Sectoral approaches

Policy brief: The role of employers in skills development systems

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Policy brief: The role of employers in skills development systems

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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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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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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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Training quality and relevance

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Policy and strategy

Recommendations and advice on resolving policy challenges related to skills development systems and their linkages to the world of work. Concise syntheses of experience from the international organizations.

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31 Aug 2020

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This policy brief discusses how employers and Employer and Business Membership Organizations (EMBOs) can strengthen their involvement in skills systems, and highlights some of the benefits in doing so. It analyses interventions at the national, sectoral and enterprise levels and presents a range of strategy, policy and operational interventions. Drawing on recent research and employer experiences, the policy brief also proposes priority areas for engagement in skills systems.

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Apprenticeships

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Employers

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employers

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Disposer des bonnes compétences au bon moment : Comment une approche sectorielle d’enrichissement des compétences peut contribuer à rendre l’économie productive et compétitiveDisposer des bonnes compétences au bon moment : Comment une approche sectorielle d’enrichissement des compétences peut contribuer à rendre l’économie productive et compétitive

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Discussion

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03 Oct 2016

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14 Oct 2016

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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 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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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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Cette discussion sera modérée par des Spécialistes de l'OIT. La fonction de discussion fonctionne mieux quand on y accède par les navigateurs suivants: Chrome ou Firefox.

Les actions menées pour aider les entreprises à trouver une main d’œuvre dotée des bonnes compétences et permettre aux travailleurs d’acquérir ces dernières ouvrent la voie à la prospérité économique et la construction de sociétés plus inclusives.

La Global KSP canalisera cette discussion sur les approches sectorielles d’enrichissement des compétences. La discussion en ligne se fera en deux temps. Pendant la première semaine, la plateforme s'intéressera aux difficultés actuelles auxquelles font face l’industrie et le marché du travail en matière de compétences. Au cours de la deuxième semaine, les participants seront invités à dialoguer et à partager leurs expériences et bonnes pratiques concernant la mise en œuvre d’approches sectorielles de renforcement des compétences.

Voir note explicative complète à la fin de la page.

Question pour la deuxième semaine : les initiatives et les actions qui donnent des résultats:
-Les démarches sectorielles de développement des compétences se sont révélées utiles pour faire participer les employeurs, même si elles prennent des formes différentes dans des contextes nationaux différents. Selon vos constats lors de l’étude des approches sectorielles de renforcement des compétences, quels sont les modèles de participation des employeurs qui sont efficaces ?

-Quel rôle jouent les comités tripartites sectoriels dans l’anticipation des besoins d’un secteur en formations actuelles et futures, dans l’évaluation de la qualité des programmes de formation et leur pertinence et dans l’amélioration de cette dernière ?

-Avez-vous quelques exemples de mesures d’anticipation visant à renforcer les compétences d’un secteur donné afin d'améliorer les performances des entreprises et d’actualiser les compétences des travailleurs ?

-Dans quelle mesure les pays prennent-ils en compte les besoins spécifiques de leurs secteurs principaux lorsqu’ils définissent politiques et orientations en matière d’EFTP et de formation ?

Disposer des bonnes compétences au bon moment : Comment une approche sectorielle d’enrichissement des compétences peut contribuer à rendre l’économie productive et compétitiveDisposer des bonnes compétences au bon moment : Comment une approche sectorielle d’enrichissement des compétences peut contribuer à rendre l’économie productive et compétitive

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G20 Training Strategy

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Private sector

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sectoral-approaches

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Skills anticipation

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Global

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Switzerland

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Robotics and reshoring - employment implications for developing countries

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Document

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Robotics and reshoring - employment implications for developing countries

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English

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skpEng

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ILO

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Anticipating and matching skills needs

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anticipating-and-matching-skills-needs

Career guidance and employment services

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Sectoral approaches

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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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27 Jul 2020

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edmsp1_264828.pdf

This volume addresses the impact of automation on employment in global supply chains. Much of the discussion of the impact of automation on employment has focused on developed countries. Yet for developing countries a key concern is the prospect of “reshoring” or “nearshoring” – the opposite of offshoring – in which production shifts from developing back towards developed countries. These shifts would be enabled by automation in the labour-intensive sectors that have provided developing countries with strategic entry points into global markets and continue to employ large numbers of workers, often disproportionately women. The COVID-19 crisis has lent renewed urgency to the discussions on such restructuring of global supply chains. Relatively absent in these discussions is a sense of how automation plays out on the shop-floor. This has motivated the industry case studies in this volume, addressing the implications of the increased use of robots and ITC-enabled automation in the apparel and electronics industries as well as in retail warehousing and business process outsourcing.

