TVET and HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS can have a tremendous impact on the education/training systems and the labour force. The TVET systems of those countries most affected by the pandemic need to be adapted to address the problems caused by AIDS. Within this context, UNESCO-UNEVOC has developed “TVET and HIV/AIDS” into one of its areas of work and addresses the HIV/AIDS problematic through its activities in UNESCO Member States.
Background
Activities
UNEVOC centre publishes magazine to fight HIV/AIDS, July 2007
Focus on HIV/AIDS at the UNEVOC Network Seminar, Lilongwe, Malawi, 5-9 December 2005
Documents
Report: Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS education in TVET in Botswana and Zambia
Learning for Life, Work and the Future: Stimulating Reform in Southern Africa through Subregional Cooperation
(http://www.unevoc.unesco.org/fileadmin/user_upload/pubs/llwf2003_2.pdf) Follow-up Workshop, Dar-es-Salaam (2003), Final Report published 2005, Project Proposal on “HIV/AIDS in TVET staff development”
UNESCO’s Strategy for HIV/AIDS Prevention Education, 2004
(http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001345/134572e.pdf)
World Education Forum 2000, Dakar, Senegal
(http://www.unesco.org/education/efa/ed_for_all/framework.shtml)
Participants pledged to “…implement as a matter of urgency education programmes and actions to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic” (Dakar Framework of Action 2000), as part of the Education for All process.
Links
UNESCO HIV/AIDS Prevention Education website
(http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=1134&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html)
Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP): HIV/AIDS Impact on Education Clearinghouse
(http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org) Interactive information clearinghouse on HIV/AIDS and its impact on education
International Bureau of Education (IBE): Programme for HIV & AIDS education
(http://www.ibe.unesco.org/HIVAids.htm) Programme for HIV & AIDS education
UNESCO Bangkok: HIV/AIDS Clearinghouse
(http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org/bangkok) Regional information clearinghouse on HIV/AIDS preventive education in Asia and the Pacific
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