World Youth Skills Day

The world of work is changing rapidly. Artificial intelligence, the green transition, and growing social complexity are transforming how we learn, work, and participate in society. To thrive in this changing landscape, young people need more than technical skills alone. They need a balanced set of competencies that combines technical, digital, AI, green, social-emotional, and civic skills with the human qualities that technology cannot replace. TVET stands at the centre of workforce readiness, economic competitiveness, and peace, cohesion and sustainable development. This webinar will bring together government representatives, educators, employers, youth networks, development partners and young people from around the world. Hosted by UNESCO- UNEVOC , this event addresses the pivotal question: “What will it take to equip every young person with competencies they need to thrive in a shared future?”  FREE WEBINAR FOR WORLD YOUTH SKILLS DAY 15 July 2026.Learn more & register to pa...

The UNESCO and HIT awarded 22 educators for completing TECH SPARK Africa training and handed over a VR Sand Table to advance simulation-based STEM skills development. On 2 February, the UNESCO Regional Office for Southern Africa (ROSA), in partnership with the Harare Institute of Technology (HIT), marked a milestone in the implementation of the TECH SPARK Africa project with the award of certificates of completion to 22 teaching staff who completed training on leveraging simulation learning technologies for skills development. The ceremony also included the handover of a Virtual Reality Sand Table to HIT, in support of the institution to develop and deliver simulation-based learning modules. The  TECH SPARK Africa: Technology Empowerment and Competency Enhancement for Skills, Professional Articulation, and Knowledge Innovation is a regional initiative that supports the transformation of higher technical education in Africa by leveraging digital and simulation learning technologie...