The Japan News (online), 28 November 2016 - The government plans to export to emerging countries in Asia and Africa knowledge about how to operate Japanese technical colleges that develop human resources through a five-year practical curriculum, urging them to open such educational institutions in their own countries.
UNESCO Bangkok (online), 25 November 2016 - The Centre of Excellence in Business Skills Development program (CEBSD), established as a ground-breaking partnership between PepsiCo, Yangon University of Economics, and UNESCO received an American Chamber of Commerce ACE award, recognizing best-in-class work in corporate social responsibility (CSR).
The Financial Express (online), 21 November 2016 - There is heightened demand for skill training for raising productivity of the labour force.
ADB News, Vientiane (Lao PDR), 21 November 2016 - The Asian Development Bank (ADB), Microsoft, and the Ministry of Education and Sports (MOES) of Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) have signed a letter of intent to collaborate and develop a technology platform to provide Lao youth with access to online technical and vocational training resources and employment services.
Bernama, Kuala Lumpur, 21 November 2016 - The availability of skilled workforce, especially those qualified in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is among the reasons foreign investors are attracted to this country.
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Nov 23, 2016 09:48 AM
Author: ILO
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ILO - 2016. This brief provides an overview of trends, recent policy developments and recommendations with regards to labour migration in Asia and the Pacific and the Arab States. It also covers the issue of migrants' skills recognition.
ILO, Manila, 14 November 2016 - The Zamboanga siege in 2013 had an impact on lives and livelihoods. With the support of the UN PBSO, the ILO focused on creating sustainable livelihood opportunities. Young people were provided skills training and are employed at the Garden Orchid Hotel Zamboanga, which also helped address skills mismatch in the city and the hotel industry.
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Nov 16, 2016 10:01 AM
Author: UNESCO Bangkok
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UNESCO - 2016. This publication focuses on the role of Community Learning Centres (CLC) to investigate how the concept of lifelong learning is being implemented at community level in a country, including recommendations and policy suggestions for developing national strategies for lifelong learning towards lifelong learning society.
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Nov 14, 2016 09:00 AM
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ILO - 2016. This document summarizes of the E-Discussion on “Providing the right skills at the right time: The role of sectoral skills development in contributing to productive and competitive economies”, hosted on the Global Skills for Employment Knowledge Sharing Platform (Global KSP) from 3 to 14 October 2016.
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Nov 14, 2016 09:11 AM
Author: Sudakov, Dmitry; Luksha, Pavel; Strietska-Ilina, Olga; Gregg, Con; Hofmann, Christine; Khachatryan, Liana
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2016
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ILO - 2016. This guide presents a step-by-step implementation of the Skills Technology Foresight (STF) process, developed during the workshop 'Using Technology Foresights for Identifying Future Skills Needs' (in July 2013), which was attended by leading skills anticipation and technology foresight experts from around the globe. The guide describes the methodology and the main tools for preparing, conducting and applying the results of STF. The STF method was piloted in two countries – Armenia (food processing and precision engineering/ICT) and Vietnam (metal processing industry).
ADB News, Vientiane, 8 November 2016 - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) signed agreements today for grant and loan assistance totaling $64.9 million to improve education quality and ensure that graduates have sufficient skills to meet labor market demands.
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Nov 09, 2016 09:18 AM
Author: ILO
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ILO - 2016. This brief provides an overview of trends, recent policy developments and recommendations with regards to youth employment in Asia and the Pacific and the Arab States. It includes discussion on employability of youth: education, training, skills and the school-to-work transition.
The Straits Times, Singapore, 7 November 2016 - Drive for common sense as a skill set may make varsity education a lot less important, says expert.
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.
This workshop is designed to provide opportunities for participating countries to improve their knowledge and strengthen their capacities on the operations and functioning of their public employment services as well as to expand their network to provide jobseekers with better opportunities for domestic and overseas employment.
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