Vocational Curriculum Development · Icon-Institut GmbH · German Development Cooperation · November 2024 – March 2025
Dr. Faour-Klingbeil was contracted by Icon-Institut GmbH as Food Technology Expert under the GIZ-supported project “Technical Support for the Comprehensive Technical Education Initiative with Egypt”, part of the German Development Cooperation programme on Sectoral Competence Development in Agribusiness, Food Processing, and Tourism and Hospitality.
Her role focused on designing the programme framework for a dual vocational education curriculum in Food Technology, developed for official endorsement by Egypt’s Ministry of Education and Technical Education (MoETE) as a national qualification. The work supported the alignment of Egypt’s technical education system with labor market needs and international standards.
The curriculum framework was structured around a DACUM-based, competency-based approach, developed in close collaboration with private-sector food industry stakeholders. Competencies were mapped to real business processes and designed for coherent delivery across school-based and company-based training environments.
