Principles for action
To fulfil its goals, IECD is involved at 4 different levels of project development: study phase (feasibility and conception), financial engineering (fund raising and monitoring), on-site operational phase, and the strengthening of the capacities of the local partners who inititiate the project.
To ensure efficiency and success, the IECD missions evolve around 5 principles for action:
1. Strengthening local institutions through partnership
- IECD establishes a solid cooperation with the local partner, based on common criteria of good governance, efficiency and non-discrimination. It accompanies the partner in the project's conception and implementation.
- The local partner benefits from a long-term support which strengthens its institutional, organisational and financial capacities, ensuring the projects' sustainability.
2. Relying on proven expertise
- In order to assess the projects' relevance and accompany their development, IECD relies on pools of technical expertise whose methodology and tools have been tried and tested over the last 20 years.
- IECD also capitalises on its own developed expertise in order to use its acquired experiences in other contexts facing similar issues.
3. Working in cooperation with the enterprises
- The local businesses permanently interact with the training centres in order to adjust the teachings to the labour market's requirements, thus facilitating the young adults' inclusion (through internships and job placements).
- National and international companies can get involved in the projects on various levels, through participating in the project's direction or through a more targeted support (supporting the project financially, providing the necessary equipments, skills sponsorship etc.).
4. Involving the local authorities
The local authorities are invited to get involved in the projects. By giving the projects official recognition, local authorities facilitate their acceptance by the various involved parties. The aim is also to influence the national policy for the programme to have an impact on a national scale.
5. Working together transparently and responsibly
- The project's operating conditions are formalized in a contract which is designed jointly by all the partners.
- Efficient reports on the projects' progress, planning and evaluation guarantee their good implementation.
- Internal as well as external audits are regularly conducted to ensure the efficient management of the human and financial resources.
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