Agriculture

Formación profesional para el trabajo decente en la economía rural: Innovaciones y desafíos

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															Formación profesional para el trabajo decente en la economía rural: Innovaciones y desafíos
													

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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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Rural employment

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Eight out of 10 of the world’s working poor who live on US $1.25 per day live in rural areas, where many are caught in vulnerable employment, especially in agriculture.Flourishing rural areas are vital to regional and national development. Yet, rural economies tend to face a wide range of challenges that urban areas are more likely to overcome. These include access to transportation, sanitation and health services, and a consumer base in close proximity to support small and medium enterprise development. Women and men working in rural areas also face difficulties associated with a paucity of economic opportunities, under investment, poor infrastructure and public services, including education, and, in many cases, weak governance and underdeveloped markets.

Education, entrepreneurship, and physical and social infrastructure all play an important role in developing rural regions. Skills are central to improving employability and livelihood opportunities, reducing poverty, enhancing productivity and promoting environmentally sustainable development.

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

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04 Mar 2016

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OIT/Cinterfor Notas N°3

La economía rural tiene, por un lado, características heterogéneas que vinculan actividades productivas de alta competitividad, aplicación de tecnologías, uso intensivo de recursos; y, por otro, condiciones de pobreza, informalidad, marginalidad y bajos logros educativos, así como desafíos de sostenibilidad en términos ambientales. En ese marco, la formación profesional toma especial relevancia para abordar las distintas aristas de la cuestión rural en América Latina y el Caribe: la dimensión social, la económico-productiva y también la ambiental. Esta nota analiza la situación actual de la economía rural y la formación en la región.

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agriculture

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Rural workers

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Skills and training policy

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Skills mismatch

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Americas

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Understanding decent rural employment

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Understanding decent rural employment

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English

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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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Rural employment

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rural-employment

Training quality and relevance

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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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19 Feb 2016

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This information note presents the core labour standards for decent rural employment as defined by International Labour Organization Conventions. The four categories covered by the labour conventions are: freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining, the elimination of forced or compulsory labour, the abolition of child labour and the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.

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Agricultural development

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agricultural-development

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Agriculture

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agriculture

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Food

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food

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Rural development

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rural-development

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Rural employment

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Rural workers

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Global

The state of food and agriculture: Women in Agriculture – Closing the gender gap for development

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															The state of food and agriculture: Women in Agriculture – Closing the gender gap for development 
													

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English

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International organizations

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Gender equality

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Women represent both half of the world's population – and half the world's economic potential. Their participation in the labour market reduces poverty because they often invest 90 per cent of their income in the well-being, education and nutrition of their families. Yet labour force participation by women has stagnated at about 55 per cent globally since 2010. Moreover, women are disproportionately represented in precarious work – low-paid, low-skilled and insecure jobs.

Training plays an important role in the pursuit of equality of opportunity and treatment for women and men in the world of work. Yet women often lack access to technical and vocational education and training. Many also lack the basic functional skills, such as literacy and numeracy, to participate meaningfully in the work force. Overcoming this challenge requires the adoption of a life-cycle approach. This includes improving girls’ access to basic education; overcoming logistic, economic and cultural barriers to apprenticeships and to secondary and vocational training for young women; and meeting the training needs of women re-entering the labour market and of older women who have not had equal access to opportunities for lifelong learning.

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Rural employment

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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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19 Feb 2016

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The agriculture sector is underperforming in many developing countries, and one of the key reasons is that women do not have equal access to the resources and opportunities they need to be more productive. This report clearly confirms that the Millennium Development Goals on gender equality (MDG3) and poverty and food security (MDG1) are mutually reinforcing.

This report has several goals: to bring the best available empirical evidence to bear on the contributions women make and the constraints they face in agricultural and rural enterprises in different regions of the world; to demonstrate how the gender gap limits agricultural productivity, economic development and human well-being; to evaluate critically interventions aimed at reducing the gender gap and to recommend practical steps that national governments and the international community can take to promote agricultural development by empowering women.

The report also maintains that in countries where agriculture is a major source of employment for women, skill building should address relevant skills and knowledge gaps and focus on extension services and vocational training.

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Agribusiness

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agribusiness

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Agricultural development

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agricultural-development

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Agriculture

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agriculture

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Gender and development

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Women

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women

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Global

LIFE creating green jobs and skills

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LIFE creating green jobs and skills

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English

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International organizations

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international-organizations

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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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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sectoral-approaches

Training quality and relevance

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Research papers

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05 Nov 2015

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Launched in 2010, a flagship initiative ‘New Skills for New Jobs’ within the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, aims at creating new job opportunities in the EU. LIFE a dedicated EU financial instrument for the environment, has also demonstrated their ability to contribute to this agenda.

