School-to-work transition

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La formation professionnelle au service de l'amélioration des compétences en France

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															La formation professionnelle au service de l'amélioration des compétences en France
													

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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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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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21 Jan 2016

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La France consacre d’importants moyens à la formation professionnelle des jeunes et, surtout, des adultes, mais le système est trop complexe et ses résultats sont insuffisants. Les compétences de base en calcul et en compréhension de l’écrit de nombreux adultes restent faibles en France par comparaison avec d’autres pays, ce qui a des répercussions négatives sur les perspectives d’emploi, les salaires et le bien-être. Il est difficile pour ceux qui en ont le plus besoin, dont beaucoup sont issus de milieux socioéconomiques défavorisés, d’accéder à une formation de base. L’enseignement professionnel secondaire et l’apprentissage continuent de pâtir d’une mauvaise image auprès des familles, en dépit des bons résultats enregistrés par l’apprentissage. Le nombre de contrats d’apprentissage augmente régulièrement, mais cette progression concerne principalement les élèves qui préparent un diplôme de l’enseignement supérieur ou, au moins, du deuxième cycle du secondaire au moins (baccalauréat) ce qui tient toutefois entièrement aux élèves qui poursuivent des études supérieures. Les diplômés des formations professionnelles dans le secondaire n’enregistrent pas de bons résultats sur le marché du travail et la qualité de ces formations doit être améliorée. Pour ce faire, il faut attirer des enseignants et des tuteurs en entreprise plus qualifiés, afin qu’ils puissent établir des liens plus étroits entre expérience pratique et concepts théoriques.

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Qualification frameworks

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qualification-frameworks

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651

School-to-work transition

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school-to-work-transition

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652

Skills and training policy

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skills-and-training-policy

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666

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

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Europe and Central Asia

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France

Vocational training and adult learning for better skills in France

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Vocational training and adult learning for better skills in France

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English

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Access to training

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access-to-training

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training-quality-and-relevance

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Research papers

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21 Jan 2016

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wcmstest4_163255.pdf

France devotes a great deal of resources to vocational training for youths and especially adults, but the system is unduly complex and yields rather poor returns. The basic literacy and numeracy skills of many French adults remain weak in international comparison, with harmful effects on employment opportunities, wages and well-being. Access to basic skills training is poor for those who need it most, many of whom come from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds. Secondary vocational education and apprenticeship training still suffer from a serious image problem in the minds of French families, even though the latter have a good track record. The government has succeeded in ensuring that the number of apprenticeships is growing, but that is mostly due to those studying at the tertiary level or at least for a higher secondary diploma.

This Paper maintains that the labour market outcomes of those with only shorter vocational qualifications are not good, and quality in that stream needs to improve. To do so better teachers and workplace trainers need to be attracted to the field, especially individuals who can better link practical experience and theoretical concepts. The financing of the adult training system involves complex collection mechanisms even following a major recent overhaul. Making further changes will have to confront entrenched interests, even if the use of the training levy to finance business groups and unions has now ended. The goal is to direct more training funds to workers in small firms who have the weakest skills as well as to jobseekers, but this might be more easily achieved by shifting the funding base from a levy on employers to fiscal incentives or direct subsidies. There remains a need to align responsibilities for adult training with corresponding control over funds. Workers are henceforth to be given personal training accounts in which they can accumulate rights to up to 150 hours of training. But the enormous number of providers and courses on offer calls for greater efforts to develop good guidance, evaluation and certification systems to ensure the training finally chosen is appropriate and of sufficiently high quality.

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Education and training

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education-and-training

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116

Qualification frameworks

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qualification-frameworks

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651

School-to-work transition

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school-to-work-transition

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652

Skills and training policy

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skills-and-training-policy

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666

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

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Europe and Central Asia

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France

Aprendizaje y políticas de transición de la educación al trabajo para jóvenes en Costa Rica, Guatemala y México

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															Aprendizaje y políticas de transición de la educación al trabajo para jóvenes en Costa Rica, Guatemala y México
													

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Spanish

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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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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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lifelong-learning

Training quality and relevance

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training-quality-and-relevance

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21 Jan 2016

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wcmstest4_163455.pdf

Esta publicación ofrece un panorama actualizado sobre los programas de aprendizaje y las políticas y programas de transición de la educación al trabajo de jóvenes en Costa Rica, Guatemala y México. Los estudios de caso nacionales, elaborados por reconocidos profesionales en este campo de cada uno de los países arriba mencionados, mantienen una estructura común que incluye un análisis del marco normativo vigente y el funcionamiento de facto tanto del aprendizaje como de los sistemas de formación profesional y demás dispositivos de transición de la educación al trabajo de jóvenes.

