Over the past 10 years, many countries have started decentralising the management of TVSD, with the delegation of numerous responsibilities to regional authorities. In Ethiopia, the government is considering reforms of the governance and management structures of TVET, by establishing autonomous TVET Authorities at federal and state levels, which will be governed by the TVET Council. Decentralisation of formal TVET also involves increased responsibility for educational institutions. Through decentralisation, public training centres can diversify their source of finances by being enabled directly to raise local finance (e.g. selling short courses to local industry, selling products produced in production units at formal TVET institutions) and to decide how such extra income should be used. In Tunisia, the decentralisation process is based on the devolution of responsibilities to the training centres which operate almost as private entities.

However, although decentralisation is included in most countries’ institutional reform packages, local authorities, and local school management; in particular, do not always have sufficient pedagogical, managerial, and administrative capacity to discharge their new responsibilities.

Theme 2011

Experts from different fields analyse what measures should African governments take in order to engage effectively with emerging economic partners in Africa, such as China, India, Brasil or Turkey.

 

Tax expenditure surveys


Jean-Philippe Stijns, co-author of the "Public Resource Mobilisation" study, highlights Morocco's practices while observing their taxation policies.