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Grants
Two Grants schemes are administered within the Industry-led Skills and Workforce Development Project: 1. PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT COMPETITIVE GRANTS (PICG) is a USD 12 million grants scheme designed to assist technical and vocational educational providers to establish new or expand existing programs that will meet labour demands, particularly in higher level Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) areas, Agriculture and Tourism. PICG was officially launched on June 22, 2015. After a rigorous three-level evaluation and selection stage and due diligence process, ten proposals have been selected for final awarding. For detailed information, please refer to section 'Grantees' under the PICG Grants of the project website.  2. STRENGTHENING TVET PROVIDER PRACTICE (STP

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  • Q&A

  • Are you usually sending any kind of information about new projects to different universities/ organizations, or it is necessary to visit your web-page systematically to get info about new grants?

    Can we, as a business representative, be a main applicant to submit a proposal for the PICG?

    Will the PICG reimburse the part of costs incurred before grant awarding?

  • Can we forge partnership with foreign, public or private TVET registered in Ukraine?

    Can TVET college, not having authorization with NCEQE, be eligible for PICG if it’s international partner has an international authorization?

    Can international organization submit a concept paper, as a main applicant, to participate in PICG?

  • Can labor market research conducted by independent organization be considered as a reliable source of information?

    Can used computers, copy machines and other hardware be counted as an in-kind contribution from TVET side?

    We are interested if there is any restriction about the number of programs we can submit? (Will one concept be presented by only one program or several?)

  • Please, let us know when and where the training would be held about the project concept drafting, or provide us with the information about the parameters for project concept drafting and the name of the person, with whom we could have the consultation.

    Where we can get detaield information including a list for end dates for issue of proposals for grants in 2015?

    Can a Georgian development company in tourism sector be eligible to participate with proposal of new TVET program development?

  • News

  • The Winners of National TVET Awards 2018 announced

    12/11/2018
    On November 9, the Millennium Challenge Account - Georgia officially closed the Week of Skills 2018 with the National TVET Awards 2018 gala ceremony.  The winners in the four categories were announced: Tamar Gogrichiani, from vocational college Icarus became the TVET Student of the Year, Ia Mo

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    Open Door Days at 10 TVET Institutions

    09/11/2018
    On November 6-9, the Millennium Challenge Account-Georgia within its Industry-led Skills and Workforce Development Project (ISWD) organized a Week of Skills 2018. During the week, open door days were organized in ten vocational institutions throughout the country to demonstrate 51 new and improved v

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    Week of Skills 2018 Opened with the International TVET Conference

    09/11/2018
    On November 5-9, the Millennium Challenge Account-Georgia within its Industry-led Skills and Workforce Development Project (ISWD) organized a Week of Skills 2018, that was opened with the International TVET conference - Investing in Human Capital. Nigel Jeremy, Chief Learning Officer from Brit

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  • New vocational programs and upgraded infrastructure at Community College Spectri

    03/09/2018
    The closing ceremony of the project ‘Improving the Quality and Relevance of TVET Programmes in Engineering in Georgia’ was held at community college Spectri. The project started in September 2016 with the financial support of Millennium Challenge Account’s ISWD project and aimed to improve the quali

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    Millennium Challenge Account funds another round of 10 projects for improving the image of vocationa

    19/06/2018
    The winners of III round of Strengthening TVET Provider Practice (STPP) Grants Scheme under Industry-led Skills and Workforce Development Project were awarded by the Millennium Challenge Account – Georgia.  The grants scheme is funded under the second $140 million Compact between the Millennium Chal

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    A Roundtable Discussion on equality in TVET Education

    13/06/2018
    The Millennium Challenge Account – Georgia organized a roundtable meeting with technical and vocational training providers funded under the Industry-Led Skills and Workforce Development Project (ISWD) to discuss gender and social equity in vocational education programs. The roundtable meeting

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  • National TVET Awards 2018 competition announced 

    08/05/2018
    Millennium Challenge Account - Georgia has launched the annual National TVET Awards 2018 competition. The competition supported by the Gudavadze-Patarkatsishvili Foundation and the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia, has been organized for the second time in Georgia.  "The National T

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    TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN TVET SECTOR 

    26/04/2018
    Millennium Challenge Account – Georgia organized a conference summarizing the outputs achieved under its technical assistance component of Industry-Led Skills and Workforce Development project.  During 2015-2018, the technical assistance component in vocational education was successfully imple

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    Information sessions on STPP Small Grants in Kutaisi and Tbilisi

    29/03/2018
    On March 16 and 28, 2018 information sessions were held in Kutaisi and Tbilisi under the Industry-led Skills and Workforce Development Project of the Millennium Challenge Account – Georgia. The sessions were attended by interested parties who received detailed information about the terms and conditi

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  • Third round of small grants scheme for Strengthening TVET Provider Practice launched 

    01/03/2018
    The Industry-led Skills and Workforce Development Project of the Millennium Challenge Account – Georgia is launching the third and final round of small grants scheme for Strengthening TVET Provider Practice (STPP). The aim of the grant scheme is to identify Good Practices that will strengthen

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    The presentation of business casebook in entrepreneurship module 

    23/02/2018
    The International School of Economics (ISET) at Tbilisi State University held the final presentation and panel discussion of the project "Strengthening Entrepreneurial Training in the Formal TVET System” implemented within the small grants scheme of Millennium Challenge Account – Georgia and funded

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    Innovative, distant learning e-platform introducing in vocational education 

    12/02/2018
    The vocational college Modusi in cooperation with its industry partner "Georgian Manganese” presented the project "Vocational training through distance learning, based on theory, practice and visual media”, implemented under the small grants scheme of "Industry-led Skills and Workforce Development”

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  • Human capital development for economic growth of Georgia

    With the aim of human capital development, MCA-Georgia through MCC Compact II launched Industry-led Skills and Workforce Development Project (ISWD) to promote workforce development in STEM, tourism & agriculture. 
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