• TEVT stories:
  Mr Jacques Mazeran – CIEP

• The importance of TEVT in the knowledge economy and society:
  Mr Peter de Rooij – ETF

• Skills development in Sub-Saharan Africa: issues revisited:
  Mr Arvil Van Adams – World Bank

• Experiences in Francophone Africa:
  Mr David Atchoarena – IIPE, UNESCO

• Social dimensions of TEVT :
  Mrs Olöf Olafsdottir - Council of Europe

• Issues in agricultural TEVT: the case of West Africa:
  Mr Alain Maragnani – Ministry of agriculture, France

Discussion

• Links between general education and TEVT: shared foundations:
  Mr Wataru Iwamoto – UNESCO

• TEVT in Nigeria: current issues and reform strategies:
  Mr Nuru A. Yakubu – National Board for Technical Education, Nigeria

• Lifelong learning: a framework for TEVT development in Latin America?
  Mr William Experton – World Bank

• TEVT reforms in the context of lifelong learning:
  Mr Jean-Raymond Masson - ETF

Discussion

• The political economy of secondary education reform:
  Mr Ernesto Cuadra – World Bank

• Socio economic structures of TEVT: key elements:
  Mr Kari Pitkänen – National Board of Education, Finland

• TUNISIE
  MANFORME, a partnership based approach to vocational training
  Mr Moncef Ben Saïd – Secrétaire d’Etat à la formation professionnelle, Tunisia

Mrs Turkia Tlemceni – UTICA, Tunisia

Comments: Mr François Colas

• Career guidance and public policy: bridging the gap:
  Mr Richard Sweet – OECD

• European cooperation in TEVT:
  Mr John McCarthy – European Commission

• Mr John Middleton, Senior Adviser, World Bank Institute ; Adjunct Fellow, east-west centre, Honolulu

• Mr André Gauron, Conseiller Maître à la Cour des Comptes, President of the Haut Conseil « Education, Economie, Emploi »