The Organizers of the 16th IVETA – CPSC International Conference on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) are pleased to announce the excellent evaluation results attained by the Conference. About 240 participants from 39 countries contributed to successfully achieving the goals of the international conference.

A post-conference evaluation had been undertaken which obtained responses from ninety one (91) participants. Based from the evaluation, the international conference generated an outstanding score of 92.7% as average of different parameters seen in the below table.

Table 1: Evaluation of different parameters

It can be concluded, based from the scores computed from the answers in the questionnaire, that the Conference fulfilled its objectives and attained a more than very satisfactory rating from its customers in all respect. It has met the expectations of 50.6% of the respondents and exceeded the expectations of 40.7% of the respondents.

Table 2: Responses to the level of meeting expectations

On the qualitative side, very good impressions and wishes have been extended by the delegates on the Conference's professional handling, management and organization.  Like in any other programs, the organizers, with the help of the conference participants, have identified some areas for improvement to scale up the quality benchmarks for future CPSC and IVETA activities. Some topics pertaining to education for sustainable development (ESD) which are suggested for possible inclusion or emphasis in the future are: informal/non-formal education for ESD, ESD in small island states, more detailed exposition of "Greening" TVET as Best Practice, Green Skills and Green Jobs, how to start transforming TVET programs into sustainable or “green” programs, educating TVET institutions on climate change, and inclusion of "culture" as a dimension of sustainable development.

Major suggestions for improvement highly welcomed by the Organizers are as follows:

1. Consider the use of round table discussion to allow maximum participation of delegates.
2. Increase discussion time after every session.
3. Prepare a concrete and meaningful summary of each session, drawing ideas for future action.
4. Streamlining of track sessions.
5. Ensure effectiveness of paper presentations.

Some minor logistics concerns have also been taken up for further improvement including hotel sound system and registration process.

With these, the Organizers would like to generously thank all those who have contributed to the success of the Conference and helped evaluate the proceedings of the Conference constructively. CPSC enthuses everyone to work together and encourage everyone to join in promoting education for sustainable development in the respective country's technical and vocational education and training systems.

Below please find the details of the evaluation.

A. OVERALL EVALUATION (No. of respondents: 91)

Table 1: Responses to the level of meeting of expectations

Table 2: Evaluation of different parameters of the conference

Average of Overall Satisfaction of Participants: 91%

B. PER CATEGORY

Table 1: Responses to the level of meeting of expectations

Table 2: Evaluation of different parameters of the conference

Table 3: Overall satisfaction of participants 

C. SUGGESTED TOPICS

Topics with relation to ESD

1. Informal/Non-formal education for sustainable development
2. Sustainable development’s linkage to general education
3. Education for Sustainable Development in small island states
4. Global standards for Teachers to TEACH in Technical Institutes keeping SUSTAINABLE Education in MIND
5. More detailed exposition of “Greening” TVET as “Best Practice” and “Technology Transfer”
6. Green Skills and Green Jobs
7. Public Private Partnership for ESD in TVET
8. MSME for ESD in TVET
9. ICT for ESD in TVET/ICT Integration in ESD in TVET
10. How TVET Drives Sustainable Development
11. Models of ESD Integration in Curriculum
12. ESD and Skills Development
13. Sustainable TVET Institutes through Partnership and Alliance
14. Papers on agriculture/farming since the theme is on Greening TVET
15. TESDA initiatives on sustainable development/funding for projects
16. How to start in transforming TVET programs into sustainable/”green” program
17. Educating TVET institutions on climate change
18. How to integrate diverse/conflicting issues (e.g. conflict between sustainability and marketability in TVET)

Other Topics

1. Impact assessment model
2. Best practices in healthcare industry
3. Monitoring and Evaluation Studies
4. Privatization in TVET
5. Financing in TVET
6. Role of TVET in globalization
7. Training of TVET teachers
8. Curriculum Development
9. The road map of developed and underdeveloped countries which should be designed in view of their social and economic conditions
10. Migrant worker and skills development
11. How we could help each CPSC member country in making policies, implementation procedures and let everyone be of the same level of success
12. The role of TVET in alleviating poverty as the most toxic waste
13. International agreements bearing on TVET
14. Framework for assessment of learning and curriculum development framework