> Establishment of an international long-term programme for the development of technical and vocational education and training (TVET)
> Resolution adopted on the report of Commission II at the 26th plenary meeting, on 17 November 1999
> (see also Document 30 C/17 <30c17e.pdf>)
> The General Conference,
> I Recalling the Recommendations of the Second International Congress on Technical and Vocational Education, generously hosted by the Republic of Korea in Seoul from 26 to 30 April 1999,
> Taking into account the Recommendations of the Executive Board on the Draft Programme and Budget for 2000-2001 (30C/6),
> Conscious of the need for continuous human, social and economic development and of their close interrelationship, and of the contribution that technical and vocational education and training (TVET) has to offer in these areas,
> Noting the repeated requests from the Member States to upgrade the Organization's programme actions in TVET,
> Recognizing the significant contribution that the UNEVOC project is making to international cooperation for the development of TVET in Member States, and the ongoing substantive support for the project provided by Germany and several other Member States,
> Acknowledging the mandate and vital work of other United Nations agencies, particularly the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Bank, in matters of TVET, and considering the benefit to Member States that would emerge from closer coordination,
> Taking note of the generous offer of the Government of Germany to host and support a UNESCO international centre for TVET,
> 1. Authorizes the Director-General to launch a UNESCO International Programme on Technical and Vocational Education and Training, with an increased budgetary allocation from the year 2000, and to establish a UNESCO International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Bonn, in close collaboration with ILO and other international partners in TVET;
> 2. Invites all international agencies with a mandate in TVET to cooperate closely with UNESCO in the development and implementation of the programme, and to take advantage of the Bonn Centre and its facilities as a common platform for action;
> 3. Invites Member States and donor agencies to make voluntary contributions to the programme and to the operation of the Bonn Centre in order to meet the needs of all Member States;
> II
> Recalling the successful Second International Congress on Technical and Vocational Education, held in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from 26 to 30 April 1999,
> Recognizing that the recommendations of the Congress will form the basis for UNESCO's new global strategy for technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in the first decade of the twenty-first century,
> Welcoming the provision in paragraph 01222 of the Draft Programme and Budget for 2000-2001 (30C/5) for follow-up to the Congress and the development of TVET, and the strengthening of the existing UNEVOC network,
> Acknowledging that the Government of the Republic of Korea has generously offered to host and support a regional centre for TVET in Seoul,
> Taking into account the initiative of Pacific Member States in commencing the development of a strategy for TVET for the Pacific subregion for the next decade, in the light of the rapidly growing importance of this sector of education to the societies and economies of the subregion, as emphasized at the Seventh Consultation of Pacific Member States and National Commissions for UNESCO in Vanuatu (26-29 July 1999),
> Requests the Director-General to implement the following activities as part of the follow-up to the Second International Congress on Technical and Vocational Education:
> (a) to establish regional centres of excellence (one within the Korean Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training) in order to strengthen regional and subregional cooperation; >
> (b) to urge Member States to support a variety of TVET activities envisaged in the recommendations of the Congress;
> (c) to develop various programmes for achieving efficiency of learning by utilizing information technology and distribute them to Member States;
> (d) to significantly increase the Organization's budgetary allocation for its TVET programme;
> (e) to support efforts to seek extrabudgetary funding to support a regional initiative for follow-up to the Seoul Congress, including a workshop of UNEVOC Coordinators in the Pacific, a training seminar on the development of national TVET policies and action plans for Member States of the Pacific, with support from the Australian authorities and in cooperation with other partners such as the Commonwealth of Learning.
> http://www.unevoc.de/annex/30res9e.htm
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