Commonwealth workshop agrees on gender-awareness plan in public sector
23 Jul 2008
Pilot training projects using open distance learning are recommended.
Civil servants across the Commonwealth could benefit from open distance learning (ODL) to create greater awareness of gender issues in their policies and practice.
A two-day Commonwealth workshop on how non-traditional learning techniques could be harnessed to ‘mainstream’ gender in the public sector ended 22 July with delegates recommending country-specific pilot projects for training.
It was agreed that pilot countries would be chosen on the basis of their willingness to participate and what mechanisms were in place for implementing ODLs, among other criteria.
Workshop organiser and Gender Adviser at the Commonwealth Secretariat, Dr Auxilia Ponga, said: “We realised that to actually implement some of our recommendations, we have to go back to member states and conduct a country needs assessment so that the issues we have discussed and conclusions we came to will be owned by member states.”
It is hoped that this will eventually lead to the development of training manuals for all participants within the Commonwealth.
The workshop was organised by the Secretariat in collaboration with the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and took place at Marlborough House, London.
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Source: The Commonwealth Secretariat News
A two-day Commonwealth workshop on how non-traditional learning techniques could be harnessed to ‘mainstream’ gender in the public sector ended 22 July with delegates recommending country-specific pilot projects for training.
It was agreed that pilot countries would be chosen on the basis of their willingness to participate and what mechanisms were in place for implementing ODLs, among other criteria.
Workshop organiser and Gender Adviser at the Commonwealth Secretariat, Dr Auxilia Ponga, said: “We realised that to actually implement some of our recommendations, we have to go back to member states and conduct a country needs assessment so that the issues we have discussed and conclusions we came to will be owned by member states.”
It is hoped that this will eventually lead to the development of training manuals for all participants within the Commonwealth.
The workshop was organised by the Secretariat in collaboration with the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and took place at Marlborough House, London.
Read More...
Source: The Commonwealth Secretariat News
