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…
Career guidance and counselling, career education and lifelong development of skills for employability are key for success in learning activities, effective…
Core employability skills build upon and strengthen the skills developed through basic education; the technical skills needed for specific occupations or to…
The world of work is undergoing a substantial transformation due to new forces. In particular, technological advances, such as AI, automation and robotics,…
Initial education and training and lifelong learning benefit individuals, employers and society as a whole. Economic principles dictate that the costs for…
Women represent both half of the world's population – and half the world's economic potential. Their participation in the labour market reduces poverty…
Effective governance and coordination are key elements of successful skill systems. Whilst coordination is an important factor, it needs to operate…
There is a critical need for a greater overall investment in education and training, particularly in developing countries. Education and training…
According to the ILO global estimates on migrant workers, there were around 164 million migrant workers in 2017.
Migrant workers contribute to…
Measuring the outcomes of skills systems, policies and targeted programmes is essential in order to monitor and improve their effectiveness and relevance.…
Access for all to good quality education, vocational training and workplace learning is a fundamental principle of social cohesion and economic growth. Some…
In view of the rapid socio-economic and technological changes, jobs and the skills required to perform them continue to evolve. Many jobs in labour…
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…
Of an estimated 1 billion people with disabilities in the world today, some 785 million are of working age. While many are successfully employed and fully…
Skills development can be viewed from a life-cycle perspective of building, maintaining and improving competencies and skills. A holistic approach to skills…
Eight out of 10 of the world’s working poor who live on US $1.25 per day live in rural areas, where many are caught in vulnerable employment, especially in…
Matching skills to labour market demand requires reliable sectoral and occupational information and institutions that connect employers with training…
The growing demand for care work will continue to create a large number of jobs in the coming years. To build a care sector that benefits care workers, care…
The growing importance of sustainable development and the shift to a low-carbon and climateresilient economy will require new skills and qualifications,…
Skills and employment policies should be viewed together. The full value of one policy set is realized when it supports the objectives of the other.…
Most young people around the world do not have the chance to attend formal institutions of learning. The capacity of formal education and training systems…
The standard or outcome-based approach to curriculum development is a worldwide trend which reflects a paradigm shift from input to outcome-based provision…
At the heart of any skills system are the managers and staff of training institutions who face considerable challenges to deliver quality programmes at a…
Increasingly, countries around the world, at all levels of development are putting work-based learning, particularly apprenticeships, high on their policy…
Globally, nearly 68 million young women and men are looking for and available for work, and an estimated 123 million young people are working but…
Quality apprenticeships based on robust social dialogue and public-private partnerships can improve employment prospects for young people while developing…
