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Programme (pdf 42 KB)
Thursday 3rd May
| 9:00–9:15 | Opening Session
Speaker:
Christine Evans-Klock
(ILO, Director, Skills and Employability)
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| 9:15–10:15 | Keynote Presentation
José-Manuel Salazar (ILO, Executive Director, Employment): Global Employment Agenda and Decent Work
Michel Carton (Institut Universitaire d'Etudes du Développement (IUED), Director): Apprenticeship in the informal economy: anything new since the 70's?
Hans-Christiaan Haan (UNESCO-UNEVOC, Consultant): New challenges for informal apprenticeship and its potential to adjust
(p.1-4, 12-14)
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| 10:15–11:00 | Workshop Introduction and Discussion:
Apprenticeship – a multi-dimensional approach
Speaker:
Irmgard Nübler
(ILO, Skills and Employability)
Apprenticeship: A multidimensional approach
Facilitator:
Christine Evans-Klock (ILO, Skills and Employability) |
| ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO INFORMAL APPRENTICESHIPS: AN ILO PERSPECTIVE |
| 11:15–13:00 | Panel presentations and discussion
Speakers:
Emmanuel Reynaud (ILO, Social Protection) : Social protection in apprenticeship
Christine Hofmann (ILO, Skills and Employability): Skills and employability
Patrick Quinn
(ILO, InFocus Programme on Child Labour (IPEC))
Child labour: The perspective of IPEC
Julika Breyer
(ILO, Social Finance Programme)
A potential role for microfinance
Klaus Haftendorn
(ILO, Job Creation and Enterprise Development)
The perspective of the entrepreneur
Facilitator:
Josiane Capt
(ILO, Skills and Employability) |
| UPGRADING APPRENTICESHIP SYSTEMS IN AFRICA:
EXPERIENCE AND LESSONS FROM PROJECTS |
| 14:30–17:30 | Presentations and discussion
Speakers:
Tania Haidara (Swisscontact, Mali)
Apprenticeship training: Model and challenges in Benin, Mali and Burkina Faso, (French version)
Edda Grunwald (German Technical Cooperation (GTZ))
Apprenticeship systems in Africa – Reference systems, project experiences & lessons learnt
Leoncia Salakana
(InFocus Programme on Child Labour (IPEC), Tanzania)
IPEC programs addressing apprenticeship in Tanzania, Kenya and Ghana
Christian Joussein
(ILO, Skills and Employability)
Approaches to make apprenticeship in Niger more decent and more effective, (French version)
Hans-Christiaan Haan
(UNESCO-UNEVOC)
The rural enterprise project in Ghana (p.5-11)
Robert Palmer (University of Edinburgh)
The vocational skills and informal sector support project (VSP) in Ghana
Facilitator:
Nicolas Serrière (International Training Centre, Turin, ILO) |
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Friday, 4 May 2007
| THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK OF APPRENTICESHIP SYSTEMS IN WEST AFRICA |
| 08:30–09:15 | Presentations and discussion
Speakers:
Irmgard Nübler
(ILO, Skills and Employability)
Sebastian Buckup
(ILO, Skills and Employability)
Apprenticeship systems in the West African region:
An institutional framework
Facilitator:
Emmanuel Reynaud
(ILO, Social Protection) |
| POLICIES AND STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK:
ROLE OF GOVERNMENTS, EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS ORGANIZATIONS |
| 9:15–9:30 | Presentation
Speaker:
Azita Berar-Awad: Formalization of the informal economy: Different perspectives
(ILO, Employment Policy) |
| 9:30–11:15 | Panel presentations and discussion
Speakers:
Richard Walther
(Agence Francaise de Développement (AFD))
Dual apprenticeship in the informal sector: The cases of Benin, Togo and Senegal
Robert Palmer
(University of Edinburgh)
Policies and strategies to improve the institutional framework for informal apprenticeship training: The case of Ghana
Tania Haidara
(Swisscontact, Mali)
Apprenticeship training in Mali today
Abdel-Aziz Boutaleb
(ILO, Skills and Employability)
Apprenticeship in the informal economy: The Continuous Apprenticeship Programme in Egypt 2002- 2006
Facilitator:
Azita Berar-Awad
(ILO, Employment Policy) |
| LOOKING AHEAD: KNOWLEDGE GAPS AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS |
| 11:30–13:00 | Guided discussion
Speakers:
Robert Palmer
(University of Edinburgh)
Knowledge gaps and research questions: Informal apprenticeship training in Ghana
Emmanuel Reynaud
(ILO, Social Protection)
Richard Walther
(Agence Francaise de Développement (AFD))
Michel Carton
(Institut Universitaire d'Etudes du Développement (IUED))
Facilitator:
Irmgard Nübler
(ILO, Skills and Employability)
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