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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Financing Vocational Education and Skills Development: A Policy Area for ETF Support

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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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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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Publication Date:

11 Apr 2018

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edmsp1_212024.pdf

In the field of human capital development, and more specifically vocational education and training (VET), financing is made more complex by the high multiplicity of stakeholders contributing to and benefitting from VET. Therefore, there is no simple approach defined yet to help partner countries address financing in a holistic and strategic manner. This paper aims to pave the way for such an approach. First, there needs to be a common understanding of what is at stake in the area of financing. Second, a methodology is needed to guide stakeholders through the analysis, decision-making and implementation phases in this field. After elaborating on the rationale for investing in the area of financing, this paper outlines the challenges that many partner countries face in financing their VET systems and policies. The paper provides a working definition of the term ‘financing’ and proposes a methodological approach to support the policy dialogue on financing in partner countries.

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Financing training

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Vocational training

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vocational-training

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124

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Europe and Central Asia

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« Automation, skills use and training »

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« Automation, skills use and training »

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French

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Anticipating and matching skills needs

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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.

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Training quality and relevance

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Research papers

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Publication Date:

10 Apr 2018

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edmsp1_211825.pdf

Cette étude analyse le risque d'automatisation et ses implications pour la formation professionnelle et l'utilisation des compétences dans le cadre professionnel. En s’appuyant sur les entretiens d’experts conduits par Carl Frey and Michael Osborne en 2013, cette étude détermine un risque d’automation qui est spécifique à chaque emploi. En utilisant l’Enquête sur les Compétences des Adultes (PIAAC). L’analyse perfectionne les résultats obtenus par d’autres études internationaux sur le risque d’automatisation à niveau individuel en utilisant des catégories professionnelles plus désagrégées et en identifiant les mêmes étranglements techniques constatés lors des entretiens d’experts. Par conséquent, cette étude est mieux alignée à l’évaluation du potentiel d’automatisation généré par les développements en Intelligence Artificielle. Aussi, cette étude applique la même méthodologie à des bases de données nationales pour l’Allemagne et le Royaume Uni, ce qui permet de tester la robustesse des résultats.

Le risque d'automatisation est estimé jusqu'à présent pour les 32 pays de l'OCDE ayant participé à l'Évaluation des compétences des adultes (PIAAC). Outre la proportion d'emplois à risque d’être perturbés par l’automatisation de la production et des services, l'étude s'intéresse en particulier aux caractéristiques desdits emplois et des travailleurs qui les occupent. Le risque est également évalué en fonction de l'utilisation des TIC dans le cadre professionnel et du rôle des formations visant à aider les travailleurs à évoluer vers de nouvelles opportunités professionnelles.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/2e2f4eea-en

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Skills anticipation

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skills-anticipation

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Skills re-training

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Technology

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Technology landscape for digital identification

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Technology landscape for digital identification

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english

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Publication Date:

06 Mar 2018

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edmsp1_209827.pdf

This report provides a landscape of the emerging and existing technology choices for digital identification and helps readers understand how they work. Robust, inclusive, and responsible identification systems can increase access to finance, healthcare, education, and other critical services and benefits. Identification systems are also key to improving efficiency and enabling innovation for public- and private-sector services, such as greater efficiency in the delivery of social safety nets and facilitating the development of digital economies. However, the World Bank estimates that more than 1.1 billion individuals do not have official proof of their identity. New technologies provide countries with the opportunity to leapfrog paper-based systems and rapidly establish a robust identification infrastructure. As a result, the countries are increasingly adopting nationwide digital identification (ID) programs and leveraging them in other sectors.

Whether a country is enhancing existing ID systems or implementing new systems from the ground up, technology choices are critical to the success of digital identification systems. A number of new technologies are emerging to enable various aspects of ID lifecycle. For some of these technologies, no large-scale studies have been done; for others, current speculation makes objective evaluations difficult.

This report is a first attempt to develop a comprehensive overview of the current technology landscape for digital identification. It is intended to serve as a framework for understanding the myriad options and considerations of technology in this rapidly advancing agenda and in no way is intended to provide advice on specific technologies, particularly given there are a number of other considerations and country contexts which need to be considered. This report also does not advocate the use of a certain technology from a particular vendor for any particular application.

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Social protection

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social-protection

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Technology

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technology

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345

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Global

Job creation and local economic development

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Job creation and local economic development

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English

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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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skills-policies-and-strategies

Training quality and relevance

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training-quality-and-relevance

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Research papers

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Publication Date:

28 Feb 2018

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wcmstest4_125871.pdf

Creating more and better quality jobs is key to boosting growth, reducing poverty and increasing social cohesion. At the national level, job creation requires a stable macroeconomic framework coupled with structural policies that encourage innovation, skills and business development. But how can national and local policies be better aligned and tailored to specific local opportunities and challenges?

This report provides guidance on how policy makers can bolster local job creation and achieve sustainable inclusive growth, while meeting challenges such as youth unemployment, population ageing and climate change. Some of the key messages highlighted include the need to:

1. Boost skills supply and demand to create quality local jobs;
2. Support enterprise development and growth to create jobs; and
3. Build adaptable local economic strategies and systems.

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Economic and social development

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Entrepreneurship

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entrepreneurship

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Green jobs

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Lifelong learning

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lifelong-learning

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Policy convergence

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policy-convergence

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Skills and training policy

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Getting Skills Right: France

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Getting Skills Right: France

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English

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international-organizations

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Anticipating and matching skills needs

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anticipating-and-matching-skills-needs

Training quality and relevance

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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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Publication Date:

27 Feb 2018

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edmsp1_209228.pdf

This report identifies effective strategies to tackle skills imbalances in France. It provides an assessment of practices and policies in the following areas: the collection and use of information on skill needs to foster a better alignment of skills acquisitions with labour market needs; policies stimulating skills demand and skills use; policies related to general and professional education and training; policies to help the unemployed develop the right skills and better match them to jobs; career guidance initiatives; and policies facilitating the entry of migrants with skills that are in demand. The assessment is based on country visits, desk research and data analysis conducted by the OECD secretariat.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264284456-en

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Migrant workers

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Skills and training policy

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skills-and-training-policy

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Skills anticipation

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skills-anticipation

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677

Skills mismatch

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skills-mismatch

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654

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Europe and Central Asia

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Countries and territories:

France

Obtenir les bonnes compétences: France

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Obtenir les bonnes compétences: France

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French

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international-organizations

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Anticipating and matching skills needs

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anticipating-and-matching-skills-needs

Training quality and relevance

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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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Publication Date:

27 Feb 2018

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Obtenir les bonnes compétences: France

Ce rapport identifie des stratégies effectives pour s’attaquer aux déséquilibres de compétences en France. Une évaluation des pratiques et des politiques dans les domaines suivants est présentée : la collection et l’utilisation des informations sur les besoins de compétences afin de promouvoir l’acquisition de compétences mieux alignées aux besoins du marché du travail ; des politiques qui stimulent la demande et l’utilisation des compétences ; des politique concernant la formation et l’enseignement général et professionnel ; des politiques permettant aux demandeurs d’emploi de développer les compétences appropriées et liées aux offres d’emploi; des initiatives d’orientation professionnelle ; et des politiques facilitant l’accueil des immigrés possédant les compétences demandées. Cette évaluation est fondée sur des visites pays, la recherche et l’analyse de données exécutées par le secrétariat de l’OCDE.

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Migrant workers

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681

Skills and training policy

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skills-and-training-policy

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Skills anticipation

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677

Skills mismatch

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654

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Europe and Central Asia

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France

Diversifying the funding sources for TVET

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Diversifying the funding sources for TVET

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International organizations

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Financing of training

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Publication Date:

14 Feb 2018

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Diversifying the funding sources for TVET

Report of the UNESCO-UNEVOC virtual conference, 16 to 22 January 2017.

The Virtual Conference organized from 16 – 22 January 2017 on the topic of 'Diversifying the funding sources for TVET'was attended by 219 participants from 81 countries. It facilitated the sharing of experiences, tools and best practices on funding for TVET, and built on comparative studies on the financing of skills development conducted in South-East Asia (French Development Agency, UNESCO, Gret), in Latin America, and in Sub-Saharan Africa (French Development Agency, Association for the Development of Education in Africa, Gret).

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Africa

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Policy brief: The new way of addressing gender equality issues in trade agreements: Is it a true revolution?

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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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Policy and strategy

Recommendations and advice on resolving policy challenges related to skills development systems and their linkages to the world of work. Concise syntheses of experience from the international organizations.

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Publication Date:

12 Feb 2018

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Policy brief: The new way of addressing gender equality issues in trade agreements: Is it a true revolution?

UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 53. October 2017

As the nexus between trade policy, gender equality and development becomes increasing clear, a new generation of free trade agreements includes trade and gender chapters, signalling a remarkable shift from past practice. This policy brief attempts to show whether this can be regarded as a completely new approach in the way the trade community addresses gender equality issues.

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Globalization

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globalization

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Trade

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Global

Global inventory of regional and national qualifications frameworks, Volume 2

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Global inventory of regional and national qualifications frameworks, Volume 2

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English

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International organizations

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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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Lifelong learning

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There is a critical need for a greater overall investment in education and training, particularly in developing countries. Education and training investments should be closely linked to economic and employment growth strategies and programmes. Responsibility should be shared between the government (primary responsibility), enterprises, the social partners, and the individual. To make lifelong learning for all a reality, countries will need to make major reforms of their vocational and education and training systems. School-to-work schemes for young people should integrate education with workplace learning. Training systems need to become more flexible and responsive to rapidly changing skill requirements. Reforms should also focus on how learning can be facilitated, not just on training for specific occupational categories.

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02 Feb 2018

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Volume 2: National and regional cases. How far is the world progressing towards comprehensive qualifications frameworks?

The 2015 global inventory of regional and national qualifications frameworks, compiled by Cedefop, Unesco-HQ, the European Training Foundation and the Unesco Institute for Lifelong Learning, was launched on 25 April in Riga, Latvia.

The inventory showcases 86 countries and examines how learning outcomes of all types of learning - formal, non-formal and informal - are being integrated into regional and national qualifications frameworks.

Volume 2 provides an inventory of 85 NQFs and seven regional frameworks.

The global inventory charts progress toward NQF goals, drawing on extensive research in the field of qualifications. The next edition is scheduled for 2017.

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Qualification frameworks

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Global

Skill needs anticipation: Systems and approaches: Analysis of stakeholder survey on skill needs assessment and anticipation

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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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international-organizations

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Anticipating and matching skills needs

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Publication Date:

26 Jan 2018

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edmsp1_208019.pdf

This publication is a product of the joint survey, among key constituents and partners, conducted by the International Labour Organization (ILO), the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), the European Training Foundation (ETF) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The survey addressed ministries of labour and education, and trade unions and employer organizations in 61 countries on systems, approaches and institutional frameworks for skills needs assessment and anticipation. It included questions about the partners, the modes of collaboration and coordination, the use of the outcomes in policy formulation, and the challenges in implementation.

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Skills and training policy

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Skills anticipation

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skills-anticipation

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677

Skills upgrading

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skills-upgrading

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657

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Global

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