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in ECOWAS Countries, Abuja, Nigeria, 17-20 August 2009
Given a growing movement to invigorate TVET in West Africa, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and UNESCO-BREDA held a joint workshop on TVET revitalization and TVET harmonization in Abuja, Nigeria, on 17-20 August 2009. The UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre participated in and presented at this event. The main objective of the workshop was to create a platform for sharing knowledge and experiences on the reform, revitalization and expansion of national TVET systems to improve skills delivery, employability and mobility of youth within ECOWAS member states. The progress made and results obtained by Nigeria in reforming its TVET system through the UNESCO-Nigeria TVE Revitalization Project were highlighted as good practice that can serve as a model for other ECOWAS member states. Nigeria currently has more than 750 secondary and post-secondary TVET institutions and is often recognized as having the most advanced TVET system in the sub-region.
Roughly 70 representatives of Ministries of Education from the 15 ECOWAS countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger and Nigeria), UNESCO Cluster Offices, various UN organizations and other international partners such as the African Development Bank took part in the workshop. A UNESCO-UNEVOC consultant, together with the president of RAIFFET (African Network of TVET Teacher Training Institutions, Libreville, Gabon), gave a presentation on network support in TVET. The consultant also facilitated a session on sharing experiences within regional networks. This resulted in an expressed commitment by the participants to exchange curricula and national qualifications frameworks (NQFs).
The workshop resulted in a resolution calling for the harmonization of TVET qualifications and TVET systems in the ECOWAS region, a process which will be called the “Abuja Process”.
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UNESCO-Nigeria TVE Revitalization Project