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Learning Online during COVID-19: Resources for Students, Apprentices, Learners, Trainees

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

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In a matter of weeks, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world of work and the sphere of learning and development. It has challenged individuals, employers and workers to adapt to online modalities in all spheres of life. If you are a Student/Learner/Trainee/Apprentice and looking to keep learning and improving your skills in an efficient way, the resources provided in this note can help you.

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Call for papers: Public governance for climate action conference

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27 Feb 2020

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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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The European Training Foundation (ETF) invites practitioners, experts, researchers, social partners, authorities, civil society to submit papers for the Public Governance for Climate Action Conference.

The European Training Foundation (ETF) invites practitioners, experts, researchers, social partners, authorities, civil society to submit abstracts for papers. The call for papers is part of the IIAS 2020 conference on Public Governance for Climate Action to be held in Brussels on 24-26 June, 2020.

In particular, papers on VET-skills development should focus in one or more of the following topics:

· Institutional subsidiarity in a new economic and social context: Actions and actors at a local level for addressing environment related challenges;
· Inclusive lifelong learning in the context of a sustainable economy;
· Co-managing the transitions. Interacting strategies for businesses, people and places;
· Public-private partnerships for skills development;
· Bridging urban, rural, maritime, and coastal economies; and,
· Financing and budgeting human capital development.

The deadline for the submission of papers is 15th March 2020.

Call for papers: Public governance for climate action conference

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Skills and training policy

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Skills upgrading

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TVET systems

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Individual Learning Accounts: Design is key for success

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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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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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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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18 Feb 2020

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The world of work is changing. OECD economies have experienced a significant structural shift in employment from manufacturing to services and the share of non-standard contracts has risen in a number of countries. These changes are reinforcing the need for greater reskilling and upskilling opportunities, at a time when traditional training measures are failing to reach those who need them most.

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Skills and training policy

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Unrealised potential: The role of the independent training providers in meeting skills needs

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Training quality and relevance

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Case studies and good practices

Case studies that document good practices and illustrate the benefits and lessons learnt of particular approaches or methods in real practice.

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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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30 Jan 2020

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Independent Training Providers (ITPs) are an integral part of the TVET landscape. They play an increasingly important role in delivering government policy priorities in the development of TVET systems, however their role is often under-researched and their significance overlooked. The first research in the series, conducted in partnership with the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP), puts the ITP sector in the spotlight.

The research begins by outlining the distinctive characteristics of the ITPs in the UK which enable them to respond to government priorities. Examples of the successes and challenges that UK ITPs face are presented through mini case studies. Further on, the research examines the role of the ITPs in six countries – Botswana, South Africa, Uganda, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka and the different models they operate within.

This research aims to prompt national policy makers to consider whether they are making the best use of ITPs by highlighting their distinct characteristics that make them suitable and effective in delivering government skills objectives. It also aims to raise awareness among ITPs about the work undertaken by counterpart organisations in other countries and to encourage international collaboration.

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Skills and training policy

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Europe and Central Asia

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Investing in career guidance

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

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21 Dec 2019

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Effective career guidance helps individuals to reach their potential, economies to become more efficient and societies to become fairer. It is critical to the smooth transitions of people as they make choices about education and training and to mobility within the labour market. Today’s labour market has become more turbulent. Covid-19 has deeply disrupted demand for workers and accelerated patterns of automation and digital transformation. Globalisation, demographic trends and growing efforts to create greener economies are changing the character of demand for skills around the world. Career guidance has an essential part to play in recovery plans and in helping people of all ages and backgrounds to navigate such disruption. Evidence shows that investment in guidance provides positive economic, educational and social returns, however, in too many countries access to guidance is insufficient, particularly for those who are in greatest need.

Disclaimer: this leaflet replaces the previous IAG leaflet, published in 2019.

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Skills and training policy

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Skills utilization

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Coordinating guidance and validation

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Building on Cedefop’s expertise in the two areas, this study – based on analysis of 13 practices from 12 countries – explores how coordination between career guidance and validation of non-formal and informal learning can be improved. Results point to three factors:

- Comprehensiveness: provision of adequate information and guidance before a decision to undergo validation is taken, throughout the entire validation process, as well as after it;
- Coherence: use of common qualifications or competence standards, occupational standards or other reference frameworks in all the stages of the practice to identify, document and assess skills;
- Quality of staff, resources, competences, and tools used.

The study concludes with policy recommendations on how to improve the link between guidance and validation.

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Vocational counseling

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Mainstreaming Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in vocational training programmes.

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															Mainstreaming Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in vocational training programmes.
													

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17 Dec 2019

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Forestry and wood production sector

The global Project “Building a Generation of Safe and Healthy Workers -- Safe Youth@Work Project”, executed by the ILO and funded by the US Department of Labor, pursues among its main components: mainstreaming OSH in vocational training programmes, awareness raising of vulnerability of young workers and enhancing the technical capacities of labour inspectors to better identify the occupational risks faced by youth at work.

