Skills, knowledge and employability
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Skills, knowledge and employability

Two women operating a computer at a vocational training center in Harare, Zimbabwe
Countries at all development levels find that adequate education and skills increase the ability to innovate and adopt new technologies. They make the difference between inclusive growth and growth that leaves large segments of society behind. A workforce that has been appropriately trained and is able to continue learning, boosts investor confidence and thus job growth.
  1. Read more on the challenge of skills and employability (PDF)

Key resources

  1. Skills for youth employment
  2. Inclusion of persons with disabilities
  3. Employment services
  4. Management handbook and CD-ROM: Vocational education and training institutions

Focus on

  1. Report

    Skills for Green Jobs: A global view
    2011

    This report shows that skills development is critical to unlocking the employment potential of green growth, yet skills shortages are becoming an obstacle in realizing this potential.

    1. Executive Summary of the report "Skills for Green Jobs"

News

  1. © ILO/Hoa Tran 2013
    Fighting a slow and invisible killer

    23 April 2013

  2. © Sarah-Jane Saltmarsh / ILO 2013
    Removing the barriers to inclusion

    28 March 2013

  3. © Jay Directo / AFP 2013
    Web accessibility – good for society, good for business

    11 March 2013

Events

  1. Enterprise Development through Value Chains and Business Service Markets

    18 March - 28 June 2013, Turin

  2. Training "Identifying and investigating cases of forced labour and human trafficking"

    15 - 19 April 2013, Turin

  3. SOLVE training of trainers: Integrating health promotion in occupational safety and health policies

    24 June - 5 July 2013, International Training Centre of the ILO, Turin, Italy

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