Time (CET)

Session

Speaker

14.00-14.20

Session 1

Opening.

Introduction and objectives of webinar

Brief recapitulation of main learnings from previous Webinar

AUC, Mr Chigozie Emmanuel Okonkwo

ACQF project team (Eduarda Castel-Branco, ETF)

14.20-14.50 Session 2

Zambia: an operational NQF making the difference. Main objectives, principles, levels, register of qualifications. Review and further consolidation of the NQF. Covid-19 response.

Ms Mirriam Chiyaba

Zambia Qualifications Authority

Director and Chief Executive Officer

14.50-15.20 Session 3

Cabo Verde: a decade of experience with the NQF. Features and principles of the NQF, governance set-up, national catalogue of qualifications, RPL. New developments in 2020. Covid-19 response.

Mr Amilcar Mendes

Head of Technical Team of

UC-SNQ (Coordination Unit National Qualifications System)

15.20-15.30

Questions and answers

15.30-16.00

Session 4

Southern African Development Community Qualifications Framework (SADCQF): growing experience for better qualifications, mutual trust, integration and mobility in SADC. Alignment with SADCQF. Complementarity with national level.

New demands and solutions in the context of Covid-19.

Dr. Sannassee Raja Vinesh

SADC, SPO Education, Skills & Development,

Social & Human Development Directorate

Ms Coleen Jaftha,

SAQA

16.00-16.30

Session 5

East Africa Community: experience and new developments for a regional qualifications framework. New demands in relation with Covid-19

Dr James Jowi

Principal Education Officer / East African Community

16.30-16.45

Session 6

Interactive joint assessment using Mentimeter

Final conclusions and next steps

AUC, Mr Chigozie Emmanuel Okonkwo

ACQF project team, Eduarda Castel-Branco, ETF