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In some countries, an increasing number of young people are neither in employment, nor in education or training (NEET). A high proportion of NEETs is an indicator of a difficult transition between school and work.

"The next EuroAfrica-ICT/P8 Regional Workshop on 'Awareness & Training on Africa-­EU ICT research opportunities' is taking place on June 25-26, 2013 at the Terrou-bi Hotel in Dakar, Senegal. The event is organised under the aegis of the European Commission (DG CONNECT) by the EuroAfrica-ICT/P8 Project (ESMT, Senegal with the support of Sigma Orionis, France and CSIR, South Africa) and in collaboration with the ERAfrica Project (IRD on behalf of the French Ministry for Higher Education and Research, MESR)."

"On 6 June, 2013 the GIZ Innovation Prize holders, a prize recognizing international organizations who have engaged in educational projects in developing countries, have come together to visit the UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre of Technical and Vocational Education and Training on the UN Premises in Bonn, Germany"

"Call for Papers The JVET Conference Committee are pleased to be able to invite contributions to the highly successful biennial JVET conference. This meeting has been providing a lively and stimulating forum for debates concerning all aspects of work and learning since 1995. Contributions are welcome in the following areas of vocational and professional education and training, and contributions to any area of debate in VET will be considered: Globalization and skills Vocational Education in times of crisis Access to VET for minoritised groups VET policy The changing institutional context of VET Curriculum and assessment in VET The student experience of VET Work-related Learning 200 word abstracts of papers should be submitted by January 31 2013. Acceptance will be notified by 28 February 2013. Email your abstract to Pete Sanderson at p.j.sanderson@hud.ac.uk Enquiries about the Conference can be addressed to Bill Bailey at b.bailey@gre.ac.uk"

The UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training celebrates the 10th anniversary of its establishment in Bonn, Germany. This presentation gives a brief overview of the aims, the actions and the themes UNESCO-UNEVOC advocates for.

"Le Conseil des ministres du 11 avril 2013 a marqué son accord pour l'organisation, le 6 mai prochain, à Libreville, d'une table ronde pour la signature du Pacte national du PDDAA, une initiative africaine conçue pour relancer l'agriculture. Dix ans après l'adoption de la déclaration de Maputo pour une mise en œuvre effective et efficiente pour la promotion agricole sur le continent noir, le Gabon a décidé d'emboiter le pas aux 29 pays africains ayant déjà signé leur pacte de partenariat. Une décision qui démontre de la volonté des dirigeants à prendre le train de l'élaboration et de la réalisation de ce programme via son pacte national afin d'atteindre et de profiter des résultats préconisés par PDDAA. Selon le secrétaire exécutif de l'Agence du NEPAD, Dr Ibrahim Mayaki, le PDDAA a pour objectif d'accroître la politique alimentaire, d'assurer la sécurité alimentaire des pays du continent. Et cet accroissement passe forcément par le développement technique des allocations, des subventions et crédits aux producteurs. Car il faut le reconnaître c'est grâce au financement de l'agriculture que les pays émergents asiatiques ont pu faire face à leurs besoins alimentaires."

"Thanks to Abudala Napuru from FAO for these photos showing training and development in commercial monosex tilapia production at Richard Toll, Senegal Nov 2012- Jan 2013"

"This 13 minute video was produced by the USAID Cambodia MSME Project to assist Cambodian farmers to improve aquaculture production. This video explains the basic steps to show aquaculture farmers how they can increase pond fish production an average of 300% per year. The step-by-step explanation is easy to follow and results in significant increases in pond productivity and increased incomes. "

"Au Mali, l'intervention militaire est en passe d'atteindre ses buts : l'intégrité territoriale du pays est en train d'être restaurée ; les populations, et notamment les femmes, maintenues sous le joug des groupes extrémistes, retrouvent une liberté perdue. Avec François Hollande, Laurent Fabius et Jean-Yves Le Drian, j'ai touché du doigt lors de notre déplacement à Tombouctou cette liberté retrouvée. Le Mali a évité l'effondrement, mais les raisons qui ont amené le pays au bord du gouffre - la pauvreté entre autres - n'ont pas disparu. Ce défi du développement et de la démocratie est en premier lieu celui des Maliennes et des Maliens. Mais il est aussi celui de la communauté internationale. Il n'y a pas de développement sans sécurité, il n'y aura pas de sécurité durable sans développement. Deux obstacles immédiats sontsur le point d'être levés. Le premier était la partition du pays qui empêchait de mener tout projet de développement au nord du pays. Le second était le blocage politique à Bamako depuis le coup d'Etat de mars. L'adoption fin janvier par l'Assemblée malienne de la feuille de route politique ouvre la voie à un dialogue intermalien et à l'organisation d'élections en juillet. C'était une condition préalable à la reprise de l'aide européenne et française. Il s'agit maintenant de répondre aux urgences, tel le rétablissement de l'eau et de l'électricité à Tombouctou, et d'accompagner la remise en route progressive des services de base en matière de santé ou d'éducation. Car la liesse actuelle pourrait laisser la place à la désillusion si les populations, au nord comme au sud du pays ne bénéficient pas d'une amélioration de leurs conditions de vie. "

"Bientôt une mini-usine polyvalente à disposition des Nigériens pour la transformation agro-alimentaire (formation, expertise, entreprenariat) Dans le cadre de la future licence professionnelle en agro-alimentaire de l'Université Abdou Moumouni (UAM), une étude en cours (par l'UAM et Montpellier SupAgro) est en train de dimensionner la mini-usine qui sera adossée à la formation. En effet, toute formation "professionnalisante" se doit de garantir à ses étudiants une proportion importante de travaux pratiques en lien avec le monde professionnel. Dans le cas de l'agro-alimentaire, ces travaux pratiques sont généralement réalisés en laboratoires, sur des petits équipements de transformation et bien sur lors de stages en entreprises, quand le tissu industriel le permet."

