AFRICA SKILLS WEEK 2024

AFRICA SKILLS WEEK 2024 – 14^th -18^th Oct 2024

Accra, Ghana

Framing a Global TVET Agenda

A call for action to improve global policy cooperation and address common challenges in TVET. It promotes aligning of priorities, mutual learning and exchange of innovative approaches.

Key Takeaways:

• Coordination among multilateral organisations like UNESCO, OECD, ETF, ILO, with African Union Commission and other international partners. With the idea of leveraging existing partnerships to align workplans and expanding the network of key global partners, with countries contributing through continental-level representation.
• Investment in new and rehabilitation of old Infrastructure is key to rebranding of TVET.
• Strengthening attractiveness Quality and excellence of TVET, with a focus on work-based learning and private sector engagement. Design TVET to be desirable to trainees and parents to serve the aspirations of young people in Africa and Beyond. This would also increase employability.
  In an online poll, the audience put work-based learning as top priority!
• Emphasizing green and digital TVET.
  Underlined that Africa as the fastest-growing economy and has a huge potential to leapfrog development & become a leader in green technology.

Key challenges; lack of a comprehensive policy that supports the dual transition, Skills to manage and support the dual transition, green skills recognition and validation and limited resources towards implementation

• Supporting skilled workforce mobility and policy alignment to create opportunities across borders.
  Focus on common standards and transparency of qualifications. With a highlight on the work on an African Continental Qualification Framework.
• Tackling inclusivity and access to TVET.

A global TVET agenda must actively promote gender equality and should leave no one behind. Include youth in informal settlement, marginalized and vulnerable communities.

• Boosting entrepreneurship and addressing the informal sector.
  A  shared success story: the TVET Voucher programme supporting informal workers to access formal training Commission for TVET Ghana
• Fostering evidence-based policy made through data and research.
  “Without data, we are continuing blindly.” Advocate for stronger international collaboration in TVET research.
• Enhance Continuous Professional Development of Teachers. Reskilling and upskilling for both institutional trainers and in company instructors
• Private Sector Engagement and participation
• TVET as driver of social and economic development
   

Principal Secretary Dr Esther Thaara Muoria Phd was represented by:

1. John K. Tuwei, Head Projects and Partnerships
2. Anne W. Kamonjo, Greening TVET and Climate Change