Regional model competency standards: Core competencies
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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
Training quality and relevance
Research papers
Working papers, reports, and other publications from international organizations, academic institutions and bilateral agencies. Research findings to stimulate informed debate on skills, employment and productivity issues.
Competency standards, when recognized nationally, or across a cluster of nations, can form a key component in assisting the mobility of skilled labour. As part of a quality assurance system, the assessment of a person’s skills against accepted benchmarks means those skills can be applied in other, similar, work. Potential employers can feel confident in the level of competencies workers claim to have. Workers returning from employment in other countries can have the skills they gained working there formally recognized. The Regional Model Competency Standards (RMCS) are the reference standards at the regional level that can be used in various ways to underpin efficient and effective skill development. In addition, they are considered to be essential tools to protect migrant workers and their rights and to ensure their better reintegration.
Competency
Competency standards
Employability
School-to-work transition
Asia and the Pacific