LIFE has stimulated green skills and jobs and contributed to the emergence of a green jobs market where employers and employees can find each other. In doing this, LIFE projects have promoted the transition to a greener and more sustainable economy where growth does not take place at the cost of the environment. This publication illustrates how the programme has played its part in creating permanent jobs and training schemes that have lasted well beyond the duration of LIFE funding.

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Agribusiness

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agribusiness

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Agriculture

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agriculture

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225

Economic and social development

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economic-and-social-development

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125

Energy

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energy

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340

Financing of training

Green skills

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green-skills

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645

Industrial development

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industrial-development

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214

Sectoral approaches

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sectoral-approaches

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676

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Europe and Central Asia

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FAO, private and public partnership model for youth employment in agriculture

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FAO, private and public partnership model for youth employment in agriculture

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English

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International organizations

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international-organizations

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Participation of employers' and workers' organizations

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The world of learning and the world of work are separate but linked. While one involves learning, the other produces goods and services. Neither can thrive without the other. Strong partnerships between government, employers and workers help ensure the relevance of training to the changing needs of enterprises and labour markets.

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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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04 Nov 2015

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Experiences from Malawi, Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar archipelago A productive economic opportunity in the agro sector needs various components. It requires capacity development adapted to rural youth’s levels of understanding and labour markets opportunities; it further requires facilitation and mentorship in adequately accessing land, credit and markets while also enhancing the opportunities for youth inclusion in policy and strategic debates concerning their wellbeing and national economic development. The integrated activities cover policy support and implementation with a focus on the inclusion of rural youth populations. Strategic and normative support with the development of contextualized training materials, as well as the piloting of a demonstrational operational model are also fundamental parts of the overall support. With this context, this publication reflects on an innovative public-private partnership model for youth employment in agriculture developed by the FAO and piloted in Malawi, Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar archipelago.

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Agribusiness

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Agricultural development

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agricultural-development

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224

Agriculture

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agriculture

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Inclusion

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inclusion

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Youth

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Africa

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Malawi

United Republic of Tanzania

Tendências para o desenvolvimento da Atividade pecuária leiteira no Brasil: segmento da Bovinocultura de leite - produção

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															Tendências para o desenvolvimento da Atividade pecuária leiteira no Brasil: segmento da Bovinocultura de leite - produção
													

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Portuguese

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ILO

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ilo

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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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16 Jun 2015

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Tendências para o desenvolvimento da Atividade pecuária leiteira no Brasil: segmento da Bovinocultura de leite - produção

Para a consecução do estudo pelo SENAR, a atividade econômica escolhida para a aplicação do Modelo foi a Bovinocultura de Leite. No Brasil, essa atividade está presente na maioria dos estabelecimentos agropecuários e contribui majoritariamente para a formação do valor da produção agropecuária, sendo imprescindível para a manutenção do Produto Interno Bruno tanto do agronegócio como nacional, impactando fortemente na balança comercial e principalmente no mercado de trabalho. Além disso, este segmento possui sua importância refletida em diversos programas de curta, média e longa duração do SENAR, inclusive de ensino profissional de nível técnico, oferecidos por meio dos Centros de Formação Técnica do SENAR.

Todas essas ofertas sinalizam uma atuação voltada para o atendimento de excelência, porém, sabe-se que a demanda é crescente e requer soluções educacionais diferenciadas para cada tipo e porte de produtor rural.

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Agriculture

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agriculture

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225

Sectoral approaches

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sectoral-approaches

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676

Skills and training policy

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skills-and-training-policy

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Skills re-training

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skills-re-training

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655

Skills recognition

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Americas

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Brazil

Estudio de Prospectiva Ocupacional Sector Agroforestal SECAP

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Estudio de Prospectiva Ocupacional Sector Agroforestal SECAP

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Spanish

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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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ILO

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ilo

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Anticipating and matching skills needs

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skpAFSN

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anticipating-and-matching-skills-needs

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sectoral-approaches

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Research papers

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15 Jun 2015

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El Servicio Ecuatoriano de Capacitación Profesional, SECAP, dentro del marco de los estudios e investigaciones tendientes a la búsqueda de nuevas metodologías, tendencias y necesidades de capacitación como aporte al mejor funcionamiento del mercado laboral y sus requerimientos, se encuentra implementando el modelo SENAI de Prospectiva Ocupacional. Dicha implementación apunta a reajustar la oferta de capacitación con miras a la previsión de tecnologías y tendencias ocupacionales demandadas por la población nacional.

El análisis que se plantea en el presente informe tiene como objetivo, definir los elementos básicos sobre los cuales emergerá una nueva oferta de capacitación en el sector agroforestal que permita divisar tanto las tecnologías que podrían surgir en los siguientes 5 y 10 años en este sector, así como las nuevas ocupaciones (y/o nuevas funciones a las ocupaciones existentes) que dichas tecnologías demanden. Todo esto dentro del marco de la estructura ocupacional actual y de las políticas que sustentan al sector.

