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07/03/2013 - International Women’s Day is a day of celebration and a day of challenge, often rolled into one. In realizing how far we have come towards ensuring genuine equality of opportunity for women as for men, it becomes clear how far we still have to go.
Categories: Gender, Education, Human and Social Development, Health
- From: 17/04/2012
- To: 18/04/2012
- Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The African Development Bank (AfDB) partners with the Mandela Institute for Development Stories (Minds) to launch its dialogue series starting with the first one in Addis Ababa Ethiopia, on 17 to18 April 2012 at the Radisson Blu. The main topic of discussion will be "In a World and an Africa that is changing fast and fundamentally, how can Africa best prepare its leaders of tomorrow?’.
Categories: Ethiopia, Education, Human and Social Development
- From: 01/04/2012
- To: 03/04/2012
- Location: Nairobi, Kenya
The first Africa forum on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) being held in Nairobi, Kenya on April 1-3. The forum is hosted the Kenyan government and organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB), African Union (AU), United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA).
Categories: Kenya, Education, Human and Social Development, Information & Communication Technology, Youth
- From: 13/02/2012
- To: 17/02/2012
- Location: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
The Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) and the government of Burkina Faso will hold the 2012 Triennale on Education and Training in Africa in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso from February 13-17, 2012. This important, international event will take place at the Ouagadougou 2000 International Conference Centre.
Categories: Burkina Faso, Education, Human and Social Development
- From: 24/03/2011
- To: 26/03/2011
- Location: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
The Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) will organize a workshop to review Technical and Vocational Skills Development (TVSD) initiatives and experiences in Africa, from March 24-26, in Ouagadougou. The workshop will guide preparations of studies on TVSD for the 2011 ADEA Triennial, which will take place from 27 November to 2 December 2011 in the Burkinabe capital.
Categories: Burkina Faso, Education, Human and Social Development
- Date: 10/11/2009
- Location: Dakar, Senegal
The Fourth African International Conference on Early Childhood Development, on the theme "From Policy to Action: Expanding Investment in ECD for Sustainable Development", was opened today in Dakar by President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal.
Categories: Senegal, Education, Human and Social Development
- Date: 15/09/2009
- Location: Tunisia, Tunis
A Microsoft delegation on Tuesday, September 15, 2009, concluded a two-day working visit to the Bank Group. The visit served as an opportunity for both parties to agree on concrete areas of cooperation on ICT in the fields of health, education, public administration and governance. Countries targeted include Nigeria, Senegal, Angola and Kenya.
Categories: Tunisia, Nigeria, Angola, Kenya, Senegal, Economic & Financial Governance, Education, Health, Human and Social Development
- From: 17/08/2009
- To: 20/08/2009
- Location: Abuja, Nigeria
The Bank supported a four-day workshop on Revitalizing Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) for ECOWAS Countries in Abuja, between 17th-20th August, 2009. The primary objective of the workshop was to create a platform for knowledge and experience sharing in reforming, revitalizing and expanding national TVET systems in order to improve skills delivery, employability and mobility of the youth within ECOWAS states. In view of the importance the Bank attaches to the development of human capital for effective economic integration and growth through TVET, it provided conference materials for all the 73 participants from 15 ECOWAS countries. The workshop was launched by the Minister of Education, Sam Egwu.
Categories: Nigeria, Education, Human and Social Development
- From: 15/07/2009
- To: 17/07/2009
- Location: Tunis, Tunisia
This conference will engage African ministers of finance and of education in a dialogue, among themselves and with their external partners, on options to sustain—in the current context of a global economic slowdown—Africa’s achievements in education and economic development over the past decade. Ministers from about 30 countries from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) will be invited, among them all those that have received or are expecting to receive support from the Fast Track Initiative’s Catalytic Fund, and all the six most populous African countries, i.e., Nigeria, Ethiopia, Egypt, DRC, South Africa and Sudan. The invitees will also include the countries’ development partners, the African Union and other key regional governmental and non-governmental organizations.
Categories: Tunisia, Financial Crisis, Education, Human and Social Development
- From: 05/07/2009
- To: 08/07/2009
- Location: Paris, France
The World Conference on Higher Education, organized by UNESCO, will take stock of changes in higher education since the World Conference on Higher Education of 1998 and will deal with the new dynamics that are likely to shape the strategic agenda for the development of higher education policies and institutions in the foreseeable future.
Categories: France, Education, Human and Social Development
