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Monday, 8 March 2010
International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance (IAEVG) - Jiva International Career Guidance Conference 2010
'To draw the wisdom and experiences of...

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Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Teacher Quality Improvement Project Once Again Receives Award for Outstanding Performance

For the second year running, at the 2009 annual Asian Development Bank (ADB) Performance Recognition Awards...

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Tuesday, 19 January 2010
PINZ to Develop Mutual Recognition Framework for Technical Skills and Qualifications in the Greater Mekong Sub region.
At the end of 2009, PINZ began work on a regional ADB technical assistance project which...

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Friday, 18 December 2009
TQI project Bangladesh Honored as a Best Performing ADB Project
In January PINZ’s long-term Teaching Quality Improvement in Secondary Education Project (TQI-SEP,...

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Saturday, 14 November 2009
PINZ finishes the Strengthening Higher Education PPTA in Lao PDR
PINZ has recently finished an Asian Development Bank (ADB) project preparatory technical assistance (PPTA) in Lao PDR...

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Thursday, 10 September 2009
Raising English Literacy Levels in Vanuatu Schools
Abstract from the article prepared by PINZ consultants on the Raising English Literacy...

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Wednesday, 29 July 2009
Wayne Roberston Scholarship Recipients
A group of 7 students, pictured with PINZ Middle East Office Branch Manager, Neville...

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Monday, 18 May 2009
PINZ Strengthens Higher Education in Lao PDR
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Monday, 18 May 2009
NZ ITP’s have degrees recognised in Saudi Arabia
Through PINZ’s advocacy, seven PINZ ITP’s have had their bachelor’s degree programmes...

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Thursday, 7 May 2009
Great Start for Education Reform in Samoa
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Wednesday, 29 April 2009
PINZ signs MoU with Government of Saudi Arabia

PINZ has signed the first major New Zealand a MoU (Co operation...

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Friday, 17 April 2009
ILO Training on Green Jobs

After a successful pilot and growing interest from constituents and donors, the ILO’s...

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Thursday, 26 February 2009
TQI Project Receives Award for Outstanding Performance in 2008

At the annual performance recognition awards ceremony on 29 January 2009, the Asian...

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Tuesday, 13 January 2009
Nepal Secondary Education Project Successfully Concludes
At the end of October 2008 the ADB funded Secondary Education Support Project was signed...

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Tuesday, 16 December 2008
Bahrain Polytechnic Official Opening
Bahrain Polytechnic was officially opened on 2 December by his highness the Crown Prince,...

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Wednesday, 26 November 2008
Bangladesh - PINZ and TQI Team Get a Strong Mark at Midterm Review
A key initiative to meet the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh’s aim to...

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Friday, 14 November 2008
New Zealand Vocational Education and Training Research Forum 2009
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Wednesday, 12 November 2008
International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Annual Conference
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Tuesday, 11 November 2008
ITPNZ Building Skilled Communities two-weekly newsletter update.
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Friday, 7 November 2008
Bahrain Polytechnic Opens – On Song, on Time and on budget
In just 18 months PINZ has established and launched the Bahrain Polytechnic, a new...

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Wednesday, 29 October 2008
UNESCO-UNEVOC Asia-Pacific Sub-Regional Symposium
As a prelude to the 2009 World Conference on...

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Friday, 5 September 2008
Countdown to Opening of Bahrain Polytechnic
After 18 months of planning and development the first 240 students of the Bahrain Polytechnic will walk through the...

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Tuesday, 29 July 2008
Second PINZ Consultant at work in Timor Leste’s Capacity Building Programme
In early March 2008 a second PINZ consultant joined the NZAID funded Capacity Building team working with the Ministry...

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Wednesday, 18 June 2008
Polytechnic of Bahrain June Update
On Thursday 12 June Bahrain’s Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa toured the new facilities at...

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Wednesday, 18 June 2008
PINZ Enters Central Asia for the First Time
With two deployments in July/August and November/December 2007, PINZ with lead firm ABU Consult Berlin GmbH, began work...

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Monday, 9 June 2008
PINZ Helps Improve Quality of Secondary Education in Nepal
In April 2007 PINZ as lead firm, with Katmandu partner METCON, began work on the ADB funded Secondary Education Support...

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Friday, 7 March 2008
Polytechnic of Bahrain March Update
The Bahrain contract has just held its first round of recruitment for Pob staff with some excellent appointments. A new...

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Wednesday, 5 December 2007
PINZ Consultant Part of New Timor Leste Education Sector Capacity Building Programme

In November 2007 a PINZ consultant began work on the NZAID funded project, Capacity Building in Timor Leste’s...

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Thursday, 25 October 2007
PINZ Completes ADB PPTA Project in Bangladesh
PINZ has recently completed the Skills Development Project (PPTA 4799) in Bangladesh.

The...

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Monday, 1 October 2007
Polytechnics International NZ (PINZ) has scored one of the biggest single educational contracts awarded to a New Zealand institution
The social development consultancy secured the US$13.5 million (NZ$20.6 million) contract from the...

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Friday, 21 September 2007
PINZ Begins Project in Republic of Palau

In late September PINZ will begin an ADB project in the Republic of Palau for TA 4929-PAL Facility...

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Friday, 7 September 2007
New Zealand/Vanuatu Education Assistance Programme NZAID (EAP) 2004-2007

PINZ would like to say a big Thank You to all consultants, stakeholders and NZAID officials involved over the last...

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Wednesday, 1 August 2007
Successful regional Pacific project with New Zealand Police - Pacific Prevention of Domestic Violence Programme
PINZ recently successfully completed a regional Pacific project with the New Zealand Police. The project involved the...

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Sunday, 1 July 2007
The Polytechnic of Bahrain Project (update)
The Polytechnic of Bahrain Project (update)

The Government of Bahrain has released a report detailing the...

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Tuesday, 29 May 2007
New Zealand tertiary providers win multi-million dollar Middle East contract
New Zealand tertiary providers win multi-million dollar Middle East contract

On Monday 29th May the New Zealand...

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Tuesday, 1 May 2007
The Polytechnic of Bahrain Project
The Polytechnic of Bahrain Project

A key project within the Bahrain Education Reform program is the...

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Sunday, 1 April 2007
PINZ Builds Partnership In The Middle East Through Multi-Million Dollar Education Project
PINZ Builds Partnership In The Middle East Through Multi-Million Dollar Education...

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