30-31 May 2017
Inter-regional Technical Forum on Skills for Trade, Employability and Inclusive Growth
Sharing knowledge and lessons learned from implementing the ILO Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification (STED) programme and applying the G20 Training Strategy. The Forum will be hosted by the International Labour Organization in partnership with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).
Forum Presentations:
Introduction session: Scene setting
- Keynote address: "Do skills matter for trade and inclusive growth?", by Prof John Buchanan
- "Anticipating and matching skills for key drivers of change and policy mix", by Ms. Olga Strietska-Ilina, ILO Geneva
- "Skills and inclusive growth", by Ms. Laura Brewer, ILO Geneva
- "Matching skills for the future of work and regional integration in Asia and the Pacific", by Ms. Akiko Sakamoto, ILO Bangkok
- "Keynote presentation on ILO-WTO research on Skills and Trade", by Mr. Cornelius Gregg, ILO Geneva, and Mr. Marc Bacchetta, Economic Research and Statistics Division, WTO
- Case studies from STED (key partners, main skills issue, key skills needs, actions)
- "STED Myanmar (Tourist guides)", by Ms. Daw Khin Than Win, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Hotel and Tourism (MOHT)
- "STED Malawi (Oilseeds and Horticulture Sectors), by Mr. Beyani Munthali, Employers' Consultative Association of Malawi
- "STED Cambodia (Light Manufacturing and Food Processing Sectors)", by Mr. Tep Navy, Deputy Director General, DGTVET, MOLVT, Cambodia
- "Skills Technology Foresight", by Mr. Dmitry Sudakov, Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO
- "Enabling Skills in High Performance Work Organisations: A Case Study from Singapore", by Ms. Renée Tan, Institute for Adult Learning Singapore
- "National policies for inclusive skills development", by Ms. Makiko Matsumoto, ILO Bangkok
- "Skills and inclusive growth: experience from the Asian Development Bank", by Ms. Karina Veal, ADB
- "Green competencies for tour guides in Myanmar", by Mr. Bienvenido Claravall, International Expert
- "Sustainable Tourism Vietnam", by Mr. Vu Quoc Tri, Vietnam National Administration of Tourism
- "Skills and just transition to environmental sustainability: Lessons learned from projects", by Mr. Mahando Assane, National Fund for Energy (FUNAE) of Mozambique in Nampula, Mozambique
- "Skills Needs and Anticipation for Sustainable Development", by Mr. Eunsang Cho, UNESCO
- "STED lessons and implementation measures – synthesis", by Ms. Bolormaa Tumurchudur-Klok, ILO Geneva
- "STED implementation in Tunisia: Achievements and success factors", by Mr. Karim Toumi, ILO Tunisia
- "Lessons from the LIfE project Nepal", by Mr. Saurav Ram, ILO CO Kathmandu
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