Past Events
Regional Experts Meeting on the Future of STEM Education and Training in TVETs in Southeast Asia
To equip the workforce of the future –particularly women- with demand-driven STEM-related skills and ultimately prepare them to gain access to STEM-related occupations, the ILO Women in STEM Program aims to enhance the capacity of national TVET institutions to deliver STEM education and skills development training programs, particularly intervening to ensure co-work skills taught in TVETs are more STEM ready. With more employers across South East Asia demanding STEM-related skills, there is a need to review then strengthen the TVET approach to design and deliver STEM training programs as well as its ability to integrate relevant STEM competencies into training regulations and trainings for future occupations.
The 5th Regional Skills Technical Working Group Meeting Enhancing Human Resources Development in ASEAN: Progress of MRA and MRS
The 5th RSTWG Meeting aims to facilitate further coordination and cooperation among the AMS, together with the ASEAN Secretariat, in moving forward with the ongoing mutual skills recognition efforts within the region with a focus on the MRA and MRS implementation.
Benchmarking Exercise in Bricklaying/Masonry/Plastering Skill Area in Lao PDR
Piloting MRS in ASEAN, mutual recognition of skills, ASEAN
Benchmarking Exercise in Bricklaying/Masonry/Plastering and Sewing Machine Operator Skills Area in Myanmar
Piloting MRS in ASEAN, MRS, ASEAN
Benchmarking Exercise in Bricklaying/Masonry/Plastering and Building Electrical Wiring Skills Area in Cambodia
piloting mrs in ASEAN, mutual recognition of skills, ASEAN
Regional Training Workshop on Quality Apprenticeships for Asia and the Pacific
Quality Apprenticeships, Apprenticeships, Asia and the Pacific
Regional Conference on Women and the Future of Work in Asia and the Pacific
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Australian Government’s Department of Employment (DOE) are organizing a regional ‘Women and the Future of Work’ conference in Bangkok, Thailand in early 2018.
Webinar : #FinancingTVET - 'What is the Business Case for Companies that Invest in Vocational Education & Training/Dual Apprenticeships?
This webinar offers important points for those responsible for attracting employers, partners into the VET system. It will be an interesting and engaging session on various aspects concerning the engagement of companies.
Regional meeting on skills and the future of work: Strategies for inclusive growth in Asia and the Pacific
This forum brings together experts and tripartite partners to discuss key issues related to ‘skills and the future of work’.
Regional Workshop on Anticipating Skills Needs in Facilitating the Transition to a Greener Economy
This Regional Workshop by the ILO/Japan Skills Programme is designed to provide opportunities for participants to improve knowledge on the analysis of future skill needs; understand the central importance of identifying current and future skills needs and labour market imbalances in a broader policy framework; and develop proposals on how to meet future skills needs.
Inter-Regional Expert Forum on Skills and Migration in the South Asia - Middle East Corridor
The ILO and the Indian Ministry of Skills Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) to co-host an Inter-Regional Expert Forum on Skills and Migration.
ASEAN+3, the Belt and Road Conference on Employment Services
The meeting will be a forum for practitioners to gain further knowledge and exposure to the important mechanisms in providing good employment services delivery. Given the current labour market situation and the AEC, it is important for officials of PES centres to have the ability to effectively and efficiently advise, coach, provide information to and support the jobseekers who are planning, seeking and managing their employment direction and career planning.
3rd Asia-Pacific Meeting on Education 2030: Mainstreaming SDG 4.7
UNESCO will host this meeting with Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) and UNICEF, bringing together more than 200 participants, from education ministries, INGOs, NGOs and civil society organizations.
Career Guidance policy and practice: A strategic tool for planners and decision makers in employment, education and training
Aims to make course participants more aware of the relevance and impact of career guidance in developing and emerging economies.
Inter-regional Technical Forum on Skills for Trade, Employability and Inclusive Growth
The Forum will bring together a broad spectrum of participants to share knowledge and lessons learned from implementing strategies for promoting skills development for trade, employability and inclusive growth. The event will take place at the Sokha Angkor Resort in Siem Reap, Kingdom of Cambodia from 30 - 31 May 2017.
International Conference on Jobs and Skills Mismatch
This conference aims to deepen understanding of the labour market effects of various types of skill mismatch and how they can be best measured in different country contexts. It will include ILO research and also present the work of other partner international organizations.
Regional Workshop on Sectoral Approaches to Skills for Green Jobs
This Regional Workshop is designed to provide opportunities for productive exchange of information and knowledge on integrating skills for green jobs in the selected sectoral priorities. The Workshop will promote social dialogue for sharing of participating countries’ experiences in their selected sectoral priorities. It will also discuss on identification of training and other active labour market programme to avoid displacements, skills and occupational needs in the proposed sectors and integrating green technology components in skill standards development for the identified sector.
Training Programme on Curriculum Development for the Automotive Sector
This training programme is organized under the ILO/Korea project 'Towards a Mutual Recognition of Skills in CLM countries for AEC 2015 and beyond'. The training aims to strengthen the capacities of the CLM (Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar) countries on competency-based curriculum, in particular for the automotive sector.