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Gender equality

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gender-equality

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144

Industrial development

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industrial-development

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Low skilled workers

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low-skilled-workers

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sectoral-approaches

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Technology

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technology

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Trade

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trade

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Global

Hard work and hazard: Young people and agricultural commercialisation in Africa

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Hard work and hazard: Young people and agricultural commercialisation in Africa

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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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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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08 Jun 2020

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An emerging orthodoxy supports the proposition that the rural economy – built around agriculture but encompassing much more – will serve as sweet spot of employment opportunities for many millions of young people into the foreseeable future. However, our understanding of how rural young people in Africa take advantage of processes of rural transformation or engage with the rural economy is limited. Drawing on qualitative research conducted with 117 rural young people in three country contexts (Ghana, Zimbabwe and Tanzania), this paper reports the findings on the steps and pathways through which young people construct livelihoods in hotspots of agricultural commercialisation.

Overall what emerges from a diversity of backgrounds, experiences and pathways is that the commercialised rural economy within which they operate offer them a variety of income earning opportunities. Family and broader social relations are key in enabling young people to access the needed resources in the form of land, capital, and inputs to begin their ventures. Between family and rental markets, there is little evidence that young people’s engagement with crop production is limited by their inability to access land.

We also find evidence of asset accumulation by young people in the form of housing, furniture and savings among others, which reflects the combination of relatively dynamic rural economies, enabling social relations, and hard work. However, for many it is a struggle to stay afloat, requiring effort, persistence, and an ability to navigate setbacks and hazards. The paper's findings challenge a number of assumptions underlying policy and public discourse around rural young people and employment in Africa. It highlights some key implications for policy seeking to promote youth employment in rural Africa.

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Agricultural development

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sectoral-approaches

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Africa

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Success Africa IV: Travail décent en Afrique: Œuvrer ensemble pour un avenir meilleur

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															Success Africa IV: Travail décent en Afrique: Œuvrer ensemble pour un avenir meilleur
													

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French

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french

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ILO

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Sectoral approaches

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sectoral-approaches

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Research papers

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Publication Date:

28 Apr 2020

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edmsp1_259037.pdf

Le Bureau régional de l'OIT pour l'Afrique a lancé sa nouvelle publication phare intitulée « Success Africa IV: Œuvrer ensemble pour une Afrique meilleure », qui présente des exemples d'initiatives efficaces conduites en Afrique de 2016 à 2018, par l'OIT, ses mandants tripartites et ses partenaires au développement afin d'opérationnaliser l’Agenda du travail décent à travers la coopération au développement.

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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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Africa

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Postal services & telecommunications sector skills plan

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Document

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Postal services & telecommunications sector skills plan

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English

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english

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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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governments

TVET institutions

Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions play an important role in equipping young people to enter the world of work and in improving their employability throughout their careers. The Global KSP collects and shares information from TVET institutions on how they respond to changing labour market needs, adopt new training technologies, expand the outreach of their training, and improve the quality of their services including in the areas of governance, financing, teacher education, and industry partnerships.

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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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28 Nov 2019

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The Postal Services and Telecommunications SSP is a ‘roadmap’ to address skills development priorities in the sector. It focuses on profiling the sector, identifying skills in demand, analysing supply-side education and training provision, determining skills priorities and putting together an action plan for improving the skills profile of the workforce.

The SSP serves as a guiding framework for the Namibia Training Authority, employers, trade unions, training providers, public entities, civil society, international partners and local communities to spell out the priorities for upskilling workers in the sector.

