From the Director
For over 50 years, CETE, the Center on Education and Training for Employment, has
provided a range of services to support workforce development, career-technical
education and training, and lifelong learning in Ohio and across the United States.
In addition, CETE has a long history of involvement in the international arena,
with work of one kind or another performed on six of the seven continents (not Antarctica
yet, but we’re working on it). Currently, CETE’s strategic plan for international
initiatives includes three main activities.
IE-TVET. CETE is one of the founders of IE-TVET, a consortium for
the International Export of Technical and Vocational Education and Training. IE-TVET’s
mission is enhance to the ability of for-profit and not-for-profit U.S. TVET providers
to secure TVET project contracts around the world, with the goal of sharing information
and creating partnerships between U.S. and international providers of TVET products
and services for the delivery of those products and services. CETE is active in
IE-TVET’s opening environmental scan of financing sources, conferences, policy initiatives,
and IE-TVET member capacity. For more information, visit www.ietvet.com
UNESCO-UNEVOC-U.S. CETE is the first and only U.S.-based member
of the UNESCO-UNEVOC network, the key component of the UNESCO (United National Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural Organization) international TVET program. Consisting of
278 TVET centers in 166 UNESCO member states, the UNEVOC network collaborates to
develop and improve TVET worldwide, especially in developing countries including
BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China). CETE is currently working with UNEVOC’s
International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Bonn,
Germany, to identify and benchmark the highest-performing UNEVOC centers, learn
about their expertise and success, and then update the strategic plan and scope
for UNEVOC-U.S.
The Ohio State University. And here at home, CETE is actively engaged
in conversations and partnerships within The Ohio State University to share networks
and build relationships to expand outreach, research, and teaching for both OSU
and CETE internationally.
Globally and locally, CETE continues to fulfill its mission to design and provide
effective, quality products, services, and leadership that promote workforce development,
embrace the need for lifelong learning, and provide avenues to address complex issues
affecting individuals, families, schools, communities, and organizations.
Robert Mahlman
Director
Center on Education and Training for Employment
The Ohio State University
614.292.9072
Mahlman.1@osu.edu
www.cete.org
