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The EU explained: Europe 2020: Europe's growth strategy

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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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This publication is a part of a series that explains what the EU does in different policy areas, why the EU is involved and what the results are. Europe 2020 is the European Union’s ten-year growth strategy that puts forward three mutually reinforcing priorities:

–Smart growth: developing an economy based on knowledge and innovation.
–Sustainable growth: promoting a more resource efficient, greener and more competitive economy.
– Inclusive growth: fostering a high-employment economy deliver ing social and territorial cohesion.

To render this more tangible, five key targets have been set for the EU to achieve by the end of the decade. These cover employment; education; research and innovation; social inclusion and poverty reduction; and climate/energy.

The strategy also includes seven ‘flagship initiatives’ providing a framework through which the EU and national authorities mutually reinforce their efforts in areas supporting the Europe 2020 priorities such as innovation, the digital economy, employment, youth, industrial policy, poverty, and resource efficiency.

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Briefing Note: Silver workers – golden opportunities: Exploring the benefits of investing in an ageing workforce

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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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Access for all to good quality education, vocational training and workplace learning is a fundamental principle of social cohesion and economic growth. Some groups of people may require targeted attention if they are to benefit from education, training and employment opportunities.

This is particularly the case for disadvantaged youth, lower skilled workers, people with disabilities, and people in rural communities. The attractiveness of vocational education and training is enhanced when combined with entrepreneurship training and when public policies encourage utilization of higher skills by business.

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05 Apr 2013

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The briefing note on working and ageing focuses on effective active ageing measures and the conditions needed to tap an older workforce’s potential.

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Green jobs.. and the skills needed for them (presentation)

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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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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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03 Apr 2013

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Prepared for a capacity building seminar for those involved in designing and putting in place local strategies to respond to the climate change challenges "Local strategies for greeening jobs and skills", 9-11 June 2010, Trento, Italy.

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Partnerships and environmental issues: Forum thematic brochures 2010

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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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02 Apr 2013

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OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance THEMATIC BROCHURES Series The main objective of the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance is to support the work of partnerships through guidance on both policy and practice. The Forum Thematic Brochures series review the experience of partnerships in different countries focusing on regional economic development, employment and skills, social inclusion and addressing the implications of climate change. On each of these themes, partnership organisations which are members of the Forum have shared their approaches, strategies and results. This knowledge and practical experience provided an essential part of the material for the preparation of this brochure.

This document aims to identify some of the key features of examples of partnerships dealing with environmental issues, outline good practice, and indicate where policies might develop from here. The examples are not limited to formal partnership agreements, but also include regional/local initiatives of the same kind. In particular, they highlight:
• Strategies focusing on regional economic development, on employment and skills and on social inclusion. Environment is thus an issue that cuts across the other major issues relevant to partnership work.
• Programmes of work and activities;
• Partners and structures;
• Financial resources: as environment partnerships have rather different agreements and purposes in the wider sense, funding may come from a variety of actors, depending on their main partners and the interest groups involved. There are examples of public funding, public-private funding, and of donor-sponsored initiatives.

This document has also benefited from the work carried out by the OECD Local Economic and Employment Development Programme on this topic, notably through its cross-country comparative project on “Climate Change, Employment and Local Development”.

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Greening TVET for sustainable development: Report of the UNESCO-UNEVOC online conference

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															Greening TVET for sustainable development: Report of the UNESCO-UNEVOC online conference
													

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The report summarizes the discussions that were held during the e-Forum online conference on the topic of greening TVET for sustainable development from 22 October to 2 November 2012. Moderated by Mr Kai Gleissner from the Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany, a UNEVOC Centre, the virtual conference brought together almost 150 participants from more than sixty countries.
Various issues in greening TVET for sustainable development were discussed during the twelve-day conference. The discussion identified the relationship between sustainable development and green development, and clarified different definitions of green jobs and green skills. Participants also shared different examples of greening TVET, and highlighted that greening TVET does not only consist of developing green jobs and greening TVET concepts, but that it should also incorporate societal and cultural aspects.

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The Bologna Declaration and emerging models of TVET teacher training in Germany

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The Bologna Declaration and emerging models of TVET teacher training in Germany

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UNEVOC Discussion Paper Series The publication covers the implications of the Bologna Process for TVET teacher training in Germany. The implementation of the Bologna Declaration (1999) has resulted in major changes to degree structures in Germany. The recommendation to adopt a two-cycle system of degree awards (Bachelor and Master) within a given timeframe represents a radical shift for curriculum designers and policy makers in German universities where the traditional degree system consists of one block of study leading to a Master degree. The reform has posed particular challenges to universities concerned with TVET teacher training, given the professional nature of this orientation. The paper outlines developments in the university sector in Germany and focuses on the newly emerging structures of Bachelor and Master programmes in the TVET teacher training sector. It considers the extent to which such developments have remained in keeping with the original intentions of the Bologna Declaration and the positive changes envisaged by the TVET teacher training sector. Some aspects of the reform offer new opportunities and advantages for students and employers, while others have created a multifaceted landscape for TVET teacher training, which requires a shared understanding of the new programmes by universities and employers alike, if the new degree models are to achieve their originally-intended aims.
This publication considers the following areas in detail: three identified models of TVET teacher training and their advantages and disadvantages; opportunities offered by the new models; transfer between programmes; shorter study periods; enhancement of practical training; and internationalisation of programmes.

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The changing status of vocational higher education in contemporary Japan and the Republic of Korea

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															The changing status of vocational higher education in contemporary Japan and the Republic of Korea
													

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UNESCO-UNEVOC Discussion Paper Series, Volume 4 The paper offers a comparative analysis of the historical as well as institutional framework that helped shape the vocationally-oriented higher education institutions of Japan and the Republic of Korea (senmongakko and jeonmun daehack respectively), as well as comparing them to their non-vocational counterparts. Furthermore, the authors analyse the changing status of these institutions and their adaptability to the world of work, comparing and contrasting them in the light of some key questions, such as student employability, institutions’ adaptability to changing labour-market needs, and the role of the state in shaping these institutions. While mostly state-run in Korea, vocationally-oriented higher education institutions in Japan are largely semi-autonomous. The authors identify the impact of these two opposing preconditions on the institutions’ programmes: Whereas the Japanese senmongakko are chiefly market-oriented with a strong focus on employability and a competitive drive, the South Korean jeonmun daehack are highly regulated and designed to graduate technicians with solid theoretical as well as practical skills. The paper also highlights the similarities between these two different concepts of TVET, and concludes with some recommendations on how knowledge on the positive aspects of both types of institutions can benefit TVET policy-making in other countries.

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Foro de diálogo mundial sobre la educación y la formación profesional (Ginebra, 29-30 de septiembre de 2010): informe final

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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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19 Mar 2013

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Forum de dialogue mondial sur l'enseignement et la formation professionnels (Genève, 29-30 septembre 2010): rapport final

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19 Mar 2013

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La gestion du handicap sur le lieu de travail: Recueil de directives pratiques du BIT

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Of an estimated 1 billion people with disabilities in the world today, some 785 million are of working age. While many are successfully employed and fully integrated into society, most face a disproportionate level of poverty and unemployment. This is a massive loss both to them and their countries. A strategy of including people with disabilities in training and employment promotion policies, combined with targeted supports to ensure their participation, can help disabled persons obtain productive mainstream employment.

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