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The Skills Gap

The Skills Gap. Overview of Recent Policy Debates Webinar, 1 July 2014. Webinar Agenda, 1 June 2014. International Labour Conference – June 2014 Recurrent discussion on employment ILO Knowledge Platform OECD Work on Skills G20 OECD ILO Conference on Apprenticeships – 9 April 2014

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The Skills Gap

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  1. The Skills Gap Overview of Recent Policy Debates Webinar, 1 July 2014

  2. Webinar Agenda, 1 June 2014 • International Labour Conference – June 2014 • Recurrent discussion on employment • ILO Knowledge Platform • OECD Work on Skills • G20 OECD ILO Conference on Apprenticeships – 9 April 2014 • Global Apprenticeship Network

  3. ILC: Different Challenges • Skills gap • Unemployment of graduates • Increasing precariousness of work • Informality and low productivity • Skills mismatch • Brain drain • Loss of skills and increasing structural unemployment • Concerns about youth, women, migrants, disabled, ethnic groups

  4. Skills Gap Solutions - Basics • Proactive generation of productive employment opportunities • Minimum wages • Social protection systems • Entrepreneurship and skills development programmes • Policy coherence among government agencies

  5. Skills Gap Solutions • Better alignment of education and training • Literacy, numeracy and problem-solving • Better labour market information systems • Sectoral training programmes • OJT and apprenticeships • Career guidance services for students

  6. Skills Gap Solutions • National job placement programmes • Placement programmes targeted to the unemployed • Skills training more demand-driven • Better knowledge base of what is needed • Investment in advisory research and innovation capacity

  7. Skills Gap Targeted Approaches • Skills certification programmes • Sector specific training • Targeted training for industry-recognized skills • Targeting traditional industry areas for transition

  8. Skills Gap Targeted Approaches • Apprenticeships and internships for youth • Non-traditional training for women • Assistance for integrating migrants into the workforce • Skills recognition from other countries • Incentives for persons with disabilities

  9. ILC Skills Policy and Employability • Promote social dialogue • Assist skills strategies for specific sectors • Assist skills strategies for SMEs • Deepen research on skills mismatches • Build knowledge base and tools for anticipating future skills needs

  10. ILC Skills and Employability cont. • Build knowledge base and tools for lifelong learning • Good practices on apprenticeship systems • Research and policy advice on targeting for • Youth, women, older populations • Vulnerable and disadvantaged populations

  11. ILO Services • Public-private knowledge sharing platform • National skills policies • Promote tools on skills anticipation • Develop apprenticeship schemes • School to work transition programmes

  12. OECD Services • Develop, supply and use of skills • Working with youth/ageing socieities • Skills mismatches and shortages • Brain drain • New and emerging skills

  13. Global Apprenticeship Network • Stimulated by G20 and B20 employment initiatives • Exchange of best practices among companies and business associations • Board: Samsung, Teléfonica, Adecco Group, Ericsson, Huawei, UBS and Jindal Steel and Power • Secretariat support at the IOE

  14. European Union Priorities +2015 • Access and completion of basic education • Comprehensive, basic, transferrable and technical skills • Eliminate inequality in education • Improve links between education, research and innovation • Promote knowledge creation and sharing Breast milk substitutes

  15. African Union Priorities +2015 • Enhancing technical capacities through training and diffusion • Access to financing of home-grown innovation • Improving science and technology component in education • Enable investment for innovation and R&D

  16. African Union Priorities +2015 • Improve quality and invest in education infrastructure • Increase use of ICT • Higher completion rates, integrated with pre-schooling and adulty • Improve quality and conditions of educators • Gender parity • School curriculum

  17. WSIS+10 and ICTs • Emphasis on youth and bridging the digital divide • E-learning options • Action lines encompassing governance, infrastructure, access, capacity, security • Also enabling environment, ICT applications, cultural divide, media and ethical dimensions

  18. Webinar, 1 July 2014 Q&A Thank You

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