All news: apprentices

ILO conducts soft skills training for apprenticeship graduates in Tanzania 18-22 March, Arusha

Improved interpersonal and leadership skills key to apprentices’ employability

Formal apprenticeship programme for skills development in Tanzania

The ILO provided technical support to national partners to develop and implement a two year apprenticeship training programme aimed at upgrading skills and improving service delivery in the hotel sector.

ILO and IYF join forces to tackle child labour and help young workers at risk of exploitation in Jordan

The initiative aims to upgrade informal apprenticeships to create decent work opportunities for vulnerable youth, including working children in Jordan.

Sharing experience of apprenticeships

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is holding a regional workshop to discuss quality apprenticeships and work experience to help young people in their transition from school to decent employment.

Employment Support Service to be piloted in Bangladesh Institute of Glass and Ceramics

One of the most critical issues facing Bangladesh’s economy is the missing link between skill development and employment. Industries need skilled workers to grow and skilled graduates need employment but there are currently no services linking them....

Apprenticeship systems

Technical seminar plans ahead for improvement of apprenticeship systems in some Arab States

The ILO and representatives from across the Arab region agree on new plans to bolster apprenticeship systems and address youth unemployment.

Presidential National Council for Professional Qualifications holds its regular meeting

On January 29, the Presidential National Council for Professional Qualifications held its regular meeting in Moscow. In addition to the National Council’s members, taking part in the meeting were representatives of the presidential administration,...

New strategy seeks to reinvigorate Bangladeshi apprenticeship system

The need to popularise apprenticeships and the benefits that this will have for both the workforce and the Bangladesh economy were discussed at a high level consultation held today

Kazakhstan to provide free technical vocational education

Kazakhstan will provide free first technical vocational education. At a Cabinet meeting on September 23 Minister of Education and Science Aslan Sarinzhipov introduced a bill amending and supplementing several legal acts on education.

Skills and employability

Quality apprenticeships “gold standard” to get youth into decent jobs

ILO Director-General Guy Ryder highlights role of efficient apprenticeship systems in overcoming high youth unemployment.

ILO and UNESCO reconfirm commitment to joint work in new agreement

ILO Director-General Guy Ryder and Irina Bokova, Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have signed a new agreement consolidating existing joint work by the two agencies in a wide range of...

ILO officials visit Kalmykia and Astrakhan as part of ILO-LUKOIL Youth Employment Project

On 22-26 April 2014 officials of the ILO Moscow Office, Olga Koulaeva and Mikhail Pouchkin, visited the Republic of Kalmykia and the city of Astrakhan.

Zimbabwe

Moving from marginalization through apprenticeships

An ILO project in Zimbabwe is helping improve the quality of apprenticeships in the informal economy. The programme helps young people, particularly those living with disability, find decent work and escape the vicious circle of marginalization and...

Apprenticeship

Tackling Jordan’s youth unemployment hands-on

The ILO and its partners use apprenticeship programmes to fight youth unemployment in Jordan.

98 to 8000 formal apprentices in three years: Bangladesh's success in learning and earning

A total of 8000 apprentices across Bangladesh recently completed skills apprenticeships under the TVET Reform Project, supported by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and funded by the European Union (EU). Just three years ago, the number...

Skills

Apprenticeships: A proven approach for tackling youth unemployment

Countries like Austria and Denmark have been very successful in using apprenticeships to tackle the youth jobs crisis. The ILO is helping to share their experiences with other countries.

ILO meeting to discuss apprenticeship systems in Europe

Experience shows apprenticeships can have a positive impact on youth employment. Government, employer and worker representatives from EU countries are meeting to discuss best practices and measures to further improve their efficiency.

Skills

ILO meeting to discuss apprenticeship systems in Europe

Experience shows apprenticeships can have a positive impact on youth employment. Government, employer and worker representatives from EU countries are meeting to discuss best practices and measures to further improve their efficiency.

International Organisation of Employers and Business and Industry Advisory Committee set up Global Apprenticeships Network

To ensure skills for business and create employment for youth the International Organisation of Employers (IOE), together with the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC) co-host the Global Apprenticeships Network (GAN), in...

Apprenticeship Systems – what do we know?

Adapted from “Overcoming the work-inexperience gap through quality apprenticeships – the ILO’s contribution” by Michael Axmann and Christine Hofmann, ILO Skills and Employability Department