Exciting collaboration with #COL4D in #Belize! This partnership focuses on COL’s #GenderEquality initiative and highlights our joint efforts with the Belize Ministry of Youth, Sport, and Transport, as well as the Ministry of Human Development, Families, and Indigenous Affairs. Together, we're implementing #BlendedLearning programs that encompass essential components such as mentorship, networking opportunities, and internships. These elements are crucial for ensuring high-quality education and training for young men in the tourism and customer service sectors.
Additionally, in alignment with our commitment to inclusive development, we're proud to say that our partnership is placing this partnership at a pivotal moment for promoting #GenderMainstreaming initiatives in Belize. Our aim is to integrate gender-responsiveness into all aspects of skills training and educational policies and practices. With a robust gender strategy now firmly established, this collaborative effort enhances the accessibility and effectiveness of training and education programs in Belize. Our goal is to enable every individual to thrive and contribute to the nation's prosperity.
This collaboration between COL and the Belize Ministries exemplifies our shared dedication to shaping inclusive futures. By prioritising gender-responsive approaches to skills training and education, we're laying the groundwork for equitable opportunities and sustainable development. We invite you to join us on this transformative journey!
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7 May 2024. #COL4D President and CEO, Professor Peter Scott, meets with the Planning Committee at Botswana Open University (BOU) for high-level organisational discussions in preparation for the Eleventh Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF11) in Gaborone, Botswana.
Co-hosted by Botswana’s Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) and implemented by BOU, PCF11 – scheduled to be held in September 2025 – will be the third Pan-Commonwealth Forum to take place in Africa.
Professor Scott is currently on a three-day visit to #Botswana to attend multiple events organised by COL and its partners. More to follow.
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Since 2011, #COL4D and Botswana Open University (BOU), along with its predecessor, the Botswana College of Distance and Open Learning (BOCODOL), have enjoyed a special relationship. The trajectory followed by BOU and BOCODOL over the last two decades demonstrates the special value of the type of long-term, multifaceted relationship that has been a feature of COL’s work in open and distance learning in the region.
The Special and Inclusive degree programme at BOU, offered for the first time by distance in 2017, was developed with COL’s assistance. This support made special education #OER content available and strengthened the capacity of #TeacherEducation staff to design, develop, and facilitate special education courses online.
With COL’s support, in 2019, BOU developed a Strategy for Technology-Enhanced Learning #TEL. Another context in which COL and BOU have collaborated is with the Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth #VUSSC.
BOU hosts COL’s regional centre for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. Called SADC-Centre for Distance Education, it serves as a leader in capacity-building activities in #ODL.
Today, COL provides extensive support for materials development processes to long-standing partners like BOU and new partners at the institutional and ministerial levels.
COL President and CEO, Professor Peter Scott, is currently on a three-day visit to #Botswana to attend multiple events organised by COL and its partners. More to follow.
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