Retrospective

Opening film

Vocational education and training creates prospects (FR)

Welcome address

Manuel Sager, SDC Director General (DE,FR)

Opening speech

Federal Councillor Johann N. Schneider-Ammann (DE, FR)

Panel discussion – Basic and vocational education and training as a doorway to employment (FR)

Access to improved incomes in Burkina Faso 

Issa Compaoré, secretary for employment and vocational education at the Conseil National du Patronat Burkinabè, Burkina Faso
Ambroise Tapsoba, Programme Officer, Burkina Faso, SDC
Sylvain Simporé, mason, Burkina Faso

Panel discussion – Vocational qualifications to meet different needs (EN)

Nepal at the intersection of social, economic and migration challenges 

Barbara Weyermann, Programme Officer, Nepal, SDC
Khem Lakai, founder of GATE (Global Academy of Tourism and Hospitality Education)
Markus Reisle, Head of Global Programme Migration and Development, SDC

Keynote speech Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (EN)

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former Nigerian Finance Minister and Foreign Minister, managing director of the World Bank 2007–2011

Panel discussion – An ecosystem for entrepreneurship (EN)

The Swiss Entrepreneurship Programme in Peru 

Javier Salinas, Director 'Emprende UP', Programme Accelerator, Peru
Charlotte Ducrot, Swisscontact, Programme Implementer, Peru
Liliana de Sà Kirchknopf, Head of Private Sector Promotion, SECO

Closing debate

Swiss development cooperation: vocational education and training creates prospects (FR)

Isabelle Chevalley, member of the National Council , Vaud
Carlo Sommaruga, member of the National Council, Geneva
Thomas Greminger, SDC Deputy Director General
Raymund Furrer, Head of SECO Economic Cooperation and Development