"Les données ouvertes sont en train de changer la manière dont nous vivons et interagissons les uns avec les autres. Dans les domaines du transport de l'information, de l'amélioration de l'éducation, de la redevabilité des pouvoirs publics ou encore de l'accès aux soins de santé, les données ouvertes affectent notre vie quotidienne. Grâce au nouveau projet GODAN Action, le CTA et ses partenaires vont développer les capacités et la diversité des utilisateurs des données ouvertes pour relever les défis de la sécurité alimentaire et de la nutrition."

Are you a Changemaker? Then apply for the Global Youth Summit! The Global Youth Summit will take place 24-30 July in Switzerland .The summit will be bringing 60 Changemakers aged 18 to 23 for a life-changing week of training sessions, networking and workshops.

Education, training and research in agriculture, agroforestry and natural resources are important cogs in the engine of socio-economic development. These elements drive innovation which eventually translates into food security and a better environment.

"On 10 July 2013, Mr Shyamal Majumdar, Head of Office of UNESCO-UNEVOC, has attended the iMove Network India in Dresden, Germany. Organized in cooperation with the Federation of Indian Commerce and Industry and the National Skill Development Corporation the event aimed at promoting the German-India collaboration in TVET. Mr Shyamal Majumdar delivered a keynote speech, in which he outlined Technical Vocational Education and Training from the international perspective and highlighted the importance of TVET in present times. Mr Majumdar urged for TVET to be transformed first and then scaled up in order to meet global demand. Furthermore, Mr Majumdar shared the key messages of the UNESCO Global Monitoring Report on Youth and Skills, and the role of the UNEVOC Network in transforming TVET, addressing key challenges of quality, capacity and public-private partnership (PPP)."

"One year ago, over 700 experts in technical and vocational education and training, including 40 ministers and deputy ministers, attended the UNESCO Third International Congress on TVET in Shanghai, China. They came to Shanghai in order to discuss the transformation of TVET and set the international TVET agenda for the next five years. Since then, UNESCO has undertaken a number of steps to implement the key recommendations made to UNESCO at the congress, outlined in the Shanghai Consensus. To inform about the progress, the UNESCO TVET Section and UNESCO-UNEVOC have published the first issue of the 'Shanghai Update' newsletter. Shanghai Update (pdf) The newsletter will soon also be available in other languages on the UNESCO website"

"An Agribusiness Education Fair will be held at the World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, Kenya from 9th - 11th October 2013. The fair is being organized by the African Network for Agriculture, Agroforestry and Natural Resources Education in conjunction with the Forum For Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), Pan African Agribusiness Consortium (PanAAC) and the Association of African Business Schools (AABS). The objective of the fair is to improve Agribusiness teaching and research through stronger linkages of Training institutions with Business and Private sector."

The Global Partnership for Education started as the Education for All - Fast Track Initiative (EFA FTI) in 2002. In the last ten years, we have grown from 7 to close to 60 partner countries, mobilized more than $3.5 billion to improve access and quality to education, helped nearly 19 million children go to school for the first time, supported the construction of over 37,000 classrooms, and trained over 413,000 teachers. More results.

"'Educational exchange can turn nations into people, contributing as no other form of communication can to the humanizing of international relations'. Senator William Fulbright As the debate on internationalisation of higher education grows stronger, so does the interest in mobility not only of students, but also of staff. This is likely to intensify in the coming months, as the European Commission's new Erasmus+ programme, starting in 2014, promises more opportunities and funding for higher education and teaching staff to study, train and work in another country. Indeed, higher education staff will account for a significant percentage of the 1 million beneficiaries of a mobility period funded by the programme between 2014 and 2020. Staff mobility is seen as a vital and often cost-effective means of creating 'internationalisation at home' - enabling students to (in)directly experience another higher education culture on site. It is also widely believed that staff mobility has an additional value in acting as a catalyst for student mobility. "

"From 25 to 26 October 2013, the UNESCO International Research and Training Centre for Rural Education (INRULED) in collaboration with UNESCO-UNEVOC, Chengdu Municipal Education Bureau, and Dujiangyan Municipal Government organized a conference on rural skills development through Information Communication Technologies (ICT). The conference's objective was to share policies, strategies and good practices on rural skills development through ICT, with the aim to develop and improve the information and practical guidelines for further enhancing the access to and outreach of ICT in rural areas."

"Experience from outside UNESCO-UNEVOC Regional Forum Europe and North America network enriches work of penultimate meeting ahead of next year's global forum in Bonn. The second session Tuesday (29 October) of the UNESCO-UNEVOC regional forum Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and North America on advancing, improving and greening TVET hosted by Moscow's National Observatory on Vocational Education/Centre for VET Studies, widened its scope to a broad international focus. The three-day event, attended by over 100 experts in training, system analysis and policy advice, opened Monday with the spotlight on two of UNEVOC's priorities - youth employment and skills development and bringing an ecological perspective to TVET. Tuesday's theme was regional and international harmonization in TVET. Delegates looked well beyond the regional boundaries of Europe, CIS and North America, which is one of the five regional clusters around which UNEVOC organizes its global work. Representatives of the Africa, Arab States, Asia and Pacific, and Latin America and Caribbean regions presented the progress in advancing UNESCO-UNEVOC's agenda, based on the Shanghai Consensus proposals identified last year at UNESCO's Third International Congress on TVET."