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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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Building the Right Skills for Human Capital : Education, Skills, and Productivity in the Kyrgyz Republic

Building the Right Skills for Human Capital : Education, Skills, and Productivity in the Kyrgyz Republic

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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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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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20 Nov 2021
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Building the Right Skills for Human Capital summarizes the findings from the 2019 skills survey for the adult Kyrgyz population. The skills measures used in the survey focused on literacy, numeracy, and problem solving in technology rich environments (PSTRE) and followed the same questions and approach as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Programme for the International Assessment of Adult (PIAAC) surveys. Most jobs in the Kyrgyz Republic require regular use of reading, writing, numeracy, and information and communications technology (ICT) skills, and higher-skilled groups of people earn higher wages, suggesting that the labor market rewards higher skills. However, skills levels among the workforce are consistently low in absolute terms among varying sociodemographic groups and relative to countries that implemented PIAAC surveys. Results are not improving across cohorts, except for PSTRE. There is evidence that a substantial share of people is overschooled but underskilled. The lack of quality of education is an important driver for low skills performance. The report finds that higher levels of education are associated with higher skills levels, but even among the most educated, a large share has low skills scores, which helps explain why we find that a large share can be overeducated but underskilled for the jobs they occupy. Skill levels of secondary school teachers were also assessed. Teachers outperform the general population in both literacy and numeracy but underperform compared to professionals. Overall, one-third of teachers still have low proficiency in literacy and numeracy. With regards to ICT skills, the results suggest that nearly all secondary school teachers are currently not well equipped to impart ICT skills to their students. The book concludes with a series of policy recommendations at different levels of education, from early childhood education through life-long learning, including providing upskilling opportunities for those teachers with specific skill deficiencies.

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Human resources development

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Opportunity scouting and mapping analysis of inclusive skills and lifelong learning strategies and policies in Egypt

Opportunity scouting and mapping analysis of inclusive skills and lifelong learning strategies and policies in Egypt

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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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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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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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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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The report provides inclusive skills and lifelong learning implementation scenarios to address the skills mismatch and lack of decent work opportunities faced by the country.

Egypt suffers from a lack of decent work opportunities and a high youth unemployment rate. The later results from a widespread skills mismatch and the lack of demand-oriented and inclusive skills strategies and education policies.

Given the changing World of Work, the ILO aims to support Egypt in developing lifelong learning (LLL) strategies which cater to the industry demands and are inclusive, timely and contribute to needs-oriented workforce development.

Within the framework of the ILO-PROSPECTS: Partnership for improving prospects for forcibly displaced persons and host communities, the ILO in Egypt is promoting employability skills, inclusive skills and LLL pathways.

This study undertaken as a part of the programme includes a mapping of LLL and inclusive skills opportunities and introduces three concrete implementation strategies to enhance LLL and inclusive skills development in Egypt. These are,

1. systems to forecast skills needs;

2. strategies that allow persons with disabilities to access continuing training on an equal standing;

3. strategies for continuing education in specific fields such as new technologies (for example artificial intelligence, automation), IT, competencies of unskilled workers, skills for green jobs, including for women in particular.

These scenarios or project ideas outline possible donors and private sector buy-in and as a recommendation for the ILO’s future applications.

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45° Reunión de la Comisión Técnica de OIT/Cinterfor

45° Reunión de la Comisión Técnica de OIT/Cinterfor

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16 Nov 2021
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17 Jun 2026
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Spanish

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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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Access to training

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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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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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Del 16 al 18 de noviembre de 2021 en Madrid, España; se llevará a cabo la 45ª Reunión de la Comisión Técnica (RCT), el foro más importante sobre la formación profesional.

La RCT es una instancia prevista desde su constitución (1963), que sesiona cada dos años y en la cual se consideran la memoria de actividades del bienio anterior, la situación financiera del Centro y la propuesta de plan de trabajo para el bienio subsiguiente, asi como también, se abordan, mediante paneles, entrevistas y conversatorios, los temas principales y desafíos actuales de la formación profesional.

En la misma participan representantes de la formación profesional de los gobiernos, de las organizaciones de empleadores, de trabajadores y de las instituciones nacionales especializadas en formación y desarrollo de recursos humanos, miembros de la red de OIT/Cinterfor.

La 45ª RCT cuenta con el patrocinio del Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal (SEPE) y de la Fundación Estatal para la Formación en el Empleo (FUNDAE); desarrollándose en un momento de reactivación parcial de la movilidad mundial, y la consecuente necesidad de adaptarnos a esta nueva realidad provocada por la Covid-19.

En este escenario, se propone una reunión híbrida donde la participación de las delegaciones pueda ser de forma presencial, en Madrid, o desde sus respectivos países haciendo uso de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación, ofreciendo la posibilidad de participar en vivo a un número mayor de personas de la región y del mundo.

