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Taking a whole of government approach to skills development

The joint ILO/UNESCO publication focuses primarily on the interaction between government ministries and agencies at national and subnational levels, examining how governments can work to coordinate technical and vocational education and development...

ILO-UNICEF policy brief

GirlForce: Skills, Education and Training for Girls Now

Global Skills Trends, Training Needs and Lifelong Learning Strategies for the Future of Work

Report prepared by the ILO and OECD for the G20 Employment Working Group.

Financing life-long learning for the future of work

Prepared for the G20 Framework Working Group.

Transforming our world: A cooperative 2030 - Cooperative contributions to SDG 4

This brief is part of the Transforming our world: A cooperative 2030 series produced by the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC). Through a series of 17 briefs, one for each Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), COPAC...

Guidelines for use and adaptation of the ILO’s training tool Start.COOP

Start.COOP has been developed as a low-cost, easy to use training tool for those interested in starting and launching a cooperative in a participatory manner. It draws on technical content from existing materials in different ILO cooperative...

Impact Insurance Academy

The Impact Insurance Academy is a unique opportunity to learn from a decade of experience and innovations in inclusive insurance facilitated by the ILO’s Impact Insurance Facility. By combining plenary sessions with specific electives by the choice...

Employment terms and conditions in tertiary education

Issues paper for discussion at the Global Dialogue Forum on Employment Terms and Conditions in Tertiary Education (Geneva, 18–20 September 2018)

Working Paper No. 23

The Labor Market Implications of Technological and Employment Changes - Executive summary

Working Paper No. 22

Technology, Innovation, and Occupational Skills in the Knowledge Society - Executive Summary

Working Paper No. 21

Technological and Employment Changes, and the Demands for Skills Development: Institutional Framework and Dynamic for the Development of...

"3-D" Client Value Assessment tool

Smallholder farmers are exposed to a range of agricultural risks. While traditional insurance products are often inaccessible to them, index insurance products might offer an affordable and feasible alternative. But poorly designed index insurance...

Creating jobs through public investment

A programme document of the Employment Intensive Investment Programme

Leaving no one behind

Baseline Assessment of Skills and Employment of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Bangladesh

The publication highlights the need for Indigenous and Tribal men and women in Bangladesh to have enhanced access to skills training opportunities in order to help them find decent work.

Issue Briefs

No.8 Skills policies and systems for a future workforce

This Issue Brief provides an overview of skills requirements for the future of work and considers how skills development systems might be transformed to meet these needs. It also raises questions about the financing of lifelong learning, as well as...

Think.COOP - an orientation on the cooperative business model

Think.COOP is a low-cost, easy to use tool for those interested in establishing or joining a cooperative. It draws on technical content from existing materials from different ILO cooperative training tools on the basics of cooperatives. It also uses...

Documento de Trabajo N° 18- Resumen Ejecutivo

Pathways to Formalization and Decent Work for Young People in Argentina - Executive Summary

Working Paper No. 18

Pathways to Formalization and Decent Work for Young People in Argentina

Upskilling SMEs

Global evidence on youth employment

Interventions to Improve the Labour Market Outcomes of Youth: A Systematic Review of Training, Entrepreneurship Promotion, Employment...

This systematic review investigates the impact of training and skills development, entrepreneurship promotion, employment services, and subsidised employment interventions on the labour market outcomes of young women and men. The systematic review...