ILO-China Partnership Programme and Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare (MOLSW) of Lao People Democratic Republic jointly organized National Workshop on Institutional Capacity Building on Skills Development via zoom on 15 October 2021.

A total of 41 representatives (15 females) from MoLSW, Lao-Korea Skills Development Institute, Champasak Provincial Skills Development Center, Vientiane Capital Skills Development Center, Lao-German Technical College, Lao Women Union Training Center, Vocation Training Institute, participated and shared their experiences and challenges in reskilling, upskilling and institutional capacity building.

Participants highlighted the need of programmes that support knowledge sharing on blended modality of offline and on-line training, strengthening cooperation, including through networking and peer-to-peer cooperation between Skills Centers and TVETs of Lao PDR and international skills training partners.