• Employment and decent work in refugee and other forced displacement contexts

  Compendium of ILO's lessons learned, emerging good practices and policy guidance.

• ILO: Global guidelines on the economic reintegration of victims of forced labour through lifelong learning and skills development approaches.

  These guideline aim to support the economic reintegration of victims of forced labour through skills development services and post-training support.

• World Economic Forum: Reskilling Revolution Initiative

  The initiative aims to provide one billion people with better education, skills and jobs by 2030. Together, the founding partners have the capacity to reach 250 million people worldwide.

   

• ILO: Youth and COVID-19: Access to decent jobs amid the pandemic

  It provides a comprehensive analysis of the youth not in employment, education or training (NEET) in Turkey among host communities affected by COVID-19.

• WEF: Upskilling for shared prosperity

  The report highlights challenges such as addressing the disconnect between current education programmes and the skills employers need today and in the future and presents as upskilling's advantages.

• ILO 7th Monitor Report: COVID-19 and the world of work

  The last edition of the Monitor shows the uneven impact on different economic, geographic, and labour market sectors.

• ILO/ITU: Digital skills and the future of work: Challenges and opportunities in a post COVID-19 environment

  As the world is transforming towards a digital society, countries are urged to look at their labour demand to create appropriate job opportunities through adequate skills.

• ILO and UNICEF MoU to strengthen skills and lifelong learning

  The collaboration between the two agencies aims to improve the employability of young people and help the transition from school to work.

• The feasibility of using big data in anticipating and matching skills needs

  This publication is composed of the contributions to the ILO workshop on the use of big data for skills anticipation and matching.

• ILO/G20 Training Strategy: A Skilled Workforce for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth

• OECD: Better Skills, Better Jobs, Better Lives: A Strategic Approach to Skills Policies

• World Bank: Stepping Up Skills for More Jobs and Higher Productivity

• UNESCO: Youth and Skills: Putting Education to Work

• Youth employment

  Article: Young workers will be hit hard by COVID-19's economic fallout

• Skills for the future

• Lifelong learning

• Skills mismatch

Skills Virtual Fair: South-south and triangular cooperation

20 April 2021,  to  21 April 2021 , Virtual event

A series of webinars were held in 2020 focussed on Skills Development thematic areas and on sectoral approaches....

E-Learning course on measuring skills mismatches

14 March 2021,  to  8 April 2021 , Online (E-Campus)

The International Training Centre of the ILO (ITC-ILO) in full collaboration with the ILO Department of Statistics and in close co...

Joint EAfA – ILO High Level Conference: Quality and Effective Apprenticeships (EU) and Global Standards in Apprenticeships (ILO)

14 March 2021,  to  15 March 2021 , Online event

As announced by Commissioner Schmit at the European Vocational Skills Week, the European Commission (DG EMPL) and the ILO are co-o...

E-Learning course: Skills development for social inclusion

31 January 2021,  to  25 March 2021 , Online (E-Campus)

Inclusion in TVET and skills development is in everyone’s interest – and yet, many individuals and groups in society find themselv...

7th World Congress on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (WoCTVET 2020)

13 December 2020, , Malaysia

The world conference aims to serve as a platform for discussion, dissemination and sharing of contemporary research and scientific...

ILO Talks: How COVID-19 has accelerated the future of work

7 December 2020, , Virtual event

The first in a series of ILO online Talks that go beyond the regular webinar will hear insights from the founder of the world’s le...

• SKILLS Panorama 

  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.

• OECD Skills for Jobs Database

  Provides timely information about skills shortages, surpluses and mismatch across a wide range of countries.

   

• Decent Jobs for Youth knowledge facility

  The Decent Jobs for Youth knowledge facility is a digital platform of tools, publications, databases, thematic resources and more to support evidence-informed action on youth employment.

• 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.

• OECD: Data on skills and work WISE database

  The database provides a statistical snapshot of skills development in 214 countries.

• UNESCO/UIL: Lifelong learning policies database

  The Collection lists abstracts and full-text links to laws, policies, strategies and plans on lifelong learning.

• International Training Centre

  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.

• Virtual Tour: Skills for Employment