Development policy

Fostering skills in Cameroon: Inclusive workforce development, competitiveness, and growth

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															Fostering skills in Cameroon: Inclusive workforce development, competitiveness, and growth
													

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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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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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Training quality and relevance

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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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04 May 2016

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This report is intended to support Cameroon’s efforts to augment the skills of its workforce to increase labor productivity and competitiveness and to create jobs—while recognizing that many factors other than skills can inhibit labor productivity and job creation. The report uses the terms workforce and labor force interchangeably. More specifically, the study is intended to help inform a national strategy for skills development and related policies and institutions in support of competitiveness, productivity, and job creation.

The study presents empirical analyses of skills development as it relates to the labor market to promote labor competitiveness and job creation. A sector-specific approach to skills development is adopted while paying attention to employment-intensive sectors and addressing growth-intensive investments. The study reaches conclusions and offers policy recommendations to answer the following questions: What has been the trajectory of Cameroon’s economic growth? Which sectors have contributed to growth? What jobs are being created? What types of skills are being used in the sectors where the highest percentages of the population are employed? What are the demand and supply barriers to skills? Which policies and institutions are in play? Are they sufficient? What needs to or could be reformed?

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Economic growth

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Enterprises

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enterprises

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Africa

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Cameroon

STEP skills measurement: Snapshot 2014

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STEP skills measurement: Snapshot 2014

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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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Publication Date:

08 Apr 2016

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This document presents an introduction of the World Bank's STEP Skills Measurement Program (STEP). The program is the first ever initiative to measure skills in low and middle-income countries. It provides policy-relevant data to enable a better understanding of skill requirements in the labor market, backward linkages between skills acquisition and educational achievement, personality, and social background, and forward linkages between skills acquisition and living standards, reductions in inequality and poverty, social inclusion, and economic growth.

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Development policy

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Global

Questions and answers: On the role of skills in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

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															Questions and answers: On the role of skills in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
													

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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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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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31 Mar 2016

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The United Nations has adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development aimed at transforming our world in the next 15 years. Within the context of this agenda, many of the topics addressed on the Global Skills for Employment Knowledge Sharing Platform (Global KSP) such as training quality and relevance, achieving gender equality in skills training, youth employability, and lifelong learning, among others, are at the centre of the development process.

Against this backdrop, the ILO’s Global KSP has become a key resource contributing to decent work and reducing inequalities. To talk more about this issue and the role of skills development in efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Global KSP Team interviewed ILO Senior Skills Specialist Mr Paul Comyn. Click on the following link to read the complete interview.

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Development policy

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Gender

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Qatar national development strategy 2011-2016: Towards Qatar national vision 2030

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															Qatar national development strategy 2011-2016: Towards Qatar national vision 2030
													

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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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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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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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17 Mar 2016

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Qatar National Vision 2030 builds on a society that promotes justice, benevolence and equality. It embodies the principles of the Permanent Constitution, which protects public and personal freedoms, promotes moral and religious values and traditions, and guarantees security, stability and equal opportunities. In line with these principles, Qatar National Vision 2030 rests on four pillars:

Human development—to enable all of Qatar’s people to sustain a prosperous society.

Social development—to maintain a just and caring society based on high moral standards and capable of playing a prominent role in the global partnership for development.

Economic development—to achieve a competitive and diversified economy capable of meeting the needs of, and securing a high standard of living for, all its people for the present and for the future.

Environmental development—to ensure harmony among economic growth, social development and environmental protection.

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Development policy

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Skills anticipation

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Arab States

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Qatar

Academy of South-South and Triangular Cooperation

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12 Jul 2016

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05 Jun 2026

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Turin, Italy

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ILO

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

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

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Governments

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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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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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Africa

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Lesotho

Seoul development consensus for shared growth

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Seoul development consensus for shared growth

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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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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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11 Mar 2016

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The following document sets out the G20 concrete actions and outcomes to be delivered and developed over the Multi-Year Action Plan. These actions are directed to the following key areas: infrastructure, private investment and job creation, human resource development, trade, financial inclusion, growth with resilience, food security, domestic resource mobilization and knowledge sharing

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Directrices de política para una transición justa hacia economías y sociedades ambientalmente sostenibles para todos

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															Directrices de política para una transición justa hacia economías y sociedades ambientalmente sostenibles para todos
													

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Spanish

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ILO

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Anticipating and matching skills needs

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Skills policies and strategies

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Skills and employment policies should be viewed together. The full value of one policy set is realized when it supports the objectives of the other. For investments in education and training to yield maximum benefit to workers, enterprises, and economies, countries’ capacities for coordination is critical in three areas: connecting basic education to technical training and then to market entry; ensuring continuous communication between employers and training providers so that training meets the needs and aspirations of workers and enterprises, and integrating skills development policies with industrial, investment, trade, technology, environmental, rural and local development policies.

