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Thematic Areas: Inclusion and Youth | Digital Transformation | Private Sector Engagement | SDGs and Greening TVET
Our Key Programmes & Projects: BILT: Bridging Innovation and Learning in TVET | Building TVET resilience | TVET Leadership Programme | WYSD: World Youth Skills Day
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This is a collection of TVET-related publications and resources from UNESCO-UNEVOC, other UNESCO entities, and members of the UNEVOC Network.
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December 2016
The sixth issue of the Shanghai Update newsletter contains information on how UNESCO is putting into practice its Strategy for TVET (2016-2021).
18 to 29 July, 2016
The virtual conference sought to collect input from the wider technical and vocational education and training (TVET) community about the role of TVET in promoting entrepreneurship. In order to increase our understanding of the nature of entrepreneurs ...
9 to 16 May 2016
The virtual conference sought to inform the wider technical and vocational education and training (TVET) community about a collaborative research project currently undertaken by the NCVER and UNESCO-UNEVOC which aims to explore the different benefits ...
Biennial Report 2014-2015
The Biennial Report presents a selection of UNESCO-UNEVOC’s activities during 2014 and 2015. The activities contributed to UNESCO’s sectoral priorities and programmatic objectives and assisted Member States to provide equitable, inclusive and qua ...
July 2016
The fifth issue of the Shanghai Update newsletter contains information on UNESCO´s new Strategy for TVET (2016-2021) and how it will guide the Organization´s work with regards to TVET for the coming years.
Other articles focus on UNESCO´s Recom ...
2 - 13 November 2015
The virtual conference gathered input from the UNESCO-UNEVOC TVeT Forum community over a two-week period prior to UNFCCC COP21, providing engaging insights and shared experiences to reflect on and carry into the future.
A hundred and thirty partic ...
Reflections from COP21: inspiring dialogues on the road to COP22
Climate challenges are global and need multisectoral
and global responses. Therefore, many agencies
working on the issue of greening skills, employment &
jobs, economy and social development decided to come
together to create opportunities for sy ...
28 September to 3 October 2015
The virtual conference provided stakeholders an opportunity to inform UNESCO’s strategy for technical and vocational education and training (TVET) for the period 2016 to 2021. The questions addressed at the conference included: i) What should be th ...
Capacity building for transformational TVET leaders: Vision, knowledge and skills
The following report gives an overview of UNESCO-UNEVOC's TVET Leadership Programme 2016, held in Bonn, Germany from 17 to 28 October.
15 to 26 June 2015
To further our understanding of apprenticeships, UNESCO-UNEVOC organized a virtual conference from 15 to 26 June 2015 on UNESCO-UNEVOC’s e-forum. Moderated by Alessandra Molz, a researcher in the area of workplace learning and skills development, i ...
November 2015
The fourth issue of the Shanghai Update newsletter contains information on the 2030 Agenda including 17 new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and how TVET is prominently reflected in them. Other articles inform on World Youth Skills Day, ICT in T ...
Report of the UNESCO-UNEVOC virtual conference, 29 September - 10 October 2014
To further our understanding of skills for creative industries, UNESCO-UNEVOC organized a virtual conference from 29 September to 10 October 2014 on the UNEVOC e-Forum. Moderated by Paul Collard, Chief Executive at Creativity, Culture and Education ( ...
14-16 October 2014, Bonn, Germany
May 2015
The third issue of the Shanghai Update newsletter contains information and reflections on developments with regard to the international community's education and skills for 2030 and was distributed at the World Education Forum in Incheon, Republic of ...
Report of the e-Forum online conference in November 2013
The discussions highlighted the importance of systematically integrating green competencies into TVET systems. According to the participants, green skills and attitudes should be part of curricula, training regulations and training programmes. Green ...
Report of the UNESCO-UNEVOC special virtual conference, 1-14 April 2014
As part of a rigorous process involving a number of high level consultations with UNESCO Member States, UNESCO-UNEVOC and the UNESCO TVET Section jointly organized a Special Virtual Conference on the UNEVOC e-Forum. Held from 1 to 14 April 2014 and m ...
Report of the UNESCO-UNEVOC online conference, 12-26 May 2014
To further our understanding of vocational pedagogy, UNESCO-UNEVOC organized a virtual conference from 12 to 26 May 2014 on the UNEVOC e-Forum. Moderated by Professor Bill Lucas, Director of the Centre for Real-World Learning, Professor of Learning a ...
Permeability, successful school-to-work transitions and international mobility
This bibliography, jointly published by UNESCO-UNEVOC and the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB), covers the topics of international mobility, transfer and transitions in TVET, and their role in increasing its attractivene ...
20-22 May 2014 in Gaborone, Botswana
This meeting report provides a summary of the presentations and discussions held during the Regional Workshop on Youth Transitions and Network Consolidation held in Gaborone, Botswana from 20 to 22 May 2014. The workshop was organized by UNESCO-UNEVO ...
Biennial Report 2012-2013
This biennial report provides a comprehensive overview of UNESCO-UNEVOC’s activities in technical and vocational education and training in 2012-2013.
As in previous years, UNESCO-UNEVOC undertook a range of activities promoting TVET development ...
March 2014
The second issue of the Shanghai Update newsletter gives an overview of the activities undertaken by UNESCO and UNEVOC to respond to the recommendations that were made to UNESCO by its Member States in Shanghai. This issue contains information about ...
Component II: Regional Synthesis Report
Entrepreneurship Education (EPE) in the Arab States is a joint project between UNESCO and StratREAL Foundation, UK, which included two main components:
Component I: The collection, systematization and dissemination of innovative and successful expe ...
Promising Practices in TVET and Entrepreneurship Education in the Arab States. 19–21 November 2013, Beirut, Lebanon
UNESCO-UNEVOC and UNESCO Regional Bureau, Beirut, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Lebanon (General Directorate for Vocational and Technical Education, GDVTE, and Center for Educational Research and Development, CER ...
17-18 September 2013, Abuja, Nigeria
Organized in collaboration with the Nigerian National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) the UNESCO-UNEVOC Africa Forum in Abuja, Nigeria was held on 17 and 18 September 2013. The forum provided a platform for networking and dialogue involving inte ...
28-30 October 2013, Moscow, Russian Federation
The UNESCO-UNEVOC Regional Forum for Europe and North America was co-hosted by Moscow-based CVETS National Observatory on Vocational Education/Centre for VET Studies, with the support of the Moscow Institute for the Development of Education.
It w ...