Welcome & Introduction (5 mins)
Brief overview of the session’s objectives.
Introduction of both speakers and their respective topics.
Emphasizing the importance of financial literacy and skills in both TVET and peacebuilding contexts.
Speaker 1 (Mulihi): Financial Skills as Part of TVET/Skills Development (35 mins)
Content:
Overview of TVET and its role in community development, particularly in conflict-affected regions. (if relevant)
The need for financial skills as part of TVET curricula to enhance employability, entrepreneurship, and self-sufficiency.
How financial literacy can be integrated into TVET programs to support sustainable livelihoods.
Real-world examples and case studies where financial skills in TVET have led to community empowerment and reduced vulnerability.
Q&A (5 mins): Audience engagement and clarification of key points.
Transition Break (5 mins)
A brief moment for the audience to process the first presentation and for the session to smoothly transition to the second speaker.
Speaker 2 (Sulaima) : Social and Financial Education for Peacebuilding (35 mins)
Content:
Defining Social and Financial Education (SFE) and its application in peacebuilding contexts.
How SFE helps individuals and communities develop resilience against conflict and economic instability.
Practical examples of SFE programs and their impact on peacebuilding, especially in post-conflict areas.
Connecting financial education with social cohesion, demonstrating how these elements contribute to long-term peace and stability.
Q&A (5 mins): Open floor for participants to ask questions related to SFE and its role in peacebuilding.
Conclusion & Wrap-up (5 mins)
Summarize the key takeaways from both presentations.
Reflect on how financial skills in TVET and SFE for peacebuilding are interconnected and complement each other in fostering resilient communities.
Final thoughts on integrating these approaches into future educational and peacebuilding initiatives.
Speakers:
Sulaima Ramadan is a Palestinian social entrepreneur and strategist working at the intersection of inclusive innovation, education, and systems change. She is the founder and CEO of Ibtikar for Empowerment and Social Entrepreneurship, a Palestine-based organization that seeks to reimagine how communities, particularly in contexts of occupation and systemic constraint, can access opportunity, dignity, and agency.
Since 2018, Sulaima has led Ibtikar’s evolution into a space for creative, community-rooted transformation. She has been instrumental in shaping alternative frameworks for socio-economic development that move beyond short-term interventions and instead invest in local capacity, resilience, and long-term impact. Her leadership is defined by a commitment to unlocking the potential of underserved populations—particularly youth and women—to participate meaningfully in shaping their own futures.
With a background in International Cooperation and Development, Sulaima draws from both academic inquiry and grounded field experience. Her approach is guided by a belief that innovation must be inclusive, co-created, and embedded in context. She is particularly known for advancing a life-centered approach at Ibtikar—an emerging model that expands the focus of development beyond human benefit alone to include ecological awareness, relational well-being, and the regeneration of social and environmental systems. This perspective informs her broader vision of sustainable development as a balance between transformation and care.
Sulaima’s work spans the design of learning ecosystems, participatory research, and the integration of social entrepreneurship into education and policy dialogue. Her practice is shaped by a deep understanding of the structural challenges facing Palestinian society and a long-standing engagement with cross-sectoral, interdisciplinary solutions. She actively contributes to international networks and regional dialogues, bringing forward perspectives from occupied Palestine while also forging space for exchange, learning, and solidarity across the Euro-Mediterranean region. Her participation is not only as a practitioner but as a thinker committed to reshaping the language and architecture of development from the margins outward. Today, Sulaima continues to position Ibtikar as a platform for experimentation, influence, and collective leadership.
Her work explores how dialogue, education, and social innovation can converge to cultivate resilient societies that are grounded in justice, interconnection, and imagination. In a region marked by fragmentation, her efforts are directed toward building bridges—across identities, disciplines, and geographies—toward more inclusive and life-affirming futures.
Mulihi Bumali serves as the country manager of National Careers Week Uganda and team leader Pamoja Careers Services in Uganda He is a professional technical teacher education specialist from Kyambogo University and civil engineering technician from Uganda Technical College Bushenyi. He has over 11 years of professional work experience in the field of technical and vocational education and has presented a plethora of career talks in many schools around the country from primary to tertiary institutions.
Over the last decade he has championed access to information on careers education, information, advice and guidance, (CEIAG), Technical and vocational education training (TVET) in Uganda and beyond. His professional interests focus on accessibility of career education services and he remains a passionate supporter of initiatives that encourage access to careers education across the globe.
Mulihi has over the years received recognition for his outstanding work. He was recognized by the international school of Uganda during the service summit Africa 2009 and also by the international Olympic committee for his contribution in sport and literature in the same year.
Mulihi values the unlimited power of volunteerism as a fulcrum of positive change in communities which drives him to various volunteering missions especially in the education and TVET sector.
