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Macroeconomic policies, jobs and inclusive growth

Macroeconomic policies, jobs and inclusive growth

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14 Nov 2016
End Date:
04 Jun 2026
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Turin, Italy
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French

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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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The course is meant to share knowledge and support national capacity on how to better integrate employment objectives into economic policies, particularly macroeconomic policies.

The course aims to build capacities among government officials, social partners and other relevant stakeholders on how to better integrate employment concerns into economic policies, particularly macroeconomic (fiscal and monetary) policies, by exposing participants to an appropriate combination of theoretical insights and hands-on experiences.The course is meant to share knowledge and support national capacity on how to better integrate employment objectives into economic policies, particularly macroeconomic policies.

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Economic growth

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166

Employment policy

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Навыки имеют значение: Знакомство с местными предприимчивыми сообществами

Навыки имеют значение: Знакомство с местными предприимчивыми сообществами

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Навыки имеют значение: Знакомство с местными предприимчивыми сообществами
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Russian

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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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Lifelong learning

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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.

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lifelong-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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15 Apr 2016

Предприимчивые сообщества являются добровольными, прогрессивными, инновационными, локально ориентированными и активными партнерствами, которые обеспечивают эффективное и устойчивое трудоустройство путем развития местных человеческих ресурсов. Двухлетняя работа «Инициативы предприимчивых сообществ» подтвердила динамизм местных структур в мобилизации ресурсов для создания партнерств, способствующих развитию профессиональных навыков. Их влияние на свои территории удивительно: они создают рабочие места, развивают предпринимательство и формируют новые компетенции у студентов. Все это, безусловно, способствует экономическому росту и развитию, укреплению социальной сплоченности на местах.

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Economic growth

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economic-growth
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166

Employability

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employability
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643

Entrepreneurship

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entrepreneurship
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182
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Africa

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Local skills matter: A journey through entrepreneurial communities

Local skills matter: A journey through entrepreneurial communities

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Document
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Local skills matter: A journey through entrepreneurial communities
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English

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skpEng
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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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Lifelong learning

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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.

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skpPSLLL
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lifelong-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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15 Apr 2016
Entrepreneurial communities are voluntary, forward-thinking, innovative, locally anchored, proactive partnerships that generate effective and sustainable employment by developing local human resources. The two-year journey of the ETF’s Entrepreneurial Communities Initiative has confirmed the dynamism of local actors in pulling resources together to create partnerships for skills. Ten partnerships are illustrated in this publication showcasing innovative approaches to learning, actions to make education and training more relevant for the world of work, and creative ways to establish and grow start-up businesses.
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Economic growth

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economic-growth
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166

Employability

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employability
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643

Entrepreneurship

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entrepreneurship
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182
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Africa

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STEP skills measurement: Snapshot 2014

STEP skills measurement: Snapshot 2014

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STEP skills measurement: Snapshot 2014
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English

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skpEng
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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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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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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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08 Apr 2016
This document presents an introduction of the World Bank's STEP Skills Measurement Program (STEP). The program is the first ever initiative to measure skills in low and middle-income countries. It provides policy-relevant data to enable a better understanding of skill requirements in the labor market, backward linkages between skills acquisition and educational achievement, personality, and social background, and forward linkages between skills acquisition and living standards, reductions in inequality and poverty, social inclusion, and economic growth.
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Development policy

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development-policy
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136

Economic growth

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economic-growth
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166

Skills and training policy

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skills-and-training-policy
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Skills, exports, and the wages of five million Latin American workers

Skills, exports, and the wages of five million Latin American workers

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Document
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Skills, exports, and the wages of five million Latin American workers
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English

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english
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skpEng
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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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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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skpATSU
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access-to-training

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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23 Mar 2016
The returns to schooling or the skill premium is a key parameter in various literatures, including globalization and inequality and international migration. This paper explores the skill premium and its link to exports in Latin America, thus linking the skill premium to the emerging literature on the structure of trade and development. Using data on employment and wages for over five million workers in sixteen Latin American economies, the authors estimate national and industry-specific skill premiums and study some of their determinants. The evidence suggests that both country and industry characteristics are important in explaining skill premiums. The analysis also suggests that the incidence of exports within industries, the average income per capita within countries, and the relative abundance of skilled workers are related to the underlying industry and country characteristics that explain skill premiums. In particular, higher sectoral exports are positively linked with the skill premium at the industry level, a result that supports recent trade models linking exports with wages and the demand for skills.
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Economic growth

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economic-growth
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166

School-to-work transition

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school-to-work-transition
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Americas

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Country strategy paper 2014-2018: Kenya

Country strategy paper 2014-2018: Kenya

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Document
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Country strategy paper 2014-2018: Kenya
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English

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english
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skpEng
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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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Lifelong learning

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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.

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skpPSLLL
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lifelong-learning

Training quality and relevance

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International standards

International conventions and recommendations and other international instruments on human resource and skills development. Strategy papers on the practical application of international standards from international organizations covering issues related to training, effective utilization and development of skills, and on linking skills to employment.

