Human resource for economic recovery and development The role of ASEAN Skills Competition in enhancement of ASEAN members’ competitiveness

ASEAN SKILLS COMPETITION (ASC) was initiated in 1993 at the ILO/APSDEP meeting in Japan, where it was agreed that there be a biennial skill competition among ASEAN member countries. Such competition is to promote and upgrade skills standards in the region and consequently to the international level, which is organized on a cost-sharing basis.

To date there are 10 participating countries and 21 skill areas.

The objectives of the ASEAN Skills Competition are

1. To promote the development of quality vocational and technical and work values among the youth and skilled workers 2. To foster technical cooperation in vocational/technical education and training between member countries 3. To encourage close cooperation among government, industries, employers and workers organizations and vocational training institutions 4. ASC will pave the way for work excellence and development of high skilled workers

There has been 7 ASEAN Skills Competition: 1 st ASC hosted by Malaysia from 12-23 August 1995 - 6 skills areas 2 nd ASC hosted by Philippines from 10-17 December 1996 – 10 skills areas 3 rd ASC hosted by Thailand from 16-18 March 2001 – 12 skills areas 4 th ASC hosted by Indonesia from 1-10 October 2002 – 12 skills areas

5 th ASC hosted by Vietnam from 21-30 September 2004 – 14 skills areas

6 th ASC hosted by Brunei Darussalam from 3-12 September 2006 – 12 skills areas

7 th ASC hosted by Malaysia from 10-19 November 2008 – 19 skills areas

8 th ASC will be hosted by Thailand 14-24 November 2010

8 th ASC will be hosted by Thailand at the Challenger Impact Centre, Bangkok 14-24 November 2010 21 skills areas

ASC AND WORLDSKILLS What is WorldSkills international ?

*Promoting Skills across the World *Organizing 40 WorldSkills competitions

     50 member countries Organized every 2 years 6 Skills Categories 44 skills areas 7 ASEAN member countries

     ASC uses WS as a benchmark Technical description of skills areas Test projects Rules and Procedures Computer Information System or CIS for Assessment

 WS August 2009 in Calgary Canada promoting Branding strategy to WS members to adopt WS logo for more concrete and stronger cooperation between ASC and WS

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Achievement of ASEAN member countries in WorldSkills Competition 2005 2007 2009 28 medalists 42 medalists 54 medalists

Member Results Comparison Comparison By Total Medal Points WorldSkills Competition 2007 Position Member 13 15 22 29 32 Singapore Thailand Indonesia Malaysia Vietnam Total Medal Points 20 19 6 2 1 Number of Competit ors 12 16 15 14 8 GOLD 3 0 0 0 0 SILVER 0 4 1 0 0 BRONZE Medallion For Excellence 1 0 0 0 0 6 7 3 2 1

Member Results Comparison Comparison By Total Medal Points WorldSkills Competition 2009 Position Member 15 17 23 28 33 Singapore Thailand Indonesia Vietnam Malaysia Total Medal Points 22 17 7 4 2 Number of Competit ors 16 15 22 9 9 GOLD 3 2 0 0 0 SILVER BRONZE Medallion For Excellence 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 8 5 7 4 2

Logo and Branding

STATUS OF ASC UNDER THE ASEAN UMBRELLA

• No formal relation between ASC and ASEAN • Initiative to push forward the ASC as one of the activities of ASEAN • For continuity and sustainability of ASC ASEAN Labour Ministerial Meeting Senior Labour Officials Meeting Working Group ASEAN Skills Competition

• • • • • ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Establish ASEAN as a single market and production base making ASEAN more dynamic and competitive through various mechanisms and measures. Facilitating free flow of skilled labour by 2015 Towards harmonization and standardization ASEAN is striving for developing competencies and qualifications for skills in service sectors to facilitate its skill labour free flow.

      ASEAN Economics Community 2015 One vision, One Identity, One Community Skills Competition: reflects the training and Human Resources Development ASC is a Human Resources mechanism Displays strong spirit of member countries Public Private Partnership Our Skills Our Future Future of ASEAN

Our Skills Our Future Future of ASEAN