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Analysis of Demand for and Supply of Skilled Labour Force in the Kyrgyz Republic

The ILO G20TS project assisted Kyrgyz partners to conduct an analysis of demand and supply of skilled labour force in the Chuy region of Kyrgyzstan. Now the national stakeholders are able to take informed decisions to adjust the Technical and...

Youth employment

Meet our iTrack-Skills: Artificial Intelligence for tracing TVET students

How many TVET graduates found a stable job? Are they working in a job they are qualified for? How many graduates are unemployed or inactive? How relevant and effective was the training?

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Hope and better prospects for a former bonded labourer in Nepal

Hundreds of former bonded labourers in western Nepal are benefiting from vocational training under an innovative International Labour Organization scheme. Birendra Chaudhary, now a fully trained and well-paid plumber, is one of them.

Applying the G20 Training Strategy in Viet Nam (Phase 2)

Update of the ILO's Career Guidance Toolbox in Viet Nam

Applying the G20 Training Strategy in Armenia (Phase 2)

Armenia: Towards Modern Approaches in Skills Strategic Planning

Under the International Labor Organization Project “Applying the G20 Training strategy: A partnership of the ILO and the Russian Federation” (Phase 2). Armenia organized a knowledge-sharing workshop to report on the Project's implementation of a...

Applying the G20 Training Strategy in Viet Nam (Phase 2)

Viet Nam launches Sector Skills Council (SSC) in Agriculture

The Agriculture Sector Skills Council was established with the Decision of Minister of Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA). The Launch out ceremony was organised within the Viet Nam Skilling Up Forum.

Skills for Prosperity

Improving Indonesia’s maritime sector through strengthening vocational education

The Indonesian government has made it a priority to strengthen the country’s maritime sector. A new programme - “Skills for Prosperity” - sees the ILO team up with the Government of the United Kingdom to give focused support to this initiative.

ILO and SKOLKOVO releasing first-ever computer-based simulator in Arabic to train TVET managers

The International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) “Applying the G20 Training Strategy: A Partnership between the ILO and the Russian Federation” Project (Phase 2) in partnership with Moscow School of Management (Skolkovo) hosted a five-day training on...

Education, training and lifelong learning should form an integral part of comprehensive policies taking a whole of government approach, ILO...

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A greener life is a rosier one, thanks to mushrooms

The UN Climate Action Summit (23 September) will consider the social and economic consequences of moving to a more sustainable economy. Without proper planning millions of livelihoods – particularly of poor and vulnerable workers – are threatened....

Development cooperation

ILO and Fast Retailing group join forces to promote employment and social protection in Indonesia

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Japanese apparel retail holding company Fast Retailing have signed a US$1.8 million partnership agreement supporting an ILO led programme to promote employment and social protection in Indonesia.

The International Labour Organization Expressed Recognition to State Duma Deputies

In an official letter to the State Duma leadership, Olga Koulaeva, Director of the ILO Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, expressed recognition to Yaroslav Nilov, Chairman of the Committee on Labour, Social Policy and Veterans’ Affairs, and...

Youth Employment and Future of Work High on the Agenda of WorldSkills 2019

On 26 August 2019 Kazan hosted a round table “Youth employment and the future of work” co-organized by ILO Moscow and the Ministry of labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation on the margins of 45th WorldSkills competition.

Heinz Koller: ILO Centenary Declaration is a roadmap to develop skill sets for today’s rapidly changing world of work

The “Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work” adopted by the International Labour Conference in June, calls for a “human-centered approach” to the future of work. That is more than relevant for today’s discussion entitled “A world at risk:...

Applying the G20 Training Strategy in Kyrgyzstan (Phase 2)

Employers from gas industry, milk processing and tourism/ hospitality discuss occupational standards

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Apprenticeships: Good for workers. Good for industry

An industry-based apprenticeship programme in Indonesia is creating employment opportunities for young workers and a new generation of workers for industry.

44th Technical Committee Meeting of ILO-CINTERFOR

Vocational training for the future of work: the challenge for Latin America and the Caribbean

The main Meeting on vocational training in the region will be held this week in Uruguay with more than 200 delegates from 20 countries. The Technical Committee of ILO/Cinterfor will address the challenges posed by the present and future of work.

SKOLKOVO

SKOLKOVO Business School will help rebuild the system of secondary vocational education in Krasnoyarsk

The International educational program for leading regional VET management teams REGION-PROFI was completed in Krasnoyarsk. Krasnoyarsk region became the third region for the implementation of the International Program to Strengthen VET Systems and...

Applying the G20 Training Strategy in Viet Nam (Phase 2)

Viet Nam to launch Sector Skill Council (SSC) in Agriculture

The purpose of the workshop was to kick-off the establishment of a National Sector Skills Council in the agriculture sector.

Applying the G20 Training Strategy in Viet Nam (Phase 2)

Viet Nam hosts the 4th National Project Steering Committee meeting

Vietnam’s Directorate of Vocational Education and Training (DVET) organized the 4th National Project Steering Committee (NPCS) meeting of the ILO Project “Applying the G20 Training Strategy: A partnership of the ILO and the Russian Federation”...