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Education and training

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education-and-training

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Job matching

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job-matching

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649

Qualification frameworks

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qualification-frameworks

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651

School-to-work transition

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school-to-work-transition

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652

Youth

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youth

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319

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Americas

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Costa Rica

Guatemala

Mexico

London conference on employer engagement in education and training

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Event

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21 Jul 2016

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17 Jun 2026

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London, England

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English

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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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What difference does it make when employers work with education and training providers? How can employer engagement best be delivered?

This joint conference hosted by the Education and Employers Charity and the Edge Foundation, with support from the Department for Education (England) and the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, will present new research on employer engagement in education and technical pathways, and explore implications for policy and practice. The conference will share research insights from around the world.

London conference on employer engagement in education and training

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School-to-work transition

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school-to-work-transition

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652

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Human capital development in the People’s Republic of China and India: Achievements, prospects, and policy challenges

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															Human capital development in the People’s Republic of China and India: Achievements, prospects, and policy challenges
													

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English

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english

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skpEng

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Other sources

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other-sources

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Access to training

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skpATSU

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access-to-training

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skpTrainQR

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training-quality-and-relevance

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17 Jan 2016

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This report compares the achievements of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and India in human capital development in the past 5 decades (1960-2010) and identifies the factors behind the similarities and differences between them. It highlights the high-level policy lessons and insights that are crucial in addressing the remaining gaps between the PRC and India, and in shaping their future human and economic developments. The human capital development lessons that can be learned through this assessment of the past experience of these two countries are not only critical for improving their productivity and innovation for continued development but are also valuable for other developing economies as well.

While human capital is a multidimensional concept covering a set of health- and education-related characteristics that contribute to worker productivity, this report focuses largely on the quantity and quality of education, training, and skills of the labor force in the PRC and India at the national level, and to some extent at the regional level. Health and other important aspects of human capital are beyond the scope of this report.

Representing around 40% of the working-age population of the world and 37% of the total population of the world, the issues related to human capital development within the PRC and India are numerous and diverse. Many of these issues are best tackled in country specific contexts. This comparative report only tackles major human capital development achievements and broad-based challenges that are common to both countries, and presents policy options for addressing these challenges.

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Development policy

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development-policy

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136

Economic growth

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economic-growth

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166

Economic policy

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economic-policy

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171

Employability

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employability

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643

Qualification frameworks

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qualification-frameworks

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651

School-to-work transition

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school-to-work-transition

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652

Skills and training policy

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skills-and-training-policy

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666

Youth

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youth

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319

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Asia and the Pacific

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China

India

Poland: Skilling up the next generation

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Poland: Skilling up the next generation

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English

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english

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Training quality and relevance

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training-quality-and-relevance

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14 Jan 2016

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An analysis of Poland’s performance in the program for international student assessment Facing the prospects of rapid demographic aging and decline over the coming decades, Poland needs a highly skilled workforce to help generate the productivity growth that it needs to fuel continued convergence of its living standards with those of its West European neighbors. Skilling up the workforce starts with equipping youth with the right cognitive and socio-emotional foundation skills. International research has identified three dimensions of skills that matter for good employment outcomes and economic growth: cognitive skills, such as literacy, numeracy, and creative and critical thinking or problem solving; socio-emotional skills and behavioral traits, such as conscientiousness, grit, and openness to experience; and job- or occupation-specific technical skills, such as the ability to work as an engineer.

This report focuses on cognitive skills. It examines results for Poland from the program for international student assessment (PISA), which assesses the mathematics, reading, and science competencies of 15-year-olds. The overall effects of reform on Poland’s PISA scores have been positive, although isolating the precise impact of each reform element is difficult. There is evidence from PISA assessments replicated for older students in upper-secondary education in 2006, 2009 and 2012 that performance gaps previously found between vocational and general schools for 15-year-olds prior to the 1999 reform persist today in upper secondary education, where the performance of students in vocational upper-secondary schools trails that of their peers in general education.

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School-to-work transition

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school-to-work-transition

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652

Skills and training policy

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skills-and-training-policy

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666

Youth

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youth

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319

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Europe and Central Asia

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Poland

Empleos para crecer

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Document

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Empleos para crecer

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Spanish

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spanish

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skpEsp

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Other sources

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Career guidance and employment services

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Career guidance and counselling, career education and lifelong development of skills for employability are key for success in learning activities, effective career transitions, livelihood planning, entrepreneurship and in increasing labour market participation. They are instrumental in promoting skills utilization, recognition (RPL), as well as in improving enterprise human resource management.

