About 70 technical and vocational education and training (TVET) experts from around Asia and several European countries gathered in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, from 2-5 July 2006 to synthesise and extend current examples of international best practice in reorienting TVET for sustainable development.

The international conference on “TVET for Sustainable Development – Opportunities and Challenges” was a contribution to the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. It aimed to emphasise the importance of TVET for sustainable development as a key part of the agenda to be followed during the UN Decade.

In particular, the discussions focused on:

Reviewing the nature, purpose and scope of development and sustainable development and the relevance of the changing international discourse for TVET, Analysing invited case studies of best practice in reorienting TVET for sustainable development, Analysing the opportunities for, and challenges to, reorienting TVET for sustainable development, and Identifying strategies for building capacity in reorienting TVET for sustainable development.