Skills for a connected world
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Information is gathered from other international organizations that promote skills development and the transition from education and training to work. The Interagency Group on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (IAG-TVET) was established in 2009 to share research findings, coordinate joint research endeavours, and improve collaboration among organizations working at the international and national levels.
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.
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.
Report of the UNESCO Mobile Learning Week 2018.
Under the theme ‘Skills for a connected world’, Mobile Learning Week 2018 examined the types of skills needed in and for a connected economy and society, with a focus on digital skills and competencies. Attendees presented and reviewed strategies and ways in which digital skills can be taught and assessed within the context of Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) and the Education 2030 Agenda and Framework for Action.
Participants shared information and built knowledge - across countries and across regions - about the many ways governments, civil society, the private sector and individuals are using new and affordable digital tools to improve education. The programme featured 62 Symposium breakout sessions, 17 Workshops, 4 Strategy Labs and a day-long Policy Forum with Ministers of Education and ICT. Side events and interactive exhibitions ran concurrently throughout the week.
Mobile Learning Week 2018 was designed to expand the international knowledge base about digital skills education and facilitate actions to achieve the following objectives:
- Define and mainstream digital skills to promote an integrated approach to digital skill development that is relevant for self-fulfilment, financial well-being and social inclusion.
- Innovate skills and provide for jobs in the digital economy through strengthening institutional capacities and teachers’ digital competencies, bridging formal and nonformal provision, reinforcing capacity development initiatives, establishing ties with employers, ensuring affordability, availability and sustainability, and leveraging mobile technology.
- Close inequalities by ensuring inclusion and equity for all in digital skills development programmes to encompass all genders, cultures, skill levels and break financial and geographical constraints.
- Map and anticipate changing skill needs to measure and predict the changing needs for digital skills and to facilitate a continued adjustment of strategies and provision.