Skills Virtual Fair: South-south and triangular cooperation
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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.
Other knowledge products
A series of webinars were held in 2020 focussed on Skills Development thematic areas and on sectoral approaches.
This virtual fair aims to foster the development of human capabilities in developing countries with a focus on Skills Development, by enhancing countries’ capacity to find solutions to specific development needs and to the challenges now exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, It aims to:
- promote and strengthen the exchange of experiences;
- encourage the pooling, sharing and use of technical and other resources;
- supports the identification of participanting countries’ and institutions’ partnership potential. it responds to the proposed thematic & or sector priority areas for ILO’s support to South-South Cooperation.
Given the travel and meeting restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the forum will take the form of a Virtual Fair that will used Augmented Reality (AR).
Tripartite constituents from around 35 countries from the Global South will be invited to participate. Participants:
- will be invited to present good practices and will be supported to develop virtual booths
- will have the opportunity to attend High level conferences on selected topics
- are invited to present their good practices in dedicated session(s) on Agriculture where we will touch upon the Future of Work in the sector
- will participate on Meetings on SSTC SKILLS E-Fora key topics and sectors
are invited to identify other institutions to negotiate and discuss partnership possibilities, facilitated by the ILO.
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