Summit Highlights for SETA Decision-Makers
Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) play a crucial role in bridging skills supply and demand in South Africa and across the continent. The DAIA Summit 2.0 offers targeted sessions that will help you align training initiatives with future workforce needs, foster partnerships, and strengthen pathways into sustainable employment.
This curated selection highlights sessions of particular relevance for SETA leaders and policymakers.
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Workshop:
Transformational Leadership for Organizations: A Virtual Coach as a Facilitator of Change.
Time: 11:30-12:45
Location: TBA
This workshop introduces how a digital coaching model can strengthen transformational leadership skills.
- Why it matters to you: SETAs play a critical role in enabling organizational and sectoral change. Digital coaching models offer scalable ways to develop leaders who can adapt to disruption and drive skills development.
- What you’ll take away: An understanding of the transformational leadership framework, how virtual coaching can support continuous development, and practical lessons for embedding leadership growth into training systems.
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Workshop:
Leveraging Collaboration Between Local Government and Universities on Sustainable Water Management and Protection to Improve Service Delivery in South Africa
Time: 14:15-15.30
Location: TBA
This interactive workshop highlights the power of partnerships between municipalities and universities in addressing urgent water challenges.
- Why it matters to you:Collaboration between public institutions and higher education is essential for systemic impact. This session shows how SETAs can bridge training, research, and service delivery.
- What you’ll take away: Approaches for embedding training into municipal partnerships, ensuring SETA interventions link to community-level impact, and examples of sustainable service delivery models.
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Paper Presentation:
Sustainable Water Management: A Need for Modern Pedagogies
16:00-17:15
Location: TBA
This paper presentation explores how new pedagogical approaches can transform training for sustainable water management.
- Why it matters to you: Outdated teaching methods limit the impact of sectoral training. Modern pedagogies are essential to prepare the workforce for future challenges in water management.
- What you’ll take away: Examples of innovative pedagogy, strategies for integrating sustainability into curricula, and practical ideas for updating SETA-aligned training frameworks.
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Networking & Collaboration Opportunities
In addition to the sessions, DAIA Summit 2.0 creates opportunities for SETA leaders to:
- Connect with universities, training providers, and companies driving digital academy pilots.
- Discuss funding models and partnerships that scale beyond pilot projects.
- Share experiences on policy alignment and accreditation pathways in a cross-sector forum.
Why Attend as a SETA Leader?
- Discover practical, sector-tested models for closing critical skills gaps in water, construction, and other priority sectors.
- Gain insights into modern pedagogies and evidence-based approaches that improve training quality and impact.
- Explore how cross-sector partnerships with municipalities, universities, and industry can strengthen service delivery and employment pathways.
- Connect with policy peers, training providers, and industry leaders to co-create future-ready skills ecosystems.
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