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

Briefing paper

PROSPECTS in Action: Vision, Milestones, and Impact

This briefing paper details the collective action of the PROSPECTS coalition (ILO, UNHCR, UNICEF, IFC and World Bank) supported by the Netherlands to improve the lives of forcibly displaced persons and host communities. It promotes self-reliance by...

Factsheet

PROSPECTS Partnership Kenya: Building inclusive pathways for refugees and host communities

This factsheet details the PROSPECTS Partnership's support for Kenya's progressive shift toward refugee inclusion and self-reliance. It focuses on strengthening national systems across four pillars: Protection, Education, Economic Inclusion, and...

Meaningful youth engagement in Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Africa

Governance and leadership

Annex 8 of a practical guide for meaningful youth engagement in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Africa.

Meaningful youth engagement in Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Africa

Peer learning and self-assessment

Annex 6 of a practical guide for meaningful youth engagement in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Africa.

Meaningful youth engagement in Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Africa

Inclusion by design

Annex 3 of a practical guide for meaningful youth engagement in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Africa.

Meaningful youth engagement in Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Africa

Capturing aspirations and entry support

Annex 1 of a practical guide for meaningful youth engagement in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Africa.

Meaningful youth engagement in Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Africa

Teaching and learning

Annex 5 of a practical guide for meaningful youth engagement in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Africa.

Meaningful youth engagement in Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Africa

Feedback loops

Annex 7 of a practical guide for meaningful youth engagement in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Africa.

Meaningful youth engagement in Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Africa

Skills anticipation and curriculum development

Annex 4 of a practical guide for meaningful youth engagement in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Africa.

Meaningful youth engagement in Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Africa

Outreach and enrolment

Annex 2 of a practical guide for meaningful youth engagement in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Africa.

List of financial education training materials

The ILO Global Programme on Financial Education supports disadvantaged and underserved populations in making informed financial choices and changing their financial behaviour for a better future. This page gives an overview of all financial...

Research Brief

Measuring the greenness of jobs in emerging economies: A big data text analysis approach

This brief presents a new big data and NLP-based approach to measure how green jobs are in emerging economies using a refined ILO green dictionary. It provides practical evidence on green skills, job quality and wages to inform labour market and...

Road map to a green cocoa value chain in Timor-Leste: Business and skills development along with environmental sustainability, amid...

Conducted in mid-2025 through primary and secondary research, the study was undertaken as part of the ILO’s Preparing Timor-Leste’s Workers and Policymakers for a Just Transition and the Formal Economy Project and is intended to facilitate...

WSSD2 Brief

Bridging the digital divide

The brief highlights the issues associated with digitalisation of work and AI faced by social actors in countries around the world. It identifies key labour market issues associated with these technological developments and suggests how the benefits...

ITC ILO report brief

The compounding impact of artificial intelligence and robotics on the future of learning

This report reviews the technological landscape of advanced robotics and RobotGPTs, assesses potential uses in adult training, surveys international governance frameworks and ethical guidelines, and offers recommendations for ITCILO’s...

A theory of change

Decent work for domestic workers through skills development

This theory of change aims to highlight the conditions needed to ensure skills training and recognition improve the working conditions and increase the wages of domestic workers, including in the context of national care policies.

Report

Global Employment Policy Review 2025: Do employment-responsive policies work? How impact assessments, diagnostics and dialogue contribute...

This edition focuses on the role of impact assessments, diagnostics and social dialogue in addressing the question: “Do employment responsive policies work?” It also addresses policy-coordination dialogue among different entities within governments...

Factsheet

Promoting fair and ethical recruitment in the Viet Nam-Japan Migration Corridor (FERI)

Brochure

Skills Passport: Regional Mechanism for the Mutual Recognition of Labour Competency Certifications in Latin America and the Caribbean

This brochure explains what the Skills Passport is, its purpose, how it works, and how to be part of efforts to promote safe, orderly and regular labour mobility, as well as access to decent work, particularly for women and young people.

Skills and Lifelong Learning

Meaningful employers’ engagement: key to boost training funds’ quality in Sub-Saharan Africa