Moderator-driven TVeT Forum conferences

Our moderator-driven discussions seek to promote focused discussions on crucial themes in TVET development and aim to gather valuable input from the TVeT Forum community.

Most recent conference

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• When 16 to 24 July 2018
• Where UNESCO-UNEVOC TVeT Forum
• Language English (participation in French and Spanish is welcome)

World Youth Skills Day is an official UN Day (starting from 2015) and raises awareness about the importance of youth skills development. As part of its celebrations to mark the day, UNESCO-UNEVOC is organizing a virtual conference to discuss measures to improve the image of TVET and make it more attractive to young people

Learning objectives

At the end of this virtual conference, participants will be able to:

• Understand the factors influencing the image of TVET, and the impact this image has on individuals/business/society
• Appreciate some of the factors and challenges impacting the decision of young people when choosing their career/education path
• Identify suitable measures that can help improve the image of TVET in their context
• Establish how to assess the impact of measures to improve the image of TVET

• Clement, U. 2014. Improving the image of technical and vocational education and training. GIZ, Germany.
• Attractiveness of initial vocational education and training: identifying what matters, Cedefop.

Overview Virtual Conferences

27 June 2018 Virtual conference on Improving the image of TVET: making TVET more attractive to young people On the occasion of World Youth Skills Day, UNESCO-UNEVOC is holding a virtual conference on improving the image of TVET and making it more attractive to young people. The virtual conference will be held on the TVeT Forum from 16 to 24 July (more)

1 November 2017 Virtual conference on Open Educational Resources in TVET The virtual conference on OER in TVET, moderated by UNESCO OER Chair Robert Schuwer and Ben Janssen ended on 20 November with a live webinar in which the moderators summarized their findings and discussed with participants: View recording at https://youtu.be/fbkd-Fr61PM (more)

13 October 2017 Virtual conference: Pathways between technical and vocational education and training and further education In the next edition of the UNESCO-UNEVOC virtual conferences, we would like to discuss with you pathways between technical and vocational education and training and further education. The conference takes place from 23 to 27 October. Find out more and sign up today! (more)

18 May 2017 Virtual conference on Greening TVET in Latin America This edition of the virtual conference takes place from 05 to 11 June 2017 on the UNESCO-UNEVOC TVeT Forum and focuses on Greening TVET in Latin America. Join now! (more)

22 December 2016 Virtual conference on sources of financing in TVET The virtual conference on diversifying sources of funding for TVET took place from 16 to 22 January 2017 on the UNESCO-UNEVOC TVeT Forum, and was participated by 222 participants from 81 countries. (more)

5 September 2016 Just Published: Virtual conference report on making youth entrepreneurship a viable path The virtual conference report on “Making youth entrepreneurship a viable path” is now online. The virtual conference took place from 18 to 29 July 2016 on the UNEVOC TVeT Forum and was moderated by Claudia Pompa. (more)

17 August 2016 Just Published: Virtual conference report on measuring the return on investment in TVET The virtual conference report on “Measuring the return on investment in TVET” is now online. The virtual conference took place from 9 to 16 May 2016 on the UNEVOC TVeT Forum and was moderated by Phil Loveder and John Stanwick from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research in Australia. (more)

17 February 2016 Just published: Virtual conference report on the 'UNESCO TVET strategy 2016-2021' The virtual conference report on the "UNESCO TVET strategy 2016-2021" is now online. The virtual conference took place from 28 September to 03 October 2015 on UNESCO-UNEVOC’s e-forum and brought together 165 participants from 57 countries. (more)

1 December 2015 Just published: Virtual conference report on ‘Delivering TVET through Quality Apprenticeships’ The virtual conference report on “Delivering TVET through Quality Apprenticeships” is now online. The two-week virtual conference took place from 15 to 26 June 2015 on UNESCO-UNEVOC’s e-forum and brought together 229 participants from 70 countries. (more)

6 October 2015 Just published: Virtual conference report on 'Skills for the creative industries' The virtual conference report on 'Skills for creative industries' has just been published. The conference took place from 29 September to 10 October 2014 and attracted 153 participants from 64 countries. (more)

1 October 2014 Just published: Revising the 2001 Revised Recommendation concerning Technical and Vocational Education This report provides a synthesis of the discussions during the special virtual conference held from 1 to 14 April 2014 on the UNEVOC e-Forum and moderated by Simon McGrath. The report outlines the key themes that were raised and features a set of recommendations concerning the scope, objectives and themes of the recommendation concerning TVE. (more)

26 September 2014 Just published: Vocational Pedagogy: what it is, why it matters and how to put it into practice This report provides a synthesis of the discussions held during the virtual conference held from 12 to 26 May 2014 on the UNEVOC e-Forum and moderated by Professor Bill Lucas. The discussions illustrated the importance of vocational pedagogy in improving learner outcomes in TVET, as well its role as a catalyst for raising the status and quality of TVET. (more)

18 July 2014 Just published: Greening TVET: Qualifications needs and implementation strategies The report of the online conference on “Greening TVET: Qualifications needs and implementation strategies” is now online. (more)

9 December 2013 Just published: e-Forum synthesis report on tackling youth unemployment through TVET From 25 June to 9 July 2013, over 300 participants from 80 countries gathered on the UNEVOC e-Forum to discuss how TVET can address growing numbers of youth unemployment. TVET experts, policy makers, researchers, practitioners and most importantly young students and graduates joined the discussion. (more)

30 July 2013 Synthesis report on e-Forum virtual conference on ICTs for TVET This report summarizes the discussions that were held during the e-Forum virtual conference on the implications of the ICT revolution for TVET, moderated by Nik Kafka from Teach A Man To Fish (more)

8 March 2013 Synthesis report on greening TVET for sustainable development This report summarizes the discussions that were held during the e-Forum online conference, moderated by Mr Kai Gleissner (more)

9 October 2012 Synthesis report on TVET teacher education This report summarizes the discussions that were held during the e-Forum online conference, moderated by Prof Masriam Bukit, on TVET teacher education. (more)

9 July 2012 Synthesis report on TVET in post-conflict and post-disaster situations This report summarizes the discussions that were held during the e-Forum online conference, moderated by Karina Veal, on TVET in post-conflict and post-disaster situations (16-30 April 2012). (more)

8 March 2012 Synthesis report on Women and TVET This report summarizes the discussions that were held during the e-Forum online conference, moderated by Dr Helga Foster (more)

Before the previous series of virtual conferences, a conference was held in 2007 on Greening TVET.

Two pathways, one destination - TVET for a sustainable future (22 Oct-10 Nov 2007)

Virtual conference on TVET for sustainable development | Final report (pdf)