Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 28th October 2015: The
African Union Commission in
Partnership with FHI360, a USAID-funded project under the
African Union Partnership (AUP) has organised an Exhibition parallel to the
1st
Specialized Technical Committee Meeting on Education Science and Technology
(STC-EST). The exhibition that involves model Technical, Vocational, Education
and Training (TVET) and
exhibitors show casing Space Science initiatives from African countries runs
from 27th to 30th October 2015.
The TVET exhibition is an
occasion for programmes to showcase the most promising TVET models for the 21st
century. Themed
“Connecting the Dots… from Skills Development to Jobs”, the
exhibition is part of the implementation of the Continental Strategy for TVET,
aimed at strengthening continental,
regional and national capacities to implement TVET programmes. The ten TVET
centres showcasing their programmes are part of the top twenty identified from
a bottom up competition that sought to identify good practices across the
continent.
These model TVET centres will be used to tell
the African TVET story and assist with rebranding and marketing TVET as a
pathway to youth skills development. In so doing, the model TVET centres will
not only be assisting to mainstream TVET, but also to support youth entrepreneurship
outcomes.
The exhibition provides a forum for Ministers and Social
Partners attending the Special
Technical
Committee (STC) Meeting on Education, Science and Technology to
share experiences and learn from each other the best practices on TVET. It also
accords opportunity for participants to explore potential partnerships which
will ultimately enhance intra African Technical Corporation in Skills
Development.
Among the model programmes in the
exhibition include Selam David Roescli TVET from Ethiopia, Koforidua
Polytechnic from Ghana and Le Centre de Formation aux Métiers Portuaires et Ã
la Logistique (CFMPL) from Senegal.
Also organized in the margins of the
STC-EST on the 29th of October is a Panel discussion on implementing
the TVET Paradigm Shift. The panelists will include TVET teachers/instructors,
managers, trainees, graduates, employers/private sector, foundations/workforce
development support institutions/NGOs, media and policy makers. Discussions are
aimed at soliciting ideas on how to maximize benefits from TVET programs for
youth employability, innovation and entrepreneurship in Africa.
Space Science and Technology exhibition
is meant to showcase successful initiatives that have demonstrated applications
of space technology in addressing socio-economic needs for sustainable
development contributing to the overarching African Agenda 2063. Exhibitors
include Entoto
Observatory and Research Centre (EORC), African Group
on Earth Observation Systems of Systems (AfriGEOSS), Cape Peninsula University
of Technology (CPUT), Square Kilometre Array (SKA) and African Association of
Remote Sensing for Environment (AARSE). The objective of this exhibition
exercise is to create awareness to Policy makers about the benefits of Space
Science and Technology applications towards the adoption of the African Space
Policy and Strategy as instruments to guide the African Space programmes.
It will be noted that the Commission,
through HRST, is coordinating implementation of the Global Monitoring of
Environment and Security in Africa (GMES & Africa) initiative that is meant
to provide Earth Observation services to inform policy and decision making at
National, Regional and Continental levels. The exhibition is part of the process
of linking technical information to policy making in achieving African Agenda
2063.
This Exhibition is slated to end on
30th October 2015.
For further
information, please contact:
Directorate of Information and Communication | African
Union Commission I E-mail: DIC@africanunion.orgI Web Site: www.au.intI Addis Ababa | Ethiopia
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