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15 Jul 2020

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17 Jun 2026

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Monde

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French

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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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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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Des compétences pour renforcer la résilience chez les jeunes à l’ère de la COVID-19, et au-delà.

L’édition 2020 de la Journée mondiale des compétences des jeunes se déroule dans un contexte tout à fait exceptionnel. La plupart des gouvernements du monde ont temporairement fermé des établissements d'enseignement afin de contenir la propagation de la pandémie de COVID-19. Ces fermetures nationales affectent plus de 60 % de la population étudiante mondiale, estime l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture (UNESCO). Plusieurs autres pays ont mis en place des fermetures localisées affectant des millions d'apprenants supplémentaires.

Déjà, avant cette crise, les jeunes avaient trois fois plus de risques d’être au chômage que les adultes. Selon l’OIT, plus d'un jeune sur six a cessé de travailler depuis le début de la pandémie de COVID-19, et ceux qui ont conservé leur emploi ont vu leur temps de travail diminuer de 23 %. En outre, la pandémie inflige un triple choc aux jeunes : non seulement elle anéantit leurs perspectives d’emploi, mais elle perturbe aussi leurs études et leurs formations et constitue une entrave pour ceux qui veulent accéder au marché du travail ou cherchent à changer d’emploi.

La hausse du chômage des jeunes est l’un des plus grands problèmes auxquels les économies et les sociétés sont confrontées dans le monde actuel, aussi bien dans les pays développés que dans les pays en développement. Le nombre de jeunes actuellement non scolarisés, sans emploi ni formation (NEET) augmente, et les jeunes femmes sont deux fois plus susceptibles d’être concernées que leurs homologues masculins, souligne le dernier rapport « Tendances mondiales de l’emploi des jeunes 2020 », publié par l’Organisation internationale du Travail (OIT).

Les compétences et l’emploi des jeunes sont des éléments fondamentaux du Programme de développement durable pour l’après 2030 et des 17 objectifs de développement durable. L’enseignement et la formation techniques et professionnels (EFTP) peuvent fournir aux jeunes les compétences nécessaires pour accéder au monde du travail, notamment les compétences leur permettant de travailler à leur compte. L’EFTP peut en outre offrir des opportunités de développement des compétences aux personnes peu qualifiées qui sont sous-employées ou sans emploi, aux jeunes déscolarisés et aux individus qui ne sont ni employés, ni étudiants ou en formation (NEET).

Pour plus d'informations, cliquez sur le lien ci-dessous.

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25 Jun 2020

End Date:

17 Jun 2026

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online

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English

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Bilateral organizations

The development agencies of many countries make skills development a pillar of their Official Development Assistance – from the perspective of education systems, employment promotion, poverty reduction, and private sector development. Documentation of their experience, evaluations and impact assessments, mission statements, and other knowledge products are made available through the Global KSP.

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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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The ILO and the Australian Embassy collaborate and offer a series of webinars to share know-hows and lessons learned so that Indonesian TVET could successfully meet the challenges posed by the outbreak and contribute to eventual economic recovery.

Each webinar is targeting 70 – 100 participants who are TVET policymakers, TVET institutions and practitioners. This includes relevant government officials (Ministries of Manpower, Education, Planning, Communication and Coordinating for Economic Affair, Human Development), Public Vocational Training Centre (BLK) and Polytechnics, representatives of employers (APINDO and KADIN), industrial sectors and trade union, development partners as well as online learning providers.

The series of webinar plan will be organized between mid-June and mid-August 2020 and will cover 10 topics among them:

• Introduction to online TVET: Types of distance learning (online and offline), advantages and disadvantages of online learning, research findings, country examples (Australia).
• Online TVET system: Basic design of online TVET system, system requirements and cost.
• Design of online TVET programme: What are differences between traditional TVET and online TVET programmes?
• Online learning material development: Design and production of learning material suitable for online TVET, production centre, production costs.
• Pedagogical and soft skills for online teaching: Pedagogical skills for online teaching, motivating learners, attracting attention of learners, monitoring progress, assessment, teacher training.
• Design of user-friendly online TVET portal and security
• Assessment and certification: Assessment of skills from distance.
• Standard of distance learning: Guidelines and standards for online TVET providers.
• Addressing digital divide: Approaches to address digital literacy gaps and unequal accessibility to online learning opportunities.

Click on the link below for further information.

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Access to training

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Technology

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Asia and the Pacific

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Indonesia

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Start Date:

06 Jun 2020

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17 Jun 2026

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Conference

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English

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english

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skpEng

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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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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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skpATSU

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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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This virtual conference on Skills for a Resilient Youth is moderated by Terry Neal from the Commonwealth of Learning. It is organized as part of the celebration for World Youth Skills Day (WYSD) 2020, and coordinated by UNESCO-UNEVOC in collaboration with the Commonwealth of Learning.

Every year on 15 July, the global community celebrates World Youth Skills Day. The day is an opportunity for young people, technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions, and public and private sector stakeholders to acknowledge and celebrate the importance of equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship.

World Youth Skills Day 2020 will take place in a challenging context. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is substantially affecting education and training sectors worldwide in two ways:

• Institutional level
• ​Systemic level

While the pandemic has brought about unprecedented challenges, in many cases it further intensified existing issues affecting TVET systems, including difficulties in harnessing the benefits of digitalization and mainstreaming entrepreneurial learning. Prior to the current crisis, young people aged 15-24 were two to three times more likely than adults to be un- or under-employed and often faced a prolonged school-to-work transition period. In post COVID-19 societies, as young people seek employment and are called upon to contribute to the recovery effort, they will need to be equipped with the relevant skills for today as well as the competencies to successfully manage evolving challenges and adapt to future disruptions. Moving forward, it is important to:

• Ensure that young people around the world continue to have access to quality education and training opportunities, while keeping communities safe
• Identify future skills needs and develop responsiveness to short-, medium- and long-term impacts.

For more information and to register, click on the link provided below.

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Event

Start Date:

07 May 2020

End Date:

17 Jun 2026

Event Location:

online

EventType:

Seminar

Language:

English

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english

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skpEng

Language Version:

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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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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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The webinar is organized as part of UNESCO’s weekly webinar series about the educational dimensions of the COVID-19.

This UNESCO webinar on skills development during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic builds on country experiences already shared in the previous UNESCO webinars, which have tackled several dimensions of education policy responses.

It aims to share innovative country experiences with evidences on effectiveness of strategies aimed at tackling the immediate and longer-term effects of the COVID-19 crisis on TVET and skills development systems. It will also explore how recovery is managed and how to build further equitable, resilient and labour market-responsive TVET systems.

For more information and to register, click on the link provided below:

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Event

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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english

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skpEng

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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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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.

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Access to training

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Europe and Central Asia

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