IAG Event

Global Careers Month

The Inter-Agency Career Guidance Working Group (IAG CGWG), composed by Cedefop, the European Commission, ETF, ILO, OECD, UNESCO and World Bank will organise a Global Careers Month where the international organisations, will promote a series of global and regional level events, in partnership with national and regional professional associations operating in the area of career development as it relates to both young people and adults.

Community of Practice

Skills and Lifelong Learning Forum

The Skills and Lifelong Learning Forum hosts Community of Practice (CoPs) on various topics. A CoP is a virtual learning community, where ILO staff and skills development practitioners come together and exchange ideas and tools to collectively enhance their expertise and create solutions for various skills challenges on the ground.The Skills and Lifelong Learning Forum complements the ILO Skills and Lifelong Learning Knowledge Sharing Platfor..

Research paper

Digitalization of national TVET and skills systems: Harnessing technology to support Lifelong Learning

The digital transition of TVET and skill systems goes far beyond taking training products and services online. A holistic and coordinated approach to digitalisation should be taken that looks at each high-level function of a national skills system, and its potential for digitalisation. This report describes and updates the picture of digital vocational education and training, providing an overview of the issues surrounding digitalisation across t..

Document

A Resource Guide for Sector Skills Bodies

Sector Skills Bodies (SSBs) aim to increase and strengthen the involvement of industry in the way skill systems are governed and operate. This Resource Guide has been developed for those organisations and individuals involved in the establishment of sector skills bodies. It covers the issues that need to be addressed when establishing and operating tripartite SSBs, examines the different mandates and structures that have been adopted internationa..

The new ILO Skills and Lifelong Learning Knowledge Sharing Platform help users with different knowledge needs (e.g. policy advisors, employers, training institutions, academics) find the information and analysis they want. For each “topic”, information is organized as a pyramid of knowledge products, starting from a base of statistics and comprehensive research reports to national skills policies and concise policy alternatives at the apex.

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Featured tools and resources

Project

Skills Innovation Facility

Skills systems are confronted by the need to respond to increasingly dynamic and fluid labour market and societal conditions. Climate change, technology, demographic shifts, migration and globalization are causing increasing disruption to the world of work, while making skills development increasingly complex, fluid and unpredictable. Addressing contemporary skills challenges requires more dynamic and integrated skills and lifelong learning ecosystems.

Recognizing the importance of innovation for the renewed calls for lifelong learning, the ILO has initiated the development of a Skills Innovation Facility. The Facility identifies and tests promising and innovative ideas and solutions that address the major skills challenges of today and of tomorrow.

Publication

Rapid STED: A practical guide

This new guide provides advice on implementing an updated approach to STED that has been piloted in a number of countries over the last two years in collaboration with national partners. It aims to speed the process, to deepen collaboration, to build capacity among national and sector partners, to improve their skills strategies, and to help move more effectively from diagnosis of skills needs to implementation of the skills development responses required.

It differs from full STED in that it does not rely on primary survey research, and in that the process centres on a substantial Technical and Policy Foresight workshop involving industry, national and sector partners, and providers of education and training. Its focus on collaboration and consultation with partners throughout the process is more comprehensive than that set out for full STED in the original STED Practical Guide.

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ILO Toolkit for Quality Apprenticeships, Volume 2: Guide for Practitioners

This Toolkit combines diverse national good practices with ILO experience, it includes over 125 tools and guides from more than 40 countries and institutions worldwide. Each tool can be adapted to fit national and local contexts and applied in different countries. Besides apprenticeship programmes, this Toolkit can also be used for other TVET programmes. For example, it contains tools for identifying skills needs, preparing occupational profiles and curricula, and developing instructional and learning materials and post-training transitions and evaluations.

Blogs

Blog: Preparing The Future of Work We Want

Blog: Bridging the skills gap for informal economy workers – How can skills and lifelong learning help mitigate the consequences of the crises?

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Entrepreneurship competence in vocational education and training

Published on: 10 Oct 2022

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Skills Development for Inclusive Growth in the Lebanese Agriculture Sector - Policy Brief

Published on: 04 Mar 2021

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Enhance the Capacity of the Ministry of Agriculture for Evidence Based Planning Through Pilot Tracer Studies

Published on: 15 Jun 2021

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Events

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ILO Workshop at the Global Lifelong Learning Summit: Micro-credentials promoting lifelong learning and careers

Micro-credentials are becoming increasingly popular tools to recognise the completion of bite-size learning activities, particularly in non-formal and informal contexts, making proof of acquired learning outcomes. While they are not new, they have gained greater visibility in recent years, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. The turn to digital work and learning accelerated the transition from physical to digital and hybrid skills syst..

Date: 01 Nov 2022
Location: Singapore
Event Type: Workshop

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MOOC on combating forced labour through skills and lifelong learning

Introduction to the course The MOOC specifically addresses how to design education and training interventions tailored to the needs of people who may be at risk of or have directly experienced forms of modern slavery, such as forced labour or trafficking for labour exploitation. This MOOC is part of the ITC-ILO's training offer on skills development and fundamental principles and rights at work. Who attends this course? The MOOC i..

Date: 17 Oct 2022
Location: Online
Event Type: Course

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Community of Practice on Forced Labour in Africa

More information:https://ilo-skills.tribeplatform.com/skills-to-combat-forced-labour-9wl5i7th/post/cop-on-fl-in-africa-cdp-sur-le-tf-en-afrique-3JAWIQFap0VKkt8Please consult the agenda attached. Zoom link https://ilo-org.zoom.us/j/93912282964 Meeting ID: 939 1228 2964

Date: 13 Oct 2022
Location: https://ilo-skills.tribeplatform.com
Event Type: Event

MEETING THE FUTURE TODAY: Competence development for the European guidance community

Guidance professionals today need the capacity to address themes such as the changing labour market, post-Covid recovery and the transitions into a more digital and green society. The conference will bring together stakeholders from European and international guidance communities to consider how to build necessary competences amongst professionals.Time: 9.30 - 17.00 Event Page Contact: egconference22@npi.cz

Date: 30 Nov 2022
Location: Hybrid. Physical Venue: Prague
Event Type: Conference

Progress in the professionalisation of career development in SADC countries

The webinar will present progress relating to competencies, qualifications, and designations of Career Development Practitioners. It will also look at the functions of professional bodies for Career Development Practitioners in SADC countries.Themes to be discussed: Competencies, qualifications, and designations of Career Development Practitioners The functions of a professional body for Career Development Practitioners in SADC countries Con..

Global Careers Month

Skills and Lifelong Learning Forum

Digitalization of national TVET and skills systems: Harnessing technology to support Lifelong Learning

A Resource Guide for Sector Skills Bodies

Featured tools and resources

Skills Innovation Facility

Rapid STED: A practical guide

ILO Toolkit for Quality Apprenticeships, Volume 2: Guide for Practitioners

Blogs

Blog: Preparing The Future of Work We Want

Blog: Bridging the skills gap for informal economy workers – How can skills and lifelong learning help mitigate the consequences of the crises?

Latest knowledge products

Entrepreneurship competence in vocational education and training

Skills Development for Inclusive Growth in the Lebanese Agriculture Sector - Policy Brief

Enhance the Capacity of the Ministry of Agriculture for Evidence Based Planning Through Pilot Tracer Studies

Events

ILO Workshop at the Global Lifelong Learning Summit: Micro-credentials promoting lifelong learning and careers

MOOC on combating forced labour through skills and lifelong learning

Community of Practice on Forced Labour in Africa

MEETING THE FUTURE TODAY: Competence development for the European guidance community

Progress in the professionalisation of career development in SADC countries

Focus on

Anticipating needs and

matching skills

Apprenticeships

Migrant workers

Skills policies

and strategies

Twitter by ‎@ILO_SKILLS

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Global Careers Month

Skills and Lifelong Learning Forum

Digitalization of national TVET and skills systems: Harnessing technology to support Lifelong Learning

A Resource Guide for Sector Skills Bodies

Featured tools and resources

Skills Innovation Facility

Rapid STED: A practical guide

ILO Toolkit for Quality Apprenticeships, Volume 2: Guide for Practitioners

Blogs

Blog: Preparing The Future of Work We Want

Blog: Bridging the skills gap for informal economy workers – How can skills and lifelong learning help mitigate the consequences of the crises?

Latest knowledge products

Entrepreneurship competence in vocational education and training

Skills Development for Inclusive Growth in the Lebanese Agriculture Sector - Policy Brief

Enhance the Capacity of the Ministry of Agriculture for Evidence Based Planning Through Pilot Tracer Studies

Events

ILO Workshop at the Global Lifelong Learning Summit: Micro-credentials promoting lifelong learning and careers

MOOC on combating forced labour through skills and lifelong learning

Community of Practice on Forced Labour in Africa

MEETING THE FUTURE TODAY: Competence development for the European guidance community

Progress in the professionalisation of career development in SADC countries

Focus on

Anticipating needs and matching skills

Apprenticeships

Migrant workers

Skills policies and strategies

Twitter by ‎@ILO_SKILLS

Anticipating needs and

matching skills

Skills policies

and strategies