Education & Skills

A Digital Bridge Between Europe and Kenya: Opportunities for Connectivity, Youth and Business

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(tl;dr) EU–Kenya Digital Partnership boosts connectivity, skills and innovation, linking youth, schools and SMEs to affordable high-speed internet, AI collaboration and new digital jobs for sustainable, shared growth. Kenya has become the first African country to establish a formal Digital Dialogue with the European Union, a milestone reached in March 2026 that positions this East … Read more

Skills on the Move: Key Takeaways from the DC dVET BarCamp

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(TL;DR) On 6 May 2026, the DC dVET kicked off its anniversary BarCamp webinar series with “Skills on the Move: How Migration Intersects with Dual VET”. Keynote speaker Helen Dempster (CGD Europe) argued that TVET investments and labour mobility pathways must be designed together from the start, not treated as separate tracks. A panel covered … Read more

Why local knowledge matters for cities

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(TL:DR) Local knowledge is a city’s hidden strategic asset: when municipalities, communities, universities and businesses connect what they already know, they can drive transformative learning, social innovation and more resilient urban development, instead of relying mainly on imported expertise. The article concludes that urban practitioners should start with mapping existing knowledge, value qualitative methods, design … Read more

EPALE: Europe’s Community for Adult Learning

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Karsten Weitzenegger is an active member of EPALE — the Electronic Platform for Adult Learning in Europe, the European Commission’s official hub for professionals working in adult education and continuing training. As a trainer, capacity development specialist, and international consultant who designs learning processes across more than 40 countries, EPALE is not merely a profile … Read more

International Management & Marketing Academy (I.M.M.A.)

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International Management & Marketing Academy I.M.M.A.

Building Competence Across Borders: Karsten Weitzenegger and I.M.M.A. Effective consulting in international development goes hand in hand with rigorous, practice-oriented capacity building. That is why Karsten Weitzenegger is registered as an Individual Expert with the International Management & Marketing Academy (I.M.M.A.)  — a Hamburg-based institution with decades of experience developing professional competencies across sectors and … Read more

NORRAG – Network for international policies and cooperation in education and training

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Karsten Weitzenegger is a member of NORRAG, the Global Education Centre of the Geneva Graduate Institute and one of the world’s leading networks for international policies and cooperation in education and training. What Is NORRAG? NORRAG traces its roots to 1977 as the Research, Review, and Advisory Group (RRAG), originally funded by the International Development … Read more

European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)

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Karsten Weitzenegger is a personal member of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) since 1998 — a professional affiliation that has shaped his engagement with European and global development scholarship for over two decades. What Is EADI? EADI, the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes, is the prime professional … Read more

Communities of Practice: A guidebook that actually works in real life

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Review: “Communities of Practice within and across Organizations. A Guidebook” (2nd edition) by Etienne Wenger-Trayner, Beverly Wenger-Trayner, Phil Reid and Claude Bruderlein Most books on organizational learning describe what communities of practice are. This one tells you how to run them. The second edition of the CoP Guidebook, co-authored by four practitioners across corporate, academic, … Read more

Portfolio: Education & Skills

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The following references reflect a track record of Karsten Weitzenegger built over more than 30 years of consulting and evaluation work across Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. Education & Skills Latin America & Caribbean: Led a study on TVET impact measurement for the BMZ-IDB cooperation on labor market relevance and green economic development as … Read more

Resilient Financing for Dual VET in Informal Economies

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Key Takeaways from the 4th DC dVET BarCamp On 24 February 2026, practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and development partners gathered at the 4th BarCamp co-hosted by DC dVET and the International Labor Organization (ILO) to address a pressing question: how can we build resilient and sustainable financing models for dual vocational education and training (VET) in … Read more

Reimagining the Future of Entrepreneurship Support in East Africa: 25 Solutions that Could Change the Game

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(tl;dr) East Africa’s startup scene is booming – but many incubators and accelerators are stuck in a cycle of donor dependence, generic programmes and weak investor trust. A new William Davidson Institute study maps these system failures and, more importantly, presents 25 concrete solutions: from revenue-generating “acceleration as a service” and sector‑specific support, to venture … Read more

Designing for Empowerment: How Participatory Design Thinking Can Transform Economic Inclusion Programs for Women

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Economic inclusion programs are already reaching tens of millions of women, yet too many of these initiatives treat women as beneficiaries rather than co‑designers of change. The Partnership for Economic Inclusion (PEI) has mapped over 400 economic inclusion programs in 88 countries, benefiting more than 70 million people; 90 percent target women, but only about … Read more