Three-year Labour Market Project concludes

The LMP was implemented by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA), with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) the executing agency.

The Labour Market Project operated in Viet Nam from 2008 to 2011 with two purposes: 1) Upgrade human resource development (HRD) planning through a facilitation of analysis and dissemination of data relating to labour market needs and evolution in key provinces and at a central level through the design, development and application of a labour market information system (LMIS); and 2) Strengthen the quality and relevance of technical vocational training in order to satisfy public and private sector demand for skilled workers, technicians and skilled technicians.

There is a strong evidence for confidence that many of the projects achievements will be sustainable.  In particular, the Labour Market Information Center (LMIC) and its outputs are now well established, and the unit appears to be going from strength to strength on the basis of its own capacity, which the project itself played such an instrumental role in helping to put in place.

For the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) component, key initiatives in relation to skill standards development, as well as the KAB (Know About Business) and CBTREE (Community-Based Training for Economic Empowerment) programmes, will not only prove sustainable but have huge multiplier effects.

There is no question about stakeholders identifying the project as their own, and considering themselves as equal partners with the EU and the ILO.  This evidence is a positive indicator for the important principle of ownership.

“After three years of implementation, the Labour Market Project achieved its objectives and has contributed not only to development of the labour market information system in Vietnam but also to  the development of labour market.” Vice Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thanh Hoa said.

“The project will not be an end as its achievements will continue to be replicated”.

"This project came at the right time as both components addressed high priority issues to Vietnam's development" - shared Johann Farnhammer, First Secretary, head of Economic Development and Governance at the Delegation of the European Union to Vietnam.

Rie Vejs-Kjeldgaard, director of ILO Country Office for Vietnam stated: "The project managed to accomplish much within a relatively short time. The pioneering role of the Labour Market Information Center has not only given Vietnam a valuable labour market information system, but has also played a catalytic role in stimulating positive chain reactions of new initiatives being supported by government".

At the workshop, the medals in recognition of the contributions to the cause of labour, invalids and social affairs in Vietnam were presented to Rie Vejs-Kjeldgaard, director of ILO Country Office for Vietnam; Johann Farnhammer, First Secretary, head of Economic Development and Governance and Vu Thi Tuan Anh, programme officer at the Delegation of the European Union to Vietnam.