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Skills and Lifelong Learning
Highlights
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11 - 12 September 2024
WorldSkills Conference
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The WorldSkills Conference 2024 gathers global leaders and educators to discuss elevating TVET, AI, green economies, and strategies for building a skilled workforce for a sustainable future.
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Masterclass Series “The SKILLS Bridge”
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Join a series of classes exploring effective practices & innovative approaches to develop skills & qualifications needed to succeed in today's and tomorrow's world of work.
Transformative changes such as globalization, new forms of organizing work, and advances in automation and artificial intelligence (AI) have important implications for the world of work. Against this backdrop, it becomes ever more important to build an agile workforce capable of navigating the fast-changing labour market through appropriate and timely skilling, reskilling and upskilling.
Governments need to adopt more relevant skills policies to develop the skills required by rapidly evolving labour markets. Education and training systems will also need to take advantage of new educational technologies and give greater attention to digital skills.
Enterprises and employers will need to make new investments to expand their involvement in educating, training and the reskilling of workers to support economic growth.
And, workers will need to proactively upgrade their skills or acquire new ones through training, education and lifelong learning to remain employable.
The ILO Strategy on Skills and Lifelong Learning
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Strategy, Video and Flyer
News and articles
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Meaningful youth engagement
Future leaders debate green economies and decent jobs for refugees at ILO and Safelight conference
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ILO ProAgro and Government of Ethiopa
Ethiopia launches first Sector Skills Body for Agro-processing through ILO support
Impact stories
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Skills stories
Equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship in Bangladesh
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Skills stories
Jubel's story of persistence and success
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Skills stories
Supporting employment and vocational training for Syrian refugees and host communities
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Skills stories
Strengthening digital TVET in Ukraine
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Skills stories
Supporting young people through quality apprenticeship programmes in Tanzania
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Testimonial Video
PROSPECTS - Trainee William Looro
Areas of work
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Skills policies, systems and digitalization
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Skills delivery
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Skills for the future of work
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Skills for social inclusion
Projects
Promoting Gender Responsive Enterprise Development and TVET Systems (ProGRESS)
Supporting migrant returnees and communities in vulnerable situations to uplift their livelihoods, enhance their skills and promote safe...
Skills Development and Responsible Business Conduct for Transition
Publications
Thematic brief
Decent work in an increasingly digitalized financial services sector
Anticipation of skills need in the Republic of Moldova
Report
The Skills development and employment situation in Indonesia's electronic sector: Navigating technological changes and labour transitions
Contact us
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Apprenticeships