<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div>Informationen zum Abbestellen des Newsletters finden Sie ganz unten.<br><br>Press release, February 21, 2007<br><br><br>**************************************************<br>Berlin, Germany / Nairobi, Kenya - The first African Technical Vocational <br>Education and Training (TVET) Summit "Access and Inclusion for TVET in <br>Africa through new ICT-based solutions" will take place in conjunction with <br>this year's eLearning Africa, the annual pan-African conference on ICT for <br>Development, Education and Training. The Summit will be held on 28 May 2007 <br>in Nairobi.<br><br>The African TVET Summit will bring together TVET experts, policy
makers and <br>practitioners to share experiences, discuss strategies, and implement <br>mechanisms for the promotion and sustainability of best practice. Innovative <br>ICT-based TVET initiatives will be identified by a panel of experts in the <br>field and their developers will have the opportunity to present their work <br>at the Summit. The panel will designate one TVET project as the "African <br>Educational ICT Landmark Project" and it will receive support until the next <br>Summit in 2008, when another landmark initiative will be selected.<br><br>Discussions and plenaries will investigate how eLearning can be used <br>effectively in technical vocational education and training, how ICT-based <br>training can help bridge the gap between theory and practice, and which <br>best-practice cases from other backgrounds can serve as role models. The <br>event will provide insight into the current status of eLearning in TVET and <br>enable participants to exchange
experience.<br><br>The African TVET Summit is supported by the Kenyan Ministry for Education, <br>the UNESCO International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and <br>Training (UNESCO-UNEVOC), the UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Africa <br>(UNESCO/BREDA), the Commonwealth of Learning, the German Federal Institute <br>for Vocational Education and Training and the organisers of the eLearning <br>Africa conference, ICWE and Hoffmann & Reif Consultants.<br><br>Regularly updated information on the Summit and the eLearning Africa <br>conference programme can be found at www.eLearning-Africa.com.<br><br>eLearning Africa 2007 takes place from May 28 to 30, 2007, under the <br>patronage of the Hon. Prof. George Saitoti, Minister for Education, Kenya. <br>It is the largest pan-African conference with a focus on ICT for <br>development, education and training on the Continent. It is organised by <br>ICWE GmbH and Hoffmann & Reif Consultants to establish and
link a network <br>and community of decision makers from governments and administrations with <br>universities, schools, governmental and private training providers, <br>industry, and important partners in development cooperation. Each year a <br>different African country will serve as the venue.<br><br>*****************************************<br>Notes for editors<br>eLA - eLearning Africa, 2nd International Conference on ICT for Development, <br>Education and Training, May 28 - 30, 2007<br>Organisers: ICWE GmbH, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.icwe.net">www.icwe.net</a>, Hoffmann & Reif Consultants, <br>www.hoffmann-reif.com<br>Contact: ICWE GmbH, Tel.: +49-30-327 6140 info@elearning-africa.com,<br>www.eLearning-Africa.com<br><br><br>Press contact:<br><br>Beate Kleessen<br>ICWE GmbH<br>Leibnizstraße 32<br>10625 Berlin, Germany<br>Tel.: +49-30-327 61420<br>Fax: +49-30-324 9833<br>press-service@icwe.net<br><a target="_blank"
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