This document aims to highlight the rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence applications in the world of work to bridge the gap between supply and demand for skilled labour. It considers, among others, the findings of a recent OECD report on the subject and...
ILO/Cinterfor Notes
ILO/Cinterfor Technical Notes Series
Vargas Zúñiga, Fernando
Digital skills training in MSEs in Latin America and the Caribbean - ILO/Cinterfor Notes Nº 15 - 2022
Education for work and skills training have become increasingly important in the current context of global economic transformations, even more so with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has deepened this interest, focusing on the importance of acquiring digital skills as well as...
Various documents from academic and institutional sources point out that the countries of the region are lagging significantly behind the developed world in terms of productivity, and that unless measures aimed at sustained improvement are implemented, it will be difficult for the region...
Graña, Gonzalo
ILO/Cinterfor has historically been characterised as a centre for knowledge management in the field of vocational training, in its most diverse themes and aspects. Apprenticeships is no exception.In what follows, some of the main initiatives carried out by ILO/...
Three insights from three studies of big data in the labour market - ILO/Cinterfor Notes No. 11 - 2022
OIT/Cinterfor
Vargas Zúñiga, Fernando
This note quickly analyzes the evolution of data management on employment intermediation and reviews the characteristics of three national studies in which, in order to establish skill gaps, data recorded in the databases of public or private labour intermediation companies have been...
Vargas Zúñiga, Fernando
Blockchain technology is increasingly finding applications in the world of work and vocational training.For example, the World Bank is looking at four global trends influencing education: the use of neuroscience to better understand learners to improve learning design; MOOCs - massive...
OIT/Cinterfor
The COVID-19 pandemic will have severe and prolonged effects on the economy and employment worldwide, affecting incomes and the well-being of millions of people.The ILO estimates that 25 million people around the world could lose their jobs, while for Latin America and the Caribbean...
Proyecto CETFOR - OIT/Cinterfor
For seven years, the ILO, through its Inter-American Centre for Knowledge Development in Vocational Training (ILO/ Cinterfor) and together with its social stakeholders, has been developing a set of methodologies and sectoral outputs with a view to updating occupational structures, and job...
Vocational training and deprivation of liberty: notes for an emerging agenda. ILO/Cinterfor Notes, 6 - 2019
Juanche, Ana
This issue of ILO/Cinterfor Notes reflects on the role of vocational training in the rehabilitation processes of persons deprived of liberty, through the following elements: a) the synthesis of the main theoretical and methodological guidelines associated...
OIT/Cinterfor
With the purpose of systematizing recent developments and experiences in this area, we requested the help of a number of experts in the region and asked them to answer a survey which would enable us to discover the status of this issue in their respective...
