Institute for Vocational Education in Latin America and the Caribbean
We make vocational education internationally readable.
Through micro-credentials, workforce readiness frameworks and transparent skills documentation, we support labour mobility and employability across borders.
We do not replace or benchmark national curricula. We respect the sovereignty and strength of every national education system and help make its competencies visible to employers, institutions and international partners.
Active in 36 countries, we work with governments, authorities, companies, schools, universities and learners worldwide.
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Workforce Readability for African TVET
National qualifications, made internationally readable — descriptor-based and stackable.
Methodology · English
International TVET Methodology Orientation Resource
Competence formation, dual-training logic, evidence and readability.
🔒 Participant & Trainer Area · Competence Check
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About IFP-LATAM
IFP-LATAM is an international non-profit institution dedicated to vocational education and training. We co-invest in instructor development, competency-based qualification and internationally readable credentials — grounded in local ownership and independent of external funding dependency.
Building Competence. Enabling Ownership.
Our focus
Teacher Development Programme (TDP)
Postgraduate instructor qualification that builds local teaching capacity.
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The Teacher Development Programme prepares vocational instructors through structured, competency-based study that strengthens both subject expertise and teaching practice. Delivered with local institutions and grounded in local ownership, it equips educators to design, deliver and assess work-relevant learning. The result is durable in-country teaching capacity, stronger institutions and graduates whose competencies are visible and trusted by employers.
Industry-Based Instructor Programme (IBIP)
Workplace-based instructor qualification that links training to real industry.
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The IBIP prepares experienced practitioners to teach within their own workplaces, building instructional skill directly on the production floor rather than apart from it. Through structured mentoring, on-the-job assessment and competency-based documentation, it ensures that what learners practise reflects current industry standards. Institutions gain qualified instructors close to real work, while employers strengthen their own capacity to develop a skilled, mobile workforce.
Micro-Credentials
Stackable, internationally readable competence signals that improve labour-market readability.
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Each micro-credential documents a defined set of competencies in a consistent, verifiable format, so that what a learner can actually do is described in terms employers and institutions across our 36 countries can interpret. Because they stack, individual credentials combine into a coherent record of capability that supports recognition, mobility and continued progression without displacing any national qualification.
International Readability
Competency mapping to global frameworks, supporting workforce readiness and labour mobility.
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We translate the competencies behind national vocational qualifications into the language of internationally recognised frameworks, so that what a learner can actually do is clear to employers and institutions across borders. Working with local partners in our network across 36 countries, we document skills transparently and consistently, helping learners demonstrate their capabilities, institutions gain external recognition, and employers assess talent with confidence.
How we work
Technical Dialogue → Pilot Design → Implementation → Measure & Scale
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