Devon Chamber of Commerce is proud to have been honoured with the first-ever British Council Going Global Partnerships Award for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET).
This globally recognised accolade celebrates excellence and innovation in international education.
The award recognises the achievement in creating a public/private sector partnership of UK and Nepalese organisations to address green skills and productivity challenges through dynamic and new methodologies surrounding TVET curriculum development and job opportunities.
The Going Global Partnerships (GGP) programme supports universities, colleges and wider education stakeholders around the world to work together towards stronger, equitable, inclusive, more internationally connected higher education, science and TVET.
The award was presented at the The Going Global Conference at One Great George Street in Westminster, recognising Devon Chamber’s outstanding contributions to TVET in Nepal, supporting the development of green skills through private/public partnerships inspired by the Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIPs) in the UK. It celebrates success in partnership with Exeter College and Devon & Cornwall Training Providers Network, and led by Chamber members Outsourcery Services.
Over the past five years, The British Council has funded 932 partnerships involving 155 UK tertiary education institutions, working with nearly 1,000 partners across 59 countries. These partnerships span collaborative research, transnational education, capacity building, and inclusion – all with the aim of strengthening education systems and enhancing learner outcomes.
The partnership has been selected as one of the five winners of the GGP Awards for demonstrating outstanding international collaboration efforts and making a lasting contribution to at least one Sustainable Development Goals. They acknowledge and globally celebrate five exceptional projects funded through the programme that showcase impactful, unique and inspirational institutional partnerships in higher education and TVET.
“We are overjoyed to receive this award,” said Ronnie Carter, LSIP Executive and Projects Manager at Devon Chamber of Commerce. “To take the concept of the LSIP to an international setting and promote the voice of the employer in the development of a green skills strategy in Nepal is highly rewarding and we hope inspires further international collaboration.”
LSIPs are employer-led strategic plans designed to identify priority skill shortages, improve training relevance, and strengthen collaboration between businesses, education providers, and government partners. By adapting this model to Nepal, the initiative seeks to create a more agile, demand-driven workforce development system capable of supporting Nepal’s economic ambitions.
