Transcript Decent Employment and the MDGs

G20 Training Strategy
Bridging Education, Training, and Decent
Work
CONFERENCE ON NEW SKILLS FOR NEW JOBS
IN THE WESTERN BALKANS
Sarajevo, 12-13 July 2012
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION
Skills and Employability Department (EMP/SKILLS)
Bridging the world of education and training to
the world of work,
• To improve the employability of workers,
• To increase the productivity and competitiveness of enterprises,
• To expand the inclusiveness of economic growth
G20 Training Strategy
for strong, sustainable and balanced growth
Pittsburgh Summit, September 2009
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Called for putting quality jobs at the heart of recovery
Adopted framework for strong, sustainable and balanced growth
Asked the ILO, in partnership with other organizations and with employers and
workers, to develop a training strategy
“.. to strengthen the ability of our workers to adapt to changing market demands
and to benefit from innovation and investments in new technologies, clean
energy, environment, health and infrastructure”
Washington Ministerial Meeting, April 2010
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Accepted the draft assessment, conceptual framework, and building blocks
Toronto Summit, June 2010
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Received and welcomed the G20 Training Strategy document
Seoul Summit, November 2010
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Human resource development pillar to build on the G20 Training Strategy to
strengthen national vocational education and training institutions and programs
G20 training strategy
Drivers of change - the “Why”
On supply side:
1. Demographic challenge
2. Educational attainment
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Commitment to inclusive growth
On demand side
4. Globalization of markets
5. Technological innovation
6. Climate change
G20 training strategy
- the Core Messages
1. Broad based good quality general education
2. Seamless pathways from education to TVET to the world
of work
3. Employability through core skills, continuous learning
and portability of skills – Enabling workers and
enterprises to adjust to change
4. Sustaining a dynamic development process: Use skills
as a driver of change
5. Policy convergence and coordination mechanisms
HOWEVER... The potential benefits of
training are not realised without jobrich growth
G20 Training Strategy
Building blocks - the “How”
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Anticipating skill needs
Participation of social partners
Sectoral approaches
Labour market information and employment services
Training quality and relevance
Gender equality
Broad access to training
Finance
Assessing policy performance
Countries that sustain a “virtuous circle”
link education, skills, decent work by…
Coordinating!
To close the gaps between…
… basic education, vocational training, and the world of work
… training providers and employers at sector and local levels
… skills development and industrial, trade, technology and environmental policies
… development partners
Avoid skill gaps today and drive economic and social development tomorrow.
Action 1: Conceptual framework
Indicators of skills for employability
Inter-Agency Group on TVET:
Working Group on Indicators – to improve countries’
evidence-based policy design and policy monitoring
ILO contributions:
Concepts and indicators on school to work indicators
Labour Force Survey modules
School-to-Work Transition Surveys
Action 2: Pilot Countries
Action Plans on Skills for Employment
Country selection criteria
Seoul Agreement: “self selected countries” low-income countries
Development Working Group accepted additional criteria:
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Country had asked at least 1 intl org for support on skills
(evidence of eventual sustainability)
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Those intl orgs had mobilised some funds with which to
respond
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Geographical distribution
Current pilot countries: Malawi, Benin
Additional proposed: Bangladesh, Haiti
Pilot Country Action Plans
Skills for employability
Hoped for benefits to Pilot Country
 Support implementation of national development strategy and
employment objectives
 Benefit from, and to contribute to, knowledge-sharing on skills for
employment
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Identify gaps or priorities for further support
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Improve skills for employment indicators
Expectations from the Pilot Country
 Coordinate teamwork by the international organizations in support
of the Action Plan (ILO, UNESCO, development banks)
 Willingness to share experiences, especially with other countries in
the Region
 Strengthen the mechanisms or institutions for coordination among
projects and across Ministries
Action 3: Public-Private KnowledgeSharing Platform on Skills for Employment
• Meet constituents’ requests for analysis of WHY approaches and
policies work – with what financial and human resources, over what
period of time, with what complementary policies and institutions
 Design user-friendly format – meeting different audiences’ needs for
different length of documents
 Use the Conceptual Framework and the Building Blocks as the
organizational framework
 Build partnerships with the other international organizations – sharing
knowledge products and maintenance costs
Potential Outcomes and Impact
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G20 Training Strategy expands visibility & outreach of ILO
tripartite agreements on skills development strategy
Knowledge-Sharing opportunities:
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Turin workshop on implementing the G20 Training Strategy, May
2011;
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Turin Technical workshop on skills indicators, March 2012
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Joint ILO/UNESCO TVET reviews and tripartite workshops in Malawi,
Benin and Haiti in 2011
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Prospects to support inter-project coordination in pilot countries such
as in Haiti, as planned for 2012
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Prospects for some G20 Countries to invest in pilot country work, or
extend work to other countries, for example Russia funding G 20
Training Strategy implementation work in a number of Asian countries
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Monitoring use of knowledge-sharing platform
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