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Work should offer more than income; it should open pathways to dignity, equality, and opportunity for all learners.
In Zanzibar, Tanzania, COL is supporting Pathways to Prosperity, an Open TVET project that brings together regulators, institution-based providers, and community-based organisations to strengthen the quality and reach of Technical and Vocational Education and Training. By mainstreaming gender across skills development, the project is addressing persistent inequities in access that perpetuate wider social and economic inequalities.
Read the full story: www.col.org/news/gender-mainstreaming-initiative-strengthens-pathways-to-skills-and-opportunity-i...
#TVET #skillsdevelopment #genderequality #africa The State University of Zanzibar Zanzibar University Karume Institute of Science and Technology - KIST Mwanamke Initiatives Foundation Milele Zanzibar Foundation
Collaborating with our sister organisations is critical to strengthening resilience and advancing shared prosperity for the Commonwealth’s 2.7 billion citizens.
COL looks forward to working with The Commonwealth Secretariat’s new Deputy Secretary-General (Programmes), Ambassador Tanmaya Lal, and new Deputy Secretary-General (Corporate), Tania Baumann, to deliver on our shared commitment to learning for sustainable development across the Commonwealth.
#Commonwealth #Partnerships #SustainableDevelopment #SharedProsperity #LearningForDevelopmentWe are pleased to welcome two new Deputy Secretaries-General to strengthen delivery of the Commonwealth’s strategic priorities across our 56 member countries.
Ambassador Tanmaya Lal joins as Deputy Secretary-General (Programmes) and Tania Baumann as Deputy Secretary-General (Corporate).
Together, they bring extensive international experience in multilateral engagement, governance and organisational leadership.
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During her recent visit to London for COL’s Board of Governors Meeting and other Commonwealth engagements, the Hon. Dr Harini Amarasuriya, Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, Sri Lanka, reflected on the importance of collaboration among Member States. “The Commonwealth can provide a space for our voices to be heard in a way that highlights some of these values that are being swept aside — values that are really important for countries such as ours.”
The Hon. Dr Amarasuriya also attended COL’s Open Learning Roundtable in London with Commonwealth education partners, including the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Commonwealth Foundation, where she shared insights on the future of open learning across the Commonwealth.
Watch the full interview: thecommonwealth.org/news/sri-lankan-prime-minister-says-commonwealth-really-important-forum-tense...
#Commonwealth #SriLanka #Education #Multilateralism #LearningForDevelopment Harini Amarasuriya Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka The Commonwealth Commonwealth Foundation
Sri Lankan Prime Minister says Commonwealth is ‘a really important forum’ in a tense world
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Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Hon Dr Harini Amarasuriya has described the Commonwealth as “a really important forum” for its member countries at a time of growing geopolitical tensions and instabili...Collaborating with our sister organisations is critical to strengthening resilience and advancing shared prosperity for the Commonwealth’s 2.7 billion citizens.
COL looks forward to working with The Commonwealth Secretariat’s new Deputy Secretary-General (Programmes), Ambassador
We are pleased to welcome two new Deputy Secretaries-General to strengthen delivery of the Commonwealth’s strategic priorities across our 56 member countries.
Ambassador Tanmaya Lal joins as Deputy Secretary-General (Programmes) and Tania Baumann as Deputy Secretary-General
During her recent visit to London for COL’s Board of Governors Meeting and other Commonwealth engagements, the Hon. Dr Harini Amarasuriya, Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, Sri Lanka, reflected on the importance of collaboration
Today, COL joins the global community in recognising the first-ever International Day of Recognition, launched by the Canadian Association for Prior Learning Assessment (CAPLA).
In a new reflections article, Dr Jako Olivier, Adviser: Higher Education, COL, explores how
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