All publications: skilled workers + unskilled workers + training + skills + lifelong learning + education and training

Report on the implementation of elimination of child labour actions by trade unions as a follow-up of Workshop on “Strengthening Capacities...

As part of the action programme "Mobilisation and Capacity Building of Teachers’ Association and Wider Trade Unions in Indonesia in Eliminating Child Labour", PGRI, with the support of technical assistance from ILO-IPEC, has conducted the workshop...

Protecting the working poor. Annual report 2010

This is the third Annual Report of the Microinsurance Innovation Facility, launched in 2008 by the International Labour Organization (ILO) with the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Tackling child labour through education (TACKLE) (Midterm Evaluation Summary)

Project INT/05/24/EEC - Evaluation team: Mr. Seán J. Burke, Dr. Bernardita Cárdenas, Mr. Gaspar Estevao, Ms. Joycelyn T. Williams, Ms. Ruth Jankee, Dr. John Mugo, Mr. Désiré Razafindrazaka, Mr. Bengaly Abraham, Ms. Tracy-Ann Shields, Mr. Kombah...

Apprenticeship Pilots – TVET Reform Project

This paper provides a brief description of the pilots which aim to test various approaches to apprenticeship both formal and informal ranging from highly structured to more loosely structured and which are targeted at different groups, for example,...

TVET Reform Project discussion paper Industry Skills Councils

This paper sets out a rationale and proposal for the establishment of a network of Industry Skills Councils (ISC) in Bangladesh.

Skills development, employment services and local economic recovery for the construction sector (Final Evaluation Evaluation Summary)

Project LEB/07/03/ITA - Evaluation consultant: Wolfgang Schwegler-Rohmeis and Khalil Asmar

Report: Training needs assessment for industrial relations court judges

ILO and the Education and Training Center for Technical Law and Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia (Technical Training Unit) are collaborating to strengthen the technical capacity of judges of the Industrial Relations Court...

A Skilled Workforce for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth

The training strategy for strong, sustainable and balanced growth addresses strategic issues as well as practical arrangements on Skills Development.

Safety in the supply chain in relation to packing of containers

This report suggests that consideration should be given to rewriting the CTU packing guidelines and producing good practice guidelines for the container supply chain that would be common to all modes of transport.

Technical and vocational education training (TVET) reform in Bangladesh (Mid Term External Evaluation Summary)

Project BGD/09/01/EEC, BGD/06/01/EEC - Evaluation consultants: David Smawfield and Sevilla Leowinata

Mainstreaming environmental issues in sustainable enterprises: An exploration of issues, experiences and options

Employment Working Paper No. 75

Manual: business continuity planning (in Bahasa Indonesia)

Given the importance of business continuity planning efforts, one of the activities conducted through the Business Continuity project in a pandemic situation is entered into the business continuity planning-related training by using risk management...

A study on informal apprenticeship in Malawi

Employment Sector - Employment Report No. 9

Economic and other benefits of the entrepreneurs’ cooperative as a specific form of enterprise cluster

This book presents entrepreneurs’ cooperatives - cooperatives formed by groups of entrepreneurs, independently owned businesses, tradesmen, professionals, or by municipalities and other public bodies. It shows that cooperatives have helped...

Promoting Economic Diversity in Ukraine: The role of the business enabling environment, skills policies and export promotion

This report examines to which extent the concentration of Ukraine’s production and export structure has contributed to turning Ukraine into one of the countries hardest hit by the global economic and financial crisis. It then discusses the role...

What role for labour market policies and institutions in development? Enhancing security in developing countries and emerging economies

Employment Working Paper No. 67

Regional Workshop on the Role of Trade Unions in Promoting Decent Work for Domestic Workers in Arab Countries: Background Information

There are today millions of domestic workers. They represent an important and growing segment of the labour force and their work is enabling others to improve their living standards. The great majority of them are women and many are migrant workers.

Discussion paper

Industrial Skills Councils for Bangladesh

This paper sets out a rationale and proposal for the establishment of a network of Industry Skills Councils (ISC) in Bangladesh.

Youth employment and education

Memorandum of Agreement between the International Training Centre of the ILO and the Bureau of Secondary Education, Department of Education...

In this agreement, the ILO Turin Centre grants the DepEd 10 years, non-exclusive right to reproduce the Know about Business, edition 2008 training programme based on the ILO Turin Centre publication in English language.

Skills gap analysis in Aceh: from reconstruction to sustainable growth through skills development

The foremost objective of the analyses in this paper is to identify skills that are currently short in supply but that are: 1) in increasing demand because of the development of specific economic sectors; 2) necessary to realize the regional...