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Partnerships for youth employment in the Commonwealth of Independent States

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Partnerships for youth employment in the Commonwealth of Independent States

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Employers invest in training in order to improve productivity, innovate and adopt new technologies, and compete in changing markets. Case studies and research from individual employers and associations of employers on the Global KSP deal with apprenticeship and workplace skills provision, quality assurance and governance of training institutions, and employers’ roles in anticipating skill needs and in influencing national and sector policies on skills development.

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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

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Participation of employers' and workers' organizations

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The world of learning and the world of work are separate but linked. While one involves learning, the other produces goods and services. Neither can thrive without the other. Strong partnerships between government, employers and workers help ensure the relevance of training to the changing needs of enterprises and labour markets.

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Youth employability

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Globally, nearly 68 million young women and men are looking for and available for work, and an estimated 123 million young people are working but living in poverty. The number who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) stands at 267 million, a majority of whom are young women. Significantly, young people are three times as likely as adults (25 years and older) to be unemployed.

Skills development is a primary means of enabling young people to make a smooth transition to work. A comprehensive approach is required to integrate young women and men in the labour market, including relevant and quality skills training, labour market information, career guidance and employment services, recognition of prior learning, incorporating entrepreneurship with training and effective skills forecasting. Improved basic education and core work skills are particularly important to enable youth to engage in lifelong learning as well as transition to the labour market.

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Promotional material

Presentations, discussion papers, meeting reports, promotional materials, videos, fact sheets, brochures and newsletters on skills development for employment.

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07 Jul 2015

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Technical cooperation project: “Partnerships for youth employment in the CIS” This project supports institutions and other actors in the identification of effective responses to tackle the youth employment crisis, including through cooperation and partnerships at regional, national, and sub-national levels. The main objective of the project is to improve the effectiveness of policies and programmes for youth employment in order to support the creation of more and better jobs for young people in CIS countries.

Funding for the project is provided by the OAO “LUKOIL” and implemented by the ILO.

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Employers

Europe and Central Asia

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Kazakhstan

Russian Federation

Promotion of the use of information and communication technologies in technical and vocational education and training in CIS countries: Analytical report

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															Promotion of the use of information and communication technologies in technical and vocational education and training in CIS countries: Analytical report
													

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International organizations

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.

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Training quality and relevance

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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.

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07 May 2013

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The present analytical report is prepared by the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (UNESCO IITE) in cooperation with national experts from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan in the framework of the joint project with the Intergovernmental Foundation for Educational, Scientific and Cultural Cooperation (IFESCCO). The report contains information on the current situation and main tendencies in ICT use in TVET in CIS countries, as well as recommendations on its further development, taking into consideration international experience, national priorities and contemporary socio-economic situation.

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Information and communication technologies

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TVET systems

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Europe and Central Asia

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Armenia

Belarus

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Republic of Moldova

Russian Federation

Tajikistan

Ukraine

Uzbekistan

Продвижение использования информационных и коммуникационных технологий

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															Продвижение использования информационных и коммуникационных технологий
													

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07 May 2013

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Аналитический отчет

Настоящий сводный аналитический отчет подготовлен Институтом ЮНЕСКО по информационным технологиям в образовании в сотрудничестве с экспертами из Азербайджана, Армении, Беларуси, Казахстана, Кыргызстана, Молдовы, России, Узбекистана и Украины в рамках совместного проекта с Межгосударственным фондом гуманитарного сотрудничества государств-участников СНГ (МФГС). Отчет содержит анализ текущего состояния и основных тенденций использования информационных и коммуникационных технологий (ИКТ) в профессионально-техническом образовании (ПТО) в странах СНГ, а также рекомендации по совершенствованию и развитию практики применения ИКТ в ПТО с учетом международного опыта, национальных приоритетов и текущей социально-экономической ситуации.

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Information and communication technologies

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Lifelong learning

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TVET systems

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Europe and Central Asia

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Armenia

Belarus

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Republic of Moldova

Russian Federation

Tajikistan

Ukraine

Uzbekistan

Labour market institutions and policies in the CIS: Post-transition outcomes

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Labour market institutions and policies in the CIS: Post-transition outcomes

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ILO

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Career guidance and employment services

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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.

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15 Apr 2013

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This paper describes the development of labour market institutions and policies in seven Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries and Georgia during the transition period up to the year 2007, thus characterizing the condition of these institutions at the eve of economic crisis. It shows that in many CIS countries, public employment services lost resources, staff, and authority during the transition period, which reduced their capacity to replace lost income for unemployed workers, or to redirect them to new or better jobs. This attrition of the PESs was mainly due to policy choices made early on in the transition process with respect to their source of funding and the overall design of labour market institutions. In the early 1990s with rapidly rising unemployment and job destruction accompanied by large-scale informalization of work, these countries adopted models from well-functioning developed economies, which were ill-fitted to the national environments. After almost two decades of transition, the typical outcomes in CIS include liquidation of insurance-based employment funds and shifting of expenditures to the state or local budgets, abolition or mergers of labour market institutions, and a partial replacement of unemployment insurance with targeted social assistance. The paper argues that an essential first step to alleviating the impact of recession-related unemployment in CIS countries is loosening eligibility criteria and improving funding for existing labour market programmes, followed by increasing the capacity of the existing national public employment services and establishing a regulatory framework for the proper functioning of private employment agencies.

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Europe and Central Asia

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Russian Federation

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Uzbekistan

Young people in Azerbaijan: The gender aspect of transition from education to decent work

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															Young people in Azerbaijan: The gender aspect of transition from education to decent work 	
													

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ILO

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Gender equality

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Women represent both half of the world's population – and half the world's economic potential. Their participation in the labour market reduces poverty because they often invest 90 per cent of their income in the well-being, education and nutrition of their families. Yet labour force participation by women has stagnated at about 55 per cent globally since 2010. Moreover, women are disproportionately represented in precarious work – low-paid, low-skilled and insecure jobs.

Training plays an important role in the pursuit of equality of opportunity and treatment for women and men in the world of work. Yet women often lack access to technical and vocational education and training. Many also lack the basic functional skills, such as literacy and numeracy, to participate meaningfully in the work force. Overcoming this challenge requires the adoption of a life-cycle approach. This includes improving girls’ access to basic education; overcoming logistic, economic and cultural barriers to apprenticeships and to secondary and vocational training for young women; and meeting the training needs of women re-entering the labour market and of older women who have not had equal access to opportunities for lifelong learning.

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Youth employability

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28 Mar 2013

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The aim of this study is to identify gender differences in the position of young women and men in education, employment and the labour market, and to reveal and assess the gender-related features of the transition of young women and men from education to decent work in the Republic of Azerbaijan.
The study is based on the analysis of two types of information: first, state demographic and gender statistics as well as labour and education statistics; second, the results of nine group interviews (with 70 persons in total) conducted in April 2010 in three types of communities in Azerbaijan: in Baku, the capital; in Ismailli, a small town; and in the rural villages of Ivanovka and Lakhych. In addition, data from earlier published studies have been analyzed.
Using a wide spectrum of information, the study presents the position of young men and women in education, employment and the labour market, gives a qualitative assessment of this position, and indicates the vector of gender asymmetry and difficulties confronting young people seeking employment.

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