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Namibia: Health and social services Sector Skills Plan

Namibia: Health and social services Sector Skills Plan

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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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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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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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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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30 Apr 2015
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The health and social services sector skills plan 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 NTA, employers, trade unions, training providers, public entities, civil society, international partners and local communities to spell out the priorities for up skilling workers in the H&SS sector.
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Industry skills councils

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The Skills Gap in Four Industrial Sectors in Sri Lanka

The Skills Gap in Four Industrial Sectors in Sri Lanka

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The Skills Gap in Four Industrial Sectors in Sri Lanka
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English

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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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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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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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13 Apr 2015
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This study is part of the National Skills Sector Development Programme 2014-2020 (SSDP) This paper attempts to review conditions of demand and supply related to skills development in four industrial sectors that the government of Sri Lanka has ear-marked for long term development. They are the information and communication technology industry (ICT), the tourism and hospitality industry (THI), construction and light engineering. These four sectors accounted for 9 per cent of GDP and 10 per cent of total employment in 2012. The IT and tourism industries are projected to earn US 5 billion each in 2022. The two sectors have also revealed their potential for high growth in terms of value addition and employment. The growth potential of sub-sectors belonging to these two service sectors are linked to export markets, while the growth potential of the construction and light engineering sectors are largely determined by product market conditions of the domestic market. Using already available secondary data in the form of survey data, administrative data, and published reports, the present paper assesses the training gaps in these four sectors using standard skills assessment methodologies.
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Engineering

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Skills anticipation

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Skills mismatch

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Technology

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Tourism

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A sectoral analysis of skills gaps and shortages in the clothing and textile industry in South Africa

A sectoral analysis of skills gaps and shortages in the clothing and textile industry in South Africa

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A sectoral analysis of skills gaps and shortages in the clothing and textile industry in South Africa
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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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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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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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09 Apr 2015
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The SA clothing and textiles industries have undergone difficult restructuring over the past ten years due to the combined impact of domestic and international factors. The negative impact of this transformation is manifest in the declining contribution of the sector to total manufacturing output, its falling export share and significant contraction in sector employment. This outcome might have been different had this process of restructuring been pre-empted and accompanied by a concerted effort to up-skill remaining workers and promote innovation in the sector. This could have enabled the sector to pursue a skills-led competitiveness strategy and assist a move toward higher-cost, high quality items.

This report results from a process of consultation with the main organisations and stakeholders in the sector to identify key skills shortage and issues, and a wide ranging analysis of existing material on skills supply and demand, and factors influencing skills trends.
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Clothing and textile industries

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Low skilled workers

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Skills and training policy

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Skills indicators

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Skills investment plan for Scotland’s tourism sector

Skills investment plan for Scotland’s tourism sector

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Skills investment plan for Scotland’s tourism sector
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English

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Employers' organizations

Employers invest in training in order to improve productivity, innovate and adopt new technologies, and compete in changing markets. Case studies and research from individual employers and associations of employers on the Global KSP deal with apprenticeship and workplace skills provision, quality assurance and governance of training institutions, and employers’ roles in anticipating skill needs and in influencing national and sector policies on skills development.

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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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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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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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20 Mar 2015
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This plan has been developed on behalf of the Scottish Government by Skills Development Scotland, working with industry partners Scottish Tourism Alliance and the Tourism Skills Group. It aims to help attract more people to work in Scotland's tourism sector and to develop further skills.

In this plan, consultations with tourism employers, stakeholders and partners have identified four strategic skills priorities:

-Improving management, leadership and enterprise in the sector
-Ensuring staff have the skills to deliver a high quality visitor experience
-Raising the attractiveness of the sector to new entrants
-Ensuring the availability of appropriate and high quality training
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Somaliland’s education sector strategic plan 2012–2016

Somaliland’s education sector strategic plan 2012–2016

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Somaliland’s education sector strategic plan 2012–2016
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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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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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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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13 Mar 2015
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This Education Sector Strategic Plan (ESSP) provides an agreed and comprehensive way forward for Somaliland’s education sector for the five-year period 2012-16. It gives clear guidance to decision-makers and planners at all levels and enables partners presently and prospectively engaged in the development of the sector, at both general and higher education levels, to make relevant contributions to a cohesive and structured sector.

