Sessions
Join your global community in a powerful event for change.
Day 1 – Wednesday 11 September 2024
8.00
Registration
9.00
Opening plenary – with keynote speaker
10.00
Strategies for Excellence: Towards a global TVET agenda
Bringing together key stakeholders in the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) landscape to explore the necessary next steps to move the global TVET agenda forward.
11.30
Who is responsible for excellence in TVET?
Policy debate on how to achieve excellence.
Gender segregation in skills
Gender inequalities in the labour market exist and persist. This session will look at ways policymakers can rethink and design TVET and sectoral policies to break the entrenched gender gaps in the world of work.
Greening skills for climate action acceleration – where are we now?
Led by change makers in greening TVET on the major steps taken to adapt TVET to the green transition.
12.30
Lunch and WorldSkills Competition tour
15.00
Targeted skill development initiatives for fragile economies
This session will look at the specific needs of fragile economies, conflict driven nations, or countries enduring the effects of climate change in ensuring effective and responsive TVET systems.
Women in STEM
Women are less likely to pursue careers in STEM. This gap is also observed in green tech. In this session we will acknowledge the realities of women working in STEM, including bias, systemic oppression, and other barriers. We will learn from examples from projects that have achieved progress in addressing these gaps, and at developing ways to overcome the obstacles preventing girls and women from pursuing a TVET career in STEM.
Tools and systems for quality assurance
With a focus on dual education models and apprenticeships, this session will look at the different tools available globally for quality assurance in TVET. Bringing to the table the main actors in the optimal delivery of apprenticeships – providers, private sector, workers associations, youth – we will learn recent experiences and tools on the implementation of the ILO’s recommendation for quality apprenticeships that can be replicated in other countries.
16.30
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19.00
Conference reception and networking
Day 2 – Thursday 12 September 2024
9.00
Registration
9.30
Opening plenary – Digitalization, learning and AI
10.30
Break
11.00
Brick by brick: foundational skills for better TVET
Foundational skills are the essential building blocks of learning, knowledge and higher order skills and thus acquiring them are the first steps towards excellence in TVET. Unfortunately, millions of children and young people across the world are failing to acquire these basic skills. The session will discuss the potential of TVET to foster foundational skills, the policies, and strategies for TVET systems and institutions address the gaps – when present – and reinforce foundational skills.
Monitoring impact: data for better skills systems
Impact data helps us take better decision, learn which programmes are being successful, and where can we improve as organizations. Impact data can also help mobilize further support from public and private partners. This session will give an overview of the objectives of the WorldSkills Global Research Council, and currently available data than can help us grow the WorldSkills movement.
12.00
Lunch
13.00
BeChangeMaker
The top five teams in BeChangeMaker 2024 will be delivering their pitch finale. This is the eighth edition of our social entrepreneurship acceleration programme, presented by WorldSkills and the HP Foundation, and supported by UNESCO-UNEVOC.
14.30
Role of Skills Competitions for TVET development in low and middle-income countries
Skills competitions play a pivotal role in the development of TVET in low and middle-income countries. The competitions serve as dynamic platforms that not only showcase the practical skills acquired through TVET programmes but also contribute significantly to fostering a culture of excellence. In low and middle-income countries, where there may be limited resources for education and training, competitions offer an effective means to demonstrate the value and impact of investing in vocational skills.
Unveiling PISA-VET – progress and achievements
Building on its highly successful Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), the OECD is developing the first international large-scale assessment of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programmes. In this session, the OECD’s Director for Education and Skills will present the framework for PISA-VET, outline the next steps in the initiative and look forward to the first results of the programme and the benefits that will be possible, including enhanced comparative policy insights on how to improve the relevance, quality, equity and effectiveness of initial TVET programmes and the promotion of TVET and the power of skills to enlighten and inspire young students of the future.
15.30
Break
16.00