The Technical Skills
Africa 2008
conference
8 – 10 December 2008, Johannesburg, South
Africa
Quality technical training is recognised to be key to
enhancing economic competitiveness and contributing to social
inclusion, decent employment, and income and poverty reduction. An
insufficient supply of technical skills can also create a bottleneck
to private sector development and economic growth.
The
Technical Skills Africa
2008 conference will assist stakeholders in the
power, mining, ICT, and infrastructure sectors to identify where
their skills management strategies can be enhanced. The conference
will provide thorough analysis of skills acquisition, development,
maintenance and retention, and investigate how public-private
partnerships can help to address the current shortfall in skills
supply.
The
African continent has averaged 5 percent economic growth over the
past five years. While growth is occurring, it is being driven by a
handful of economic centres and by small concentrations of skilled
workers. The growth that the continent has been experiencing has
increased the demand for skills, and this demand is outstripping
supply of Africa’s most precious resource - its
people.
Last year, the South Africa market needed 300 000 artisans.
Only 7 000 graduated from training schools. In addition, the skills
pool has become global. Skilled workers migrate to the highest
bidder, and African countries and companies must ensure that they do
not fall victim to brain drain, whilst simultaneously taking
advantage of the mobility of skilled workers who possess
international experience.
Skills and talent management is vital to manage the current
skills gap. Companies must know how to align their competitive
strategies with their investments in people, and to ensure that
their investments provide maximum
value.
The Technical Skills Africa 2008
conference will provide practical solutions to African skills
development by drawing together expert speakers, policy makers, and
attendees from across the continent and
beyond.
Conference
highlights include:
- Pre-conference
workshop on talent management – learn how to make a difference
to attracting, retaining and developing
talent.
- Pre-conference
workshop on advanced skills auditing – learn how to measure the
collective skills and learning needs of your
organisation.
- Industry
specific case studies – learn from other’s
experiences.
- Strategies and
systems to address safety issues.
- Networking
function – engage directly with stakeholders and share ideas
and information.
- Panel
discussions – gain perspective on the state of the industry and
emerging needs.
Why attend Technical Skills
Africa?
·
Understand
the challenges facing African countries in promoting technical
skills development.
·
Join
in the debate on the role of PPPs in technical skills development
programmes.
·
Discover
how to manage the gap in your business through skills development
planning.
·
Hear
from industry experts how to develop a model to follow through after
identifying skills shortages.
·
Learn
how to identify leaders who will drive your skills development
process.
·
Discover
current and future trends in high workforce mobility and the
competition for talent.
·
Understand
funding mechanisms for technical skills development
programmes.
·
Gain
knowledge from case examples on how to develop skills and how to
promote skills retention in your
company/organisation.
·
Learn
how to create a framework for proper mentorship
programmes.
·
Discover
how to track and measure your intellectual capital
investment.
·
Debate
current challenges and the way forward.
To register or
for more information visit www.technical-skills-africa.com
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