Career development activities encompass a wide variety of support activities including career information and advice, counselling, work exposure (e.g. job shadowing, work experience periods), assessment, coaching, mentoring, professional networking, advocacy, basic and employability skills training (curricular and non-curricular) and entrepreneurship training. It is often an area which is fragmented across different ministries (e.g. education, TVET, employment, youth) requiring an effort to achieve the necessary coordination to provide adequate support to individuals during learning, employment and unemployment/inactivity periods.

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14 Jan 2016

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wcmstest4_161856.pdf

Este libro presenta algunas sugerencias tendientes a mejorar el rol de las políticas laborales en el fomento de empleos para crecer en América Latina. Dichas sugerencias parten de un principio básico: el diseño y la ejecución de las políticas laborales deben tener un enfoque integral. En algunos países, esto implica adecuar el costo del paquete de aseguramiento social; en otros, desarrollar mecanismos que faciliten la búsqueda y una buena “correspondencia” entre trabajadores y vacantes.

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School-to-work transition

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school-to-work-transition

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652

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Americas

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Skills, qualifications and jobs in the EU: The making of a perfect match?

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Document

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Skills, qualifications and jobs in the EU: The making of a perfect match?

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English

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english

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skpEng

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Other sources

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other-sources

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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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07 Dec 2015

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wcmstest4_159459.pdf

Evidence from Cedefop’s European skills and jobs survey What has been the impact of the economic crisis on skill mismatch? Is there a cost in getting the unemployed quickly into any job? Why is skill mismatch prevalent among the EU workforce? To answer these and other timely questions on skill mismatch, in spring 2014 Cedefop carried out the European skills and jobs (ESJ) survey. The findings of the survey shown in this report caution that the prolonged economic downturn is threatening the long-term potential of the EU’s human resources. A greater share of recent job finders has entered into jobs that need lower qualifications and skills than their own. The unemployed also run a greater risk of misplacement into jobs of lower skill intensity. More than one in five EU employees has not developed skills since they started a job, as over one third of EU jobs are characterised by poor task complexity and lack of continued learning. Closer stakeholder collaboration and policy action is needed in the EU to generate not only more skills but also, crucially, better jobs for better-matched skills.

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Data analysis

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data-analysis

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361

School-to-work transition

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school-to-work-transition

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652

Skills and training policy

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skills-and-training-policy

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666

Skills mismatch

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skills-mismatch

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654

Skills recognition

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skills-recognition

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656

Survey

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survey

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611

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Europe and Central Asia

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Delivering TVET through quality apprenticeships

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Document

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Delivering TVET through quality apprenticeships

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English

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english

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international-organizations

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Research papers

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07 Dec 2015

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Report of the UNESCO-UNEVOC virtual conference

This report explores questions related to the definition of quality, innovations and alternative forms of apprenticeships as a form of work-based learning, financing and governance, and curriculum development. This report also stresses the importance of apprenticeships and recognizes that such forms of training entail multi-stakeholder systems that require adequate arrangements, consensus and commitment from a series of different actors and institutions. An important message is that apprenticeship systems operate within the wider context of a country’s cultural traditions, norms, socio-economic conditions and individual aspirations. Countries striving to set up, upgrade or improve an apprenticeships or other forms of work based learning need to be aware that arrangements should respect and be adapted to the individual characteristics of their country and society.

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Apprenticeships

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apprenticeships

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639

School-to-work transition

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school-to-work-transition

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652

Skills and training policy

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skills-and-training-policy

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666

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

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Global

The Role of Community Colleges in Skills Development: Lessons from the Canadian Experience in Developing Asia

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Document

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															The Role of Community Colleges in Skills Development: Lessons from the Canadian Experience in Developing Asia 
													

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English

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english

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Other sources

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Training quality and relevance

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training-quality-and-relevance

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07 Dec 2015

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Postsecondary education and training institutions are viewed by countries around the world as engines for accelerating growth through human capital development needed for knowledge-based economies. Emerging economies in Asia too aspire to strengthen advanced skills and education systems in order to move up global value chains. While developing countries in Asia have recorded high growth rates in the last decade, they face possible stagnation unless they are able to upgrade the quality and capability of their work force in line with the demands of world markets.

Within this context, this publication arises from a knowledge partnership between ADB and the Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan, formerly the ACCC) on skills development and TVET. CICan has partnered with ADB in the ADB International Skills Development series to advance dialogue on skills development between practitioners, policy makers, industry representatives and academia. This publication outlines the journey and success of the Canadian Community College models and approaches and their relevance to developing countries.

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