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.
E-Discussion: On continuing online learning and skills development in times of the COVID-19 crisis
The discussion provides a platform for sharing and discussing how to maintain learning and skills building for students and workers in times of crisis. It also aims to explore relevant and timely innovative practices in distance and online education and training.
ILO: Global Employment Trends for Youth 2020: Technology and the future of jobs
Incorporating the most recent labour market information available, this report sets out the youth labour market situation around the world.
1st Skills Challenge Innovation Call: Finding solutions to skills mismatch.
New deadline: 30 April
The ILO is calling on individuals and organizations to share innovative ideas and solutions to address the skills mismatch challenge.
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Why International Labour Standards matter in a public health crisis.
This discussion seeks to glean into innovative practices in education and training, particularly those that embrace technology to promote skills development.
ILO: COVID-19 and the world of work
The ILO and its constituents will play a crucial role in combating the outbreak, ensuring the safety of individuals and the sustainability of businesses and jobs.
ILO Briefing Note: COVID-19 and the world of work: Impact and policy responses.
The ILO's preliminary assessment concerning the possible impacts of COVID-19 on the world of work proposes a range of policy options to mitigate the impacts of the pandemics.
This survey aims to gather information on good practices and to allow knowledge sharing, with the aim of helping countries mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Launch of first Skills Challenge Innovation Call
The first challenge call aims to recognize and support the development of solutions to address the different forms and dimensions of skills mismatch.
This Cedefop policy brief sheds light on the importance of investments in skills and learning throughout the life for all.
Tools for Quality Apprenticeships: A guide for enterprises
This guide aims to show how enterprises manage the various processes needed to deliver a succesful apprenticeship programme.
UNESCO/UIL: Lifelong learning policies database
The Collection lists abstracts and full-text links to laws, policies, strategies and plans on lifelong learning.
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.
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UIL/UNESCO: Lifelong Learning policies database
The collection lists abstracts and full-text links to laws, strategies and plans on lifelong learning.
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13 Jul 2020 to 17 Jul 2020 , Turin, Italy
Technological advances, demographic and climate changes are driving massive and rapid changes in the labour market. Old jobs are d...
8 Jun 2020 to 12 Jun 2020 , Turin, Italy
The course will highlight the latest guidelines developed by the ILO with regard to measuring skills mismatches, while also emphas...
18 May 2020 to 22 May 2020 , Turin, Italy
In the reform of skills systems around the world, the important role of the social partners is increasingly recognized....
3 Apr 2020 to 1 May 2020 ,
The purpose of this survey is to gather information on good practices and to allow knowledge sharing, with the aim of helping coun...
30 Mar 2020 to 3 Apr 2020 , Turin, Italy
Improving the labour market prospects and quality of work for those disadvantaged in the labour market is a key focus of the ILO. ...
9 Mar 2020 to 13 Mar 2020 , Turin, Italy
Application deadline for course: 9 March 2020....
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.
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.
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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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