L’avenir du travail que nous voulons: un dialogue global
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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
Anticipating and matching skills needs
Anticipating and building skills for the future is essential to a rapidly changing labour market. This applies to changes in the types and levels of skills needed as well as in occupational and technical areas. Effective methods to anticipate future skills needs and avoid potential mismatches include: sustained dialogue between employers and trainers, coordination across government institutions, labour market information systems, employment services and performance reviews of training institutions.
Youth employability
Globally, nearly 68 million young women and men are looking for and available for work, and an estimated 123 million young people are working but living in poverty. The number who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) stands at 267 million, a majority of whom are young women. Significantly, young people are three times as likely as adults (25 years and older) to be unemployed.
Skills development is a primary means of enabling young people to make a smooth transition to work. A comprehensive approach is required to integrate young women and men in the labour market, including relevant and quality skills training, labour market information, career guidance and employment services, recognition of prior learning, incorporating entrepreneurship with training and effective skills forecasting. Improved basic education and core work skills are particularly important to enable youth to engage in lifelong learning as well as transition to the labour market.
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Presentations, discussion papers, meeting reports, promotional materials, videos, fact sheets, brochures and newsletters on skills development for employment.
Initiative pour le centenaire de l’OIT
Une évolution profonde de la nature du travail s’opère dans les pays du monde entier, quel que soit leur stade de développement. Les vecteurs de changement sont multiples et divers: l’évolution démographique, les changements climatiques, l’innovation technologique, les frontières mouvantes de la pauvreté et de la prospérité, le creusement des inégalités, la stagnation économique et les nouveaux visages de la production et de l’emploi. Les transformations auxquelles nous assistons nous mettent aujourd’hui au défi d’imaginer l’avenir du travail à long terme afin d’orienter cette évolution vers davantage de justice sociale. L’inquiétude généralisée grandissante quant au fait de savoir si l’avenir sera synonyme d’une polarisation plus marquée au sein des pays et entre eux exige d’agir de toute urgence.
Reconnaissant qu’il est urgent de commencer à mobiliser les compétences mondiales pour faire de l’avenir du travail celui que nous voulons, l’OIT a lancé en 2013 l’initiative du centenaire sur l’avenir du travail. Dans le cadre de cette initiative, le colloque offre une excellente occasion de mieux comprendre les changements dont nous sommes témoins et de trouver des moyens d’action efficaces pour façonner l’avenir du travail. Ce colloque s’articulera autour des quatre «conversations du centenaire» – travail et société, des emplois décents pour tous, l’organisation du travail et de la production et la gouvernance du travail – et réunira des spécialistes et des acteurs internationaux qui sont à l’avant-garde dans les débats sur chaque sujet. Une séance spéciale sera consacrée aux perspectives pour les jeunes et à leurs points de vue, y compris celui des représentants des partenaires sociaux, sur l’avenir du travail qui sera le leur.