All publications: apprentices
Facilitator's Manual
Competency-Based Training for apprentice trainers in companies
Skills and Lifelong Learning
A think piece on apprenticeship development in Africa
Promoting better linkages between informal apprenticeship and formal systems.
Meaningful youth engagement
A practical guide for meaningful youth engagement in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Africa
This manual provides practical, step-by-step guidance to institutionalise meaningful youth engagement in TVET systems. It is designed to help stakeholders strengthen youth participation across all levels of Technical and Vocational Education and...
GreenPulse for TVET
Guide on Core Skills for the Green Transition for Students(in Chinese)
GreenPulse for TVET
Comparative analysis on policy development and good practices on green skills development: EU, Germany, the United States and Singapore as...
GreenPulse for TVET
Guide on Core Skills for the Green Transition for Teachers(in Chinese)
ILO Working paper 137
The untapped potential of disadvantaged young people for apprenticeships in skilled trades
This paper seeks to identify the influencing factors of quality apprenticeships and elaborates possible reasons why young people in low-reputation apprenticeships drop out more often than those in popular professions.
Quality Apprenticeships
Guide for Policymakers - Quality Apprenticeships Recommendation, 2023 (No. 208)
This ILO guide supports the implementation of Quality Apprenticeships in line with Recommendation 208.
Webinar series on Apprenticeships for a Brighter Future
Apprenticeships for a Brighter Future
Come and join a series of webinars that explore different aspects and challenges related to apprenticeships, as well as effective practices and innovative approaches to develop quality apprenticeship systems and programmes for a better future of...
Policy Brief
Recommendation No. 208 on Quality Apprenticeships: What Role for Trade Unions?
This Policy Brief is designed to inform and guide workers’ organisations on questions surrounding apprenticeships by briefly introducing them to ILO Recommendation 208 on Quality Apprenticeships (R208), adopted by the International Labour Conference...
Skills development
Skills Matter!
The continuum of interventions allowed for meaningful changes in people’s lives, in institutions’ capacity, in companies’ productivity and in the way the TVET system operates. The ILO interventions, with the support of the European Union and the...
ILC.112/Report VI
Decent work and the care economy
ILC.112/Report VII(2)(Rev.1)
Abrogation of four international labour Conventions
Seventh item on the agenda of the 112th Session of the International Labour Conference (3-14 June 2024)
Policy brief
Strengthening apprenticeships for transitions to formality
Quality apprenticeships play a pivotal role in facilitating the transition from the informal to the formal economy. Key strategies for enhancing apprenticeships in the informal economy towards quality apprenticeships involve capitalizing on existing...
ILC.112/Report III(A)
Application of International Labour Standards 2024
Third item on the agenda of the 112th Session of the International Labour Conference (3-14 June 2024)
ILC.112/Report IV(2)
Protection against biological hazards in the working environment
Fourth item on the agenda of the 112th Session of the International Labour Conference (3-14 June 2024): standard-setting, first discussion
ILC.113/Report V(1)
Realizing decent work in the platform economy
Fifth item on the agenda of the 113th Session of the International Labour Conference (2025): standard-setting, first discussion
ILC.111/CN/D.1(Rev.2)
Plan of work of the Standard-Setting Committee on Apprenticeships
ILO Brief
Statistical Brief - Apprentices in countries with large informal economies
This statistical brief compares country-level data on apprenticeships with an interest in countries with large informal economies. It investigates the possibilities and limitations of current labour force statistics to provide a snapshot on...
Report of the Director-General – Appendix
Report for the 111th session: The situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories