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-IPEC welcomes Gordon Brown Report on child labour and education

    07 December 2012

  2. A cooperative future for people with disabilities

    04 December 2012

  3. One-Plus-One Disability Cultural Centre

    03 December 2012

Events

  1. Global Dialogue Forum on Future Needs for Skills and Training in the Oil and Gas Industry

    12 - 13 December 2012, Geneva, Switzerland

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