All news: vocational training + vocational guidance

From a high school interest to a successful business

An opportunity to start over with a factory of hopes

A digital strategy that brought new and happier clients

Digitalising a fashion business in Nigeria

Our impact, their voices

Stories behind our work: Industrious leaders in Ethiopia’s industrial parks

The recovery of a business in the culture sector in an Argentinian mountain valley

A local business promoting women’s employment in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Young Congolese refugee fights the Malaria endemic in Uganda

Opening address at the Knowledge-building and advocacy webinar on the application of extended reality (XR) technologies in TVET and skills...

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Knowledge-building and advocacy webinar on the application of extended reality (XR) technologies in TVET and skills development, 16 December 2022, Manila, Philippines

Opening address at the National knowledge sharing pilot completion workshop on analyzing skilled workforce demand and enhancing TVET...

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the National knowledge sharing pilot completion workshop on analyzing skilled workforce demand and enhancing TVET delivery (Visayas Regions VI, VII and VIII), 5 December 2022,...

ILO, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of KRI partner to develop vocational training for youth in Dohuk

Working directly with the Vocational Training Centre in Dohuk, the initiative will support young women and men in their transition to decent employment.

Skills development

Forecasting and developing skills to advance decent work and productivity in Viet Nam’s textiles and garment sector

Advancing decent work and productivity in the textile and garment sector was the prominent call at a stakeholders’ consultation workshop, co-organized by ILO Viet Nam and the Directorate for Vocational Education under Viet Nam’s Ministry of Labour,...

Opening address at the Regional workshop on pilot projects to develop practical capabilities for analyzing demand for skilled workforce and...

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Regional workshop on pilot projects to develop practical capabilities for analyzing demand for skilled workforce and enhancing TVET delivery in Region VII, 14 November...

Opening address at the Regional workshop on pilot projects to develop practical capabilities for analyzing demand for skilled workforce and...

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Regional workshop on pilot projects to develop practical capabilities for analyzing demand for skilled workforce and enhancing TVET delivery in Region VI, 11 November 2022,...

Jobs and career guidance

First Global Careers Month to highlight importance of investing in career guidance

The Inter-Agency Career Guidance Working Group (IAG CGWG) has launched the first Global Careers Month, which will run from 8 November to 13 December.

Vocational training initiative gives families of working children chance to improve skills and employability in Iraq

Parents and caregivers of working children from forcibly displaced and host communities attend vocational training programme to learn new skills that will enable them to generate income and pull their children out of child labour.

ILO Voices | Recognition of prior learning

Failing in school is not failing in life

After 25 years of on-the-job experience as a welder in Zanzibar, Tanzania, 53-year-old Hussein Juma Hassan had his skills formally recognized. The certification process has helped him realise the value of his skills and also increased his income....

A ‘fun, engaging and more effective way’ to teach - and learn

Filipino trainers and trainees hail the use of learner-centred approaches, saying it has helped improve the quality of their teaching and learning.

Technical and vocational education and training

Making educational institutions safe places for women

A new book written by students and lecturers at an Indonesian polytechnic calls for an end to sexual violence and harassment on campus.

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