Programme

17 April 2018 – Registration and Pre-Sessions
TVET EXPERT GROUP MEETING
Time	Item	Responsible	Input Documents
09:00 – 09:30	Welcome and Opening Remarks, Meeting Objectives Overview of the AU Continental frameworks: (CESA 16-25; TVET Strategy; STISA) Challenges and opportunities for advancing the TVET Agenda	Fati N'zi Hassane, NEPAD Nicholas Ouma, AUC	Continental Education Strategy for Africa (CESA 16-25) TVET Continental Strategy
09:30 – 10:10	Introduction and update on the Skills Initiative for Africa (SIFA): Harnessing of Good Practise Examples for the African Skills Portal for Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship (ASPYEE)	Sabine Klaus, GIZ	SIFA Fact Sheet ASPYEE Fact Sheet
10:10 – 10:40	Plan of Action for the African Decade for Technical, Professional and Entrepreneurial Training and Youth Employment	Nicholas Ouma, AUC Fisseha Mamo, AUC	ToR for the Plan of Action and Roadmap
10:40 – 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:30	TVET Expert Group Brief Review of the Terms of Reference- identifying entry points for collaboration	George Afeti, Chair, TVET Expert Group	ToR for the Continental TVET Expert-Advisory Group
11:30 – 11:50	Collaboration modalities and proposed expansion of the TVET Expert Group and ToR	Unami Mpofu, NEPAD
11:50 – 12:30	Implementation modalities of the TVET Continental Strategy M & E for TVET on the basis of the continental TVET strategy Validation of continental skills knowledge and demands Continental recommendations and guidelines for implementation and possible refinement of the TVET Strategy	Lukman Jaji, IPED	TVET Continental Strategy
12:30 – 12:45	The way forward	Nicholas Ouma, AUC
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch Break

SIFA ADVISORY GROUP MEETING
Time	Item	Responsible
14:30 – 15:30	SIFA Advisory Group Meeting	Estherine Fotabong

TVET CLUSTER MEETING
Time	Item	Moderator
15:30 – 16:00	Welcome Tea & Registration
16:00 – 16:15	Welcome and Opening Remarks H.E. Prof. Sarah Anyang Agbor, Commissioner AUC HRST
16:15 – 16:40	Meeting Objectives Value proposition of the TVET Cluster & Modalities for collaboration – Review of the Terms of Reference Estherine Fotabong, Director, Programme implementation and Coordination NEPAD	Fati N’zi-Hassane, NEPAD
16:40 – 17:30	Brief on programme focus Interactive Plenary Creating a shared vision for transforming TVET architecture in Africa	Nicholas Ouma, AUC
17:30 – 17:40	Modalities for implementation, collaboration M & E and reporting for the cluster	Lukman Jaji, IPED
7:40 – 17:50	Synthesis of Plenary and Way Forward NEPAD Agency
17:50 – 18:00	Closing Remarks + Group Photo	George Afeti, Chair, TVET Expert Group

Day 1 – 18 April 2018
Time	Item	Moderator
08:00 – 09:00	Arrival of participants and Registration
09:00 – 09:30	Official opening H.E. Prof. Sarah Anyang Agbor, Commissioner, Human Resources Science and Technology, African Union Commission - Opening remarks delivered on her behalf by Nicholas Ouma, Senior Youth Advisor, Human Resources, Science and Technology, African Union Commission H.E. Mr. Buti Manamela, Deputy Minister for Higher Education and Training of South Africa H.E. Mr. Faouzi Abderrahmane, Minister of Vocational Training and Employment of Tunisia	Sylvester Ademola, Technical Expert, Human Resources, Science and Technology, African Union Commission
09:30 – 10:00	Keynote: Exploring the future of the world of work to inform skills policy Morne Mostert, Director of the Institute for Futures Research at Stellenbosch University
10:00 – 10:30	Coffee Break
10:30 – 10:45	Presentation of AUC: Continental Frameworks (CESA 16-25, TVET and STISA 2024) Nicholas Ouma, Senior Youth Advisor, Human Resources, Science and Technology, African Union Commission	Sylvester Ademola, Technical Expert, Human Resources, Science and Technology, African Union Commission
10:45 – 11:30	Presentation of African Skills Portal for Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship (ASPYEE) and Discussions Fati N'zi Hassane, Head of Programme, Skills and Employment for Youth, NEPAD
11:30 – 13:00	Technical Session 1: The future of skills and jobs Panelists: Morne Mostert, Director of the Institute for Futures Research at Stellenbosch University Mounir Grami, Director of Research and Innovation, National Training Center for training of trainers and training engineering (CENAFFIF), Tunisia Kjartan Sorensen, Technical advisor, enterprise and workforce development, FHI 360 Wissem Bellagha, CEO of Skill’Z Tunisia Patrick Coates, Regional Director EMEA, ACT	Shem Okore Bodo, Acting Executive Secretary, Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA)
13:00 – 14:30	Lunch Break
14:30 – 15:45	Technical Session 2: African Youth, digital competencies and creative media: “from skills to market” - New approaches for youth empowerment through digital skills and entrepreneurship: addressing the skills gap and fostering inclusive growth Panelists: Tanimomo Dare, Chief Creative Officer of Ideas and Solutions, Nigeria Jerome Morrissey, CEO, Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative (GeSCI) Moussa Ndour, Chief of Service Assitant, iDEV-ic, Senegal William Edem Senyo, CEO Impact Hub (Ghana)	Thomas Munthali, Director Knowledge and Learning Department, African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)
15:45 – 16:15	Coffee Break
16:15 – 17:45	Technical Session 3: Empowering young women and girls through digital skills Panelists: Dagaba Diakité, Education for Change Project Manager, CARE International Mali Eliguard Dawson, Country Director, DOT Tanzania Helena Naitsuwe Amadhila, Lecturer, Dep. of Lifelong Learning and Community Education, Faculty of Education, Univ. of Namibia Happiness Mzikazi Ntuli, Programme development advisor, ADPP Mozambique Chao Mbogo, Kenya Methodist University	Martha Muhwezi, Senior programme coordinating officer, Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE)
19:00 – 21:00	Diner Cocktail

Day 2 – 19 April 2018
Time	Activity	Moderator
09:00 – 09:15	Keynote
09:15 – 10:15	Technical Session 4: Conventional and emerging technologies (Virtual Realities, Open Educational Resources, Gamification, Robotics, Open Badges, etc.) – Trends in skilling youth for new and future jobs Panelists: Karim Aboubacar, General Manager Investiv Moussa Lo, Coordinator of the Virtual University of Senegal James Kanyankole Gashumba, Vice Chancellor, Rwanda Polytechnic (RP), Rwanda Obed Diener, Technical Advisor -FHI 360, United States Ruth Waiganjo, Freelance developer	Satu Järvinen, CEO SkillSafari
10:15 – 10:45	Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:15	High level round table: Digital secondary education, 21^st century skills and readiness for the world of work Panelists: H.E. Mr. Abdelhafeez Elsadig Abdelrheem, State Minister in charge of Youth, Ministry of Education of Sudan H.E. Mr. Gaston Musemena Bongala, Minister of Primary, Secondary and Professional Education of the Democratic Republic of Congo Jerónimo José Ribeiro da Silva, Regional Business Manager, JP-IK Odibeli Pamela Ejiro, Youth Ambassador, Secondary Education in Africa (SEA) Initiative Senthil Kumar, Programme Manager, Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative (GeSCI)	Mario Franco, Founder & Chairperson, Millenium@EDU Sustainable Education
12:15 – 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00	Technical Session 5: Life skills and citizenship education, reimagining the learning agenda to ensure successful transition from learning to the world of work Panelists: Jeannette Vogelaar, Regional Education Advisor, UNICEF Regional Office for Middle East and North Africa – Conceptual framework of LSCE Inge Vervloesem, Education Specialist, UNICEF Regional Office for West and Central Africa – Mapping of LSCE interventions in WCARO – Challenge and opportunites Abdelmojib Mrabet, Head of Division of Orientation and Counseling, Ministry of national Education, Vocation Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research, Marocco – Integrating LSCE: a country experience Pierre Lucante, Programme Manager YouMatch, Global Initiative on Employment Services for Youth, GIZ	Fares Mabrouk, Managing Director, Impact Partner
15:00 – 16:00	Technical Session 6: Adapting and developing agility through a comprehensive national digital skills for enhanced employability, productivity and innovation capacity Panelists: Unami Mpofu, Senior Programme Officer, NEPAD Agency Karim Toumi, Project Manager International Labour Organization (ILO) Slaheddine Maaref, Senior Advisor, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) H.E. Mr. Kevit Desai, Principal Secretary, State Department for Vocational and Technical Training, Kenya	Jerome Morrissey, CEO, Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative (GeSCI)
16:00 – 16:30	Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:30	High level Panel: Ministerial feedback on how to create enabling environments to support the translation of policies into results and promote skills development in line with development policies Panelists: H.E. Mr. Faouzi Abderrahmane, Minister of Vocational Training and Employment of Tunisia H.E. Mr. Abdoulkadri Tidjani ldrissa, Minister of Professional and Technical Education of Niger H.E. Mr. Adoum Dangaï Nokour Guet, Minister of Vocational Training and Small trades of Chad H.E. Mr. Gaston Musemena Bongala, Minister of Primary, Secondary and Professional Education of the Democratic Republic of Congo H.E. Mr. Abdelhafeez Elsadig Abdelrheem, State Minister in charge of Youth, Ministry of Education of Sudan H.E. Mr. Kevit Desai, Principal Secretary, State Department for Vocational and Technical Training, Kenya H.E. Dr. Ahmed Elgeushey Hassaneen, Deputy Minister of Education for Technical and Vocational Education and Training of Egypt	Tarek Chehidi, Education Network Program Director, Results for Development (R4D)
17:30 – 18:00	Adoption of Forum’s Main Outcome and Official closing Jerome Morrissey, CEO, Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative (GeSCI) Shem Okore Bodo, Acting Executive Secretary, Acting Executive Secretary, Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) H.E. Mr. Faouzi Abderrahmane, Minister of Vocational Training and Employment of Tunisia
19:00 – 21:00	Diner Cocktail

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