Opening Ceremony

• Welcoming Remarks by
  Yang Mulia Alias bin Haji Abu Bakar
  Centre Director, SEAMEO VOCTECH

• Speech by the Guest-of-Honour

  Yang Mulia Dr Chin Wei Keh

  Deputy Permanent Secretary (Higher Education) Ministry of Education

  Brunei Darussalam

• SEAMEO VOCTECH Corporate Video

Keynote 1: Robust and Resilient TVET in VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity) World

by Dr. Brajesh Panth, Chief of Education Sector Group, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Philippines

Group Photo

E-Forum 1: Country Level Policies and Practices in Managing Pandemic Challenges and Opportunities of TVET in the Era of Digitalisation

• Country Presentations by Governing Board Members:

  Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia.

• Synthesis by Moderator (SEAMEO VOCTECH)

Keynote 2: Cross-Border Training and Mentoring in ASEAN

by YB Fdr. Ar. Siti Rozaimeriyanty Dato Seri Laila Jasa Haji Abd Rahman, Chair of ASEAN Business Advisory Council 2021, ASEAN Business Advisory Council, Brunei Darussalam

E-Forum 2: Good Practices at the Institutional Level in Response to Pandemic Challenges and Opportunities of TVET in the Era of Digitalisation

• Country Presentations by Governing Board Members/Representatives:

  Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste and Vietnam

• Synthesis by Moderator (SEAMEO VOCTECH)

Keynote 3: Preparing TVET for Future Skills to Meet the Demand of Changing World of Work 

by Dr. Akiko Sakamoto, Regional Skills Development and Employability Specialist, International Labor Organization (ILO) for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Thailand

Keynote 4: Initiatives in advancing TVET in ASEAN’s New Norm: RECOTVET’s Perspectives

by Mr Ingo Gerhard Imhoff, Programme Director, Regional Cooperation in TVET (RECOTVET), Vietnam, giz  | Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Germany

Keynote 5: Bridging Innovation and Learning in TVET (BILT)

by Ms Sarah Elson-Rogers, Team Leader of Innovation and the Future of TVET, UNESCO-UNEVOC, Germany

E-Forum 3: Industry Perspectives in Ensuring a Resilient TVET System during Pandemic and in the Era of Digitalisation

• Invited Partners:

  NISAI Group (United Kingdom), Festo Didactic SE (Germany), Labtech International Ltd (United States of America) and ADE OY (Finland)

• Synthesis by Moderator (SEAMEO VOCTECH)

Closing Formalities

• Closing Remarks by 

  Dr. Ethel Agnes P. Valenzuela,

  Director, SEAMEO Secretariat, 

  Thailand

• Announcement of how to get e-certificate for participants