VAM

VAM (Foundation for Women and Labor Market) was founded in April 2003 by former employees and board members of the Women Vocational schools in the Netherlands and with the support of FNV Vrouwenbond and BPW the Netherlands. The schools had ceased to exist as independent schools in 2002. The foundation safeguards the heritage of these schools, and continues to promote it's methodology and concepts for vocational training of women. The Dutch VAM foundation supports and promotes emancipation, gender equity and economic independence for women in particular. (see Mission & Goals). The expertise and methods used are widely recognized as one of the most successful in terms of women acquiring job qualifications and entering the labor market.

It specializes in made-to-measure vocational training for (especially) women - also in developing countries- in the fields of inter alia computer maintenance and services, entrepreneurship, management of water committees and maintenance of water pumps, plumbing, carpentry, building, etc.
Currently VAM is assisting in projects or monitoring projects in e.g. Suriname (South America), Turkey, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Mali and Moldova.

The Foundation is a not-for-profit, registered NGO, based in the Netherlands.