Sectoral approaches to skills development
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
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.
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.
This training course will examine the methodologies, institutional arrangements and models to analyse the skills and competences needed for the development of key economic sectors and industries. In addition, it will focus on approaches of how to develop TVET strategies that respond to sector-/industry- based skills needs.
The main objective of the course is to “help participants better understand the characteristics, methodologies, institutional arrangements and sectoral skills development modalities needed for identifying labour market imbalances in terms of skills development at a sectoral level, in addition to recognizing the current and future skills needed at a sectoral level in a broader macroeconomic policy framework.”
The course will focus on:
• Sectoral approaches for skills development: Understanding economic sectors and their different skills needs;
• Applying skills needs analysis on a sectoral level through: Sector prioritization, sector definition, collaborative mechanisms on a sectoral level;
• Value Chain linkages between economic sectors in terms of skills needs,
• Skills implications as well as skills projections on a sectoral level;
• Skills gaps on a sectoral level, and how to respond to these gaps;
• Institutional arrangements at a sectoral leve in relation to skills development strategies: Roles and services of different entities, governance, financing, and sectoral skills councils.
Deadline for application: 3rd of September, 2018
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