La reunión está estructurada en bloques temáticos que abarcan:

  • Políticas de formación para la recuperación y la transformación productiva.
  • Brechas de competencias, anticipación de demandas de formación y reconocimiento de aprendizajes previos.
  • Innovación e inclusión en el Aprendizaje de Calidad.
  • El rol de la formación profesional en la transformación digital.
  • Diálogo social y la formación profesional.

Simultáneamente, tendrá lugar el Salón Internacional de Formación para el Empleo, que propone la realización de conferencias para abordar las temáticas centrales sobre el rol y los retos de la formación para el empleo y servir de plataforma para dar a conocer las propuestas formativas y buenas prácticas que permitirán afrontar con éxito dichos retos. En este sentido, también se contará con un espacio para exposiciones, donde un número amplio de expositores públicos y privados, empresas, entre otros compartirán sus productos, servicios y soluciones desarrolladas.

Informations: https://www.oitcinterfor.org/node/8226

45° Reunión de la Comisión Técnica de OIT/Cinterfor
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Access to training

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Apprenticeships

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ILO Skills System Assessment Tool

ILO Skills System Assessment Tool

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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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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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Tools and guidance

The platform includes a variety of practical tools and guidance materials developed by the ILO at global and national levels. The resources include guides, case studies, cheklist, visual materials and more, and they cover a wide range of topics. Some are specifically aimed at certain groups of stakeholders, for example employers, workers or governments, and some are designed to support specific groups of beneficiaries. 

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Identifying Key Issues and Challenges in National Skills Systems The development or review of a new skills policy or strategy should identify key issues and challenges facing the skills development system. Different indicators can be used to measure key areas of performance such as enrolments, completions, employment outcomes and cost effectiveness. However, as skill systems in low and middle income countries often don\'t have access to sufficient data to measure performance against a comprehensive set of quantitative indicators, consultations and interactions with national stakeholders can be used to identify the key issues and challenges. In these contexts, qualitative methods and tools become more relevant and so this guide provides a series of questions that can be used to identify key issues and challenges in the system and thus provide a foundation upon which further research and analysis can be done. The information and insights gained from stakeholders through the use of this resource can provide useful inputs to a formal review of a skills system, through national regional and/or sectoral consultations. In this way, the ILO Skill System Assessment Tool provides a useful resource for ILO staff and constituents who wish to review key elements of their skills system using qualitative methods.
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National Strategic Framework for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) 2018–2022

National Strategic Framework for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) 2018–2022

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Governments

Governments hold a wealth of knowledge on skills development, and are increasingly realizing the value of learning from each others’ experiences. Their policy documents, programme evaluations, and research findings contain their experience and ideas on how to better link skills to employment

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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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National policies and initiatives

National legislation, policies and initiatives on the issue of training and skills development and the world of work. 

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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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In 2018, the government of Lebanon launched the National Strategic Framework for Technical and Vocational Training (NSF 2018-2022) with the support of UNICEF and ILO, which aims to expand access to TVET, enhance its quality and relevance, and improve TVET governance. 

The NSF introduced strategic priorities for the reform of the TVET sector over the 5 years (2018-2022) reflected in 8 building blocks: i) inclusiveness of the TVET system, ii) improved HR management system, iii) National Qualification System centred on a competency-based approach, iv) functional quality assurance system, v) mainstreaming life skills and entrepreneurship education, vi) provision of up-to-date job-related equipment and materials, vii) involvement of employers’ and workers’ representatives, and viii) diversified financing framework.

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Skills and training policy

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TVET systems

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E-learning course on social partner's involvement in skills development

E-learning course on social partner's involvement in skills development

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18 Jan 2024
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17 Jun 2026
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Online (E-Campus)
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English

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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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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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Introduction to the course

The ITCILO, in close cooperation with the ILO's ACTEMP and ACTRAV bureaux and the SKILLS branch, is organizing this course to enable social partners' representatives to reflect on and discuss their involvement in skills-development systems, building on best practices from around the world. Their contribution at national, sectoral and enterprise levels is key to ensuring the relevance and quality of training programmes, minimizing skills mismatches and thus improving business sustainability and enhancing opportunities for decent work. This e-Learning training offer is part of the ITCILO's Skills Development portfolio, which aims to tackle worldwide capacity-building needs and support the implementation of TVET and skills-development programmes.

Who attends this course?

Members or staff of employers' or workers' organizations interested in skills development, in particular, representatives of skills councils, national TVET authorities, qualification agencies and similar institutions; employers and workers working in close connection with TVET Centres; HR managers and trade-union representatives involved in skills-related agreements; employers and workers involved in work-based learning and apprenticeships.

