1st German-African Forum on Vocational Training and Education

Shaping the Future of Employment

two African men working on a switch panel

The 1st German-African Forum on Vocational Training and Education will take place on 20 November 2019 in Berlin, Germany. In cooperation with the state of North Rhine-Westphalia's representation in Berlin, iMOVE and the German-African Business Association (Afrika-Verein der deutschen Wirtschaft e. V.) warmly invite you to attend.

Register now!

The "continent of opportunity", Africa has been the focus of activities for German business and government for some time. The training and continuing education of skilled workers is essential for the ongoing economic development in African countries.

Entitled "Shaping the Future of Employment", the first German-African Forum on Vocational Training and Education offers an opportunity to discuss and further develop joint initiatives to German companies and high-ranking guests from Africa in the training and continuing education sector. Private sector approaches and the German Federal Government’s current strategies relating to Africa will be discussed and presented in workshop formats.

The German-African Forum on Vocational Training and Education closely follows the "G20 Compact with Africa Investment Summit" which will take place for the second time under the patronage of the German Federal Chancellery. Delegations of ministers from countries of the G20 reform partnership "Compact with Africa" (CwA) are expected to attend the summit. The CwA countries currently include Ethiopia, Egypt, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Ghana, Guinea, Morocco, Rwanda, Senegal, Togo and Tunisia. A high-ranking delegation from Kenya and guests from other African countries will also be in attendance.

The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), also a training forum partner, will be present to introduce the "Special Initiative for Business and Employment", the objective of which is to support employment by means of training and private sector involvement.

Attendance fee

100 Euros for members of the German-African Business Association
200 Euros for non-members of the German-African Business Association
50 Euros for representatives of companies based in Africa
100 Euros for new members of the German-African Business Association

Terms and conditions

The person attending agrees to their first name, surname and company name being forwarded in the form of a list of participants which will be distributed at the event to everyone present.
The person attending agrees to video recordings being made and photographs being taken during the –event, including of themselves. The person attending agrees that these can be used and published in print and broadcasting media and online free of charge as part of the event organiser's public relations work.
The conditions of participation of the German-African Business Association's event company "Afrika-Verein Veranstaltungs-GmbH" also apply.

Venue

Representation of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia in Berlin (German only)

Conference languages

English, French. There will be simultaneous translation in the conference hall.

Registration

Registration is through Afrika-Verein Veranstaltungs-GmbH only.

You will receive confirmation of your registration from Afrika-Verein Veranstaltungs-GmbH.

Contact iMOVE

Peter Pfaffe
Phone: +49 228 107-1919
(English, German)

Contact German-African Business Association

Katarina Kunert
Phone: +49 30 2060719-33

Organiser

Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB)
iMOVE: Training - Made in Germany
Robert-Schuman-Platz 3
53175 Bonn
Germany
Phone: +49 228 107-1745
Fax: +49 228 107-2895

German-African Business Association
Afrika-Verein der deutschen Wirtschaft e. V.
Friedrichstraße 206
10969 Berlin

Germany
Phone: 030 2060719-0

in cooperation with:

Representation of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia in Berlin
Vertretung der Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen beim Bund
Hiroshimastraße 12
10785 Berlin
Germany

08:30	Registration and Welcome Coffee
10:00	Welcome
	Christoph Kannengiesser CEO, Afrika-Verein der deutschen Wirtschaft, Germany Dr Andreas Werner Head of Division iMOVE: Training – Made in Germany, Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training, (BIBB), Germany Dr Dominik Fanatico Deputy Director, Representation of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia in Berlin, Germany
	Opening
	Professor Dr Stefan Liebing Chairman, Afrika-Verein der deutschen Wirtschaft, Germany Birgit Thomann Head of Department VET International, Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB), Germany
10:30	Expert Session – The African Perspective with African Ministers Honourable Tairou Bagbiègue Minister, Ministry for Vocational Education, Training and Professional Integration, Togo Honourable John Ntumba Panumpakole Minister, Ministry for Vocational Training, Arts and Crafts, Democratic Republic of the Congo Honourable Yien Oral Lam Tut Minister, Ministry of Higher Education, South Sudan Honourable Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Education, Nigeria (to be confirmed - tbc)
11:15	Keynote Professor Dr Wolf-Dieter Lukas State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany
11:30	Keynote Norbert Barthle Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany (tbc)
11:45	Special Initiative Training and Job Creation – Presentation of Projects and Memorandum of Understanding Signing Ceremony
12:00	Networking Lunch Break
13:30	Keynote Representative Festo Didactic SE, Germany
13:40	Good Practice I Gabriele Riedmann de Trinidad CEO, Platform3L GmbH, Germany Dr Norbert Tschirpke International Education Director, AfricanTide Union, Germany Moderator: Peter Pfaffe, Regional Manager Sub-Saharan Africa, iMOVE: Training - Made in Germany, Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB), Germany
14:15	Good Practice II – Private Sector Engagement Digital Skills Accelerator Representative Majorel (tbc) Bright Jaja CEO and Founder, iCreate Africa, Nigeria Heinz Joachim Kuehnrich (tbc) CEO, ITS International Training & Support, Germany Maren Diale-Schellschmidt Delegate of German Industry, Skills Expert, Delegation of German Industry and Commerce for Eastern Africa, Kenya Dr Markus Thill President with responsibility for the region Africa, obert Bosch (Pty) Ltd, South Africa Dr Norbert Voelker Education Policy Consultant, VDMA Skilled Workers for Africa Initiative, Germany
15:15	Working Sessions on Private Sector Cooperation Special Initiative Training and Job Creation in Practice: Why engage and how to cooperate with the initiative? Africa Cloud Strategic Partnership – Digital Africa (SPDA) (tbc)
16:15	Closing and Networking Coffee