Learning for Life, Work and the Future

Stimulating Reform in Southern Africa through Subregional Co-operation

An initiative launched jointly by:

Ministry of Education
Department of Vocational
Education and Training

Republic of Botswana

What is LLWF?

The first major initiative of the Centre "Learning for Life, Work and the Future: Stimulating Reform in Southern Africa through Sub-regional Cooperation" resulted in eight sub-regional project proposals in technical and vocational education and training in Southern Africa.

This project has been initiated jointly by the Ministry of Education in Botswana and UNESCO's International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre) in Bonn. Its the main objective is to stimulate subregional co-operation for the reform of Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Southern Africa.

The project started with a workshop which involved 12 out of 14 Member States of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), and which was held from 4 to 8 December 2000 in Gaborone, Botswana. The official opening session was held on 04 December 2000 (photos). In order to select participants for the workshop, experts from the region were invited to submit discussion papers that comply with the principles set out in the Call for Papers. A Main Working Document has been prepared. More information about the project as such can be obtained from the Project Outline.

A brief Summary Report on the Workshop 2000 in Gaborone (2 pages) is available, also in Adobe Acrobat format (PDF, 130 KB).

The full Final Report of the Workshop 2000 is entitled "Learning for Life, Work and the Future: Stimulating Reform in Southern Africa through Subregional Co-operation. Initial Workshop, Gaborone, 5-8 December 2000" (104 pages). The Report is available in Adobe Acrobat format (PDF, 2400 KB). Print copies of the Report can be obtained from the UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre.