UNEVOC assists in CapEFA implementation

31 August to 5 September 2010, Zanzibar, Tanzania

UNEVOC’s participation in the “Regional Seminar on Capacity Development in Planning, and Implementation of Cap EFA for TVET Development and on Regional Coordination of TVET Activities in Africa” from 31 August to 5 September 2010 in Zanzibar, Tanzania was part of the technical advice and assistance in implementing the Cap EFA projects which is jointly provided by specialists from UNESCO Headquarters and institutes such as UNESCO-UNEVOC.

Cap EFA projects are being implemented in the areas of TVET, among others, in sub-Saharan Africa under the leadership of various UNESCO Cluster Offices. The workshop with participants from UNESCO Cluster Offices in sub-Saharan Africa, Cap EFA Team at UNESCO Headquarters, UNESCO-UNEVOC, national coordinators for Cap EFA, partners from UNDP in Dakar, African Union, Southern African Development Community (SADC), and Central Africa, and ministries in Cap EFA project countries, was a component of a regional Cap EFA project which is implemented by the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Education in Africa (BREDA) in Dakar. The specific objectives of the workshop included development of capacities in order to improve the elaboration of policy and management of TVET programmes. Mr Munjanganja led the session on the UNESCO TVET Strategy and the assistance obtainable from UNESCO Headquarters and UNEVOC with reference to Cap EFA. He also explained the support provided so far to Cap EFA in Malawi beginning with project inception through the implementation of evaluation.