作者: Margarita Pavlova

Dr. Margarita Pavlova (Ph D Australia; Ph D Russia; MEd USA; BEd Hons Russia) is the Director of the UNEVOC Centre (Hong Kong), which is a member of the global UNESCO-UNEVOC network, and an Associate Professor at the Department of International Education, the Education University of Hong Kong. Her research focus is on policy, planning and curriculum development in vocational education at both national and international levels, with a particular emphasis on green skills development and greening of the vocational education sector. Dr. Pavlova’s regional research and development projects in Asia have been funded by different agencies including the Asian Development Bank, The World Bank, UNESCO and the European Training Foundation (ETF). Dr. Pavlova has published widely in the fields of her expertise. She currently serves on the editorial advisory boards of two book series published by Springer: Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, and Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects.  Dr. Madhu Singh is a Senior Programme Specialist at UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, Hamburg (Germany). Her specialisations are mainly research, policy advice, organising North-South and South-South policy dialogues and capacity building workshops; networking with relevant stakeholders across sectors in UNESCO Member States; establishing state-of-the-art reviews in the fields of lifelong learning policies and strategies; recognition of non-formal and informal learning; national qualifications frameworks; adult learning and the world of work; and quality assurance issues in lifelong learning.