Building trust in a changing world of work
Building trust in a changing world of work
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
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.
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.
This is the first Flagship report for the ‘Global Deal for Decent Work and Inclusive Growth’ partnership – hereafter the Global Deal. The Global Deal is a global multi-stakeholder partnership whose objective is to jointly address the challenges in the global labour market and enable all people to benefit from globalisation. The fundamental idea at the heart of the Global Deal is to highlight and promote the potential of sound industrial relations and enhanced social dialogue as a means to foster decent work, quality jobs, and increased productivity – and by extension greater equality and inclusive growth.
The Global Deal was initiated at the behest of the Swedish Prime Minister, Stefan Lofven, and developed in cooperation with the ILO and the OECD. The partnership was launched in September 2016 with an initial core group of states, businesses, trade unions and other organisations. The rationale behind the Global Deal is that cooperation within and across a wide array of stakeholder groups is a key element for coming to terms with some of the complex challenges that impede human prosperity and well-being. The Global Deal thus aims to facilitate and advance that cooperation by providing political impetus, scaling up existing processes, promoting evidence-based research and highlighting the opportunities for ‘win-win-win’ gains that mutually benefit workers, businesses and governments.
The present report provides an international portrait of the foundations, trends and challenges connected to social dialogue and sound industrial relations. Furthermore, it aims to demonstrate the potential effects of social dialogue and highlights the Global Deal partnership as a vehicle for accelerating change and as a tool for delivering on the SDGs. This is the first of what is meant to be a recurring report, to be published every other year, and serve as the main tool for following up on the Global Deal partnership.
This report highlights the crucial role played by social partners in shaping the future of work, through workplace cooperation, collective bargaining between trade unions and employers, or their organisations, and tripartite social dialogue between the social partners and the government. Social partners can jointly decide what technologies to adopt, and how. They can contribute to manage transitions for displaced workers, help identify skills needs, develop education and training programmes, and participate in the delivery of the latter. They can also play a role in providing social protection for workers and in promoting concerted action to address gender disparities and issues of discrimination – both in the workplace and throughout global supply chains, but also in terms of representation within the institutions of social dialogue – thereby ensuring better social and labour market outcomes for women and greater prosperity for society as a whole.
