DRAFT AGENDA
Key Labor Market Issues in Francophone Africa – A Distance Learning Course
April 19 – May 26, 2005
Burkina Faso, Senegal, Benin, Mauritania, Côte d’Ivoire, Washington, D.C.
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The Key Labor Market Issues in Africa Distance Learning Course consists of an orientation for on-site experts
on April 14, 2005 and twelve content sessions running from April 5, 2005 until May 12, 2005.
 Please note that the second training in the second week takes place on Friday, April 29, instead of Thursday,
April 28.
Time
13:30- 15:30
(Burkina Faso, Côte
d’Ivoire, Senegal,
Mauritania)
14:30- 16:30
(Benin)
8:30- 10:30
(D.C)
Orientation for On-site Experts:
Thursday April 14
Welcome, Course Overview, Pedagogy, Logistics
Course Team
Discussion
Questions and Answers
= Video Conferencing Session with all DLCs and Washington D.C.
= On-site Face-to-Face Session with On-site Content Experts
Draft as of February 11, 2005
DRAFT AGENDA
Key Labor Market Issues in Francophone Africa – A Distance Learning Course
Time
Tuesday
April 19
April 19– May 26 2005
Burkina Faso, Senegal, Benin, Mauritania, Côte d’Ivoire, Washington, D.C.
Thursday
Tuesday
April 21
April 26
13:00- 15:00
(Burkina Faso,
Côte d’Ivoire,
Senegal,
Mauritania)
14:00- 16:00
(Benin)
8:00- 10:00
(D.C)
Welcome, Course Overview and
WebCT Training
(Course Team))
15:00- 17:00
(Burkina Faso,
Côte d’Ivoire,
Senegal,
Mauritania)
16:00- 18:00
(Benin)
10:00- 12:00
(D.C)
Structural Adjustment
Programs and their Impacts on
Labor Markets
Labor Markets in Africa AND
Impact of SAPs on Labor Markets
Labor Market Key Concepts
and Policy Issues
Questions and Answers
Country Presentations
Global Trends in Labor
Markets
Trainees’ use of multimedia room
30 minutes: Review of the last class
and Preparation of presentations for
VC by participants: On-site Content
Expert
Climate for Job Creation
Creating Jobs: Investment
Climate
(two taped presentations)
Friday
April 29
Trainees’ use of multimedia room
30 minutes: Review of the last class
and Preparation of presentations for
VC by participants: On-site Content
Expert
Discussion
Labor Markets in Africa: Key
Trends and Major Policy Issues
On-site Content Expert
Investment Climate Assessment
Creating Jobs
Informal Labor Market
Questions and Answers
Country Presentations
(two taped presentations)
(two taped presentations)
Discussion: On-site Content
Expert
Discussion
On-site Content Expert
17:00-17:30
(Burkina Faso,
Côte d’Ivoire,
Senegal,
Mauritania)
18:00- 18:30
(Benin)
12:00- 12:30
Evaluation of the session (smileyfaces)
Evaluation of the session (smileyfaces)
On-site Content Expert
On-site Content Expert
(D.C)
= Video Conferencing Session with all DLCs and Washington D.C.
= On-site Face-to-Face Session with On-site Content Experts
DRAFT AGENDA
Key Labor Market Issues in Francophone Africa – A Distance Learning Course
Time
Tuesday
May 3
April 19 – May 25 2005
Burkina Faso, Senegal, Benin, Mauritania, Côte d’Ivoire, Washington, D.C.
Thursday
Tuesday
May 5
May 10
13:00- 15:00
(Burkina Faso,
Senegal, Côte
d’Ivoire,
Mauritania)
14:00- 16:00
(Benin)
8:00- 10:00
(D.C)
Role of Human Capital in Job
Creation
15:00- 17:00
(Burkina Faso,
Côte d’Ivoire,
Senegal,
Mauritania)
16:00- 18:00
(Benin)
10:00- 12:00
(D.C)
Training Policies in Africa
Skills Development and
Training Needs
Trainees’ use of multimedia room
30 minutes: Review of the last class
and Preparation of presentations for
VC by participants: On-site Content
Expert
Enterprise restructuring in the
public and private sector
Downsizing in Africa
(two taped presentations)
Thursday
May 12
Trainees’ use of multimedia room
30 minutes: Review of the last class
and Preparation of presentations for
VC by participants: On-site Content
Expert
Active LM Policies
Discussion: On-site Content
Expert
Skills Development and Training
Policies
Discussion : On-site Content Expert
Active LM Policies : Case studies
Enterprise restructuring ,
unemployment and ALMPs
Public works
(two taped presentations)
Questions and Answers
Country Presentations
Discussion: On-site Content
Expert
Vulnerable Groups: Children/
Orphans and the Labor Market
Questions and Answers
Country Presentations
(two taped presentation)
Discussion
On-site Content Expert
17:00-17:30
(Burkina Faso,
Côte d’Ivoire,
Senegal,
Mauritania)
18:00- 18:30
(Benin)
12:00- 12:30
Evaluation of the session (smileyfaces)
Evaluation of the session (smileyfaces)
On-site Content Expert
On-site Content Expert
(D.C)
= Video Conferencing Session with all DLCs and Washington D.C.
= On-site Face-to-Face Session with On-site Content Experts
DRAFT AGENDA
Key Labor Market Issues in Francophone Africa – A Distance Learning Course
Time
Tuesday
May 17
April 19 – May 25 2005
Burkina Faso, Senegal, Benin, Mauritania, Côte d’Ivoire, Washington, D.C.
Thursday
Tuesday
May 19
May 24
Thursday
May 26
13:00- 15:00
(Burkina Faso,
Côte d’Ivoire,
Senegal,
Mauritania)
14:00- 16:00
(Benin)
8:00- 10:00
(D.C)
Labor Market Regulation
Trainees’ use of multimedia room
Engendering Development:
Gender and Labor Market Issues
Trainees’ use of multimedia room
Industrial Relations in Africa
30 minutes: Review of the last class
and Preparation of presentations for
VC by participants: On-site Content
Expert
Child Labor Protection
30 minutes: Review of the last class
and Preparation of presentations for
VC by participants: On-site Content
Expert
15:00- 17:00
(Burkina Faso,
Côte d’Ivoire,
Senegal,
Mauritania)
16:00- 18:00
(Benin)
10:00- 12:00
(D.C)
Labor Code Reform: simulation
exercise
Discussion: On-site Content
Expert
Engendering Development AND
Labor Regulations and Trade
Unions in Development
Trade Unions
Questions and Answers
Country Presentations
Discussion: On-site Content
Expert
Child and Forced Labor in West
Africa
Discussion: On-site Content Expert
HIV/AIDS on employment policy?
Vulnerable Groups: Women,
Children, HIV/AIDS Patients
Private Sector Response on
HIV/AIDS
Questions and Answers
Country Presentations
Impact of Malaria on labor
markets in Africa
Discussion: On-site Content Expert
17:00-17:30
(Burkina Faso,
Côte d’Ivoire,
Senegal,
Mauritania)
18:00- 18:30
(Benin)
12:00- 12:30
(D.C)
Evaluation of the session (smileyfaces)
Evaluation of the session (smileyfaces)
On-site Content Expert
Level 1 evaluation of the course
= Video Conferencing Session with all DLCs and Washington D.C.
= On-site Face-to-Face Session with On-site Content Experts
On-site Content Expert