Past Events
Second Regional Conference on Women with Disabilities
The theme of the conference is "Innovation with Vitality, Development for Inclusion." The conference is hosted by the Guangzhou Disabled Persons' Federation and co-organized by the Guangzhou Association of Disabled Women. The conference aims to share the experiences of countries or regions in safeguarding the rights and interests of women with disabilities.
Consultation Workshop on the Employment Legislation for People with Disabilities
This workshop serves to finalize the draft bill on employment and vocational training for people with disabilities and recommend regulations for the Government Decrees.
ILO SKILLS-AP/Thailand Workshop on Public Private Partnerships to Enhance and Support Skills Development in ASEAN countries
This workshop is aimed to share information and experience on successful public private partnerships in order to enhance and support skills development in ASEAN countries.
ILO Regional Skills and Employability Specialists Meeting
The purposes of the meeting are to share information about project activities and technical resources planned or in production. This will include the role of skills development and employment services in the Decent Work Country Programme and within the context of ILO’s priorities and planned activities during the next biennium. The role of Technical cooperation will be discussed and the global tools and products which should support TC in implementation and adaptation of these tools and products. Further, there will be the identification of gaps in existing resources, areas where assistance or support is needed as well as agreement on strategies for the future sharing of information. While it is recognized that all countries have different needs, the meeting will also investigate the potential for a more consistent ILO message with regard to skills development in technical cooperation projects.
Harnessing Regional Qualifications Framework to Integrate Quality Assurance in TVET
International conference organised by the Colombo Plan Staff College for Technician Education (CPSC), UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for TVET in Bonn and Capacity Building Internationale (InWent) – Germany The International Conference aims to examine the issues and challenges in developing Qualifications Framework in the national, regional, and global contexts; present tested models, conceptual frameworks and showcase different case studies/research papers with respect to developing qualifications framework, and exchange experiences and innovative practices in the development and implementation of National Qualifications Framework and Quality Assurance in TVET sector in Colombo Plan countries.
ASEM Conference on Harmonization of Competency Standards
Various TVET methods and standards will be discussed, including pro and con of the RMCS and MOSS
Regional Workshop on the Enhancement of ICT Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities
The Regional Workshop on the Enhacement of ICT Accessbility for Persons with Disabilities will take place in Incheon, Republic of Korea at the United Nations Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (APCICT) on 13-15 October 2009.
Mainstreaming Disability Equality in the World of Work (A970014)
This online training course that runs from 14 September to 4 December 2009 aims to contribute to the inclusion and empowerment of disabled people in societies and more specifically in the world of work, with a view to ensuring income security, decent working conditions and full participation. It has been designed as a joint effort by the ILO Disability Team, which promotes equality of opportunity and treatment for persons with disabilities in vocational rehabilitation, training and employment and works to increase knowledge on the training and employment of people with disabilities, and the Intermational Ttraining Centre of the ILO, which is putting its learning methodologies and applied technologies at the disposal of this ultimate goal.
International Asssociation for Educational Assessment Conference
Includes a sub section devoted to VET.
Disability Equality Training
The purpose of the training is to sensitize participants to disability issues in the context of the programmes, projects and activities they support. It will introduce the basic tools and concepts that are needed to make changes to these activities. The session will be conducted by Ms Maureen Gilbert, an international expert who has also provided similar training to ILO staff in other regions.