The plan includes cost-effective provision secondary, university and non-formal education, TVET and continuous teacher development – together with effective information systems upon which sensible planning may be based and wise decisions taken, enabling effective educational management to occur.
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Rwanda skills survey 2012. Manufacturing sector report .

Rwanda skills survey 2012. Manufacturing sector report .

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Rwanda skills survey 2012. Manufacturing sector report .
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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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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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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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03 Mar 2015
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This Report presents the findings of the skills survey of the Manufacturing Sector Establishments in the Private Sector in Rwanda. The focus is on skills profiles, proficiencies, and gaps in the Manufacturing Sector. The survey was commissioned by Rwanda Development Board as a national private sector skills survey targeting 8 priority sectors including ICT, Mining, Energy, Tourism, Manufacturing, Construction, Agriculture, Finance and Insurance. The survey was carried out in the five provinces in the country targeting large, medium, small and micro financial sector establishments in the Private Sector.
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Manufacturing

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Five year program for priority skills development to deliver EDPRS II (2013 - 2018)

Five year program for priority skills development to deliver EDPRS II (2013 - 2018)

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Five year program for priority skills development to deliver EDPRS II (2013 - 2018)
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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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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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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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03 Mar 2015
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The Government of Rwanda recognizes the need for qualified and skilled human resources to address the imbalance in the supply and demand of skilled labour and is committed to ensuring that there are skilled workers available on the labour market to meet the actual labour market demands. Whereas progress has been made over the previous 19 years in the areas of education and skills development in Rwanda, significant barriers still remain, creating challenge of matching of skills and opportunities in the labour market.

It has therefore become imperative to depart from the traditional way of capacity building to a more strategic and focused approach that is aimed at achieving national priorities. A Five Year Program for skills development to deliver EDPRS II ( 2013-2018) in this regard has been developed to address the critical and scarce skills gap in the following high priority sectors: Infrastructure; Agriculture; Natural Resources; Investment, Trade and Industry ICT; Health and Education.

The Study has revealed that highly skilled labour is needed to help address identified sector specific needs – particularly at the technician and professional levels in the aforementioned Sectors.
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Skills and training policy

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Sector skills insights: Energy

Sector skills insights: Energy

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Sector skills insights: Energy
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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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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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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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Publication Date:
27 Feb 2015
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This report contributes to the UK Commission’s work to transform the UK’s approach to investing in the skills of people as an intrinsic part of securing jobs and growth. It outlines the performance challenges faced in the energy sector, the ‘real-life’ skills solutions implemented by leading and successful businesses to overcome them, and the benefits from doing so.

This report also considers the current situation of the energy and utilities sector in the UK, the challenges it faces over the medium term and the implications for skills. The intention is to provide a summary of the extent to which the performance challenges faced by the sector can be addressed through skills development and thereby bring about growth and contribute to the recovery of the UK economy.
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Economic and social development

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Energy

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energy
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Pour une meilleure adéquation emploi / formation dans le secteur du bâtiment et des travaux publics au Burkina Faso

Pour une meilleure adéquation emploi / formation dans le secteur du bâtiment et des travaux publics au Burkina Faso

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Pour une meilleure adéquation emploi / formation dans le secteur du bâtiment et des travaux publics au Burkina Faso
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French

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Bilateral organizations

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

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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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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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Publication Date:
24 Feb 2015
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Le secteur du BTP au Burkina Faso est, certainement comme dans beaucoup de pays, un secteur important en termes économiques et à forte densité de main d’œuvre. La qualification des ressources humaines est un des facteurs de la qualité des prestations de ce secteur. Il existe des centres de formation au Burkina Faso dont il faudra évaluer la pertinence aussi bien pour ce qui concerne la qualité que pour le nombre de personnes formées.

L’objectif principal de l’étude est d’accompagner le processus d’opérationnalisation de la PN/EFTP pour la réalisation d’une « étude d’opportunité pour l’analyse des besoins en matière de qualification des ressources humaines dans le secteur du Bâtiment et des Travaux publics en plaçant un accent particulier sur les exécutants des corps d’état présents à pied d’œuvre et qui ne disposent pas toujours de cadres formels ».

