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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/OECD: Building Trust in a Changing World of Work
Flagship report for the ‘Global Deal for Decent Work and Inclusive Growth’ partnership. The fundamental idea at the heart of the Global Deal is to highlight and promote the potential of sound industrial relations and enhanced social dialogue as a means to foster decent work, quality jobs, and increased productivity – and by extension greater equality and inclusive growth.
World Economic Forum: The future of jobs report 2018
This report finds that as workforce transformations accelerate, the window of opportunity for proactive management of this change is closing fast and business, government and workers must proactively plan and implement a new vision for the global labour market.
ILO Director-General: Rethink lifelong learning
A new approach to lifelong learning is needed for the future of work, says Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Guy Ryder, in a speech to Education and Employment Ministers at a G20 ministers’ meeting held in Argentina, 6-7 September 2018.
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What future for vocational education and training in Europe?
In this briefing note CEDEFOP explores the future role of vocational education and training (VET) in Europe.
OECD Report: Skills on the move. Migrants in the survey of adult skills.
This report provides new evidence on differences in migrants' characteristics and considers how these relate to the skills migrants possess.
Boosting skills for green jobs (Video)
This video highlights the important role skills development plays in achieving a just transition to a greener economy.
ILO/UNESCO Joint Publication: Taking a whole of government approach to skills development
The publication examines how governments can work to coordinate TVET and skills development across relevant policy domains.
Seven Questions about Apprenticeships: Answers from International Experience
This new OECD report focuses attention on apprenticeships as a uniquely important form of work based-learning.
Blog: Apprenticeships could address most of India's skill development challenges.
Article by Jayant Krishna, Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer, National Skills Development (NSDC).
World Development Report 2019: The changing nature of work. Draft report
The report will study the changes impacting work across different country contexts. It will also reflect on jobs that are likely to disappear due to these forces of change, as well as new jobs that may emerge.
Making apprenticeships and workplace learning inclusive of persons with disabilities.
Apprenticeships can effectively respond to many of the challenges by proving to employers the professional potential of disabled persons and improving their vocational skills.
ILO survey Report on the National Initiatives to promote Quality Apprenticeships in G20 Countries
The survey is an ILO initiative to take stock of and widely share good practices in the area of Quality Apprenticeships.
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10 Dec 2018 to 14 Dec 2018 , Turin, Italie
The main objective of the course is to provide participants with a sound understanding of the main functions, components, and appl...
10 Dec 2018 to 14 Dec 2018 , Turin, Italie
The overall objective of this course is to provide a conceptual framework for the promotion of more and better jobs for inclusive ...
3 Dec 2018 to 5 Dec 2018 , Brussels, Belgium
Education in an Interconnected World: Ensuring inclusive and equitable development....
21 Nov 2018 to 22 Nov 2018 , Turin, Italie
‘Skills for the Future: Managing Transition’ will be an opportunity to exchange views from the EU and beyond, explore ways to resp...
13 Nov 2018 to 14 Nov 2018 , Dakar, Senegal
Join us at the YES Forum in Dakar, Senegal, on 13-14 November 2018 to learn more about youth entrepreneurship policies, improving ...
12 Nov 2018 to 16 Nov 2018 , Turin, Italy
This course discusses underlying principles, general guidelines and different approaches to identify adequate financing mechanisms...
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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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