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18 Feb 2016

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COP21 - París 2015

La ecologización de la economía ofrece numerosas oportunidades para alcanzar objetivos sociales: puede actuar como un nuevo motor de crecimiento, tanto en los países adelantados como en los países en desarrollo, y como un generador neto de empleos decentes y verdes que pueden contribuir en gran medida a la erradicación de la pobreza y a la inclusión social. La ecologización de la economía mejorará nuestra capacidad para gestionar los recursos naturales de forma sostenible, aumentar la eficiencia energética y reducir los desechos, y al mismo tiempo permitirá enfrentar las desigualdades y potenciar la resiliencia. La ecologización de los empleos y la promoción de los empleos verdes, tanto en los sectores tradicionales como en los emergentes, fomentarán una economía competitiva, con bajas emisiones de carbono y ambientalmente sostenible, así como modalidades sostenibles de consumo y producción, y contribuirán a la lucha contra el cambio climático.

Bajo este contexto estas directrices sostienen que políticas sostenibles coherentes deben constituir un marco de transición justa para todos con el fin de promover la creación de más empleos decentes e incluso, si procede, prever la repercusión en el empleo y favorecer una protección social adecuada y sostenible frente a la pérdida de empleos y los desplazamientos, así como el desarrollo de competencias y el diálogo social, incluido el ejercicio efectivo del derecho de sindicación y de negociación colectiva.

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Green jobs

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Green skills

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Guidelines for a just transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies for all

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															Guidelines for a just transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies for all
													

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English

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ILO

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Anticipating and matching skills needs

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anticipating-and-matching-skills-needs

Skills policies and strategies

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International standards

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18 Jan 2016

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COP21 - Paris 2015 The greening of economies presents many opportunities to achieve social objectives: it has the potential to be a new engine of growth, both in advanced and developing economies, and a net generator of decent, green jobs that can contribute significantly to poverty eradication and social inclusion. The greening of economies will enhance our ability to manage natural resources sustainably, increase energy efficiency and reduce waste, while addressing inequalities and enhancing resilience. The greening of jobs and the promotion of green jobs, both in traditional and emerging sectors, will foster a competitive, low-carbon, environmentally sustainable economy and patterns of sustainable consumption and production, and contribute to the fight against climate change.

This Guidelines are both a policy framework and a practical tool to help countries at all levels of development manage the transition to low-carbon economies and can also help them achieve their INDCs (‘Intended Nationally Determined Contributions’) and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. The Guidelines are designed to create decent work on a large scale and ensure that social protection exists where needed. They also include mechanisms for social dialogue among governments, workers and employers' organizations throughout policymaking processes at all levels. The guidelines envisage that coherent policies need to provide a just transition framework for all to promote the creation of more decent jobs, including as appropriate: anticipating impacts on employment, adequate and sustainable social protection for job losses and displacement, skills development and social dialogue, including the effective exercise of the right to organize and bargain collectively.

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Green jobs

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green-jobs

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Green skills

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green-skills

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Policy convergence

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Skills anticipation

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Principes directeurs pour une transition juste vers des économies et des sociétés écologiquement durables pour tous

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															Principes directeurs pour une transition juste vers des économies et des sociétés écologiquement durables pour tous
													

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French

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ILO

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Anticipating and matching skills needs

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anticipating-and-matching-skills-needs

Skills policies and strategies

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skills-policies-and-strategies

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International standards

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international-standards

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18 Jan 2016

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COP21 - Paris 2015

L’écologisation des économies ouvre de nombreuses perspectives pour la réalisation des objectifs sociaux: elle peut être un nouveau moteur de la croissance, à la fois dans les pays avancés et dans les pays en développement, et un générateur important d’emplois décents et verts susceptible de contribuer sensiblement à l’éradication de la pauvreté et à l’insertion sociale. L’écologisation des économies renforcera notre capacité à gérer durablement les ressources naturelles, à améliorer le rendement énergétique et à réduire les déchets, tout en corrigeant les inégalités et en renforçant la résilience. L’écologisation des emplois et la promotion des emplois verts, dans les secteurs tant traditionnels qu’émergents, favoriseront une économie écologiquement durable, compétitive et à faible empreinte carbone ainsi que des modes de consommation et de production durables, et contribueront à la lutte contre le changement climatique.

Les principes décris soutiennent que ces politiques doivent fournir un cadre de transition juste pour tous, afin de promouvoir la création d’emplois décents plus nombreux, y compris, s’il y a lieu, d’anticiper les incidences sur l’emploi et de favoriser une protection sociale adéquate et pérenne face aux pertes d’emplois et aux licenciements, ainsi que le développement des compétences et le dialogue social, y compris l’exercice effectif du droit de s’organiser et de négocier collectivement.

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