Skills development in the Pacific: The special skills development needs of small island economies: Report of ILO/SKILLS-AP/Japan Regional Technical Meeting Skills Development in the Pacific: The special skills development needs of small island economies at Tanao International Hotel, Nadi, Fiji, 26 - 28 March 2008

The meeting was held from 26 to 28 March 2008 in Nadi, Fiji. It was to address the needs with the overall objective to discuss the key issues and major challenges for skills development in the Pacific Island Countries (PICs). The meeting was also designed to assist countries to reorient national skills policies and systems to focus on the needs of working people, to promote learning and ensure that skills are constantly renewed and adapted for a wide variety of potential jobs. The main focus was on the key issues identified in the recent major study on TVET in the Pacific conducted by the ADB, namely skills recognition, skills for youth and skills for informal economy workers. In addition to these themes, the ILO’s policy framework, recommendation 195 was introduced together with examples of good practice and international experience which related to the major themes and which were relevant to the participating countries.