Future-Ready Skilled Workforce and Skills Development: Strengthening Regional Cooperation through TVET in Asia and the Pacific

Date: June 29 - July 3, 2026 /
Program Type: Regional Program /

OBJECTIVES

At the end of the program, participants are expected to be able to:

  • Analyze regional TVET challenges and opportunities in preparing a future-ready skilled workforce;
  • Identify strategies for digital transformation, AI-enabled learning, data-driven TVET governance and future skills development;
  • Apply quality assurance, accreditation, benchmarking and APACC 2025 perspectives to institutional improvement;
  • Integrate green TVET, climate-responsive skills, inclusion, gender and sustainable development in institutional plans;
  • Develop institutional action plans/roadmaps and formulate practical areas of regional cooperation for future-ready skills development

Leadership Capacity Building for TVET Professionals

Date: June 22-26, 2026 /
Program Type: In-Country Program /

OBJECTIVES

  • Strengthen leadership and management skills for effective TVET governance
  • Enhance institutional governance and policy implementation through APACC QA 2025 Framework
  • Improve collaboration between TVET institutions and industry
  • Integrate innovative and digital tools into TVET teaching and administration
  • Promote green, sustainable, and inclusive TVET systems
  • Develop institutional leadership action plans for continuous improvement

PROGRAM CONTENTS

Theme Papers:

  • Theme Paper 1: Transformational Leadership in TVET Institutions
  • Theme Paper 2: Strengthening TVET-Industry Collaboration for Workforce Alignment
  • Theme Paper 3: Public-Private Partnerships and Work-Based Learning Models in TVET
  • Theme Paper 4: Digital Leadership and Innovation in TVET Institutions
  • Theme Paper 5: Future-ready skills & digital Competency framework
  • Theme Paper 6: Green TVET and Sustainable Development Practices
  • Theme Paper 7: Inclusive TVET Leadership

Workshops/Group Work Activities:

  • Workshop 1: Institutional Governance Gap Analysis using APACC Principles
  • Workshop 2: Mapping Industry Needs with TVET Programs
  • Workshop 3: Designing Institutional Industry Engagement Strategies
  • Workshop 4: Exploring Digital Tools for TVET Teaching and Administration
  • Workshop 5: Developing Digital Transformation Roadmaps
  • Workshop 6: Integrating Greening & Sustainability into TVET Programs
  • Workshop 7: Designing Inclusive Institutional Strategies
  • Workshop 8: Drafting individual institutional Action plans: Strategic Leadership and Change Management in TVET for future-ready TVET Institutions toward IR 5.0

Organizational Planning: Strategic Planning in TVET

Date: June 1-4, 2026 /
Program Type: In-Country Program /

OBJECTIVES

The training program is designed to: 

  • Promote a shift in the mindset of the TESDA institutions from routine, compliance-based planning to strategic, values-driven decision-making aligned with the TESDA’s Best 8-Point Agenda.
  • Enhance the strategic thinking and planning capabilities of officials and personnel within TESDA, particularly in translating institutional priorities into clear plans, targets, responsibilities, and reform actions by means of APACC QA tools.
  • Strengthen behavior-related competencies essential for strategic leadership, including collaboration, innovation, accountability, change readiness, and reform ownership.
  • Foster a culture of continuous improvement and foresight by equipping participants with practical tools for environmental scanning, scenario planning, risk awareness, monitoring, and performance review.
  • Enable participants to prepare institutional strategic plans and personal commitment statements that reflect shared accountability, mindset transformation, and measurable implementation pathways.