This publication aim is to provide a starting point for a transformation process in the VET systems in LAC, to offer attractive educational solutions for different groups of young people and to lay a solid foundation for developing future skilled workforce that meets the...
Publications
Axmann, Michael; Jaik, Katharina
UNESCO
This report was developed by the Education Sector at UNESCO, analysing the impact and opportunities of digital technologies on the recognition of skills and learning systems.Digital technologies are creating new opportunities for skills development and lifelong learning, and...
Castel-Branco, Eduarda
This document was prepared by Eduarda Castel-Branco in the ocassion of a webinar organized by ILO/Cinterfor: "Regional Qualifications Framework in LAC. Purpose, goals and evolution of frameworks".The development and implementation of national, regional and even transnational...
Organización Internacional del Trabajo - OIT
The COVID‑19 pandemic has caused unparalleled disruption worldwide through its devastating impact on public health, employment and liveli‑ hoods.Governments and workers’ and employers’ organizations everywhere have taken immediate measures to tackle the crisis, preserve jobs and protect...
Perspectives on policy and practice: Tapping into the potential of big data for skills policy - 2021
CEDEFOP - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training; European Training Foundation (ETF); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - OECD; UNESCO; ILO - International Labour Organization; European Commission
This publication has been prepared by the interagency TVET group on Skill mismatch in digitised labour markets, to support experts and policymakers who wish to engage in discussion on the potential of web-based big data for skills policy. It outlines how such data can be used to mitigate...
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...
ILO - International Labour Organization
This resource guide on skills development for workers’ organizations aims to provide a contribution to these discussions. It will examine the following questions:* Why should workers’ organizations engage in the area of skills development and lifelong learning? * What issues affect their...
Organización Internacional del Trabajo - OIT
The purpose of the Guide is to provide practical and actionable recommendations for effective teleworking that are applicable to a broad range of actors; to support policymakers in updating existing policies; and to provide a flexible framework through which both private enterprises and...
Predicting Labor Shortages from Labor Demand and Labor Supply Data: A Machine Learning Approach - 2020
Williams, Mary-Anne; Johnston, Benjamin; Rizoiu, Marian-Andrei; Dawson, Nik
This research develops a Machine Learning approach able to predict labor shortages for occupations.Its compile a unique dataset that incorporates both Labor Demand and Labor Supply occupational data in Australia from 2012 to 2018. This includes data from 1.3 million job advertisements (...
Vargas Zúñiga, Fernando; González Ávila, Liliana
The Inter-American Centre for Knowledge Development in Vocational Training of the International Labour Organization (ILO/Cinterfor) submits this analytical inventory exercise on qualifications frameworks in Latin American countries; namely: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,...
OIT/Cinterfor
This report, prepared by ILO/Cinterfor´s team, gives an account of all the activities that the Center implemented in 2020 with the aim of reinforcing its role in promoting vocational training innovations.Before the pandemic, the Center already had innovations in place that allowed it to...
This publication collects together the contributions presented during the ILO workshop “Can we use big data for skills anticipation and matching?”, which took place on 19–20 September 2019 at ILO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Discussions during the workshop considered the...
OIT/Cinterfor
The VCs were the main driving force guiding cooperation between VTIs at this time. Two channels were used: Zoom and Facebook live.Twelve VCs were held between 26 March and 25 June; the final one closed the series.They had audiences of between 150 and 200 people per...
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...
