PPT TVET

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JOLANTA POLK COMMERCIAL OFFICER CHILE
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CHILEAN EXPECTATIONS
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Geography

• Southwest coast of South America.
• No direct flights to UK -14 hours via Paris
• Approximately 4,300 km (2,666 miles) from the
  Atacama Desert in the North to the polar icecaps
  in the South.

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Chile Facts Figures

• Chile Facts Figures
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• Total population 17.1 million
• Greater Santiago 6 million
• Population growth rate 1.1
• Workforce 6.8 million
• Literacy rate 95.7
• Life expectancy 79 years
• Inflation rate 2012 2.5
• Unemployment 6.7
• GDP 2011 USD 248bn
• GDP growth 2011 6.0
• GDP growth estimate 2012 4.5-5
• GDP per capita 2011 (PPP) USD 17,125
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• 12 monthly in June 2012
• July 2012
• Sources INE, Banco Central de Chile, IMF,
  Economist Intelligence Unit, World Bank, UN

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Northern Chile

• Tourism
• Mining
• Astronomy

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Central Chile

• Metropolitan region
• Vineyards
• Agriculture

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Southern Chile

• Tourism
• Forestry/Fisheries
• Sheep and Cattle ranching

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Economy - highlights

• Population 17mn (2012 est.) 60th in the world
• GDP 248bn (2011) 45th in world (5th largest
  in SA)
• GDP per capita 17,125 (2011) 52nd in world
• Growth since 1990 averaging 5 pa

2010 - 6.1
2011 - 6
2012 - 5?

• Aspires to be a developed country by 2020

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How?

• Trade in goods and services 73 of GDP
• Low inflation Central Bank target of 3
• Ease of doing business ranking 39th out of 183
• Free trade worlds largest network of FTAs

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UK-Chile connections

• UK exports of goods and services have increased
  five- fold since 2003
• Chief exports from UK crude oil, road
  vehicles, pharmaceuticals, industrial machinery
  and beverages
• Chief imports from Chile - Fruit and vegetables,
  wine and meat products
• Trade in goods between Chile and the UK has
  declined in the first six months of this year.

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Advantages established by law

• EU-Chile Economic Association Agreement (since
  2002)
• What the agreement means for Goods and Services?
•  - The majority of tariffs on UK goods entering
  Chile were eliminated on 1 February 2003, as too
  were most tariffs on Chilean goods entering the
  UK. Most other tariffs completed in 2010.
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• Chile and the EU are committed to reducing
  non-tariff barriers.
• Aims to facilitate trade by reducing technical
  barriers.
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Doing Business in Chile

• The English of South America
• Elevenses/onces
• Islanders
• Conservative
• Punctual (for Latin America!)
• Long relationship with UK
• Language not usually a barrier but Spanish
  does help
• Face-to-face culture - Visit the market
• Do not treat Chile as a third world market
• A springboard to the region strategy not
  process

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TVET IN CHILE

• Different ways to become a professional
• on the job training popular amidst the
  lower-earning bracket of population (often
  uncertified but skilled in the job)
• Liceos tecnicos secondary school education.
  4-year long but only the last two years dedicated
  to vocational training. First 2 common plan
  (lower middle class, generally poor background
  state-funded)
• Technical, post-secondary institutes (usually 1
  2 years in duration) varied quality and often
  uncertified
• Universities especially two technical
  universities Duoc and Inacap

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Kinds of Schools Schools Schools Students Students
Kinds of Schools Total Total
Municipal 430 45.5 93.199 45.6
Private Subsidised 445 47.0 86.664 42.4
Private 69 7.5 24.442 12.0
Total 944 100.0 204.305 100.0
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Kind of Institution Institutions Programs Students
Centro de Formación Técnica 73 2.934 128.566
Professional Institute 44 6.862 224.301
University 60 6.714 587.297
Total 177 16.510 940.164
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TVET opportunities

• Mining
• Chile is the worlds biggest producer of copper
  with 33 of production
• Most international mining companies are present
  in Chile Xstrata, Anglo-American, BHP, Codelco
  
• Mining project portfolio for 2013 is 104 billion
  US dollars
• 4.3 of the investment comes from the UK
• The biggest challenge is qualified staff in the
  next 10 years
• New projects demand more qualified staff in all
  ranks of qualification. Critical factors Cost,
  Recruitment, Training and Maintenance
• - Chile needs 46,000 qualified and certified
  technicians
• 1 secondary mining school to open this March
• 2 technical institutes with mining careers

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TVET opportunities

• Certification
• Hardly any international certification in
• Energy
• Tourism
• Mining
• Skilled labour such as carpentry, mechanics, IT
  etc
• English for professionals
• Agriculture Chile to become food power by 2020
• Medicine, banking, law
• Tourism
• Mining and energy
• Technology