About this website
This website aims to strengthen the links between education, training, and productive and decent work. It does this through sharing knowledge, information, tools and experiences from a range of international organizations and representatives of government, and employers’ and workers’ organizations. This website has been created through cooperation by the ILO, UNESCO, the OECD and the World Bank and in an effort to pool relevant knowledge on skills for employment.
ILO: Lifelong learning and the future of work: Challenges and opportunities (Video)
This video aims to raise awareness on the concept of lifelong learning. It also provides insights on to whom does lifelong learning apply as well as on the role governments, employers and workers play in supporting lifelong learning goals.
ILO: Women in Business and Management: The business case for change
The ILO's second global report on Women in Business and Management offers new insights into how gender diversity at the top improves organizational performance. These include how the many dimensions of an organization’s policies, a gender-balanced workforce and a gender-inclusive culture, among other factors, move the needle for more women to hold decision-making power.
ILO-Eurofound: Working conditions in a global perspective
This report provides a comparative analysis of job quality covering approximately 1.2 billion of the world’s workers in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
It analyses seven dimensions of job quality: the physical environment, work intensity, working time quality, the social environment, skills and development, prospects, and earnings.
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ILO: Voices on skills, lifelong learning and jobs of the future (Video)
This video features stakeholders from around the world sharing their thoughts on skills, lifelong learning and the future of work.
ILO: Lifelong learning: Concepts, issues and actions
The paper introduces readers to the debates about the concept of lifelong learning, the issues that surround it and the actions that the ILO can take to address it.
ILO: Quality apprenticeships: Addressing skills mismatch and youth unemployment
This policy brief presents an overview of quality apprenticeships promoted by the ILO through outlining their key characteristics, benefits and challenges.
OECD-ILO: Tackling vulnerability in the informal economy
This study provides an in-depth diagnosis of informality and vulnerability prevailing in the informal economy.
Nordic Council of Ministers: The Nordic future of work: Drivers, institutions, and politics
The first project report describes the main drivers and trends expected to shape the future of work in the context of the Nordic model.
UNESCO-UNEVOC: Community engagement in TVET
This study looks at how community engagement is carried out in UNEVOC Centres across the world.
OECD Skills Outlook 2019: Thriving in a digital world
The 2019 edition of the OECD Skills Outlook aims to understand how policies, in particular those that affect skills development and use, can shape the outcomes of digital transformation.
ILO Blog: Why indigenous peoples' knowledge matters to a green future of work
Unique indigenous skill-sets as a means of addressing climate change
The report provides policy pointers and reflects on the feasibility of regional or continental international qualifications frameworks.
Cedefop: Skills for green jobs: 2018 update
This report provides an update on the state of play in green skills and green jobs in six EU countries.
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23 Oct 2019 to 26 Oct 2019 , Ponta Delgada, Portugal
European Forum of Technical and Vocational Education and Training Annual Conference...
30 Sep 2019 to 2 Oct 2019 , Medellín, Colombia
This year’s ICLC will discuss effective lifelong learning policies and practices that lead to inclusive, safe, resilient and susta...
23 Aug 2019 to 24 Aug 2019 , Kazan, Russia
WorldSkills Conference will discuss the megatrends and the solutions that skills offer to these megatrends....
12 Aug 2019 to 23 Aug 2019 , Turin, Italy
For its 100th anniversary, the ILO is inviting young people from all over the world for a Summer School and Global Debate on the F...
24 Jun 2019 to 5 Jul 2019 , Turin, Italy
Responding to the current and future needs in the labour market, the Academy provides a range of learning opportunities in the fie...
24 Jun 2019 to 5 Jul 2019 , Bonn, Germany
The programme builds the capacity of TVET professionals to become effective change agents in their institutions and countries....
Portals and other resources
Skills Panorama, powered by CEDEFOP, turns labour market data into accurate and timely intelligence to offer new insights into skill needs in the European Union.
ILO and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Interactive visual allows you to choose a goal and learn how the ILO's mandate to promote social justice is helping to achieve each of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Provides timely information about skills shortages, surpluses and mismatch across a wide range of countries.
Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification
STED provides guidance for the integration of skills development in sectoral policies. The programme is designed to support growth and decent employment creation in sectors that have the potential to increase exports and contribute to economic diversification.
ILO-Norway Partnership on Skills Development
Skills development is an essential prerequisite for youth employment and sustainable development. Moreover, skills are important to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.Yet limited access...
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The Centre is the training arm of the International Labour Organization (ILO). It provides training in subjects that further the ILO's pursuit of decent work for all.
Inter-American Centre for Knowledge Development in Vocational Training
ILO/Cinterfor is a service of the International Labour Organization (ILO), created in 1963 and established in Montevideo, Uruguay.
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