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Career guidance policy and practice: A strategic tool for planners and decision-makers in employment, education and training

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13 Jun 2016

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19 Jun 2026

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Turin, Italy

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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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This course will make planners and policy-makers aware of the importance, relevance and positive impact of career guidance in developing and emerging economies.

Career guidance enables participants to enhance their capacities in improving, planning and implementing career guidance services, significantly increasing the chances for success and fulfilment in their professional life and at the same time avoiding the waste of human talent and resources through bad career choices. It is widely acknowledged that career guidance is beneficial not only for the individual’s empowerment and choices for the future, but also contributes to achieving public policy goals in the labour market, as well as to a more pertinent and effective education and vocational training system.

With this in mind, the International Training Centre of the ILO (ITCILO), in collaboration with the European Training Foundation (ETF) is offering a joint training and knowledge-sharing course on career guidance policies and practices. This course targets primarily planners and policy makers in developing and emerging economies. It addresses both experts and technical staff working in the field of employment as well as professionals working in the education/training sector, notably:

-Employment, TVET and education planners and counsellors at national, regional and local governmental levels

-Leaders in guidance professional societies and unions

-Representatives of employers and workers’ organizations involved in education decision making and TVET

-Members of Boards of Trustees of educational and training institutions and bodies, or similar committees

-Staff of public and private employment services, job centres, schools, vocational training centres and other institutions working in the area of career guidance

Career guidance policy and practice: A strategic tool for planners and decision-makers in employment, education and training

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Skills and training policy

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Country strategy paper 2014-2018: Kenya

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Country strategy paper 2014-2018: Kenya

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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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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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International standards

International conventions and recommendations and other international instruments on human resource and skills development. Strategy papers on the practical application of international standards from international organizations covering issues related to training, effective utilization and development of skills, and on linking skills to employment.

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16 Mar 2016

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This Country Strategy Paper (CSP) 2014-18 for Kenya supports the country’s ambitions and addresses its main developmental challenges by promoting job creation as the overarching objective. To achieve it, the CSP is articulated around the following two pillars: (i) Enhancing physical infrastructure to unleash inclusive growth; and (ii) Developing skills for the emerging labour market of a transforming economy.

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Lesotho: National strategic development plan 2012/13 – 2016/17: Growth and development strategic framework

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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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Training quality and relevance

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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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16 Mar 2016

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‘Towards an accelerated and sustainable economic and social transformation’ This National Strategic Development Plan represents renewed commitment and strategic guidance towards the creation of a development environment that is characterised by political stability, effective development management that permits the attainment of social, economic and environmental goals and a competitive investment climate that results in high employment creation and prosperity for all.

To achieve the National Vision 2020 goals, to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development, the main goals of the National Strategic Development plan will be to:

- Pursue high, shared and employment creating economic growth;

- Develop key infrastructure;

- Enhance the skills base, technology adoption and foundation for innovation;

- Improve health, combat HIV and AIDS and reduce vulnerability;

- Reverse environmental degradation and adapt to climate change and

- Promote peace, democratic governance and build effective institutions.

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Development policy

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Meeting the skills gap: Vale’s Inove local content development program

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Meeting the skills gap: Vale’s Inove local content development program

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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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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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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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16 Mar 2016

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To address the skills gap, Vale’s Local Content Department has initiated the 'Inove' program. Its goal is to support the development of local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and provide their managers and workers with the relevant skills to meet Vale’s procurement needs and build a positive legacy in the regions where Vale operates.The program is introduced in the following case study.

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Americas

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Brazil

Meeting the skills gap: SABMiller’s 4e Camino al Progreso training program

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Meeting the skills gap: SABMiller’s 4e Camino al Progreso training program

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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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16 Mar 2016

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SABMiller sells its products across Latin America through a value chain of very small retailers called tenderos from low-income communities, holding local grocery stores. By supporting these entrepreneurs with business skills, mentoring, life skills and networking, the company has accelerated their growth and social development whilst benefitting from increasing sales and improving livelihoods across its value chain. In 2013, the company launched a large-scale enterprise development program called 4eCamino al Progreso (Path to Progress). The program is introduced in this case study.

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Employability

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Jobs, apprenticeships, and traineeships: Nestlé’s approach to help tackling youth unemployment

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Youth employability

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Globally, nearly 68 million young women and men are looking for and available for work, and an estimated 123 million young people are working but living in poverty. The number who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) stands at 267 million, a majority of whom are young women. Significantly, young people are three times as likely as adults (25 years and older) to be unemployed.

Skills development is a primary means of enabling young people to make a smooth transition to work. A comprehensive approach is required to integrate young women and men in the labour market, including relevant and quality skills training, labour market information, career guidance and employment services, recognition of prior learning, incorporating entrepreneurship with training and effective skills forecasting. Improved basic education and core work skills are particularly important to enable youth to engage in lifelong learning as well as transition to the labour market.

