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

Skills and Lifelong Learning

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

Executive summary

Methodologies for the costing of lifelong learning

This summary synthesises the findings and recommendations of the research study “Methodologies for the costing of lifelong learning”.

Guidelines on costing and financing: Recognition of prior learning

ILO Brief

Assessment of gender equality and social inclusion gaps in the skills and TVET system of Bangladesh

This brief highlights the main point from the report on the need for significant improvements in gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) within Bangladesh's Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system through a coordinated...

Study

Rapid Skills Gap Assessment of selected industrial sectors- Syria

In partnership with the Chamber of Industries in Syria, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has conducted a Rapid Skills Gap Assessment to provide a comprehensive overview of workforce development challenges and opportunities in Syria’s...

ILO Working Paper 144

Global case studies of social dialogue on AI and algorithmic management

This working paper explores how social dialogue is shaping the use of AI and algorithmic tools in workplaces across five continents. Through case studies, it highlights how worker representatives are influencing AI-related decisions in areas like...

Gender equality

Assessment of gender equality and social inclusion gaps in the skills and TVET sector of Bangladesh

This report highlights the need for significant improvements in gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) within Bangladesh's Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system through a coordinated approach. involving various...

Workshop

Training on Employment Assessment for Development Planning and GAIN Regional Hub Launch

Formalization

Research brief: Measuring digital platform employment in Viet Nam: Lessons learned from the pilot survey

This brief explores Viet Nam’s pioneering effort to capture digital platform employment through a labour force survey, offering valuable lessons for improving labour statistics to support informed policymaking.

Policy brief

Identifying skills needs in Qatar’s financial sector: a perspective for policymakers

This policy brief explores the skills landscape of Qatar’s financial sector through an in-depth survey of firms licensed under the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC). It identifies key workforce challenges—such as a disproportionately managerial...

Guidance note

Skills for Productivity, Environment and Economic Diversification (SPEED)

Skills for Productivity, Environment and Economic Diversification

SPEED methodology at a glance

This flyer provides a concise overview of the ILO’s SPEED methodology, an integrated, sector-focused approach to identifying and developing the skills needed to drive productivity, support economic diversification, and enable a just transition to...

Brief

Achievement of the Strengthening Industrial Relations in Indonesia (SIRI) Project

A summary of the SIRI Project's achievements and results in Indonesia.

Start.CareCoop

Start.CareCoop facilitator’s guide

Start.CareCoop facilitator’s guide provides in-depth information on how to organize and facilitate trainings. The guide explains how to plan a training session, offers guidance on facilitation techniques, and includes step-by-step descriptions of...

Think.CareCoop

Think.CareCoop training guide

A one-day orientation tool designed to help participants understand their care needs and how the cooperative model can address them, highlighting its values and principles, potential benefits and challenges within the care economy, and its relevance...

Start.CareCoop

Start.CareCoop training guide

A practical five-day training which guides participants through the process of starting a care cooperative by helping them define their business ideas, develop a sustainable business plan, manage finances and craft strategies for community...

Think.CareCoop

Think.CareCoop facilitator’s guide

Think.CareCoop facilitator’s guide provides in-depth information on how to organize and facilitate training sessions. The guide explains how to plan a training session, offers guidance on facilitation techniques, and includes step-by-step...

Formalization

Research brief: Returns to education in Viet Nam: Earnings, education and the transition to formality

This brief explores whether higher qualifications still lead to better earnings in Viet Nam, and how education and training shape workers’ transitions from informal to formal employment.

Training manual for trainers

Skills development and responsible business conduct

Fundamental principles and rights at work, skills for digital transformation, and skills for environmental sustainability.

Policy Brief

Mainstreaming disability inclusion in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in Africa

This policy brief focuses on how mainstream Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and skills development systems can improve the labour market situation of persons with disabilities in Africa.