HRD Recommendation, 2004

• Objective, scope and definition
• Development and Implementation of training policies
• Education and pre-employment training
• Development of competencies
• Training for decent work and social inclusion
• Framework for recognition and certification of skills
• Training providers
• Career guidance and training support services
• Research in human resources development, education, training and lifelong learning
• International and technical cooperation
• Final provision

Background Report for Recommendation 195

• Introduction
• Chapter I. Towards Knowledge- and Skill-based Economies and Societies: New Objectives and Challenges of Human Resources Development and Training
• Chapter II. Major Principles Underlying Contemporary Human Resources Development and Training Policies, Laws and Practices
• Chapter III. Education, Initial Training and Skills for Employability and Work
• Chapter IV. Learning and Training for Work in a Lifelong Perspective
• Chapter V. International Cooperation in Human Resources Development: Current and Emerging Trends
• Concluding Remarks
• Bibliography
• Annex II Resolution Concerning Human Resources Training and Development
• Annex III The Cologne Charter
• Annex IV Education and Training: a Joint Statement by BIAC and TUAC

Publications

International Instruments by Organisation

• African Union
• Council of Europe
• European Union
• International Labour Organization
• Organization of American States
• United Nations
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

National Initiatives by Country

• Argentina
• Australia
• Austria
• Bangladesh
• Barbados
• Belgium
• Bolivia
• Botswana
• Brazil
• Bulgaria
• Cambodia
• Canada
• Chile
• China
• Colombia
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Dominican Republic
• Egypt
• El Salvador
• Estonia
• Ethiopia
• Fiji
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Ghana
• Greece
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Hungary
• Iceland
• India
• Indonesia
• Islamic Republic of Iran
• Ireland
• Israel
• Italy
• Jamaica
• Japan
• Jordan
• Kenya
• Korea (Republic of)
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Malaysia
• Malta
• Mauritius
• Mexico
• Republic of Moldova
• Mozambique
• Myanmar
• Namibia
• Nepal
• Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Norway
• Pakistan
• Panama
• Peru
• Philippines
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Russian Federation
• Saudi Arabia
• Singapore
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Sri Lanka
• South Africa
• Timor-Leste
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• United Republic of Tanzania
• Thailand
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Uganda
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom
• United States
• Uruguay
• Viet Nam
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

International Instruments and National Initiatives by Topic

Fields of Action

• Access to Education/Training
• Balancing Work, Family and Lifelong Learning Interests
• Benchmarking
• Brain Drain
• Career Guidance Information, Vocational, Counselling
• Certification of Skills
• Certification of Qualifications
• Collective Bargaining
• Competitiveness, Growth, Productivity
• Diversity of Training Provision
• Economic and Social Objectives
• Evaluation of Education/Training Initiatives
• Employability
• Entrepreneurial Skills
• Equality of Opportunity
• Guidance for the World of Work
• High-performance Work Practices
• ICT
• Incentives
• Institutional Framework
• Lifelong Learning
• Literacy and Numeracy Skills
• Non-formal Education/Training
• Portable Skills
• Poverty Alleviation
• Prior Learning
• Quality Assurance
• Quality Education and Pre-employment Training
• Qualifications Frameworks
• Research and Information on Education/Training
• Rural Education/Training
• Social Dialogue
• Statistics
• Technical and Financial Assistance
• Workplace Learning

Actors

• Employers
• Employment Services
• International Organizations
• Local Authorities and Communities
• Multinational Enterprises
• Social Partners

Target Groups

• Developing Countries
• Disabled Persons
• Enterprises
• Entrepreneurs
• Ethnic Minority Groups
• Indebted Countries
• Indigenous People
• Informal Sector Workers
• Low-skilled People
• Migrants
• Older Workers
• Persons Re-entering the Labour Market
• Public Sector Employees
• Rural Workers
• Self-employed People
• Socially Excluded Persons
• Trainers and Training Providers
• Unemployed Persons
• Women
• Youth