On behalf of Jos Hermans, here is the document...

I do agree with Detlev. It is highly needed to analyse the systems or the short comings of existing vocational schools. Moreover, many developing countries have common problems with waste management, industrial effluent treatment and occupational safety and health and these are the vital components of Sustainable Vocational Schools. On behalf of RCE Greater Dhaka I appreciate SVS discussion initiative agenda that includes research. I have included a few points in the attached document for further improvement. I shall be thankful participating as a member of SVS and to cooperate with you all.

Dear all,
I participated in the Youth Unite for Voluntary Action, 2012 organized by TERI University, New Delhi, India. During the meet I join the International Student Energy Summit. There I understand the situation of energy crises that the world is struggling with. I was hearing about a lot of situations for the first time, what others in the other parts of the world are doing concerning the global problem, (reducing emission, creating awareness, developing solutions etc.) When I returned home, I started researching on the level of awareness about GLOBAL WARMING/CLIMATE CHANGE among the youths, I was not so surprised to find the result alarmingly as low as 12%. I decided to take action on CREATING AWARENESS AND ACTION. Unemployment is among the pillars of Sustainable Development. I make research on production skills that can be simple and have the potential of high profit, marketability and long term engagement. That has to do with building materials or food production. I chose PAINT PRODUCTION AND MOSAIC EFFECT FLOOR (TERRAZZO). I developed a membership form which indicates working for sustenance and addressing CLIMATE CHANGE. I select thirty unemployed youths from each ward, starting from Nassarawa Local Government area of Kano State, which have 11 wards. We meet every two weeks (on weekends) I give talks on climate change and the way outs, what each and every one should do as a soldier of the earth. We also invite lecturers to talk about climate change ALL IN THE LOCAL LANGUAGE (HAUSA). All these collaborations hence the project “RESEARCH ON THE CONVERTION OF FOSSIL FUEL GENERATOR TO ZERO CO2 POWER GENERATOR”. In the area of UNEMPLOYEMENT REDUCTION NETWORK-YOUTH, we trained some of these youth on marketing strategy, sales and accounting. Today I have seven URN or URP-Y paint production companies in Nassarawa LGA alone. I am presently in Tudun Wadan Dankade LGA, Kano State, where the district head during a courtesy visit we paid to his palace awards the youths all the paints his newly constructed palace would need. He also promised to spearhead the program in the Local government himself in order to succeed in securing a huge contract of supply of paint to an ongoing project of school of art and science by the state government in the local government.
I also want to bring a portable tile production machine I saw in India and also looking for a way to take some of the youths to India to get training on the manual production of roofing sheets which I also saw there.

Dear all and a happy new year
After reading the main document from Jos Hermans on Sustainable Vocational Schools and the follow up mails (18 december, 22 december) I will confirm that I like to participate and also coordinate the pilot Projects.
As Jos has mentioned I am often in Africa (NeXT trip is 29th of January to 25 of february) where I will be working in Kenya and have a small trip to Uganda as well.

Please let me know of any good examples and cases for Pilot project which can be a part of the Sustainable Vocational School.

Regards Niels Larsen, chairperson for RCE Denmark, Ph.D.

Dear all and hope you are into full gear into 2014. SVS is a very noble idea especially at coming up with a model/hand book of a SVS for kenya, africa and may be for the rest of the world. i confirm Baraka Agricultural Colleg with long period since 1974 as TIVET institution participate in the four phases of the project. we are putting up our mindns together to develop the concept note however we are not sure whether the 1.5 to 5m budget is for phase one orthe four phases.

Dear all and hope you are into full gear into 2014. SVS is a very noble idea especially at coming up with a model/hand book of a SVS for kenya, africa and may be for the rest of the world. i confirm Baraka Agricultural Colleg with long period since 1974 as TIVET institution participate in the four phases of the project. we are putting up our mindns together to develop the concept note however we are not sure whether the 1.5 to 5m budget is for phase one orthe four phases.

Dear all and hope you are into full gear into 2014. SVS is a very noble idea especially at coming up with a model/hand book of a SVS for kenya, africa and may be for the rest of the world. i confirm Baraka Agricultural Colleg with long period since 1974 as TIVET institution participate in the four phases of the project. we are putting up our mindns together to develop the concept note however we are not sure whether the 1.5 to 5m budget is for phase one orthe four phases.

Dear all and hope you are into full gear into 2014. SVS is a very noble idea especially at coming up with a model/hand book of a SVS for kenya, africa and may be for the rest of the world. i confirm Baraka Agricultural Colleg with long period since 1974 as TIVET institution participate in the four phases of the project. we are putting up our mindns together to develop the concept note however we are not sure whether the 1.5 to 5m budget is for phase one orthe four phases.

T Jos
hope you are fine. i would like to find out whether the proposed budget of 1.5 to 5million is for a single project or entire SVS projects for the four phases. am not sure and am seeking your guidance

IUBAT on behalf of RCE Greater Dhaka would like to participate in SVS projects. I hope Professor Alimullah Miyan discussed the matter with Jos. I am adding some points in the attached cocument

Research Question: What are the standard/Criteria for measuring continued relevance of the schools to their society in the future.

Collecting information: Action Research in the future based on outcome of the Pilots

III.4 Agro-business:
- Lower (Family/Farm Based Farming?)
- Middle (Livestock Supply Chain and Management and Access to Market)
- Higher (Veterinary Medicine)

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