Skills Innovation Challenge Calls
We are looking to mobilize a global cohort of skills innovators to rethink skills development and lifelong learning and to help build the future of work we want!
We aim to create change in three ways:
- Incentivising people from all regions to identify major current and future skills challenges they confront;
- Sourcing innovative ideas and solutions to those challenges; and
- Encouraging innovation partnerships involving representatives of employers’ and workers’ organizations and other key stakeholders.
Skills Innovation Challenge Calls so far
Since the start of the Skills Innovation Facility, the following Skills Innovation Challenge Calls have been implemented:- Global: Finding solutions to skills mismatches (2020-2021);
- Cambodia: Finding solutions to digital TVET skills challenges (2020-2021);
- Regional: e-formality and skills development in Latin America and the Caribbean (2021-2022);
- Regional: Preventing forced labour in Africa through skills and lifelong learning (2021-2022);
- Malaysia: Mainstreaming gender equality and social inclusion in TVET/skills training institutions (2022-2023);
- ILO-IsDB Common Member States: Youth Green Skills Accelerator Challenge Call: Promoting youth participation and skills for a just transition (2022-2023);
- South Africa: Boosting youth employability through digital skills (2022);
- ILO-IsDB Common Member States: Youth Green Skills Accelerator Challenge Call: Empowering Youth for a Greener Future (2023-ongoing); and
- India: Upgrading informal apprenticeships through digital transformation (2023-ongoing).
Interested to join the adventure?
Keep an eye on our Skills Innovation Challenge Calls: they may bring you the perfect opportunity to bring your idea into reality. To learn more about getting involved, please contact [email protected]Highlights
Press release
The Islamic Development Bank and the ILO invite youth-led organizations, networks and coalitions to propose innovative ideas to support a...
South Africa Skills Challenge Innovation Call: Boosting Youth Employability through Digital Skills
The 1st Malaysia Skills Challenge Innovation Call: Mainstreaming gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) in TVET/skills training...
ILO announces the winners of the 3rd ILO Skills Innovation Call on Preventing forced labour in Africa
ILO announces winners of the 2nd ILO Skills Challenge Innovation Call on e-formality and skills development
Meet the finalists of the 3rd ILO Skills Challenge Innovation Call on Preventing forced labour in Africa
e-formality and skills development
Pitch Day: The power of innovation
Finalists of the 3rd ILO Skills Challenge Innovation Call on Preventing Forced labour to be announced on 27 October
Meet the finalists of the 2nd ILO Skills Challenge Innovation Call
2nd ILO Skills Challenge Innovation Call: Finalists to be revealed on 13 October
3rd ILO Skills Challenge Innovation Call
Preventing forced labour in Africa through skills and lifelong learning
2nd ILO Skills Challenge Innovation Call
e-formality and skills development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Congratulations to the winners!
Cambodia Skills Challenge Innovation Call: See all the winners
Cambodia Skills Challenge Innovation Call
Winners of the inaugural Cambodia Skills Challenge Innovation Call announced
Winner Announcement Ceremony
Meet the winners of the 1st Cambodia Skills Challenge Innovation Call
Call
1st Cambodia Skill Challenge Innovation Call: Finding Solutions to Digital TVET Skills Challenges
Meet the winner
Meet the winner of the 1st Skills Challenge Innovation Call
Interview
Domestic Workers Association of Zimbabwe wins the ILO Skills Innovators Challenge
Press release
1st ILO Skills Challenge Innovation Call winner announced
Results announcement
Meet the finalists of the ILO Skills Challenge Innovation Call
Call
ILO Skills Challenge Innovation Call draws 473 applications from nearly 100 countries
Call
First ILO Skills Challenge Call: Finding solutions to skills mismatch
Event
Launch of the 1st Skills Challenge Innovation Call
Videos
Video
1st Skills Challenge Innovation Call
2nd Skills Challenge Innovation Call