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Agribusiness

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agribusiness

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223

Agricultural development

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agricultural-development

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224

Agriculture

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agriculture

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225

Education and training

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education-and-training

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Forestry

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forestry

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227

Sectoral approaches

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sectoral-approaches

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Skills and training policy

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Skills anticipation

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Americas

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Ecuador

Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and skills development for poverty reduction – do rural women benefit?

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															Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and skills development for poverty reduction – do rural women benefit?
													

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English

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english

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ILO

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ilo

International organizations

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international-organizations

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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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Research papers

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12 May 2015

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This paper discusses technical and vocational education and training (TVET) as well as skills development in rural areas, mainly pertaining to agriculture and related activities and explores existing gender differences. TVET has suffered from a focus on basic, and especially primary education, which led to the neglect of post-basic education and training and their non-inclusion in the UN Millennium Development Goals. Recently, there has been a renewed interest in training and skills development because of increased evidence that a minimalist approach to microfinance for poverty reduction and enterprise development did not lead to sustainable growth. The paper argues that many training interventions do not cater for the specific needs of women who are under-represented in formal training programmes and often directed towards typical female occupations. It reviews vocational and skills training in several IFAD supported programmes and explores how these target the poor and most vulnerable and to what extend gender differences in training provision, methodology, training content and transition to labour markets have been taken into account.

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Agribusiness

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agribusiness

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223

Agricultural development

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agricultural-development

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224

Agriculture

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agriculture

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225

Apprenticeships

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apprenticeships

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639

Gender

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294

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294

Green skills

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green-skills

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645

Inclusion

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inclusion

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665

TVET systems

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tvet-systems

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661

Vocational training

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vocational-training

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124

Women

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women

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318

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Global

Industry leadership in human resources development in Myanmar

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Industry leadership in human resources development in Myanmar

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English

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english

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ILO

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skpILO

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ilo

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Anticipating and matching skills needs

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skpAFSN

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anticipating-and-matching-skills-needs

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sectoral-approaches

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Research papers

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08 May 2015

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Emerging from decades of economic, social, and political isolation, Myanmar today shows potentials for advancing with a new developing paradigm based on inclusive growth and poverty reduction. Having embarked on an ambitious program of sweeping reforms to progressively integrate its economy with the global system, Myanmar is facing a period of transition which is inevitably characterized by challenges and opportunities.

To catch up the rapid growth, skill development is the crucial link to improve productivity, employment growth and socioeconomic development. The ILO Recommendation on Human Resources Development Recommendation 2004 (No. 195) provides guidance on the content of effective skills policies and systems. In 2009, the ILO drew on the agreed framework with the G20 Leaders to develop a training strategy to support innovation and growth. Countries that have succeeded in linking skills to productivity, employment and development have targeted three main objectives: matching supply to current demand for skills; helping workers and enterprises adjust to change; and anticipating and delivering skills needed in the future in order to sustain a dynamic development process.

This working paper discuss industry leadership of human resources development in Myanmar. It analyses the current supply of qualified human resources in Myanmar, mismatch between demand and supply by sector, as well as growth trends, investment climate and current policies and legislation. The paper provides recommendations to help narrow the gaps identified.

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Agriculture

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agriculture

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225

Energy

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energy

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340

Financing of training

Manufacturing

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manufacturing

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216

Sectoral approaches

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sectoral-approaches

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676

Skills anticipation

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skills-anticipation

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677

Skills indicators

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skills-indicators

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653

Skills mismatch

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skills-mismatch

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654

Tourism

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tourism

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243

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Asia and the Pacific

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Myanmar

Lao development report 2014: Expanding productive employment for broad-based growth

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															Lao development report 2014: Expanding productive employment for broad-based growth
													

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English

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english

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skpEng

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International organizations

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international-organizations

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Access to training

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skpATSU

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access-to-training

Training quality and relevance

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skpTrainQR

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training-quality-and-relevance

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14 Apr 2015

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Alarming media coverage of rising wages and complaints among firms of a shortage of skilled workers has raised concerns over whether Lao workers are equipped with the skills sought by firms. The Government and other partners have responded by channeling more resources to skills development, for example with investments in vocational training facilities to train more workers. This report argues that the workforce problems which Lao PDR faces do not only stem from problems in the education sector. Looking only to skills development as a solution would not address the fundamental problems constraining economic growth, employment creation, and poverty reduction. Creating an environment conducive for farm and non-farm businesses to make investments and grow remains an essential first step for skills development. As World Bank (2004) states, Training does not create jobs. Skills are a derived demand and that demand depends on policies for growth and employment creation.

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