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Job creation and demand for skills in Kosovo: What can we learn from job portal data?

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															Job creation and demand for skills in Kosovo: What can we learn from job portal data? 
													

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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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Career guidance and employment services

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Career guidance and counselling, career education and lifelong development of skills for employability are key for success in learning activities, effective career transitions, livelihood planning, entrepreneurship and in increasing labour market participation. They are instrumental in promoting skills utilization, recognition (RPL), as well as in improving enterprise human resource management.

Career development activities encompass a wide variety of support activities including career information and advice, counselling, work exposure (e.g. job shadowing, work experience periods), assessment, coaching, mentoring, professional networking, advocacy, basic and employability skills training (curricular and non-curricular) and entrepreneurship training. It is often an area which is fragmented across different ministries (e.g. education, TVET, employment, youth) requiring an effort to achieve the necessary coordination to provide adequate support to individuals during learning, employment and unemployment/inactivity periods.

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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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08 Jun 2020

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What can we learn from job portal data? In Kosovo, employers report significant skill shortages, which limits firm growth and job creation. To understand the labor market dynamics and employer needs in real time, this paper analyzes the content of job postings using data from major online job portals from 2018.

The findings show that the skills that are most in demand are socioemotional skills (especially related to extraversion), foreign language skills, and computer skills. The importance of these skills is transversal, cutting not only across occupations and industries, but also universally demanded in all education fields. The need for these skills is expressed more often and more explicitly in postings for jobs requiring higher levels of experience. Moreover, job platforms are used almost exclusively for filling high-skill occupations, especially in Kosovo’s capital city, Pristina, whereas many low- and medium-skill jobs and jobs outside the capital are filled through informal channels. Overall, online data can be a useful tool for policy makers and other stakeholders to help align career services, training programs, and educational curricula with the skill needs of firms in real time.

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Employers

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Job matching

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Labour market information

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Europe and Central Asia

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Summary report: E-Discussion on continuing online learning and skills development in times of the COVID-19 crisis

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															Summary report: E-Discussion on continuing online learning and skills development in times of the COVID-19 crisis
													

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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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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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Promotional material

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

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20 May 2020

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This discussion invited government representatives, employers’ and workers’ organizations, education and training providers, NGOs, and individuals, among others, to share and discuss how to maintain continued learning and skills building for students and workers in times of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also aimed to explore relevant and timely innovative practices in distance and online education and training.

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Access to training

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Global

European qualifications framework

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European qualifications framework

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Other sources

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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Training quality and relevance

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Research papers

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Publication Date:

19 May 2020

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Initial vocational education and training: focus on qualifications at levels 3 and 4. This study examines the initial vocational education and training (IVET) qualifications linked in the national context to the European qualifications framework (EQF) levels 3 and 4. EQF is a common reference framework of eight levels of learning outcomes that serve as a translation grid between national qualifications systems. Its main objective is to improve transparency and comparability of qualifications within and across countries participating in EQF implementation.

This study has an explorative character and considers what kind of IVET qualifications are linked to EQF levels 3 and 4 (via national qualifications frameworks); what their purposes and currencies are; how they are levelled; and more generally how EQF levels 3 and 4 are used in the countries included in the study.

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Qualification frameworks

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Vocational training

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Europe and Central Asia

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E-learning lab on digital TVET - Modular content creation and e-pedagogy in TVET

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Start Date:

06 Jul 2020

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17 Jun 2026

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Online

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Course

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ILO

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Access to training

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ITCILO organizes this E-Learning Lab as a coherent package of two stand-alone courses. Participants will choose if attending only one or both courses.

ITCILO organizes this specially designed Lab for TVET specialists, managers and teachers of TVET centres in order to rapidly develop their capacities for transforming available materials to suit on-line delivery and also operate distance-learning programmes with a strong focus on multimedia, digital (incl. mobile) and inter-active learning solutions.

Application deadline: 29 June 2020

To learn more click on the link provided below.

E-learning lab on digital TVET - Modular content creation and e-pedagogy in TVET

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Internet

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Technology

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Schools of the Future: Defining New Models of Education for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

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															Schools of the Future: Defining New Models of Education for the Fourth Industrial Revolution 
													

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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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Research papers

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Publication Date:

13 May 2020

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In the context of job disruption, demand for new skills and increased socioeconomic polarization, primary and secondary school systems have a critical role to play in preparing the global citizens and workforces of the future. Education models must adapt to equip children with the skills to create a more inclusive, cohesive and productive world.

