AUDA-NEPAD Competition! Call for Africa’s TVET Champions

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AUDA-NEPAD Africa’s TVET Champions Competition! Good Practices for Innovative Approaches for Implementing Equitable and Inclusive TVET in Africa.

Are you an organisation that excels at ensuring all of Africa’s young people have equal access to technical and vocational education and training (TVET) opportunities? Do you have programmes that specifically target women and girls, people from poorer backgrounds, persons with disabilities or migrants? If yes, then the African Union Commission and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) invite you to enter this exciting competition to find, celebrate and grow the number of good practices in ensuring equitable and inclusive access to TVET across all African countries.

Africa’s TVET Champions Competition Details

This call for good practice submissions seeks to amplify the voices and experiences of TVET practitioners, and stakeholders across Africa who are working towards advancing equity and inclusion.
The ultimate purpose of the call is to develop a Toolbox which has a “Rich collection of Equitable and Inclusive TVET resources/”, that features good practices which have been gathered. By capturing a diverse range of innovative and effective methods, the treasure trove will evolve into a more comprehensive resource for advancing inclusion in TVET across various AU Member States and contexts, supporting their efforts to implement inclusive policies and strategies in their respective countries and offering opportunities to socially discriminated groups. This process will further contribute to the ongoing review of the Continental TVET Strategy articulating the emerging trends.
The Collection will be a digital resource which will be hosted on the continental knowledge platform ASPYEE (African Skill Portal for Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship).

This fits in with the African Union’s officially adopted theme for 2024, “Educate an African fit for the 21st century – Building resilient education systems for increased access to inclusive, lifelong, quality and relevant learning in Africa”.

Thematic Areas for the Africa’s TVET Champions Call

Thematic areas are defined by their target groups, which could be any of the following:

Girls and women:

submissions should focus on initiatives that address gender disparities, promote women’s empowerment, and challenge traditional gender roles and stereotypes. This may include programmes aimed at increasing women’s participation in TVET.

Migrant people:

Best practices in this category should explore innovative approaches to supporting migrants and refugees, advocating for their rights, and fostering their TVET and work integration into host communities. Examples may include initiatives that provide certification and diploma recognition.

Displaced people:

Submissions in this theme should highlight successful strategies for delivering TVET in conflict-affected or fragile environments. This could include partnerships with local organisations, flexible learning models, or skills development programs tailored to the needs of displaced populations.

Persons with disabilities:

Submissions in this area should showcase interventions or programmes that seek to ensure access to TVET for young persons with disabilities; this includes persons with physical, sensory, intellectual and psychosocial disabilities. These may, for instance, be initiatives about accessibility measures or work-related accommodation.

Underserved young people:

Best practices in this category should demonstrate efforts to create inclusive environments that value diversity and ensure equal opportunities for all individuals. This may encompass initiatives to remove barriers to access for groups living in rural and/or remote areas, or challenge discrimination and prejudice.

Africa’s TVET Champions Benefits

All submissions will be evaluated for featuring in a Toolbox which has a “Rich collection of Equitable and Inclusive TVET resources.
Each of the three organisations with the highest rating (score) will receive an all-expenses-paid trip for two people to Africa Skills Week 2024 in Accra, Ghana, from 14 to 18 October, including all travel, accommodation and meals.

*Where needed, the trip costs for the personal assistants of persons with disabilities will be covered in addition to the costs for the two appointed representatives from each of the three top-scoring organisations.

Eligibility Criteria:

Submissions will be accepted only from organisations operating within Africa
Good practice should come from organisations involved in youth skills development and employment (including public and private colleges, non-profit organisations, training providers, private sectors organisations, government departments and multi-stakeholder lead projects)
Organisations with existing good practice on the ASPYEE website may still enter the competition. However, an application form on the website must be completed to participate in the competition. The organisation may use the opportunity to update existing good practice with up-to-date information.
All applicants should submit applications using the provided good practice template.

About Africa Skills Week

Africa Skills Week 2024 is hosted by the government of Ghana and organised by the African Union under the theme, “Creating jobs for the 21st century: Unleashing the potential of transforming skills development for sustainable employability”.

The conference is designed to bring together TVET experts from across Africa to explore and discuss best practices in skills development. It includes a youth pavilion and study tour, panel discussions, networking opportunities and the Innovating Education in Africa Expo.