Skills for social cohesion and peaceful coexistence
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ILO
The International Labour Organization is the tripartite U.N. agency that promotes Decent Work through employment, social security, labour standards and social dialogue. Its work on skills development is guided by the conceptual framework on Skills to improve productivity, employment growth, and development agreed in 2008 by representatives of Governments, Employers’ Associations and Workers’ Associations. Research, policy advice, and pilot projects and technical cooperation programmes to apply good practices in different circumstances across its 185 member States aims to boost the employability of workers, the productivity and competitiveness of enterprises, and the inclusiveness of economic growth. The ILO Secretariat in offices in 40 countries works with Ministries of Labour, employers’ organizations, and trade unions to integrate skills development into national and sector development strategies in order to better meet current labour market needs and to prepare for the jobs of the future; to expand access to employment-related training so that youth, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups are better able to acquire skills and secure productive and decent work; and to improve the ability of public employment services to provide career guidance, maintain labour exchange services, and deliver active labour market programmes.For more information regarding the ILO’s work on skills and employability go to: http://www.ilo.org/skills/lang--en/index.htm; for ILO/Cinterfor's Knowledge Management Plarform, see: http://www.oitcinterfor.org
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The International Labour Organization (ILO) is launching a new guide on Promoting Social Cohesion and Peaceful Coexistence in Fragile Contexts through TVET.
The guide was piloted in Turkey as part of the ILO’s Refugee response programme, and in Kenya, Ethiopia, Jordan and Uganda under the Partnership for improving prospects for forcibly displaced persons and host communities (PROSPECTS). The guide shall be systematically included in TVET curricula and delivery in fragile contexts and be a resource to support skills and employment interventions.
The guide is aimed at TVET practitioners to strengthen their role as active promoters of social cohesion and peaceful co-existence. It helps assist ILO constituents, partners and TVET practitioners to strengthen the role of skills development policies and programmes in peacebuilding efforts through inclusive learning methodologies and the training of relevant core skills. It provides practical guidance to trainers and managers of training centres on how to adapt training delivery to mixed groups, embed conflict resolution skills, cooperation, and other relevant core skills into training curricula, and create conflict sensitive, inclusive, and diverse learning environments for all.
The guide was piloted in Turkey, Kenya, Ethiopia, Jordan and Uganda and shall be systematically included in TVET curricula and delivery in fragile contexts and be a resource to support skills and employment interventions.
Agenda
15.00 – 15.05 Opening and introduction
Tine Staermose, Special Adviser to the ILO’s DDG/P, Labour Market Institutions and Governance
15.05 - 15.30 Presentation of the Guide on Promoting Social Cohesion and Peaceful Coexistence in Fragile Contexts through TVET
Raj Bhari, Peaceful Change Initiative
Reactions from partners
Clara Van Praag, Education Officer, Regional Bureau for East, Horn and Great Lakes, UNHCR
tbc, UNDP
15.30-16.00 Panel discussion
TVET trainer, Turkey or Jordan
Lam Cosmas, Peace facilitator, Uganda
Catherine Musuku, Dean of Students, Kenya Technical Trainers College (KTTC)
Jean Byamugisha, Executive Director, Uganda Hotel Owners Association
Moderation: Christine Hofmann, ILO
16.00 – 16.15 Closing remarks
Srinivas Reddy, Chief, ILO Skills and Employability Branch
Mito Tsukamoto, Chief, ILO Development and Investment Branch
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