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Enhancing employability: What can be done to improve TVET students’ chances of finding work?

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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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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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20 Sep 2016

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LMIP Policy brief 13 This policy brief seeks to examine the notion of skills for employability. It draws on a number of case studies conducted as part of the Labour Market Intelligence Partnership (LMIP) that sought to understand the relationship between specific education programmes and the labour market. It draws attention to the overemphasis on employability skills, and the notion that a responsive curriculum is one that addresses employer needs. Instead, the research reveals that there needs to be an interactive process between education providers and employers as equal partners. This partnership is most likely to lead to the employability of graduates.

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Employability

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Employers

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TVET systems

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Vocational training

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How can universities and colleges improve the alignment between education and work? A systemic, demand-led approach to skills planning and development.

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															How can universities and colleges improve the alignment between education and work? A systemic, demand-led approach to skills planning and development.
													

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Policy and strategy

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20 Sep 2016

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LMIP Policy brief 14 In the context of rapidly changing technology and increasing globalisation, firms in South Africa are challenged to upgrade their technology and to innovate so that they can become more productive and competitive in a global and national economy. At the same time, they are challenged to create more jobs for sustainable and inclusive growth in the context of high unemployment and growing inequality. This means that the nature of the required education, training and skills is changing rapidly. Thus, policy-makers call for post-school education and training (PSET) organisations to become more flexible, adaptable and responsive to socioeconomic demands. This policy brief proposes a framework that can be used by PSET organisations and skills planners to analyse the current alignment – or misalignment – between labour market demand and skills supply within a system. This framework provides a basis for identifying appropriate change mechanisms and intervention strategies to promote better alignment.

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Employability

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Industrial development

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The role of skills and education in predicting micro-enterprise performance

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The role of skills and education in predicting micro-enterprise performance

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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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16 Sep 2016

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In light of South Africa’s high levels of unemployment and relatively small informal sector, enabling and supporting growth of small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) in the informal sector is of developmental importance and a policy priority. The associated benefits of SMME growth, such as employment creation, enhancement of economic growth and poverty alleviation, provide further motivation for the prioritisation of this sector.

In view of the developmental importance of SMMEs, the purpose of this paper is to examine the determinants of SMME performance in South Africa. In particular, this paper is interested in the role played by education and skills in driving firm performance. The research objective of this paper is addressed by firstly using direct and indirect measures of skills to generate a human capital profile of SMME owners across both the formal and informal sectors, and secondly by using econometric analysis to examine the factors determining firm performance along two dimensions: financial performance and the ability to access market opportunities. Finally, based on the analysis in this paper and related research, policy guidance concerning skills development initiatives to the SMME sector is provided.

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Education for people and planet: Creating sustainable futures for all

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Education for people and planet: Creating sustainable futures for all

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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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Training quality and relevance

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Research papers

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13 Sep 2016

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This report shows the potential for education to propel progress towards all global goals outlined in the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs). It also shows that education needs a major transformation to fulfill that potential and meet the current challenges facing humanity and the planet.

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Lifelong learning

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Skills and training policy

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Mexico: Policy priorities to upgrade the skills and knowledge of Mexicans for greater productivity and innovation

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															Mexico: Policy priorities to upgrade the skills and knowledge of Mexicans for greater productivity and innovation 
													

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Monitoring and evaluation

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Measuring the outcomes of skills systems, policies and targeted programmes is essential in order to monitor and improve their effectiveness and relevance. Elements of sound assessment processes include: institutions to sustain feedback from employers and trainees; mechanisms to track labour market outcomes of training and systems of accountability that use this information; and, quantitative and qualitative labour market information and its dissemination to all stakeholders.

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07 Sep 2016

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'Better Policies' Series In recent years, Mexico has distinguished itself for having a solid macroeconomic framework with low inflation and strong openness to international markets. This has increased the country’s attractiveness as a destination for international investment, which is increasingly flowing into high value-added sectors. Since recently, Mexico hosts a large number of modern firms, notably in the sectors of aerospace, automobiles, foods and beverages, which employ high-skilled and well-educated workers. But other parts of the economy are characterised by high informality, low-skilled work, weak productivity and out-of-date technologies. As a result, the Mexican economy experienced a prolonged growth slowdown during the past three decades, leaving it behind other OECD countries and hurting the population’s relative living standards. This document explores Mexico’s education and skills priorities with regard to informality and provides some recommendations.

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Focus on skills: Building a better national VET system

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Focus on skills: Building a better national VET system

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Employers' organizations

Employers invest in training in order to improve productivity, innovate and adopt new technologies, and compete in changing markets. Case studies and research from individual employers and associations of employers on the Global KSP deal with apprenticeship and workplace skills provision, quality assurance and governance of training institutions, and employers’ roles in anticipating skill needs and in influencing national and sector policies on skills development.

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01 Sep 2016

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Australia needs a robust vocational education and training (VET) sector capable of delivering quality outcomes that meet the skills needs of industry, and boost workforce participation and social engagement. Within that context, this Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry's position paper addresses the future of VET in the context of Federation Reform and presents a case for change.

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TVET systems

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Asia and the Pacific

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Costs and benefits of education and training for the economy, business and individuals

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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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TVET institutions

Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions play an important role in equipping young people to enter the world of work and in improving their employability throughout their careers. The Global KSP collects and shares information from TVET institutions on how they respond to changing labour market needs, adopt new training technologies, expand the outreach of their training, and improve the quality of their services including in the areas of governance, financing, teacher education, and industry partnerships.

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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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29 Aug 2016

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The aim of this paper is to summarise and provide analyses of the considerable body of research that investigates the costs and benefits of vocational education and training (VET). It does so from three different perspectives:

the government (at the economy level),
business (or industry at a broader level),
the individual (or groups of individuals).

This paper considers a broad array of costs and benefits accruing to each of these perspectives, broadly dividing them into two categories: financial (market) or non-financial (non-market). It also describes some of the challenges encountered in investigating the costs and benefits and estimating the return on the investment in VET.

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Financing training

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Moving forward together: An employer perspective on the design of skills training programs in Ontario

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															Moving forward together: An employer perspective on the design of skills training programs in Ontario
													

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Employers' organizations

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26 Aug 2016

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The goal of this report is to help inform the design of—and contribute to the success of—new employer-driven training and employment initiatives in Ontario. It brings together the perspectives of employers from across Ontario on training and employment issues. Specifically, this report makes recommendations that, if adopted, will foster greater employer involvement in training, and as a result, ensure that government-funded employer-driven training programs benefit Ontario’s business community, workers, and economy.

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Employers

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Human resources development

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Accelerating human capital development for an advanced nation

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Accelerating human capital development for an advanced nation

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Governments

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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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26 Aug 2016

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Chapter 5 of the eleventh Malaysia plan, 2016-2020 The development of highly skilled human capital is essential to helping Malaysia make the shift towards higher-value and knowledge intensive activities which are the hallmarks of an advanced nation. Investments in human capital are also vital to the improvement of personal wellbeing due to its many socio-economic benefits. To that end, under the Eleventh Plan, the Government will improve the efficiency of the labour market to accelerate economic growth, enable industry-led TVET to meet industry demands, expand lifelong learning for continuous upskilling, and improve the quality of the education system for better student outcomes. This document highlights Malaysia’s strategy to accelerate human capital development.

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Bridging the skills gap: Workforce development is everyone’s business

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Bridging the skills gap: Workforce development is everyone’s business

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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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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:

24 Aug 2016

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This whitepaper discusses the changing nature of work and reasons behind the skills gap, and provides recommendations for talent development professionals on steps they can take to identify and close skills gaps in their organizations.

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