This white paper is the outcome of a global consultative process initiated by the World Economic Forum’s Platform for Shaping the Future of the New Economy and Society to identify promising models of quality education for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. It is the first output of the Forum’s Education 4.0 initiative, which aims to catalyse systems change by mobilizing a broad and innovative coalition of relevant stakeholders around new models, new standards and a new momentum for action to transform the future of education.

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Job matching

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Policy Brief: VET in a time of crisis: Building foundations for resilient vocational education and training systems

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															Policy Brief: VET in a time of crisis: Building foundations for resilient vocational education and training systems 
													

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Access to training

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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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12 May 2020

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Tackling Coronavirus (COVID-19): Contributing to a global effort. This policy brief examines the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on vocational education and training (VET) systems and how VET systems are responding in OECD countries. The brief also presents steps that governments can take in the context of this crisis to build foundations for tomorrow’s strong and resilient VET systems.

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Access to training

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TVET systems

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Vocational training

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Virtual conference: New qualifications and competencies in TVET

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01 Jun 2020

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17 Jun 2026

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Online

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Training quality and relevance

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This virtual conference will discuss the identification and implementation of new qualifications and competencies in curricula and training regulations. The outcomes of this virtual conference will also contribute to an ongoing Trends Mapping Study on New Qualifications and Competencies, which will be published in 2020.

To learn more and to register click on the link provided below.

Virtual conference: New qualifications and competencies in TVET

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Qualification frameworks

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TVET systems

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Research on Organization and Practice of Web-based Teaching and Learning in Chinese TVET Institutions under COVID-19: A Case Study of Shenzhen Polytechnic

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															Research on Organization and Practice of Web-based Teaching and Learning in Chinese TVET Institutions under COVID-19: A Case Study of Shenzhen Polytechnic
													

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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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08 May 2020

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To help college students keep learning with classes suspended during the COVID-19 outbreak, Chinese government recommended the implementation of web-based teaching and learning. The COVID-19 outbreak has an unprecedented impact on the way people work, live and learn. This report aims to study the situation of web-based teaching and learning in TVET institutions in China under COVID-19, and to find out the solutions, such as programs, platforms, methodology, evaluation and experiences, which can be shared with the international TVET community.

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Access to training

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Asia and the Pacific

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China

Global survey on the impact of COVID-19 on staff development and training

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27 Apr 2020

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17 Jun 2026

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Online

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ILO

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This survey aims to examine the impact of COVID-19 on training and development of employees, apprentices and interns in enterprises and other organizations.

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the way we work and learn in unprecedented ways. In order to examine the impact of COVID-19 on training and development of employees, apprentices and interns in enterprises and other organizations, a global survey is jointly launched by 10 key international and regional development partners, including the African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, European Commission (EC), European Training Foundation (ETF), European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP), Global Apprenticeship Network (GAN), International Labour Organization (ILO), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the World Bank Group.

The survey targets all types of enterprises and other organizations in all regions of the world and focuses on the following main areas:
- The impact of the outbreak on the training and development of employees, apprentices, and interns;
- Good practices and innovative solutions undertaken by various enterprises and organizations to mitigate the challenges; and
- Policy recommendations to address such challenges after lifting of lock-down and in the future.

To participate in the survey, please click on the language of your preference:
English / French / Spanish / Arabic / Russian

By taking the survey your voice will be heard by decision-makers across the globe.

Global survey on the impact of COVID-19 on staff development and training

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European Vocational Skills Week 2020

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Start Date:

09 Nov 2020

End Date:

17 Jun 2026

Event Location:

Berlin, Germany

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Conference

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English

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Training quality and relevance

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The European Vocational Skills Week 2020 is the active involvement of organisations, companies and individuals. Any school, company, association or organisation in the EU, EFTA or candidate countries, or which is supported by the European Training Foundation, can organise events/activities as part of the Week.

European Vocational Skills Week is an annual event when local, regional or national organisations showcase the very best of vocational education and training (VET). VET is a path to a more fulfilling personal and professional life. European Vocational Skills Week is a platform to make VET’s potential more widely known, and an opportunity to exchange information and good practice across Europe and beyond.

The fifth edition of the Week is a 100% online event organised by the European Commission in cooperation with the German Presidency of the Council of the European Union. A series of partner activities will take place digitally across the EU. Anyone, anywhere can join in these activities.

This year’s theme is VET for Green and Digital Transitions, in line with the Commission priorities of a “European Green Deal” and a “Europe fit for the digital age”.

How can you be part of the Week? Organise or take part in an event or activity, vote in the VET Excellence Awards or share your VET story to inspire others to discover their talent. Any event/activity taking place between March and December 2020 can apply to be an official partner event of European Vocational Skills Week.

To learn more and to register click on the link provided below.

European Vocational Skills Week 2020

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