Dr. Michael GroschInternational Consulting for Education
Profile / Experience

Selected case studies

From system design to practical delivery.

Five examples show how international assignments translated policy and programme objectives into usable standards, curricula, tools and capacity-development formats.

Evidence in practice

Selected results and contributions.

The examples below are based on documented assignments. They distinguish the assignment context, Dr. Grosch’s role, the work delivered and the observable scale or result.

01

LuxDev · Lao PDR
2026

Making revenue-generating activities usable for TVET institutes.

Role: Senior Expert

Integrated and technical TVET institutes needed a practical way to assess, plan and operate revenue-generating activities alongside their educational mandate.

  • Developed a step-by-step feasibility assessment and business-planning approach.
  • Translated operational, legal and regulatory requirements into practical procedures and examples.
  • Prepared capacity-building workshops so institutes could apply the toolkit in their own context.

Result: A completed practical toolkit and feasibility-study guide designed for institutional use rather than abstract policy guidance.

02

GIZ · Myanmar
2020–2022

Building a national foundation for TVET teacher education.

Role: Senior Expert and Team Leader

A national reform process required a coherent competency standard and curriculum for the preparation of TVET teachers.

  • Led the development and implementation of the national standard and curriculum.
  • Trained master trainers and multipliers for sustainable delivery.
  • Advised the responsible ministry and coordinated a team of four senior experts.

Result: A national framework connecting competency expectations, curriculum design and implementation capacity.

03

GIZ · Bosnia and Herzegovina
Digital learning

Scaling digital teaching capacity beyond one-off training.

Role: Team Lead for a six-person trainer team

TVET teachers needed immediate support for ICT-enabled and online teaching, combined with production capacity for reusable learning resources.

  • Designed the curriculum and delivery concept and trained 500 TVET teachers.
  • Supported the establishment of five media-production studios.
  • Produced an interactive manual, approximately 15 hours of video and a MOOC.

Result: A countrywide capacity-development package later extended in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.

04

GIZ · South Africa
National rollout design

Moving from a digital-learning pilot to national scale.

Role: Senior TVET and digital-learning expert

A pilot was used to test an e-learning approach before preparing a broader national rollout for TVET educators.

  • Delivered pilot training for 100 TVET teachers.
  • Designed a second-phase interactive MOOC for national implementation.
  • Connected the pilot experience to a rollout concept for up to 2,000 teachers.

Result: A tested pathway from small-scale training to a scalable national digital-learning format.

05

GIZ / SDC · Mekong and ASEAN
Regional standard

Creating a shared competency standard across countries.

Role: Head of expert team and lead author

Countries in the Mekong Region required a common reference for the preparation and recognition of in-company trainers.

  • Developed the regional in-company trainer standard and accompanying curriculum framework.
  • Facilitated four workshops with 60 participants from six countries.
  • Connected government, training-provider and employer perspectives in the standard-development process.

Result: A Mekong-region standard subsequently upscaled for wider ASEAN use and supported by a peer-reviewed publication.

Current and recent

Further assignments.

Current work continues the same combination of analytical depth, stakeholder collaboration and implementation-oriented outputs.

Nuffic · EU–ASEAN SCOPE-HE

Senior Expert designing a modular Labour Market Insight curriculum, regional workshops and an open-access training toolkit.

UNESCO IITE

Educational Data Analytics Consultant assessing open educational datasets and developing practical guidance for higher education.

GIZ

Senior ICT and TVET Evaluator and appraisal mission expert contributing to programme development, strategic guidance and quality assurance.

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