EMPLOYMENT Vocational Training

In the past, ILO has been extensively involved in many aspects of training. The organization's technical advisory services, including those of the Turin Centre, have been in heavy demand, particularly on training system reform and policies for disabled workers. However, apart from management training, there has been less activity at the enterprise level. Moreover, until recently training activity was undertaken separately from other work on labour market and human resource policies.

In the future, training will be set in a wider development framework. The most recent World Employment Report, which focused on training for employability, highlighted the need for new approaches and for integrating training with other policies to promote employment. Because of the importance of this issue, for both enterprises and workers, a new InFocus Programme will aim to make access to learning the backbone of efforts to promote more and better jobs.