UNESCO Regional Office - Beirut and the UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training adopted a regional initiative for development of TVET projects in the Arab States and other regions of the world (i.e. Africa and East Asia) as part of the TVET-UNEVOC work plan for 2002-2006. An initial regional experts meeting took place in Beirut, 11-13 December 2002. The UNESCO Expert Meeting held in Amman, Jordan, from 1-3 August 2005 was a continuation of this effort.