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Construction industry

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construction-industry
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Vocational training

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Mapping and analysis of growth-oriented industrial sub-sectors and their skill requirements in Bangladesh

Mapping and analysis of growth-oriented industrial sub-sectors and their skill requirements in Bangladesh

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Mapping and analysis of growth-oriented industrial sub-sectors and their skill requirements in Bangladesh
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English

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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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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

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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16 Feb 2015
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The present report has been prepared within the framework of the Bangladesh Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Reform Project. The project, which is an initiative of the Government of Bangladesh, is funded by the European Commission and executed by the International Labour Organization. It aims to raise productivity and employability through skills development. Its specific objectives are to improve TVET policy and systems, build national capacity to develop new qualifications, courses, and teacher training programmes, and extend better training opportunities in the informal economy. It is designed to ensure that the TVET system in Bangladesh is better placed to serve the skill requirements of employers and to enable more people to acquire relevant skills that will help them gain productive wage- or self-employment. The present study is intended to identify: (i) sectors that are competitive and demonstrate growth potential; and (ii) the type of skills that will be required by these sectors in the coming years. The basic purpose of the study was to provide guidance for the TVET reform project, especially in selecting the sub-sectors to be targeted.
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Apprenticeships

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apprenticeships
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639

Employability

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employability
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Manufacturing

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manufacturing
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216
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occupational-qualification
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409

Productivity

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productivity
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188

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh has a strong track record of growth and development, even in times of elevated global uncertainty.  A robust demographic dividend, strong ready-made garment exports, resilient remittance inflows, and stable macroeconomic conditions have supported rapid economic growth over the past two decades. A strong recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic continued in FY22, although a recent surge in commodity prices has presented new headwinds. 

Bangladesh reached lower-middle income status in 2015. It is on track to graduate from the UN’s Least Developed Countries list in 2026. Poverty declined from 43.5 percent in 1991 to 14.3 percent in 2016, based on the international poverty line of $1.90 a day (1).  

Like many of its Asian neighbours, Bangladesh faces a major challenge trying to develop modern, employability skills for tens of millions of young women and men. It has a large informal sector, which accounts for 94.7 percent of the total employment in 2017 (2). Youth continue to be highly affected by the lack of opportunities, with the share of youth aged 15-24 not in employment, education or training (NEET), estimated at 27.8 percent in 2020 (3). 

TVET has a huge role to play in equipping the vast young labour force of 15-29 years referred to as the country’s “demographic dividend” with employability skills and providing enhanced support services to ensure a better transition from school to work. TVET may also contribute to reducing poverty by providing employability skills, particularly to those who drop out of school early and to a large number of unemployed and underemployed adults.  

Despite many reform initiatives by the government, the TVET sector needs further strengthening through reform of policies and systems in the labour market.  Enhancing industry-relevance of TVET qualifications will furthermore require closer Government cooperation with the private sector. For one and a half decade, the ILO has worked closely with the Government of Bangladesh and its Social Partners to reform the TVET sector and to improve access for people to increase their skills and employability, in particular youth, women and people from other marginalized groups. 

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic had detrimental effects on the TVET sector, due to the nation-wide closure of all educational institutes for one and a half years, starting on 17 March 2020.  Most students’ learning was effectively abolished for this duration, and learning and certification was only possible through limited online learning facilities in existence at the time. Only recently has the TVET returned to its prior activity level. 

The ILO landmark programmes aim to strengthen and improve the environment for industry skills development, address the mismatch between the supply and demand for skills training, and drive the increased employability of millions of young women and men. ILO’s support to develop the skills system in Bangladesh has focused on skills system governance, development of skills policies and qualifications frameworks; delivery of quality skills training, expanding access to TVET, and involvement by the private sector.    

 

Sources 

(1) https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/bangladesh/overview

(2) https://ilostat.ilo.org/topics/informality/

(3) https://ilostat.ilo.org/topics/youth/

Country Assessment and Priority (CAP) – Bangladesh strategy for skills and lifelong learning (2022)

Situation Analysis of Bangladesh TVET Sector (2019) https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/—asia/—ro-bangkok/—ilo-dhaka/documents/publication/wcms_735704.pdf_

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