The Human Capital Development Reviews support the development of new expertise in the ETF thematic area of “vocational education and training system development and provision” exploring in particular the question of open access to learning opportunities and equity of systems, for both young and adult people. The Reviews are based on focalised questions for research, on a combination of quantitative and qualitative assessment, findings and conclusion, and country-specific policy options. Thus the reviews also represent a new type of tool that can be used to support human capital development related policy dialogue and development in partner countries.

Activities in 2010 will be mainly devoted to (i) consolidation of the innovative approach consisting in analysing HCD from the point of view of equity, and of the new methodology, piloted in 2009 in two partner countries: Tajikistan and the Republic of Moldova, for assessing the intensity of the link between opportunities for developing HC and equity; to (ii) the elaboration of evidence based policy options in the two pilot countries ; and to (iii) active dissemination.
Policy options, or scenarios developed in the framework of this ILP intend to represent an approach to policy advice formulation, which goes beyond a list of recommended actions. Instead the aim is to formulate policy options that are country specific, based on evidence and findings of the two country analyses, not exclusive (hence two possible options), and budgeted.
In 2010 the project will in particular focus on dissemination by involving local stakeholders through feedback about country analysis' findings, targeted discussions around the policy options, and finally seminars to report to a wider public and generate open discussions in the two partner countries. In parallel, dissemination at international level will also be pursued through a publication and debate, primarily with the European institutions without excluding international fora.