Future of Work Summit 2026 — EYES Project Micro-Action
EYES Project · Erasmus+ Micro-Action Report
Future of Work Summit 2026
Preparing Ghanaian Youth for the Jobs of Tomorrow
Date · 24 June 2026
Location · Airport West Hotel, Accra, Ghana
Participants · 100+ students, educators & policymakers
This summit was delivered as a micro-action project under the EYES Project — Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange for Active Citizenship and Social Inclusion. Learn more at www.eyesnetwork.org.
Overview
Skills, Mobility & International Technical Education
Organised by AIESEC Alumni Ghana (AAG) in partnership with SchoolAbroadEU and the Institución Gabrielista en la Ribera del Duero (Gabrielistas), the Future of Work Summit brought together students, educators, policymakers, government representatives, AAG members and fellows, and youth organisations to explore how vocational education and international mobility can prepare Ghanaian youth for a changing world of work. The summit was implemented as a micro-action project under the EYES Project (Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange for Active Citizenship and Social Inclusion), reflecting its shared commitment to active citizenship, inclusion and youth empowerment. The event was coordinated by Germain Kofi Acka Aidoo, who also serves as AAG LEAR for the EYES Project.
100+
Participants
~50
National Youth Authority trainees mobilised
1
National TV feature
200
Young people to be assisted
Building Momentum
Pre-Summit Engagements
In the days before the summit, the delegation held a series of courtesy and working meetings with Members of Parliament, National Youth Authority (NYA) executives, and the Minister for Presidential Special Initiatives — laying institutional groundwork for the summit and the wider Ghana–Spain partnership.
Speakers
Who Took the Floor
The President of AIESEC Alumni Ghana (AAG) delivers her remarks to open the summit.
President, AIESEC Alumni Ghana (AAG)
Host Organisation · Opening Remarks
As President of AIESEC Alumni Ghana, the network that organised the summit, she welcomed participants and framed the day’s purpose — connecting Ghanaian youth to skills, mobility and entrepreneurship opportunities through AAG’s ongoing partnerships with SchoolAbroadEU and the Institución Gabrielista en la Ribera del Duero. Her remarks set the tone for a programme built on active citizenship and youth empowerment, the same values underpinning the summit’s delivery as an EYES Project micro-action.
Germain Kofi Acka Aidoo delivering the opening keynote.
Germain Kofi Acka Aidoo
Keynote Speaker · Mission Coordinator · AAG LEAR, EYES Project
Delivered the opening keynote, “Preparing Young People for the Future of Work,” tracing how work has shifted from the factory economy of the 1950s to today’s AI-assisted economy. Drawing on WEF 2025 data, he noted that while 92 million roles may be displaced by 2030, 170 million new roles are expected to be created — a net gain of 78 million jobs worldwide, provided institutions build the capacity to retrain, validate and redeploy people.
He closed with a call to action framed around eight future-proof human skills (critical thinking, digital literacy, creativity, collaboration, communication, adaptability, ethical judgement and lifelong learning) and a practical 18-month roadmap for institutions, ending on the line: “The future belongs less to those who know everything — and more to those who keep learning.”
The Deputy CEO of the National Youth Authority addresses summit participants.
Deputy CEO, National Youth Authority
Government Partner
Speaking on behalf of the National Youth Authority, the Deputy CEO addressed participants directly on national apprenticeship programmes, youth employability and the Authority’s interest in structured international vocational pathways. The NYA mobilised approximately 50 young people from its apprenticeship programme to attend the summit.
José Enrique García Agüera, Director General of the Institución Gabrielista en la Ribera del Duero, addresses the summit.
José Enrique García Agüera
Director General, Institución Gabrielista en la Ribera del Duero (San Gabriel)
Enrique, representing San Gabriel in Aranda de Duero, Spain, joined the floor following the keynote to speak on the realities of vocational training in Spain and the student journey through the Institución Gabrielista’s Formación Profesional (FP) programmes — grounding the summit’s international mobility theme in the lived experience of the partner institution.
Keynote
Preparing Young People for the Future of Work
The Long View
Work has always changed — from the 1950s factory economy, through the 2000s knowledge economy, to today’s digital economy and the AI-assisted economy expected by 2035. The shift ahead is transformation and task reallocation, not wholesale replacement.
