All publications: vocational training + vocational guidance

Skill needs anticipation

Systems and approaches - Analysis of stakeholder survey on skill needs assessment and anticipation

This publication is a product of the joint survey, among key constituents and partners, conducted by the International Labour Organization (ILO), the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), the European Training...

European Union - ILO Cooperation: Factsheet, November 2017

2017 SIYB Update

The 2017 SIYB Update includes news on 2016-2017 SIYB activities in 33 countries around the globe, details on the newly updated SIYB website in English, French and Spanish with new marketing material, and the presentation of new SIYB material...

Community-Based Entrepreneurship Development (C-BED) for Aspiring Entrepreneurs. Training in Business Development - A Facilitator's Guide...

It provides CBED facilitators with guidelines and practical instructions on how to plan and implement a community-based training to build the business skills of aspiring or current entrepreneurs. This volume focuses on the basic of starting and...

How useful is the concept of skills mismatch?

This paper was prepared as a background note for the International Conference on Jobs and Skills Mismatch to be held in Geneva on May 11-12, 2017.

Developing and running an establishment skills survey - Guide to anticipating and matching skills and jobs Vol. 5

Part of the compendium of methodological guides on anticipation and matching of skills supply and demand developed by the European Training Foundation (ETF), the International Labour Office and the European Centre for the Development of Vocational...

Mid-term evaluation summary

Skills for employment and productivity in Bangladesh

Carrying out tracer studies: Guide to anticipating and matching skills and jobs, Volume 6

This guide is a part of the European Training Foundation (ETF), the ILO and the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) series of guides on skills anticipation and matching.

Using labour market information - Guide to anticipating and matching skills and jobs, Volume 1

This guide is a part of the European Training Foundation (ETF), ILO and the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) series of guides on skills anticipation and matching.

Developing skills foresights, scenarios and forecasts: Guide to anticipating and matching skills and jobs, Volume 2

This guide is a part of the European Training Foundation (ETF), the ILO and the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) series of guides on skills anticipation and matching.

Challenges and Opportunities of Teleworking for Workers and Employers in the ICTS and Financial Services Sectors

Issues Paper for the Global Dialogue Forum on the Challenges and Opportunities of Teleworking for Workers and Employers in the ICTS and Financial Services Sectors (Geneva, 24-26 October 2016)

SIYB Update - August 2016

The August 2016 SIYB Update includes 6 pages of highlights on news on 2015-2016 SIYB activities in 31 countries in all regions (14 in Africa, 7 in Latin America and 10 in Asia); details on the SIYB and Technical and Vocational Education and Training...

Working at sectoral level: Guide to anticipating and matching skills and jobs, Volume 3

This guide is a part of the European Training Foundation (ETF), the ILO and the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) series of guides on skills anticipation and matching.

Updated guidelines for development of Regional Model Competency Standards

These guidelines inform the process used to develop competency standards, from selecting industry or sector to writing and validating the competency standards. They describe good practice in developing RMCS. The guidelines include information on the...

Regional Model Competency Standards: Mechanical services

To help accelerate the improvement of training systems and the mutual recognition of skills, the ILO has developed, in consultation with employers, governments and workers, the Regional Model Competency Standards (RMCS). These have been developed...

Rebuilding flood affected farmers' communities: Inspirational human stories

Real life stories of peasant communities from Sindh, Pakistan who endured devastating floods of 2010 and rebuilt their lives with the help of ILO, FAO and UN WOMEN, through a One UN project funded by UN Trust Fund for Human Security.

Compilation of assessment studies on technical vocational education and training (TVET): Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mongolia, the...

This publication is a compilation of assessment studies on technical vocational education and training (TVET) development in Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mongolia, the Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam. It provides a critical analysis and...

Systems for employment outcomes: An assessment of Pakistan's technical education and vocational training sector

This ground-breaking study presents the findings of the first-ever inventory and assessment of Technical Education and Vocational Training institutions across Pakistan.

The role of employment service providers: Guide to anticipating and matching skills and jobs, Vol. 4

This guide is a part of the European Training Foundation (ETF), ILO and Cedefop series of guides on skills anticipation and matching.

Women’s economic empowerment in action: Evidence from a randomized control trial in Africa

EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 187