We are pleased to invite you to attend UNIDO session at the European Development Days 2021 on 15 June. Join our speakers in this debate.

During the session “Can the Future of Skills Be Green and Gender-Inclusive?” at 16:20 (CEST), leading experts will deliberate on whether the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system can be the change-maker in providing industrial skills equally for a more sustainable future. The session will explore the effects of private-public partnerships in engaging champions in TVET, who represent and advocate for stronger female participation in male-dominated sectors.

Speakers of the session are LI Yong, Director General of UNIDO, Bernardo Calzadilla-Sarmiento, Managing Director of the UNIDO’s Directorate of Digitalization, Technology and Agri-Business, Cesare Onestini, Director of European Training Foundation, Euphrasia Mulenga, WorldSkills Champions Trust representative for Africa. The session will be moderated by Chika Oduah, award winning independent journalist.