Youth Employment

Young Samoans Share Their Dreams, Challenges, and What They Need to Succeed

Lessons & Insights, Youth Employment

In March 2025, the Oloamanu Centre for Professional Development and Continuing Education at the National University of Samoa (NUS) engaged with youth across Upolu and Savaii to better understand their skills, aspirations, and the challenges they face in accessing training and employment opportunities. Through online surveys, focus group discussions, and a heartfelt activity called My […]

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Toolkit Awareness Expands in the Solomon Islands

Youth Employment

As part of ongoing efforts to promote flexible and self-directed learning, the Commonwealth of Learning recently conducted a series of sensitisation workshops and institutional visits in the Solomon Islands. These activities aimed to introduce the Pacific TVET Online Toolkit—an initiative made possible through funding from New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Educators,

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Short Courses Empower 150 Learners in PNG’s Jiwaka Province

Youth Employment

A total of 150 young people and adults in Papua New Guinea’s Jiwaka Province have successfully completed short courses in Building Design and Carpentry, and Accounting and Basic Bookkeeping, delivered by the Awest Pacific Community Leadership Training Institute. These fully funded in-person trainings, part of the Pacific Partnership for Open, Distance, and Flexible Learning (ODFL)

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Building Confidence and Reaching Communities: Henjo’s Journey with the TVET Toolkit

Building Resilience, Lessons & Insights, Youth Employment

“When I joined Ituani in 2019, I had no background in training or management,” says Henjo, a member of the management team at Ituani Vocational Training Centre in Vanuatu. “Everything was new to me — how to lead a team, how to develop training systems. I didn’t know where to begin.” That same year, Ituani

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Tekelea Centre Transforms Youth Through Skills and Leadership

Youth Employment

The Tekelea Training Centre, with COL and MFAT New Zealand’s support, trained 54 youth in poultry farming, motor skills, leadership, and entrepreneurship. Using the “Tok Stori” method, they empowered diverse learners with practical skills and digital tools. The results? New farms, stronger communities. Cohort 2 aims for 100+ trainees. From August 2024 to January 2025,

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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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