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Skills and Lifelong Learning
Transformative changes such as globalization, new forms of organizing work, and advances in automation and artificial intelligence (AI) have important implications for the world of work. Against this backdrop, it becomes ever more important to build an agile workforce capable of navigating the fast-changing labour market through appropriate and timely skilling, reskilling and upskilling.
Governments need to adopt more relevant skills policies to develop the skills required by rapidly evolving labour markets. Education and training systems will also need to take advantage of new educational technologies and give greater attention to digital skills.
Enterprises and employers will need to make new investments to expand their involvement in educating, training and the reskilling of workers to support economic growth.
And, workers will need to proactively upgrade their skills or acquire new ones through training, education and lifelong learning to remain employable.
The ILO Strategy on Skills and Lifelong Learning
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Strategy, Video and Flyer
Highlights
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Masterclass Series “The SKILLS Bridge”
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Join a series of classes exploring effective practices & innovative approaches to develop skills & qualifications needed to succeed in today's and tomorrow's world of work.
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23-24 April 2024
Global Skills Forum
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The Global Skills Forum brought together representatives from around the world to take part in a conversation about how to shape skills development in our ever-changing economies and societies.
News and articles
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Statement
ILO’s call for empowering youth for decent work and sustainable development in Bangladesh
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Skills recognition
Lao People’s Democratic Republic continues to align skills standards for bricklaying and plastering with Thailand
Impact stories
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Skills stories
Equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship in Bangladesh
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Skills stories
Jubel's story of persistence and success
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Skills stories
Supporting employment and vocational training for Syrian refugees and host communities
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Skills stories
Strengthening digital TVET in Ukraine
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Skills stories
Supporting young people through quality apprenticeship programmes in Tanzania
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Testimonial Video
PROSPECTS - Trainee William Looro
Areas of work
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Skills policies, systems and digitalization
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Skills delivery
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Skills for the future of work
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Skills for social inclusion
Projects
Promoting Gender Responsive Enterprise Development and TVET Systems (ProGRESS)
Supporting migrant returnees and communities in vulnerable situations to uplift their livelihoods, enhance their skills and promote safe...
Skills Development and Responsible Business Conduct for Transition
Publications
Research Brief
Revealing New Skills Trends in Emerging Economies: The Power of Online Data and NLP techniques
Gender mainstreaming into Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Lebanon
Executive summary
Navigating transformational changes and transitions in Thailand’s automotive manufacturing sector
Contact us
Email address: skills@ilo.org
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Apprenticeships