Five Forces
Five forces are reshaping work at once: Artificial Intelligence, Automation & Robotics, Digital Transformation, the Climate Transition, and shifting Demographics (youth bulges, ageing populations, migration).
What the Data Says
Per the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2025: 170 million new roles created against 92 million displaced — a net gain of 78 million jobs by 2030. 22% of jobs will be disrupted and 39% of core skills will change; the real bottleneck is institutional capacity to retrain and redeploy people, not a shortage of jobs.
Tasks, Not Jobs
Whole occupations aren’t disappearing — specific tasks are. Shrinking fast: data entry, scripted customer support, bank tellers, back-office processing. Growing fast: AI/ML specialists, cybersecurity and data analysts, green construction and renewable energy, care and digital health.
The 2030 Toolkit
Eight human skills that grow more valuable as machines get more powerful: critical thinking, digital literacy, creativity, collaboration, communication, adaptability, ethical judgement, and lifelong learning.
What Works
Quality TVET and apprenticeships, stackable microcredentials, Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), and employer co-designed training — addressing the skills mismatch, weak career guidance and digital divide that hold young people back.
Regional Realities
The same technology plays out differently by context: ageing populations and weak youth transitions in the EU/Southern Europe; 80–90%+ informality and underemployment across Sub-Saharan Africa; a dual-track mix of informality and youth unemployment in Türkiye. “Same AI tool = a productivity assistant in Milan, just another app in Lagos — unless institutions build real pathways.”
Hands-On Activity
Participants broke into small groups to design a “Job for 2040,” naming a role, three human skills and two AI-related skills, and defining the human role versus the AI role — with examples like Climate Intelligence Advisor and AI Ethics Consultant.
Vocational Education in Spain
The Spanish Vocational Education System, the Dual Training Model, career pathways, the student journey, the SchoolAbroadEU support model, and employment outcomes — presented alongside remarks from San Gabriel’s Enrique.
Entrepreneurship Spotlight
Eii Waaben — An AAG Alumni Venture
Showcased at the Summit An AAG (AIESEC Alumni Ghana) alumna used the summit as a platform to showcase Eii Waaben, her packaged soup and stew venture — including Groundnut Soup, Savory Garden Egg Stew and Kontomire Stew — alongside San Gabriel’s own wine label. The showcase gave summit participants a tangible example of youth entrepreneurship growing out of the AAG network, reinforcing the summit’s message that opportunity takes many forms: employment, further study, and enterprise alike.
Media
On National Television
AAG at the Summit
AIESEC Alumni Ghana Members & Fellows
AAG members and fellows attended and participated actively throughout the summit, reflecting the network’s ongoing role in connecting young Ghanaians to skills, mobility and entrepreneurship opportunities.
Gallery
More From the Summit
Outcomes
What the Summit Achieved
Youth MobilisationThe National Youth Authority mobilised approximately 50 young people from its apprenticeship programme to attend, alongside students, AAG members and fellows, educators and young professionals from across Accra.
National Media CoverageThe delegation appeared on Joy Prime’s national television programme, discussing vocational education in Spain, the future of work, and Ghana–Spain educational cooperation — significantly increasing national awareness of the programme.
Institutional EndorsementThe summit featured remarks from the Deputy CEO of the National Youth Authority and Enrique of the Institución Gabrielista en la Ribera del Duero, lending strong institutional weight to the initiative.
Youth EntrepreneurshipAn AAG alumna showcased her venture, Eii Waaben, giving participants a live example of entrepreneurship as a future-of-work pathway alongside employment and further study.
EYES Project ContributionAs a micro-action delivered under the EYES Project, the summit advanced the programme’s shared goals of active citizenship, social inclusion and youth empowerment, with outcomes to be reported to EYES Project partners (www.eyesnetwork.org).
Voices
Reflections
“
The future belongs less to those who know everything — and more to those who keep learning.
— Closing message of the keynote, “Preparing Young People for the Future of Work”
EYES Project · Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange for Active Citizenship and Social Inclusion · www.eyesnetwork.org
AIESEC Alumni Ghana · SchoolAbroadEU · Gabrielistas · info@schoolabroad.eu