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Industry skills councils

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Postal services

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postal-services

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238

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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666

Skills indicators

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Skills mismatch

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skills-mismatch

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Telecommunications

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telecommunications

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Africa

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Namibia

Skills policy instruments for industrial development in low and middle income countries

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															Skills policy instruments for industrial development in low and middle income countries
													

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English

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english

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Training quality and relevance

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Research papers

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Publication Date:

09 Oct 2019

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edmsp1_249825.pdf

Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development Working Paper 2/2017 This working paper is divided into four parts. The first section explores the different stages of development and the different skill patterns required to link the process of structural change with skills development. It underlines that technical specialization increases when a shift towards sophisticated industries takes place. Furthermore, important considerations policymakers need to take when designing skills policies as well as youth and the informal sector are addressed. The second section provides insights on a range of skills policy instruments for low- and middle-income countries. The third section highlights some of the main skills policy instruments used by policymakers and describes the experiences of low- and middle income countries with regard to implementation of such instruments. The conclusion summarizes the key findings and gives recommendations for policymakers in the implementation of skills policies in low- and middle income countries.

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labour-market-information

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Sectoral approaches

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sectoral-approaches

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Skills and training policy

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skills-and-training-policy

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666

Skills upgrading

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skills-upgrading

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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

Local resource-based approaches in water works

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Document

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Local resource-based approaches in water works

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English

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english

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skpEng

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ILO

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ilo

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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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Publication Date:

24 Sep 2019

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The report focuses on the ILO’s work on local resource-based (LRB) approaches applied in water works – water supply and sanitation services, small dams, irrigation systems, and adaptation works at the community level in many countries covered by technical assistance and projects, either as a response to pre or post-disaster and/or conflict. This document links Employment Intensive Investment Programme’s (EIIP) labour-intensive approaches for infrastructure development and job creation in the water sector. It draws evidence from 12 projects showing the approach in different stages of the project cycle focusing on water and sanitation, small dams; irrigation systems and adaptation works. The report places emphasis on planning and identification of water needs, participation, community involvement, labour-based technologies for implementation, contracting and local government involvement and maintenance while integrating cross-cutting issues such as gender, environment, vulnerable groups and good working conditions.

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Rural development

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rural-development

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152

Rural employment

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rural-employment

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670

Sectoral approaches

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sectoral-approaches

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676

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Global

Sectoral approaches to skills development

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Event

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23 Sep 2019

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30 May 2025

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Turin, Italy

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English

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ILO

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This training course will examine methodologies, institutional arrangements and models for analyzing the skills and competences needed for developing key economic sectors and industries.

The International Training Centre of the ILO (ITC/ILO) together with the European Training Foundation (ETF) is organizing a course on ‘Sectorial approaches to skills development’, a highly participatory training to learn about:

- The drivers of change that impact the skills supply and demand at a sectoral level;
- Methodologies, mechanisms, and modalities needed to identify labour market imbalances;
- How to recognize which skills will be needed in the future, and act through a macroeconomic policy framework.

The training will rely on a variety of innovative learning methodologies and group presentations, allowing for knowledge-sharing and reflection. Participants will be encouraged to bring interesting or relevant documents, such as country-specific skills anticipation methodologies.

The deadline to apply is 16 August.

To learn more, click on the link provided below.

Sectoral approaches to skills development

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Financing training

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financing-training

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673

Sectoral approaches

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sectoral-approaches

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676

Skills anticipation

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Estudio de prospectiva de la formación profesional. Sector: industria de la construcción

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															Estudio de prospectiva de la formación profesional. Sector: industria de la construcción
													

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Spanish

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spanish

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Governments

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governments

ILO

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ilo

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other-sources

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Anticipating and matching skills needs

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skpAFSN

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Sectoral approaches

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skpSectApr

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sectoral-approaches

Training quality and relevance

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Research papers

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02 Jan 2019

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Estudio de prospectiva de la formación profesional. Sector: industria de la construcción

Este documento es el informe final del proceso de prospección de la formación profesional realizada en El Salvador para el sector de la industria de la construcción, subsector construcción civil. Describe las principales características del sector en el país, explica el proceso de prospectiva ocupacional y los resultados a que se llegaron. Reseña las contextualizaciones de las tecnologías emergentes en el mismo e incluye recomendaciones a las universidades, institutos tecnológicos y al sistema de formación profesional del país.

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