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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. Case Study - Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises SCORE in Indonesia

    06 February 2012

  2. Case Study - Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises SCORE in South Africa’s Tourism Sector - Enhancing guest experience

    06 February 2012

  3. Case Study - Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises SCORE in South Africa’s Tourism Sector - Fluid dynamics

    06 February 2012

Events

  1. Post-graduate course on Occupational Safety and Health at the Workplace (6th edition)

    3 October 2011 - 13 January 2012, International Training Centre of the ILO (Turin, Italy) and distance learning

  2. Basic risk assessment

    30 January - 3 February 2012, International Training Centre of the ILO, Turin, Italy

  3. Occupational safety and health management in the construction sector

    20 - 24 February 2012, International Training Centre of the ILO, Turin, Italy

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