Publications

2017

  1. Better Use of Skills in the Workplace. Why It Matters for Productivity and Local Jobs

    13 November 2017

  2. Trade union involvement in skills development: An international review

    20 October 2017

  3. Labour market impact of National Qualification Frameworks in six countries

    20 October 2017

  4. Jobs and skills mismatch in the informal economy

    16 October 2017

  5. National Apprenticeship Guidelines

    30 September 2017

  6. Training employment services providers on how to facilitate the recognition of skills of migrant workers: Facilitator’s notes

    01 September 2017

  7. How to facilitate the recognition of skills of migrant workers: Guide for employment services providers

    01 September 2017

  8. Guide for business on the rights of persons with disabilities

    22 August 2017

    Developed jointly by the UN Global Compact and the ILO, the "Guide for business on the rights of persons with disabilities - How business can respect and support the rights of persons with disabilities and benefit from inclusion" suggests concrete actions and measures companies can take to implement good practices that are inclusive of persons with disabilities in the workplace, marketplace and in the community - in alignment with relevant UN conventions and frameworks.

  9. Investing in work based learning

    04 July 2017

    The brochure highlights relevant concepts, data and key resources regarding technical and vocational education and training from The Interagency Group on Technical and vocational education and training (IAG-TVET).

  10. Investing in skills for inclusive trade

    04 July 2017

    Featuring results from the ILO's Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification (STED) programme, this report shows that appropriate skills development policies are key to helping firms participate in trade, and also to helping workers find good jobs.

  11. Engaging employers in apprenticeship opportunities

    26 June 2017

    This joint OECD-ILO report examines best practices in employer engagement in apprenticeship programmes at the local level across nine countries.

  12. Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification - Tourist Guides Sector, Myanmar

    30 May 2017

    This report presents an application of the Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification (STED) methodology to tourist guides sector in Myanmar.

  13. STED Brochure (updated version)

    26 May 2017

    STED Brochure

  14. How useful is the concept of skills mismatch?

    24 April 2017

    This paper was prepared as a background note for the International Conference on Jobs and Skills Mismatch to be held in Geneva on May 11-12, 2017.

  15. Developing and running an establishment skills survey - Guide to anticipating and matching skills and jobs Vol. 5

    21 March 2017

    Part of the compendium of methodological guides on anticipation and matching of skills supply and demand developed by the European Training Foundation (ETF), the International Labour Office and the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop).

  16. Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification (STED) - the Malawi oilseeds and horticulture sectors

    28 February 2017

    This report presents the findings of analytical research undertaken in Malawi by applying the Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification (STED) methodology to two sectors of the Malawian economy, namely oilseeds and horticulture.

2016

  1. Skills for Trade & Economic Diversification (STED) in Viet nam: The case of the Tourism sector in selected provinces

    31 December 2016

    This report presents an application of the Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification (STED) methodology to the tourism sector of Viet Nam’s economy in selected provinces (mainly Quang Nam and Thua Thien-Hue provinces, plus some involvement in Khanh Hoa province). The application of STED in the tourism sector in Viet Nam exemplies action on these priorities, and its integration with on-going ILO technical assistance. This work has been undertaken under the Applying the G20 Training Strategy project, which is funded by the Russian Federation.

  2. STED RBM and ME Manual

    31 December 2016

    STED RBM and ME Manual

  3. STED results based management and M&E manual

    12 December 2016

  4. Strengthening Skills Recognition Systems: Recommendations for key stakeholders

    05 December 2016