Observatorio de la OIT: La COVID-19 y el mundo del trabajo. 4a edición
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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
Career guidance and employment services
Career guidance and counselling, career education and lifelong development of skills for employability are key for success in learning activities, effective career transitions, livelihood planning, entrepreneurship and in increasing labour market participation. They are instrumental in promoting skills utilization, recognition (RPL), as well as in improving enterprise human resource management.
Career development activities encompass a wide variety of support activities including career information and advice, counselling, work exposure (e.g. job shadowing, work experience periods), assessment, coaching, mentoring, professional networking, advocacy, basic and employability skills training (curricular and non-curricular) and entrepreneurship training. It is often an area which is fragmented across different ministries (e.g. education, TVET, employment, youth) requiring an effort to achieve the necessary coordination to provide adequate support to individuals during learning, employment and unemployment/inactivity periods.
Other knowledge products
Estimaciones y análisis actualizados
La 4ª edición del Monitor de la OIT: Covid y el mundo del trabajo, muestra cómo la juventud se está viendo afectada de manera desproporcionada por la pandemia, y el aumento sustancial y rápido del desempleo juvenil que se observa desde febrero está afectando más a las mujeres jóvenes que a los hombres jóvenes. En la publicación Monitor se exhorta a que se den respuestas de política urgentes, en gran escala y con objetivos precisos para apoyar a los jóvenes, incluidos programas de garantía de empleo y capacitación de base amplia en los países desarrollados y programas y garantías de empleo intensivo en las economías de ingresos bajos y medios. También se examinan medidas para crear un entorno seguro para la reincorporación al trabajo.