Skills development impact evaluation: A practical guide
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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
Monitoring and evaluation
Measuring the outcomes of skills systems, policies and targeted programmes is essential in order to monitor and improve their effectiveness and relevance. Elements of sound assessment processes include: institutions to sustain feedback from employers and trainees; mechanisms to track labour market outcomes of training and systems of accountability that use this information; and, quantitative and qualitative labour market information and its dissemination to all stakeholders.
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The topic is presented in a practical way and does not adhere to any methodological orthodoxy; on the contrary, it is intended to make useful and specific contributions to bolster further consideration and decision-making so as to find solutions that better adjust to the different national realities of the countries that are members of the ILO/Cinterfor network.
It serves as the basis for planning decisions, implementing and analysing evaluations. This Guide is intended to respond to the challenge of continuous updating and dynamism by constantly evolving. It has a virtual learning community which will keep on fostering the collective construction of knowledge. Therefore, mechanisms to exchange experiences and tools are to be opened to all those interested in improving and expanding knowledge on training and impact evaluation.
The Guide is oriented to everyone involved in decision-making, designing, implementing and evaluating skills development policies from governments, training institutions and enterprises of all sizes in the member countries of the ILO / Cinterfor network.
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Economic and social development
Human resources development
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