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international-standards
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16 Mar 2016
This Country Strategy Paper (CSP) 2014-18 for Kenya supports the country’s ambitions and addresses its main developmental challenges by promoting job creation as the overarching objective. To achieve it, the CSP is articulated around the following two pillars: (i) Enhancing physical infrastructure to unleash inclusive growth; and (ii) Developing skills for the emerging labour market of a transforming economy.
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Economic growth

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economic-growth
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166

Economic policy

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economic-policy
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171

Entrepreneurship

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entrepreneurship
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182

Skills and training policy

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skills-and-training-policy
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666
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Africa

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Promoting policy coherence for decent work and full, productive employment

Promoting policy coherence for decent work and full, productive employment

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Document
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Promoting policy coherence for decent work and full, productive employment
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English

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english
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skpEng
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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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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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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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skpLMIES
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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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10 Mar 2016
A policy note for the G20 Meeting of labour and Employment Ministers, Paris, 26-27 September 2011 This note reviews the rationale for strong coherence across a range of policies that impact growth, employment and social outcomes. It does so from the perspective of the policy goals set out by the G20 for strong, sustainable and balanced growth, including quality jobs and decent work. The note also discusses the institutional implications of greater policy coherence nationally as well as globally across countries and across multilateral institutions.
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Economic growth

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economic-growth
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166

G20

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g20
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G20 labour markets in 2015: Strengthening the link between growth and employment

G20 labour markets in 2015: Strengthening the link between growth and employment

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Document
Content Type:
G20 labour markets in 2015: Strengthening the link between growth and employment
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English

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english
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skpEng
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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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skpILO
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ilo

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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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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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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skpLMIES
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career-guidance-and-employment-services
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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:
10 Mar 2016
Report prepared for the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers Meeting and Joint Meeting with G20 Finance Ministers Ankara, Turkey, 3-4 September 2015 This report is meant to contribute to achieving growth and employment goals, it begins by presenting a brief update on recent economic and labour market developments in the G20 (Section 1). A statistical annex (Annex A) presents additional information on recent labour market trends in G20 countries.

The report then turns to the question of the relationship between growth and employment and investigates whether the relationship has changed since the crisis (Section 2). In Section 3, the report examines a number of channels through which growth and employment interact and discusses how to make the feedback positive and stronger, recognizing that policy priorities will depend on individual country circumstances. Section 4 concludes.
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Economic growth

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economic-growth
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166

G20

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g20
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669
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Boosting growth and jobs: The relationship of macroeconomic, employment and social policies

Boosting growth and jobs: The relationship of macroeconomic, employment and social policies

Type:
Document
Content Type:
Boosting growth and jobs: The relationship of macroeconomic, employment and social policies
Language:

English

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english
Identifier
skpEng
Sources:

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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skpILO
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ilo
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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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skpLMIES
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career-guidance-and-employment-services
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Promotional material

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

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promotional-material

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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skpRPS
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research-papers
Publication Date:
10 Mar 2016
ILO G20 Seminar: “Consistency between Macroeconomic and Labour Policies” Buenos Aires, 18-19 November 2013 While the global economy has recovered from the depths of the financial crisis, growth remains below pre-crisis trend levels and is uneven across countries and regions. Continued volatility in financial markets has negatively affected growth in some emerging economies. The global employment rate stands at 55.7 percent, a percentage point below the pre-crisis rate. Employment growth was stronger in many emerging and developing economies than in developed countries in the immediate post-crisis years but more recently the negative spillover from advanced to emerging economies has led to employment growth deceleration in most countries and regions. Policy makers in some countries have responded by shifting the macroeconomic policy stance to strengthening growth and employment, notably through monetary policy measures. This shift, however, has not yet produced broad-based and self-sustaining increases in consumption or investment.

This paper argues that there are labour market and social policy tools that can be used, hand-in-hand with macroeconomic policies, to boost aggregate demand and thus achieve a sustainable recovery.
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Economic growth

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economic-growth
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166

Economic recovery

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economic-recovery
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667

G20

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g20
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669
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World Economic Forum: Jobs and skills: Tackling the global unemployment crisis - Preparing for growth

World Economic Forum: Jobs and skills: Tackling the global unemployment crisis - Preparing for growth

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Document
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Publication
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English

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english
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skpEng
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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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international-organizations
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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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skpLMIES
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career-guidance-and-employment-services

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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skpPSP
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participation-of-employers-and-workers-organizations
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Promotional material

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

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skpAIM
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promotional-material
Publication Date:
08 Feb 2016
This Report produced by the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Employment presents a list of recommendations for governments, businesses and trade unions to adopt decisive actions to bring employment at the centre of their agendas. The core message of this document is that decision-makers must give the jobs crisis the attention it deserves. Employment must be the priority for the G20.
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Economic growth

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economic-growth
Identifier
166

Economic policy

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economic-policy
Identifier
171

G20

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g20
Identifier
669
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