UNESCO, Bangkok, 3 November 2016 - UNESCO Bangkok organized the Third Expert Meeting on Quality Assurance of TVET Qualifications on 31 October – 1 November 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Nov 06, 2016 12:54 PM
Author: ILO
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2016
Category: Policy
ILO - 2016. This background document has been prepared for the ILO's 16th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting Bali, Indonesia, 6 - 9 December 2016. It supplements the Report of the Director-General to the 16th Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting (Geneva, 2016) as an additional resource for the Special Plenary Debate titled: 'Skills for the Future'.
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Nov 06, 2016 12:44 PM
Author: Tayah, Marie-Jose
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2016
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ILO - 2016. This research brief shows how skills development programmes
for domestic workers play an important role in reinforcing
the view among workers and employers that domestic
work is real work, improving working conditions,
employers’ satisfaction, and empowering domestic
workers, including Migrant Domestic Workers (MDW).
The Irrawaddy, Rangoon, 2 November 2016 - The Swiss Embassy has announced a plan to promote vocational training for Burmese youth in collaboration with the ministries of education and of labor and industry.
The Sun daily, Petaling Jaya, 2 November 2016 - Updating Malaysia’s educational curriculum, stronger coordination between government, industry and education institutions, and support for workers in mid-careers to upgrade their skills are some of the development opportunities Malaysia needs to address the country’s skills challenges and help the economy towards its goal of achieving high-income status by 2020.
Bangkok Post (online), 1 November 2016 - Cultural bias hinders vocational training.
ILO News, Sumba Timur, Indonesia, 1 November 2016 - Afriani Ngana Tara Andung, a 36-year-old mother of two, now keeps a close eye on her family’s finances. Using newly-learned bookkeeping techniques, she carefully records their different sources of income – seaweed farming, fishing and small business activities – and separates her business and household expenses.
ILO News (online), 31 October 2016 - The recently established National Career Counselling & Employment Center (NCCEC) within the TVET section of the Kiribati Ministry of Labour & Human Resource Development has already facilitated the departure of 18 skilled workers for the hospitality sector in Australia, with 2 more groups departing in November 2016.
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Apr 21, 2017 09:48 AM
Author: Tan Kim Song; James Tang
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2016
Category: Research
Singapore Management University / J.P.Morgan - 2016. This report provides insights and recommendations on how the ASEAN-5 countries - Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand - can respond to skills challenges impacting their economies. The report focuses on selected key industries in each country: the ICT industry (in all five countries), electronics and electrical manufacturing (Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines), finance and insurance (Singapore), oil and gas (Malaysia), automotive (Thailand and Indonesia), and tourism (Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines).
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Nov 02, 2016 10:33 AM
Author: nternational Labour Office, Evaluation Office
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2016
Category: Project and Programme
ILO -2016. This document outlines the findings of the independent evaluation on the ILO's strategy and actions for skills development. The aim of the evaluation is to provide insight into the relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of the skills-related work of the ILO.
ILO News, Jakarta, 29 October 2016 - Today’s young people are known as the best educated generation ever and have clear ideas about fulfilling their aspirations at work and in society. However, the world is facing a growing youth unemployment crisis. In many economies, young people are 2.8 times likely to be unemployed than adults but in Indonesia youth are 4.6 times more likely to be unemployed than their adult counterparts.
UNESCO (online), 27 October 2016 - As part of UNESCO’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Strategy (2016 – 2021), UNESCO-UNEVOC launched its TVET Leadership Programme, the first of its kind to empower change leaders and promote a transformative vision of TVET.
SHARE News (online), 26 October 2016 - Today, ASEAN and the Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia jointly launched the newest ASEAN body, the ASEAN Quality Assurance Network, or AQAN. The launch ceremony took place at the outset of the fourth Policy Dialogue organised by the European Union (EU) Support to Higher Education in ASEAN Region (SHARE) Programme, entitled: “Towards a shared Understanding of Quality Assurance in ASEAN”.
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Oct 26, 2016 09:11 AM
Author: ADB and ILO
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2016
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ADB and ILO - 2016. This brief provides a snapshot of skills development issues pertinent in Bangladesh. The brief is a co-publication of ADB and the International Labour Organization Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.
Today, Singapore, 24 October 2016 - While some Singaporeans continue to see vocational training as a “last resort” for students who have not done well academically, more countries around the world are adopting the Republic’s skills-training programmes.
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