQM 10-CHANGES EFFECTED - OTHER

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