Venue: Grand Ha Long Hotel, Quang Ninh Province, Viet Nam

AGENDA (version 8 June)

Consultation meeting on effective engagement of UNEVOC Network in national responses to prevent HIV and AIDS in the scope of TVET in the South East Asia region

Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam, 21 – 24 June 2011

Venue: Grand Ha Long Hotel, Quang Ninh Province, Viet Nam

Address: Halong Road, Bai Chay Beach, Halong City, Vietnam
Tel : (84.33) 846780/844044

Opening ceremony: at 14:00 on 21 June 2011

Monday, 20th June 2011
Arrival in Ha Noi
For UNEVOC delegates from oversea: Arrival in Hanoi on 20 June and
Check in Indochina II Hotel (Address: 40-42 Lo Su Street, Hoan Kiem district, Ha Noi); Telephone: (84-4) 3824 3804
Tuesday, 21st June 2011
08:30 – 11:30
11:30 – 14:00 / Travel by coach from Ha Noi to Ha Long Bay
Registration, Check-in at the hotel and lunch / Responsible:
UNESCO Ha Noi
Session 1: Chaired by UNESCO Ha Noi MC: UNESCO Ha Noi
OPENING CEREMONY
The objectives of the session are to:
1) welcome participants and officially open the meeting,
2) present and discuss the meeting objectives,
3) adopt the agenda
Expected outcome: Participants will have a clear understanding of the seminar objectives and take stock of the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in South East Asia and on the need to review the present TVET sub-sector as a response.
14:00 – 14:45 / Welcome and Opening remarks
-Opening speech – Vice-Minister MOET (TBC)
-Representative UNESCO Ha Noi
-Representative UNAIDS (TBC)
-Representative – ILO (TBC)
-Statement by Dr Hoang Ngoc Vinh, General Director, Dept. for Professional Education, MOET
-Introduction and scope of the meeting, objectives and expected outcomes (Teeluck Bhuwanee, Head of UNEVOC Networks, Bonn)
-Short Introduction of the participants
14:45 – 15:00 / Photo Session & tea/coffee
Session 2: Chaired by UNEVOC Centre
Plenary session: Keynote Presentations on TVET and HIV and AIDS
Objectives: to increase understanding of educational issues and challenges that AIDS epidemic imposes on the demand for the world of work
Expected Outcome: All participants have a good view of actions, initiatives, and challenges in connection with TVET and HIV/AIDS in different countries of SE Asia.
15:15– 15:30 / -Presentation concerning HIV and AIDS policy, issues and concerns and good practices at the sub-regional level /

• Justine Sass,

Regional HIV and AIDS Adviser for Asia and the Pacific
Chief, HIV Prevention and Health Promotion (HP2) Unit
UNESCO Bangkok
15:30 – 17:30 / -Viet Nam presentation and discussions
-Mongolia presentation and discussions
-Plenary discussions / -MOET (UNEVOC Centre – Vietnam with Representatives from Interdeaprtment Committee on HIV

• Demberel, Zolzaya UNESCO Beijing

Wednesday 22nd June 2011
Session 3: Chaired by UNEVOC Bonn
Plenary session: Country presentations on approaches in integrating HIV and AIDS issues into national TVET planning and management: Challenges and Lessons Learnt aboutUNEVOC Centres’ involvement and commitment with regards to HIV/AIDS
Objective: to examine ways of the HIV and AIDS policy implementation within the National TVET Systems in the South East Asia region and how UNEVOC Centres

• Harness the energy of young people for an HIV prevention revolution;
• Revitalize the push towards achieving universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support by 2015;
• Make HIV programmes more cost effective, efficient and sustainable;
• Promote the health, human rights and dignity of women and girls; and
• Ensure mutual accountability in the AIDS response to translate commitments into action.