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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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16 Mar 2016

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Europe is in the midst of a youth unemployment crisis as one in four young Europeans (5.6 million people in total) aged 18 to 25 are unemployed. The International Labor Organization estimates that youth unemployment across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and Developed Economies reached 18.1% in 2012. A lack of vocational and educational training schemes, unprepared job applicants, and a stagnant European economy are all to blame.

Concerned with these trends, Nestlé created the ‘Nestlé Needs YOUth’ program in late 2013, with the aim of hiring 10,000 young people and 10,000 trainees or apprentices below 30 years of age in Europe by 2016. The program is introduced in the following case study.

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Bridging the skills gaps in developing countries: A practical guide for private-sector companies

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															Bridging the skills gaps in developing countries: A practical guide for private-sector companies
													

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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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16 Mar 2016

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Contribution to the Let’s Work Partnership Nine out of ten jobs in developing countries are provided by private-sector companies. Yet globally, 38% of private-sector employers report difficulties in filling vacant positions owing to the unavailability of adequately trained staff. The result is a serious mismatch: on the one hand, all those job vacancies; on the other, vast numbers of job-seekers who do not have the skills (private) employers are looking for. These so-called skills gaps – the difference between the skills needed for a job and those possessed by a worker – represent a major constraint on development.

This report introduces an approach for companies to conduct a cost-benefit appraisal of their measures to address skills gaps – in their own workforce, in the value chain and in the local community.

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Health workforce policies in OECD countries: Right jobs, right skills, right places

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International organizations

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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Sectoral approaches

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Matching skills to labour market demand requires reliable sectoral and occupational information and institutions that connect employers with training providers. Sector based strategies and institutions have proved effective in engaging all stakeholders in promoting both pre-employment training and life-long learning.

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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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15 Mar 2016

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Health workers are the cornerstone of health systems, playing a central role in providing health services to the population and improving health outcomes. The demand and supply of health workers have increased over time in all OECD countries, with jobs in the health and social sector accounting for more than 10% of total employment now in several OECD countries.

Despite this growth, discussions about health workforce issues in OECD countries often continue to focus on shortages of health workers, with persisting concerns that the upcoming retirement of the 'baby-boom' generation of doctors and nurses might exacerbate such shortages. This publication finds that OECD countries anticipated this wave of retirement by increasing student intakes in medical and nursing education programmes over the past decade. In addition, pension reforms and other initiatives have increased retention rates of doctors and nurses in the profession, also contributing to maintain if not increasing the supply. In this context, health workforce concerns have shifted from worries of widespread shortages towards more specific issues related to ensuring the right mix of health workers, with the right skills, and providing services in the right places, to better respond to changing population health needs.

This publication analyses recent trends and policies adopted by OECD countries affecting the demand and supply of health workers. While it focuses on doctors and nurses given the predominant role they continue to play, it also highlights efforts underway to move beyond these traditional professional boundaries. Addressing the future health needs of ageing populations, with many more people living with one or more chronic conditions, will require more innovations in health service delivery than those we have seen so far. There will be a need to use more effectively new technologies and the skills of different categories of health workers at all levels, and to provide more effective access to services to people, wherever they live.

DOI: 10.1787/9789264239517-en

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Compilation of assessment studies on technical vocational education and training (TVET): Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mongolia, the Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam

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															Compilation of assessment studies on technical vocational education and training (TVET): Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mongolia, the Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam
													

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ILO

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Anticipating and matching skills needs

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Training quality and relevance

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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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14 Mar 2016

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This publication is a compilation of assessment studies on technical vocational education and training (TVET) development in Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mongolia, the Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam. It provides a critical analysis and assessment of the current state of skills development and TVET as well as reviews past and current policies, strategies, programmes and trends, and implications to the country’s socio-economic development and employment in these countries. Recommendations are made in identifying future skills and occupations needed given current and future employment levels.

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Skills and training policy

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Skills anticipation

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Training of trainers

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Vocational training

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Asia and the Pacific

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eLearning Africa 2016 – Making vision reality

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24 May 2016

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19 Jun 2026

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Cairo, Egypt

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The 11th International Conference on ICT for Development, Education & Training is the key networking venue for practitioners and professionals from Africa and all over the world.

eLearning Africa is the key networking event for ICT enhanced development, education and training in Africa. As the largest conference of its kind, the three-day event is a must for those wanting to develop multinational, cross-industry partnerships and contacts whilst sharing knowledge and learning new skills.

Taking place in Cairo, Egypt, the 11th eLearning Africa will bring together decision makers and practitioners from across the education, business and public sectors to debate, share and take action on all themes surrounding access, openness, skills, pedagogy, sustainable development, best practice and more.

eLearning Africa 2016 – Making vision reality

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