GTAC PEC 2026 : The Young Economists Debating Challenge Session

Session 8 Pt 1: AI, Civic Engagement & Public Sector Employment Trends | Prof Ayad Al-Ani

Day 3 Session 9 : Conference Summary & Closing Remarks | Ronette Engela

Day 3 Session 9 : The Young Economists Debating Challenge | Student Debates

DAY 3 SESSION 8 : Technology-Driven Opportunities for Youth Employment | Panel Discussion

Day 3 Session 8 : The Impact of Changing Technologies on Youth Employment in South Africa

Day 3 Session 7 : Digital Transformation, AI & the Future of Skills

Day 2 Session 6 : A Conversation on Youth Employment in South Africa | Writers & Commentators

Day 2 Session 5 : Interventions for Youth Employment: What Works?

Day 2 Session 5 : Active Labour Market Programmes: What Does the Research Tell Us?

Day 2 Session 5 : Basic Package of Support (BPS): Interventions That Work

Day 2 Session 4 Where Will the (Youth) Jobs Come From? | Growth, Skills & Public Policy

Day 2 Session 4 : What Kind of an Economy Creates Jobs? | Demand-Side Interventions & Employment

Session 1 : Welcome Address by Ronette Engela, Acting Head of GTAC

Session 1 : Opening Remarks - Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana

Session 3 : Understanding What Constrains Job Creation | Lessons from the Jobs Fund

Session 2 Part 2 :Counting the Uncounted:Informal Employment & Livelihoods in SA

DAY 1 GTAC 2026 Public Economics Conference : GG Alcock

Does Global Financial Transparency Improve Tax Compliance? | GTAC Webinar

Session 2 Part 1 : Measuring employment and informality Panel Discussion

Session 1 Part 1: In Conversation with the South African Finance Family Panel Discussion

Session 1 Part 2 : Prof Haroon Bhorat - Keynote Address and Q & A

Prioritising the Fight Against Stunting in South Africa | GTAC Webinar

South African Floods, Trade & Climate Resilience | GTAC Webinar

Reigniting Investment in South Africa: Confidence, Reform & Growth | GTAC Webinar

Legacy of Apartheid: Labour Misallocation & Firm Productivity | GTAC Webinar

South African Infrastructure Trends: Investment, Delivery & Reform | GTAC webinar

Infrastructure Development: Expanding SA’s Transport & Logistics Network | GTAC webinar

Alternative Building Technologies: Scaling Up Housing Delivery in South Africa| GTAC webinar

Strengthening Inclusive Infrastructure Delivery through Data-Driven Frameworks | GTAC webinar

Unlocking Private Sector Participation in South Africa’s Water Sector| GTAC webinar

Performance-Based Contracts: Advancing Efficiency in South Africa’s Water Sector | GTAC webinar

Improving Market Data for Infrastructure Investment | GTAC webinar

Renewable Energy Value Chains & South Africa’s Energy Transition | GTAC Webinar

The Effects of the Employment Tax Incentive on South African Employment| GTAC webinar

Private Investment in Infrastructure Monitor 2024 Insights | GTAC webinar

Executional Readiness: Bridging the Gap Between Policy and Delivery| GTAC webinar

Lower Inflation Target for SA? | Policy Discussion | GTAC webinar

Education, inclusive growth, and fiscal consolidation | GTAC webinar

Audience Q&A: Rights, responsibilities and turning data into action

Reflections on municipal oversight: Transparency, challenges & tools

The R12 Analogy: Understanding service delivery through data

Keynote Part 2: How municipalities report spending and performance

Keynote Part 1: Conditional grants and fiscal accountability

Why open government matters: OGP and fiscal transparency

Opening remarks: Duncan Pieterse on municipal budget transparency

How AI is transforming government | GTAC webinar

The future of digital health in South Africa | GTAC webinar

Managing public sector office space efficiently | GTAC webinar

GTAC Webinar Series - How viability gap financing boosts public-private partnerships

Estonia's Unique Approach to Digital Transformation

Blended Finance for Infrastructure Projects and BRICS Countries’ Experiences

Governing AI to Redress Risk and Opportunity Imbalances

Budget Facility for Infrastructure Lessons Learnt and Reflections

Spatial validation of government expenditure: application of satellite imagery on health facilities.

An overview of the Innovation Bridge Portal Initiative and its proposed solutions (Innovation Fund)

Coffee break interviews

How digital technologies can enable equitable access to public services

In conversation: Administration data for research and policymaking

Summary and closure