ILO-CDB-UNESCO offer training to enhance skills development policies and systems in region
Senior policy and technical staff of Ministries of Labour and Education, and National Training Agencies/Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Councils from across the Caribbean are to be exposed to training in the area of promoting effective skills development policies and systems
Senior policy and technical staff of Ministries of Labour and Education, and National Training Agencies/Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Councils from across the Caribbean are to be exposed to training in the area of promoting effective skills development policies and systems.
The training is being offered by the International Training Centre of the International Labour Office (ILO), based in Turin, Italy and the ILO Office for the Caribbean, in collaboration with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Barbados and the UNESCO Office, Kingston, Jamaica. It will be held from 26-30 September 2011 in Bridgetown, Barbados.
As part of the Decent Work Agenda, the ILO supports member States to enhance their national skills policies and training systems. In the region, the ILO is partnering with the Caribbean Development Bank and the UNESCO Office, Kingston, to support the development of effective skills policies and training systems.
Skills development policies seek to ensure that training matches demand for skills in the labour market thus enhancing employability; to help workers and enterprises adjust to technological and market changes through re-skilling; and to build and sustain competencies for future labour market needs. It has been recognized that skills development policies play an important role in fuelling innovation, enterprise development, technological change and competitiveness.
The course will cover international concepts and instruments for skills development, the design of comprehensive national skills development policies that include strategies for youth employment and for integrating skills development in national, sectoral and regional development plans and programmes. Teachers' training and development, and standards and quality assurance for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) will also be addressed.
The training comes at a time when CARICOM countries are undertaking a review of the 1990 CARICOM Regional Strategy for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET).
Thirty-six representatives from the Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Education, National Training Agencies, employers' and workers' organizations from the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean as well as representatives of the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) and the University of the West Indies, will benefit from the training.
The training is being offered by the International Training Centre of the International Labour Office (ILO), based in Turin, Italy and the ILO Office for the Caribbean, in collaboration with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Barbados and the UNESCO Office, Kingston, Jamaica. It will be held from 26-30 September 2011 in Bridgetown, Barbados.
As part of the Decent Work Agenda, the ILO supports member States to enhance their national skills policies and training systems. In the region, the ILO is partnering with the Caribbean Development Bank and the UNESCO Office, Kingston, to support the development of effective skills policies and training systems.
Skills development policies seek to ensure that training matches demand for skills in the labour market thus enhancing employability; to help workers and enterprises adjust to technological and market changes through re-skilling; and to build and sustain competencies for future labour market needs. It has been recognized that skills development policies play an important role in fuelling innovation, enterprise development, technological change and competitiveness.
The course will cover international concepts and instruments for skills development, the design of comprehensive national skills development policies that include strategies for youth employment and for integrating skills development in national, sectoral and regional development plans and programmes. Teachers' training and development, and standards and quality assurance for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) will also be addressed.
The training comes at a time when CARICOM countries are undertaking a review of the 1990 CARICOM Regional Strategy for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET).
Thirty-six representatives from the Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Education, National Training Agencies, employers' and workers' organizations from the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean as well as representatives of the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) and the University of the West Indies, will benefit from the training.