To learn more and to register click here.

E-learning course on social partner's involvement in skills development
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Skills upgrading

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SABER Workforce Development Skills for a Modern Ukraine

SABER Workforce Development Skills for a Modern Ukraine

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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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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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10 Sep 2021
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This study aims to provide policy makers in Ukraine with new evidence to
influence the design and implementation of public policies on postsecondary
education, labor market information and intermediation, and labor policies.
To do so, it investigates the nature of skills valued in Ukraine’s labor market,
identifies labor shortages, assesses constraints to firms’ operations, discusses how
institutions affect investment in skills, and suggests policy options. The report
provides granular evidence from original data from household and firm skills
surveys, a data set of online job vacancies, and an assessment of workforce development institutions.
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Skills and training policy

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Étude sur l’amélioration du dispositif national de financement de la formation continue

Étude sur l’amélioration du dispositif national de financement de la formation continue

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Étude sur l’amélioration du dispositif national de financement de la formation continue
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French

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Governments

Governments hold a wealth of knowledge on skills development, and are increasingly realizing the value of learning from each others’ experiences. Their policy documents, programme evaluations, and research findings contain their experience and ideas on how to better link skills to employment

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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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Teachers, trainers and training organizations

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At the heart of any skills system are the managers and staff of training institutions who face considerable challenges to deliver quality programmes at a time of fiscal constraint. As the expectations placed on institutions continue to grow, managers and trainers are increasingly expected to deliver flexible, responsive and current programmes based on strong partnerships with local employers that provide good employment outcomes. Because of this, there is a need for constituents to build the capacity of their institutional workforce to meet the expectations placed upon them by demand driven systems.

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National policies and initiatives

National legislation, policies and initiatives on the issue of training and skills development and the world of work. 

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07 Sep 2021
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Financement de la formation continue_0.pdf

Projet «Promotion du dialogue social et renforcement de la gouvernance du travail en Tunisie-Phase II»

Les dispositifs actuels de financement de la formation professionnelle continue en Tunisie se résument en trois outils à savoir : le «crédit d’impôt», le «droit de tirage» et «l’article 39 du code d’incitation aux investissements». Les deux premiers outils ont été mis en place par la réforme de 2009.

Cependant, la pratique a montré que ces outils se sont avérés peu efficients et se caractérisent par une lourdeur des procédures et une faible attractivité auprès du secteur privé.

Partant de là, l’objectif de la présente étude est de faire le diagnostic du volet financement du dispositif de la formation continue en vue de préparer la réflexion sur la refonte du système et la mise en place d’un dispositif souple et plus efficient.

Ce rapport comporte un diagnostic du dispositif et un benchmarking avec quelques pays. Par la suite, il soumet des recommandations sur le contour d’un nouveau dispositif, en s’intéressant aux aspects liés à son mode de financement, aux bénéficiaires cibles et aux activités éligibles.

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Access to training

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683

Financing training

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673
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Africa

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OECD Skills Outlook 2021

OECD Skills Outlook 2021

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English

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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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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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OECD Skills Outlook 2021

Learning for Life

Lifelong learning is key if individuals are to succeed in labour markets and societies shaped by megatrends such as increases in life expectancy, rapid technological changes, globalisation, migration, environmental changes and digitalisation, as well as sudden shocks like the COVID-19 pandemic. In a fast-changing and uncertain world, lifelong learning can help individuals adapt and become resilient to external shocks. While government support remains valuable to ensure that major structural changes do not lead to deep tears in the social fabric, creating a culture of lifelong learning gives individuals themselves agency to manage change. This calls for evidence on the best ways to support lifelong learning journeys, so that individuals can “learn how to learn”. This edition of the OECD Skills Outlook 2021 explores how policies, particularly those that govern skills development and use, can best promote lifelong learning for all. The report exploits comparative quantitative data to highlight the key role played by socio-emotional and motivational factors in shaping successful engagement with lifelong learning. While such factors are essential to sustain lifelong learning in general, the pandemic has further increased their relevance.
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Employment and Skills Strategies in Indonesia

Employment and Skills Strategies in Indonesia

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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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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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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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Employment and Skills Strategies in Indonesia
This report comes at a time when policy makers are challenged by the COVID-19 crisis that is generating a profound reflection on economic and social well-being. Before COVID-19 hit, Indonesia had experienced remarkable economic growth, making substantial progress in poverty reduction and gains in employment. However, there are large differences in outcomes across Indonesian provinces, which often reflect the quality of local infrastructure, services, education, and jobs. This joint Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) study sheds light on challenges and opportunities to promote employment and skills outcomes at the local level in Indonesia. The analysis presented in this OECD/ADB report shows the importance of strengthening local institutions managing and delivering employment and skills policies.
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