All publications: vocational training + vocational guidance

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

EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 187

Regional Model Competency Standards: Core competencies

These Regional Model Competency Standards (RMCS) on core competencies were developed as a basis to integrate with specific skills needed in the workplace, so that training and assessment resources can be developed and individuals tested against the...

Analysis of the tourism market system in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

Exploring the tourism market system to strengthen SMEs competitiveness in the Chiapas region of Mexico

Analysis of the tourism market system in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico - in Spanish

Exploring the tourism market system to strengthen SMEs competitiveness in the Chiapas region of Mexico

Women's Entrepreneurship Development (WED) in South Africa - The Abafazi Incubator Project: Public-Private Partnership

Well designed partnerships are essential to developing women's entrepreneurship through their unique ability to mobilize funds, ensure the sustainability and use of ILO tools and approaches, and generate new opportunities to collaborate.

Know About Business (KAB) in Saudi Arabia: Public-Private Partnership

The ILO entrepreneurship education programme, Know About Business (KAB), draws on ILO’s successful experience in the field. The KAB training methodology develops entrepreneurial competencies among young people and the particular knowledge needed for...

Job evaluation and design of an occupational certification process in the construction industry - Uruguay: Public-Private Partnership

In coordination with employers’ and workers’ representatives, and funded by the Fondo Social de la Construcción, the ILO Inter-American Centre for Knowledge Development in Vocational Training (ILO-CINTERFOR) embarked on an initiative entitled “Job...

Know About Business in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt): Public-Private Partnership

The ILO adapted its Know About Business (KAB) programme, which is a set of training materials for entrepreneurship education, to bridge the pre-start gap that students in the oPt face before entry to the labour market with information to develop...

SIYB Update - August 2015

Overview on disability inclusion approaches in developing countries

ILO and disability inclusion

The ILO promotes equality of opportunity and treatment for persons with disabilities in the world of work. Access of persons with disabilities to decent work is important both as an essential right and in terms of the economic advantages it brings....

Regional Model Competency Standards: Welding services

Economic growth in the industrial sector means the need to meet skills gaps in welding services has become critical. Welding can be a highly dangerous occupation, due to exposure to fumes and gases, and working conditions that may require working...

Vocational teachers and trainers in a changing world: the imperative of high-quality teacher training systems

EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 177

Programme

Programme - ILO Knowledge sharing and strategic planning workshop for the implementation of mutual recognition of skills, 29 April 2015

Background note

Background note - ILO Knowledge sharing and strategic planning workshop for the implementation of mutual recognition of skills, 29 April 2015

Business and initial vocational education and training in the Netherlands: A schematic overview

The study underlines the importance of social partner involvement in the elaboration of sectoral skills strategies and ever evolving changes in skill needs. It also emphasizes the importance of sound recruitment practices, training strategies, and...

Strategies for sectoral training and employability in India: Case studies of the IT/ITES and automotive sectors

The study underlines the importance of social partner involvement in the elaboration of sectoral skills strategies and ever evolving changes in skill needs. It also emphasizes the importance of sound recruitment and training practices, training...

A tracer study to evaluate the satisfaction and employment prospects for graduates of accredited technical training courses in Timor-Leste

Tracer studies are commonly used by training institutions to get feedback on courses, hear from graduates how training is helping them to develop competencies, and to assess impact from training in terms of job opportunities and continued education...

Fostering Future Entrepreneurs

The ILO approach to entrepreneurship education - Sustainable Enterprises

Technical and vocational education training (TVET) reform in Bangladesh (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project BGD/06/01/EEC

Report on National Consultative Forum on a proposal for National Occupational Standards in India for technical and vocational...

Report on the National Consultative Forum held on 6 March 2014 in New Delhi.