Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) 2012, para. 16
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- New directions on the changing landscape of technical and vocational education and training were provided recently at the Third International Congress on Technical and Vocational Education and Training, "Transforming TVET: Building Skills for Work and Life", organized by UNESCO and hosted by the Government of China in Shanghai from 14 to 16 May 2012. The outcome document of that Congress provides new guidance to States on transforming technical and vocational education and training for green economies and societies in the light of climate change, and rising global unemployment and inequalities. It also recognizes the importance of adapting technical and vocational education and training programmes to rapidly changing labour market demands, economies and societies; of integrating technical and vocational education and training with information and communication technologies; and of developing mechanisms to promote the involvement of relevant stakeholders in the planning and implementation of these programmes.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to education
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Education, Report to the UNGA (2012), A/67/310, para. 16.
- Paragraph number
- 16
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