Webinar on skills development and lifelong learning: The role of trade unions in Asia and Pacific
This regional webinar will provide an opportunity to trade unions in Asia-Pacific to discuss skills development and lifelong learning in the context of the post-COVID19 recovery and the ILC standard-setting on apprenticeships, as well as in the implementation of the ILO Centenary Declaration.
The objectives
To highlight the role of trade unions in the following three dimensions:- In the implementation of the ILO Centenary Declaration, with a particular reference to “skills development and lifelong learning”;
- In enhancing the employment and employability in response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic recovery;
- In preparedness of union position in the process of ILO standard-setting on apprenticeships, 2021-2022.
Discussant topics
- To introduce ILO policies on skills in general and the white report on apprenticeships (ILO SKILLS Department);
- To share the key contents of the publication, “Skills development and lifelong learning” (ACTRAV and SKILLS Departments);
- To share country cases
- Vocational training capacity and governance in India or Bangladesh
- SMART Strategy for supporting jobs from the COVID crisis in Singapore (NTUC)
Participants
National and sectoral trade unions across Asia-PacificTo attend, please register here via Zoom