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

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...

Key achievements and highlights of the Young Futuremakers Thailand - Promoting Youth Employability project.

This study analyses the design, operation and achievements of the health insurance schemes of the Cambodian National Social Security Fund (NSSF), and proposes options and ideas for improvement of the healthcare system

Key achievements and highlights of the Young Futuremakers Thailand - Promoting Youth Employability project.

With the support of the Standard Chartered Foundation, the ILO delivered the “Young Futuremakers Thailand - Promoting Youth Employability” project from February 2021 - April 2022. The project supported disadvantaged youth, through the provision of...

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...

Factsheet

ILO in Syria Early recovery through community resilience in earthquake-hit areas (February – December 2023)

In response to multiple earthquakes that devastated Northern governorates of Syria, the International Labour Organization (ILO) mobilized internal crisis response funds to embark on employment-intensive infrastructure and livelihoods recovery...

Vulnerable youth, digital skills and vocational training in Latin America

ILO Working paper 105

What Is Driving Wealth Inequality in the United States of America? – The Role of Productivity, Taxation and Skills

This paper assesses the drivers of wealth inequality. While inequality between skilled and unskilled workers is due to differences in educational attainment, within-group inequality is due to differences in productivity across firms. Workers in more...

Guide - Mainstreaming gender equality, disability and social inclusion (GEDSI) and the prevention and response to sexual violence in...

The ILO Skills for Prosperity Programme worked on establishing new regulations in Indonesian TVET institutions to address sexual harassment and violence in higher education for the very first time. The work was completed with four state...

Manual - Mainstreaming gender equality, disability and social inclusion (GEDSI) and the prevention and response to sexual violence in...

The ILO Skills for Prosperity Programme worked on establishing new regulations in Indonesian TVET institutions to address sexual harassment and violence in higher education for the very first time. The work was completed with four state...

Financial education for refugees, IDPs and host communities in Egypt – Trainee's booklet (in Arabic)

This booklet, available in Arabic, targets refugees, internally displace persons (IDPs) and host communities in Egypt who wish to improve their money management skills. It provides basic knowledge, skills and tools related to income, expenses,...

Publication

Skills Policies for Resilience

This brief focuses on the resilience of skill systems, which is key to promote resilient labour markets and societies. It reviews what policy responses can promote labour market integration and skills development, with a view to build resilient...

Skills for Social Justice – Advancing social justice through stronger skills systems

The strategic integration of skills in policies for greener jobs, structural transformations, social protection, digital transitions, and transitions to formality is necessary for creating an equitable and sustainable future for all.

Research Paper

Platform work in developing economies: Can digitalisation drive structural transformation?

This paper discusses the expansion or penetration of digital economic activity in the context of developing economies, and what this may mean for economic or structural transformations for countries in the global South.

Frames of Portraits from PROSPECTS

Circular economy in the food and beverage industry for a green recovery - PAGE Indonesia: In-depth assessment of green jobs and skill needs

The present report introduces an in-depth assessment of green jobs and skill needs for circular economy in the palm cooking oil industry. Its relevance is high as circular economy has been established as one of the priorities in Indonesia’s green...

Project update

Advancing young people’s engagement and meaningful participation

This brochure provides an update on the project results till November 2023.

Publication

Digital Employment Diagnostic Guidelines

These guidelines serve as a comprehensive framework to assess, analyze, and understand the multifaceted dimensions of digital employment.

Discussion Paper

Aligning Skills Development and National Social Protection Systems.

Coordination between social protection, employment and skills policies is a hallmark of systems that successfully empower individuals to deal with important work and life transitions.

Experiences on training and certification for care work in Latin America

Guide for the national debate on the incorporation or improvement of training and certification services for care in early childhood,...