From 25 to 27 March 2026, Dar es Salaam hosted the Camp on Centres of Vocational Excellence in Africa, a three-day hands-on exchange bringing together practitioners, policymakers and training providers to rethink how skills systems can better serve a rapidly changing continent. Organised by the European Training Foundation and Enabel, the Belgian development agency, the camp builds on a partnership already tested at the Casablanca conference in 2024, moving the conversation from dialogue into action.
Around 100 participants from 16 countries, including Angola, DRC, Guinea, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique and Uganda, worked through a packed programme of site visits, technical workshops and policy discussions.
The Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology and the National Institute of Transport opened their doors, grounding the debate in real practice, while sessions on work-based learning, digital skills and private sector engagement in vocational education and training pushed toward a shared understanding of what vocational excellence actually looks like on the ground.
ETF and Enabel will keep working alongside African partners to build evidence, strengthen capacity and grow what's already showing results.
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