Partnerships and environmental issues: Forum thematic brochures 2010
Partnerships and environmental issues: Forum thematic brochures 2010
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 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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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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Presentations, discussion papers, meeting reports, promotional materials, videos, fact sheets, brochures and newsletters on skills development for employment.
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OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance THEMATIC BROCHURES Series
The main objective of the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance is to support the work of partnerships through guidance on both policy and practice.
The Forum Thematic Brochures series review the experience of partnerships in different countries focusing on regional economic development, employment and skills, social inclusion and addressing the implications of climate change. On each of these themes, partnership organisations which are members of the Forum have shared their approaches, strategies and results. This knowledge and practical experience provided an essential part of the material for the preparation of this brochure.
This document aims to identify some of the key features of
examples of partnerships dealing
with environmental issues,
outline
good
practice, and
indicate
where policies might develop from here. The examples are not limited to
formal partnership agreements, but also include regional/local initiatives
of the same kind. In particular,
they
highlight:
• Strategies focusing
on regional economic development, on employment
and skills and on social inclusion. Environment is thus
an issue that cuts across
the other
major issues
relevant to
partnership work.
• Programmes of work and activities;
• Partners and structures;
• Financial resources: as
environment partnerships have
rather different agreements and
purposes
in the wider sense,
funding may come from a variety of actors, depending on their
main partners and
the
interest groups involved. There are examples of public funding, public-private funding, and of donor-sponsored initiatives.
This document has also benefited from the work carried out by the OECD Local Economic and Employment Development Programme on this topic, notably through its cross-country comparative project on “Climate Change, Employment and Local Development”.
