Conferences and workshops
The 1st East African Conference on Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
The 1st East African Conference on Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) was held on 11th and 12th of December 2024. This two day Conference on Recognition of Prior Learning brought together adult educators, researchers, adult education advocates, practitioners from government, civil society and academia from Tanzania and Uganda. The conference aimed at developing understanding of RPL frameworks, processes and methodologies, sharing experiences on RPL and Qualification Frameworks (QFs) and developing next steps for development of RPL and QFs in Uganda and Tanzania.
Find the Call for Action on Recognition of Prior Learning and Qualifications Frameworks which the conference participants adopted in the report below
East/ Horn of Africa Conference on Marrakesh Framework of Actions and Professionalisation of Adult Learning and Education
The regional conference PROFESSIONALISATION OF ADULT LEARNING AND EDUCATION: CHANCES AND CHALLENGES IN THE POST-CONFINTEA VII TIME was held at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on the 14th and 15th September 2022. More than 100 Guests from the 3 partner countries in the East/ Horn of Africa region (Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda), including representatives from government, academia and civil society organisations, the Director of DVV International Germany, the Head of Regional Cooperation, German Embassy Tanzania, the Education Programme Specialist at the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, Germany, and the Secretary General of the International Council of Adult Education, Serbia discussed the implementation and monitoring of Marrakesh Framework of Action (MFA) and the importance of professionalisation in Adult Learning and Education (ALE).
The MFA, recently adopted at the CONFINTEA VII in Morocco, highlighted the crucial role of professionalisation in ALE and underlines the need for comprehensive approach and partnership: All levels and pathways of professionalisation are important: pre-service, in-service and continuing training – in association with universities and research institutes, status and professional development trajectories, but also improvement of their working conditions, salaries etc. This contributes to ALE system development and strengthening ALE service provision at the local level - as a strategic dimension for planning, design and implementation for learning programmes, and for supporting training and learning initiatives at community learning centres (CLC). CLC should be well-resourced with qualified adult educators.
In this view the conference was following three objectives:
- Analysing potentials of the MFA and formulating recommendations for the contributions by different stakeholders to the implementation and monitoring of the MFA from the East/Horn of African perspective.
- Exploring state of the art of professionalisation of ALE with the focus on East/Horn of and sharing experiences and plans for the implementation of Curriculum globALE.
- Analysing the role of Community Learning Centres (CLC) in adult education and literacy service delivery, and their contribution to the implementation of MFA.
- Sharing of experiences of different service delivery models and launching of the regional CLC Guidelines for East /Horn of Africa.
The conference was accompanied by the following activities:
- A two days Curriculum globALE Module 0 training for decision makers of key stakeholders of the three DVV partner countries in the region
- A one day field visit to a Folk Development College out of Dar es Salaam to learn more about the ALE services which are provided.
