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Berlin, Germany, 27-28 February
On 27 February 2012, Shyamal Majumdar, Head of UNESCO-UNEVOC, participated as inaugural speaker and chaired a technical session at the 2nd Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) symposium held in Berlin, Germany. The symposium, organized by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
(BMBF, Germany) and the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB, Germany) and attended by 60 delegates from 22 countries, focused on Qualification Frameworks in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and was entitled: “Putting Frameworks into Practice: Demand, Development and Decision“.
After opening addresses by Dr. Walter Mönig (BMBF) and Birgit Thomann (BIBB), Mr. Majumdar presented an opening speech in which he raised the importance of TVET and skills development for the world of work and challenges in achieving the MDGs, Education for All (EFA) goals, socio-economic development, and a better quality of life for individuals and communities. In his speech, Mr. Majumdar urged to aim for the development of qualifications frameworks that foster mobility and partnership, better regulate the system in the development of a demand-driven and quality based National TVET and most of all are coherent, comprehensible, current and credible.
The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) is a dialogue platform between Asia and Europe, and aims to promote dialogue and action-oriented cooperation between heads of government for mutual benefit. The ASEM education secretariat is currently hosted by Germany, and aims to further intensify the Asian-European dialogue in education and make ASEM more visible in the field of education.
More information about the symposium (website)
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