Lessons & Insights

Samoana Animations: Preserving Samoan Storytelling in the Digital Age

Building Resilience, Lessons & Insights

“Every story begins with a mother’s love.” The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) is pleased to support the Samoana Animations project, a cultural resilience initiative in Samoa. Developed in partnership with Pacific Kids Learning (PKL), this is designed to digitise traditional village stories while preserving the rich oral storytelling traditions that connect Samoan mothers and daughters […]

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Educators participating in the digital training

Women and youth gain digital literacy and leadership skills in Tonga

Lessons & Insights, Youth Employment

Tonga Women in ICT, in collaboration with COL and supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade New Zealand, has been actively working to enhance digital literacy and ICT skills among women and youth in Tonga. From April to September 2024, TWICT organised a series of training sessions at the TWICT Hub focusing on

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Participant with their certificate of completion

Empowering Vanuatu’s Youth: V-Lab and COL Partnership Success

Lessons & Insights, Youth Employment

Through the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade New Zealand, COL recently collaborated with V-Lab – Vanuatu’s first business, idea, and organization incubator – leading to a significant achievement in the Pacific nation’s journey towards enhanced job readiness. To date, a total of 417 youths, including young women and persons with disabilities,

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AWEST graduands with their certificates

Celebrating Skill Development for Empowerment in Jimi District, Papua New Guinea

Lessons & Insights, Youth Employment

Skill development in Jimi District in Jiwaka Province marked a milestone with the graduation of learners from the Early Childhood Education and Basic Accounting training programme. This activity facilitated by COL and supported by a grant from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, reflects our shared commitment to strengthening local capacity and

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Empowering Visually Impaired Learners in Solomon Islands: Graduation Marks a Milestone in Inclusive Education

Building Resilience, Lessons & Insights, Youth Employment

In a significant step towards fostering inclusivity and independence, thirty blind and visually impaired individuals graduated earlier this month from the “Taep fo Laef” and literacy programmes in Honiara, Solomon Islands. The training programmes, led by the Blind and Vision Impaired Persons Support Initiative (BVIPSI) with support from COL, focused on equipping visually impaired persons with essential

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Pacific small states workshop on resilience in skills development for women

Lessons & Insights, Youth Employment

The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and the Pacific Centre for Flexible and Open Learning for Development (PACFOLD) recently held a three-day regional workshop on Women, Skills and Resilient Livelihoods in the Small States of the Pacific in Nadi, Fiji. The event brought together 25 participants from nine countries – Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon

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Digitalisation and Future Learning

Building Resilience, COVID-19 Response, Lessons & Insights, Uncategorized, Youth Employment

You are invited to join the @COL4D “Digitalisation and Future Learning” webinar on 25 September 2024, from 1700 to 1830 hrs Pacific Standard Time (PST North America) and 1100 hrs in Suva, Fiji, on Thursday the 26 September 2024. This interactive session will feature a distinguished panel, including serving Education Ministers and senior officials from

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Evaluation of Training Outcomes in Vanuatu and Fiji

Lessons & Insights, Youth Employment

Over the past two years, the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) has dedicated significant resources to enhance the practical skills of youth in the Pacific small island countries. This initiative, aimed at fostering economic opportunities and reducing unemployment, particularly among young women and youth with disabilities, has engaged over 2,600 participants, providing training in diverse areas

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STEM teachers’ workshop in Solomon Islands

Building Resilience, Lessons & Insights

The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and the Pacific Centre for Flexible and Open Learning for Development (PACFOLD) organized a workshop focused on addressing the urgent need to prepare students for a future driven by science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), in partnership with the University of the South Pacific (USP) campus in the Solomon Islands.

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