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Many countries in Asia and the Pacific are finding it increasingly difficult to respond to the skills needs of their workforce in a time of increasing globalization, new technology and changing patterns of work. It is hard for these countries to get access to the latest information on innovative training policies, practices and system reform, and to make the necessary changes. At the same time there are other more advanced economies in the region which have developed new approaches to skills development to respond to the emerging challenges for skills development. There are, however, few means or networks available to facilitate the exchange of knowledge, products and services.
It is for these reasons that the ILO has developed a new Regional Skills and Employability Programme (SKILLS-AP) to provide more effective services to ILO member States on skills issues. All relevant units in the ILO at the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, in the three subregional offices, at headquarters and the Turin Centre will now be coherently integrating all programmes and activities for skills development in the region into a single workplan under a Strategic Framework for Skills and Employability in Asia and the Pacific. It will enable the ILO, together with our key donors and strategic partners to address skills issues in the region in a strategic and coherent way.
SKILLS-AP builds upon the invaluable earlier work of the Asia and Pacific Skills Development Programme (APSDEP), which has been generously supported by the Government of Japan since its inception in 1978. SKILLS-AP aims to bring forward APSDEP's long experience of technical services to a new phase of ILO cooperation and partnership.
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What's new
- 25 - 27 November, 2008, Bangkok, Thailand
ILO/SKILLS-AP/Korea Regional Technical Meeting on Skills Recognition for Migrant Workers
This meeting follows an earlier meeting in April 2007 where the Regional Model Competency Standards (RMCS) for Manufacturing were introduced to the countries involved in sending migrant workers to Korea. Following this workshop, the countries have compared the RMCS against their own national standards and identified differences. A small study was also carried out on a Survey of Korean Employer Needs and the ways that the RMCS can be used to asses skills prior to workers returning to their home countries. The meeting aims to compare and discuss RMCS validation among the sending countries and Korea and to reach a common understanding on the RMCS for manufacturing.
- Brief information note - ILO/SKILLS-AP/Korea Regional Technical Meeting on Skills Recognition for Migrant Workers (pdf 12 KB)
- 4 - 6 November, 2008, Songkhla, Thailand
ILO/SKILLS-AP/Thailand Regional Technical Meeting on Improving Skills Recognition and Quality and Qualification Systems for IMT-GT and GMS Countries
The objectives of this meeting were to provide participants with a good understanding of different options to address skills recognition, and develop ideas for further action to take nationally, identify potential areas for further country to country collaboration, and establish key questions for further ILO research and tool development.
- Background note - ILO/SKILLS-AP/Thailand Regional Technical Meeting on Improving Skills Recognition and Quality and Qualification Systems for IMT-GT and GMS Countries (pdf 13 KB)
- Tentative programme - ILO/SKILLS-AP/Thailand Regional Technical Meeting on Improving Skills Recognition and Quality and Qualification Systems for IMT-GT and GMS Countries (pdf 20 KB)
- Skills recognition and the development of Regional Model Competency Standards (RMCS)
 | | The issue of recognizing workers’ skills has been increasing in prominence due to several factors, including the mobility of skilled workers, the move to competency based approaches to assessment and training, and the need for greater quality. The development of national competency standards is critical to this process. Due to the increasing demand from countries for assistance in this field, ILO/SKILLS-AP has updated its Regional Model Competency Standards. These standards reflect the global trend towards sector/industry based competency standards. The Guidelines for Developing RMCS along with RMCS for Tourism and Manufacturing have recently been completed. Further work on RMCS for Hospitality, Construction and Textiles sectors is currently being undertaken. |
- 16 - 18 April, 2008, Incheon, Republic of Korea
ILO/SKILLS-AP/Korea Second Technical Meeting of the Regional Skills Network Partner Organizations in Asia and the Pacific
The objective of this technical meeting was to explore how the Regional Skills Network could be made a more effective mechanism for sharing knowledge and expertise between countries in Asia and the Pacific. Skills challenges facing countries in the region were reviewed and response strategies of national training systems were discussed. Technical cooperation programmes of participating countries were discussed with an aim to improve practices and promote further collaboration. All member States in the region were invited.
- 26 - 28 January, 2008, Nadi, Fiji
ILO/SKILLS-AP/Japan Regional Technical Meeting, Skills Development in the Pacific: the special skills needs of small island economies
The overall objective was to discuss the key issues and major challenges for skills development in the Pacific Island countries in developing national skills strategies and to explore how some of the recent successful examples of good practice could be used to assist countries as they go through the process of developing their national and possibly regional skills strategies. This process would assist countries to reorient national skills policies and systems to focus on the needs of working people, to promote learning and ensure that skills are constantly renewed and adapted for a wide variety of potential jobs. Specific discussions on youth employment, skills in the informal economy, and the development of competency standards and qualification frameworks were organized to facilitate this process.
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