Expected Outcome: All participants share good practices, and identify capacity building opportunities and ways to strengthen partnerships in providing a more effective response to HIV/AIDS at the national level. All participants have shared good practices and innovative experiences on how TVET has been effectively engaged in national responses to prevent HIV and AIDS, and discuss ways to establish a framework for future work of the UNEVOC Network with regards to the best response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
08:30 – 08:45 / Recap of previous day proceedings / Rapporteur
08:45 – 10:15 / (20 minutes for each presentation)
-Department of Polytechnic and Community College Education (UNEVOC Centre – Malaysia)/ Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Faculty of Technical Education (UNEVOC Centre – Malaysia)
-Indonesia University of Education. Faculty of Technology and Vocational education (UNEVOC Centre – Indonesia)/ PPPPTK BMTI The Centre for the Development and Empowerment of Educators and Educational Personnel (UNEVOC Centre – Indonesia)
-Ministry of Science and Technology, Department of Technical and Vocational Education (UNEVOC Centre – Myanmar). / Malaysia
Indonesia
Myanmar
10:15 – 10:45 / Tea/Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:00 / -Preah Kossomak Polytechnic Institute (UNEVOC Centre – Cambodia)/ Department of Technical and Vocational Education and Training Management DTVETM (UNEVOC Centre – Cambodia)
-Vocational Education Development Centre, Human Resource Development Centre (UNEVOC Centre – Lao People's Democratic Republic)
-University of Vocational Technology, Faculty of Training Technology (UNEVOC Centre - Sri Lanka)/ TBC - Ministry of Vocational and Technical Training, Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission (UNEVOC Centre – Sri Lanka) / Cambodia
Lao
Sri Lanka
12:00 – 14:00 / Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 / Plenary discussion on presentations / All Participants
16-00 – 16:30 / Tea/Coffee break
16:30 –17:30 / Group work – Sharing experiences - Lessons learnt - and discussion on recommendations and the actions to be taken at national and sub-regional level by UNEVOC Centres / Group 1 – …TBC
Group 2 - …TBC
13:00 – 14:30
Thursday 23rd June 2011Lunc
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08:30 – 08:45 / Recap of previous day proceedings / Rapporteur
08:45 – 10:30 / Chaired by UNEVOC centre
-Report of Group work and discussions
(15 minutes presentation by each Group, followed by discussion) / All Participants
10:30 - 11:00 / Tea/Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 / Chaired by UNEVOC Centre
-The UNEVOC International Centre and the Network
-Discussion on the International Centre and future perspectives / Teeluck Bhuwanee
All Participants
12:00 – 14:00 / Lunch
Session 4:Chaired by UNEVOC centre
Plenary session: The UNEVOC Network: Roles and responsibilities of the National UNEVOC Centres
Objective: to review and clarify the respective roles and responsibilities of the National UNEVOC Centres as being part of the Global UNEVOC Network
Expected Outcome: All participants have a shared vision of their roles and responsibilities, and identify follow up actions to improve institutional capacities.
14:00 – 15:30 / -Presentation of activities of the UNEVOC Centres / Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao
Malaysia
15:30 – 16:00 / Tea/Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:30 / -Presentation of activities of the UNEVOC Centres continue
-Discussions
-Questionnaire on role of UNEVOC Centres discussed / Myanmar
Sri Lanka
Vietnam
All participants
Friday, 24th June 2011
08:30 – 08:45 / Recap of previous day proceedings / Rapporteur
08:45 – 10:00 / Group work: Role of UNEVOC centres: Questionnaire
10:00 – 11:00 / Chaired by UNEVOC centre
Plenary – Group presentations and discussions covering issues:
-Strategies to strengthen performance and effectiveness of the UNEVOC Network in South East Asia region
-Networking and dissemination of good practices in South East Asia region
-Strengthening the Network – the way forward
-Identification of a sub-regional Centre for co-ordination of activities in the sub-region / Group 1 – …TBC
Group 2 - …TBC
11:00 – 11:15 / Tea Break
11:15 – 12:30 / Closing Ceremony: Chaired by Hanoi UNESCO Office
-Summary outline of emerging issues, challenges and opportunities of the UNEVOC Centres in the process of HIV and AIDS policy implementation within the National TVET Systems in the South East Asia region
-Closing remarks
-Closing remarks / Rapporteur
Teeluck Bhuwanee - UNEVOC
MOET – UNEVOC Centre
12:30 – 16:30 Lunch - Visit of Ha Long Bay - Departure to Ha Noi

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