Programme
12:00 Doors open
Registration – refreshments – visit partner exhibitions
13:00 Start of conference
Welcome address – Manuel Sager, SDC Director General
13:15 Opening speech
Federal Councillor Johann N. Schneider-Ammann
13:35 Panel discussion
Basic and vocational education and training as a doorway to employment
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
14:05 Panel discussion
Vocational qualifications to meet different needs
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
14:45 Break
15:25 Keynote speech
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former Nigerian Finance Minister and Foreign Minister, managing director of the World Bank 2007–2011
15:45 Panel discussion
An ecosystem for entrepreneurship
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
16:15 Closing debate
Swiss development cooperation: vocational education and training creates prospects
- 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
17:00 Networking drinks reception
