This paper has been prepared by a group of participants of the Postgraduate Training Programme of the German Development Institute/Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), supervised by Dr. Benjamin Schraven. The field research conducted by the team of authors constitutes the core practical element of the Training Programme. Although not commissioned by the ILO, the paper complements the series of reports on informal apprenticeship that informs country programmes and policies.