As a major contribution to the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005-2014, InWEnt Capacity Building International, in partnership with UNESCO-UNEVOC and the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Centre for Vocational and Technical Education and Training (SEAMEO VOCTECH), hosted this international conference in Bali, Indonesia on 24-26 November 2008. The purpose of the conference was to share national qualifications framework (NQF) models with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries in order to enhance skills-recognition arrangements across ASEAN and to examine international tendencies in human resource development (HRD) at the workplace.

Participants included UNEVOC Centres from Germany, India and Lao PDR, as well as international speakers from the private sector and development organizations.