IVETA Webinar: Importance of Certification and Accreditation in TVET.

Join us for the first of a series of webinars we are running this year, exclusively for IVETA members.

IVETA is calling on its members and the global TVET community to share their
experiences, practices and concerns on teaching and learning in TVET. We look forward to hearing from policymakers, researchers, practitioners,
industry, and teachers and learners in TVET. Registration will accommodate
the submission of advance questions from participants.

Our first webinar looks at the issue of certification and accreditation in Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET).

Some of the questions we will be attempting to answer include:

1. Are there existing standards and certifications?
2. Are there related policy issues?
3. Do solid linkages with industry exit or must they be developed?
4. Are qualified SMEs being utilized to identify the skillset workers need?
5. Do faculty have the requisite expertise and credentials to teach?

Panel Speakers

	Dr David Fretwell Dr Fretwell was a founding member of IVETA. He is experienced in workforce development policies and programs  (i.e. governance, administration, finance, delivery, evaluation) and has completed short-term assignments in 140 countries; and long-term assignments in Canada, USA, Hungary, Italy, Kenya, and Saudi Arabia.  He has worked with many bilateral and multilateral agencies.
	Dr Julian Ng Dr Ng is Vice-President and CEO of the Warnborough Educational Group. A management consultant and trainer by profession, he has worked with companies around the world. He has also led transnational projects in VET and professional development. He is also an author and motivational speaker.
	Dr Carmel Thompson Dr Thompson is a highly-experienced VET practitioner with an extensive history of serving the Australian and international VET sectors. She is a qualified accountant with industry experience as a trainer, RTO manager and consultant. She has also undertaken considerable work with international VET systems in Jamaica, Ethiopia, the UK, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia and Indonesia. She is a past-president of IVETA.

This event is FREE to IVETA members.