DRAFT AGENDA
Key Labor Market Issues in Anglophone Africa – A Distance Learning Course
April 18 – May 25 2005
Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
The Key Labor Market Issues in Africa Distance Learning Course consists of an orientation for on-site experts on
April 13, 2005 and twelve content sessions running from April 18, 2005 until May 25, 2005.
Time
11:30- 13:30
(Ghana)
13:30- 15:30
(Zambia)
14:30- 16:30
(Ethiopia, Uganda,
Kenya, Tanzania)
6:30- 8:30
(D.C)
Orientation for On-site Experts:
Wednesday April 13
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 Anglophone Africa – A Distance Learning Course
April 18 – May 25 2005
Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
Time
Monday
April 18
12:00- 14:00
(Ghana)
14:00- 16:00
(Zambia)
15:00- 17:00
(Ethiopia,
Tanzania,
Kenya, Uganda)
7:00- 9:00
(D.C)
Welcome, Course Overview and
WebCT Training
(Course Team)
Participants’ use of multimedia
room
Global Trends in Labor
Markets
30 minutes: Review of the last class
and Preparation of presentations for
VC by participants: On-site Content
Expert
14:00-16:00
(Ghana)
16:00-18:00
(Zambia)
17:00-19:00
(Ethiopia,
Tanzania,
Kenya, Uganda)
9:00- 11:00
(D.C.)
16:00-16:30
(Ghana)
18:00-18:30
Zambia)
19:00-19:30
(Ethiopia,
Tanzania,
Kenya, Uganda)
11:00-11:30
(D.C.)
Labor Markets in Africa: Key
Trends and Major Policy Issues
Wednesday
April 20
Monday
April 25
Climate for Job Creation
Wednesday
April 27
Participants’ use of multimedia
room
Creating Jobs: Investment
Climate
(live presentations)
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
Discussion: On-site Content Expert
30 minutes: Review of the last class
and Preparation of presentations for
VC by participants: On-site Content
Expert
Investment Climate Assessment
Creating Jobs
(two taped presentations)
Informal Labor Market
(two taped presentations)
Questions and Answers
Country Presentations
(two taped presentations)
Discussion: On-site Content
Expert
Discussion: On-site Content Expert
Evaluation of the session (smileyfaces)
Evaluation of the session (smileyfaces)
On-site Content Expert
On-site Content Expert
= 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 Anglophone Africa – A Distance Learning Course
April 18 – May 25 2005
Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
Time
Monday
May 2
12:00- 14:00
(Ghana)
14:00- 16:00
(Zambia)
15:00- 17:00
(Ethiopia,
Tanzania,
Kenya, Uganda)
7:00- 9:00
(D.C)
Role of Human Capital in Job
Creation
14:00-16:00
(Ghana)
16:00-18:00
(Zambia)
17:00-19:00
(Ethiopia,
Tanzania,
Kenya, Uganda)
9:00- 11:00
(D.C.)
Training Policies in Africa
Skills Development and
Training Needs
(two taped presentations)
Wednesday
May 4
Monday
May 9
Wednesday
May 11
Participants’ use of multimedia
room
Enterprise restructuring in the
public and private sector
Participants’ use of multimedia
room
30 minutes: Review of the last class
and Preparation of presentations for
VC by participants: On-site Content
Expert
Downsizing in Africa
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
Vulnerable Groups: Children/
Orphans and the Labor Market
Questions and Answers
Country Presentations
(two taped presentation)
Discussion: On-site Content
Expert
Discussion: On-site Content Expert
16:00-16:30
(Ghana)
18:00-18:30
(Zambia)
19:00-19:30
(Ethiopia,
Tanzania,
Kenya, Uganda)
11:00-11:30
(D.C.)
Evaluation of the session (smileyfaces)
Evaluation of the session (smileyfaces)
On-site Content Expert
On-site Content Expert
= 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 Anglophone Africa – A Distance Learning Course
April 18 – May 25 2005
Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
Time
Monday
May 16
12:00- 14:00
(Ghana)
14:00- 16:00
(Zambia)
15:00- 17:00
(Ethiopia,
Tanzania,
Kenya, Uganda)
7:00- 9:00
(D.C)
14:00-16:00
(Ghana)
16:00-18:00
(Zambia)
17:00-19:00
(Ethiopia,
Tanzania,
Kenya, Uganda)
9:00- 11:00
(D.C.)
Labor Market Regulation
Wednesday
May 18
Monday
May 23
Wednesday
May 25
Participants’ use of multimedia
room
Engendering Development:
Gender and Labor Market Issues
Participants’ use of multimedia
room
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
Industrial Relations in Africa
Discussion: On-site Content
Expert
Discussion: On-site Content Expert
Labor Code Reform: simulation
exercise
Labor Regulations and Trade
Unions in Development
HIV/AIDS on employment policy
Vulnerable Groups: Women,
Children, HIV/AIDS Patients
Private Sector Response on
HIV/AIDS
Trade Unions
Questions and Answers
Country Presentations
Discussion: On-site Content
Expert
Questions and Answers
Country Presentations
Impact of Malaria on labor
markets in Africa
Discussion : On-site Content Expert
16:00-16:30
(Ghana)
18:00-18:30
(Zambia)
19:00-19:30
(Ethiopia,
Tanzania,
Kenya, Uganda)
11:00-11:30
(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