In this framework, ILO/Cinterfor is responsible for implementing the Project component related to OSH in vocational training in Uruguay and as a learning outcome of the implementation of the Project in the country, this guide was defined with the purpose of being a valuable tool for the entire region.

The objective of this guide is to offer some practical guidelines to teachers to make their work in the field of OSH easier. The guidelines and suggestions that are presented here to trainers and institutions aim at mainstreaming the prevention of risks at work, the protection and the promotion of health into the forestry and wood production sector, while also taking into account the particular features of young participants. The guidelines and suggestions that are here systematized aim at mainstreaming the prevention of risks at work, the protection and the promotion of health into the forestry and wood production sector, while also taking into account the particular features of the target audience: young people who are participating in educational processes.

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Guide for the mainstreaming Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in vocational training programmes.

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															Guide for the mainstreaming Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in vocational training programmes.
													

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17 Dec 2019

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Culinary arts

The global Project “Building a Generation of Safe and Healthy Workers -- Safe Youth@Work Project”, executed by the ILO and funded by the US Department of Labor, pursues among its main components: mainstreaming OSH in vocational training programmes, awareness raising of vulnerability of young workers and enhancing the technical capacities of labour inspectors to better identify the occupational risks faced by youth at work.

In this framework, ILO/Cinterfor is responsible for implementing the Project component related to OSH in vocational training in Uruguay and as a learning outcome of the implementation of the Project in the country, this guide was defined with the purpose of being a valuable tool for the entire region.

The guidelines and solutions that are presented here are the result of observation, analysis and reflection upon the experience carried out by the training institution, FISE, in the culinary field. It is actually a cooking training course that was selected by INEFOP to implement this pilot experience within the Project. It is a training proposal aimed at workers under unemployment insurance benefits (both men and women), who have completed primary education, which may include young people over 18, although it is not an exclusive requirement. The proposal is oriented to the culinary sector in general and, in particular, at healthy food, that is, for those who must follow a certain nutritional regimen due to suffering pathologies such as hypertension, diabetes, cholesterol, obesity, celiac disease, etc.

The course was selected based on successful criteria in terms of results (good performance in general of the training institution) and the demand by the labour market and the young audience. Indeed, although this training institution also offers bakery and confectionery courses, priority was given to the culinary course since it is the most demanded by the market and by young people.

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Guide for the mainstreaming of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in vocational training programmes

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Practical guidelines and tools for designers, teachers and training.

The global Project “Building a Generation of Safe and Healthy Workers -- Safe Youth@Work Project”, executed by the ILO and funded by the US Department of Labor, pursues among its main components: mainstreaming OSH in vocational training programmes, awareness raising of vulnerability of young workers and enhancing the technical capacities of labour inspectors to better identify the occupational risks faced by youth at work.

In this framework, ILO/Cinterfor (Inter-American Centre for Knowledge Development in Vocational Training) is responsible for implementing the project component related to OSH in vocational training in Uruguay. This guide was defined with the purpose of being a valuable tool for the entire region. Based on an applied experience, the impact of the project is regionalized through a tool that is available to other countries.

The purpose of this Guide is that the different actors involved in training processes (curriculum designers, leaders at educational centres, teachers or facilitators, in-company tutors, etc.) can find tools and practical suggestions that may enable the application of OSH principles and practices at all times. The guidelines and suggestions that are here systematized aim at approaching the prevention of risks at work, the protection and the promotion of health in different areas in a cross-cutting manner, while also taking into account the particular features of the target audience: young people who are participating in educational processes of different kinds.

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Academy on Skills Development

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24 Jun 2019

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17 Jun 2026

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Turin, Italy

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Responding to the current and future needs in the labour market, the Academy provides a range of learning opportunities in the field of skills development and technical and vocational education and training (TVET), covering critical policy and implementation issues.

With input from leading international experts, the overall objective of this Academy is to strengthen participants' capacities to improve the relevance, effectiveness and efficiency of their skills development systems, and to formulate policies and design programmes that respond to rapidly changing labour markets and the drivers of the Future of Work, including technology and globalization.

The Academy targets senior policy-makers, technical officials and advisors to ministries of labour, education and other agencies involved in the development of skills and vocational training policies; Management and high-level staff of national training authorities and similar institutions; Representatives of workers' and employers' organizations working in the area of skills development and technical vocational education and training; Programme staff of national, bilateral and multilateral development agencies working on skills development programmes and technical vocational education and training; Directors of training institutions, curriculum developers and other practitioners.

Deadline for application: 17 May 2019

For more information click on the link provided below.

Academy on Skills Development

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