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Bonnes pratiques tirées de l’exemple de l’Afrique de l’Ouest: l’emploi des jeunes: vers une meilleure collaboration avec les entreprises

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Experts from many international, regional and national agencies generously share their views, experiences and findings on skills, helping policy-makers among other stakeholders to understand the linkages between education, training and the world of work, and how to integrate skills into national development planning to promote employment and economic growth.

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Case studies and good practices

Case studies that document good practices and illustrate the benefits and lessons learnt of particular approaches or methods in real practice.

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29 Apr 2013

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Le Réseau pour l’Emploi des Jeunes (YEN) est un partenariat entre les Nations Unies, l’Organisation internationale du travail et la Banque mondiale.

Cette publication se concentre essentiellement sur huit études de cas de partenariat intersectoriel dans le domaine de la collaboration d’entreprise en matière d’emploi des jeunes.

Les études de cas sont organisées en quatre domaines clés d’intervention des entreprises:
1 soutien aux jeunes entrepreneurs;
2 soutien à la formation professionnelle et aux programmes de développement des compétences;
3 facilitation de la transition de l’école au travail;
4 développement commercial pour la création d’emploi.

Un résumé fournit ensuite une analyse des leçons apprises à partir des études de cas, en identifiant certaines caractéristiques clés en termes d’avantages et de défis dans la collaboration des entreprises pour l’emploi des jeunes en Afrique de l’Ouest.

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Linking education policy to labor market outcomes

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Linking education policy to labor market outcomes

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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.

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Skills policies and strategies

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Skills and employment policies should be viewed together. The full value of one policy set is realized when it supports the objectives of the other. For investments in education and training to yield maximum benefit to workers, enterprises, and economies, countries’ capacities for coordination is critical in three areas: connecting basic education to technical training and then to market entry; ensuring continuous communication between employers and training providers so that training meets the needs and aspirations of workers and enterprises, and integrating skills development policies with industrial, investment, trade, technology, environmental, rural and local development policies.

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Training quality and relevance

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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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Publication Date:

24 Dec 2012

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The objective of this study is to review what is known about the role of education in improving labor market outcomes, with a particular focus on policy considerations for developing countries. The report presents findings from current literature on the topic, which offer new ways of looking at the returns to education, together with evidence from four original data analysis and background studies of education and labor issues in Ghana and Pakistan. Country studies on Ghana and Pakistan are used to substantiate findings of the literature and illustrate the heterogeneity of education–labor market linkages across regions. These countries were chosen because they are representative of two of the poorest regions of the world and because their inclusion in the analysis complements ongoing World Bank work on education and labor market issues in those countries. The report argues that educational policies need to be seen within a broader macroeconomic context if education is to contribute to national economic growth.

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Financial arrangements in informal apprenticeships: Determinants and effects: Findings from urban Ghana

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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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Financing of training

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Initial education and training and lifelong learning benefit individuals, employers and society as a whole. Economic principles dictate that the costs for services with public and private benefits should be shared between public and private funding, or else too little training will be provided or taken up. Effective mechanisms for financing skills development vary according to countries’ economic and political circumstances and the degree and level of social dialogue established.

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22 Dec 2012

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Using data collected through a survey among entrepreneurs and apprentices in micro and small enterprises in Accra, Ghana, analyses the financial arrangements in informal apprenticeships. Discusses the relationship between the financing of apprenticeships and the financing of enterprises in which the training takes place. Examines also the way apprentices finance apprenticeship training.

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Private sector demand for youth labour in Ghana and Senegal: Study findings

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Private sector demand for youth labour in Ghana and Senegal: Study findings

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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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Data produced by the international organizations and countries on trends in skills provision, demand, and employment outcomes to help inform policy-making and monitoring processes.

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16 Nov 2012

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The study provides a situational analysis of youth employment in Ghana and Senegal, based on interviews of 300 firms in each country. It investigates sectors with the highest employment potential for youth, employers’ perceptions related to hiring young people, minimum skills requirements, existing gender differentials in hiring practices, and existing interventions by businesses to promote youth employment. The study thus provides labour market information to employment actors including youth, employers, education and training institutions, government, financial and technical partners, etc.

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Africa’s youth: The promise for a better future...

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Africa’s youth: The promise for a better future...

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

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09 Nov 2012

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The Youth Employment Network (YEN) is a partnership among the United Nations, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Bank. The Private Sector Initiative (PSI) is a project of YEN’s subregional office for West Africa. In recognizing the importance of youth employment both as a factor of business growth and of wider development goals, the PSI promotes and facilitates partnerships between the private sector, government and civil society organizations in the promotion of youth employment in West Africa.

As part of the research and knowledge development phase, the “PSI Brochure” was developed to demonstrate to business the benefits of engaging with youth on issues related to employment. The best practice case studies contained within the brochure were based on input from private sector partners including Shell International, Vlisco Helmond B.V. and the World Cocoa Foundation, all of whom are supporting youth employment projects in the region.

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Good practice from West Africa: Building the case for business collaboration on youth employment

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															Good practice from West Africa: Building the case for business collaboration on youth employment
													

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09 Nov 2012

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The Youth Employment Network is a partnership among the United Nations, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Bank. This paper, which examines eight case studies, demonstrates how business can effectively partner with civil society, multilateral institutions and government in harnessing the potential of West African youth to improve their own business operations, while at the same time contributing to wider development objectives. By working with public actors on issues of education, skills training and business development, companies are not only forming their next generation of employees and customers but are also enhancing their corporate image, marketing their brand and improving the environment in which they do business. The partnering governments, institutions and organizations also benefit from this arrangement, as business brings the financial resources, technical skills and management expertise needed to enhance the impact of youth employment programmes. The report outlines the rationale for business engagement in youth employment and summarizes the main areas where business contribution can have the greatest impact on the employment situation for youth.

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