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Skills and Lifelong Learning

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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

Strategy, Video and Flyer
Cover the ILO strategy on skills and lifelong learning 2030

Strategy, Video and Flyer

Highlights

News and articles

Digital application helps optimizing the harvest production of East Sumba’s seaweed farmers
Diana Mahalebu shows the application that she uses for recording her seaweed production.

Digital application helps optimizing the harvest production of East Sumba’s seaweed farmers

A call to eliminate violence and harassment in the world of work
Group discussion on the C.190 workshop

Violence and harassment

A call to eliminate violence and harassment in the world of work

Impact stories

Equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship in Bangladesh
Skills stories from Bangladesh - Equipping young people with skills

Skills stories

Equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship in Bangladesh

Jubel's story of persistence and success
Ainul Haque Jubel at his workplace Design Park in Sylhet

Skills stories

Jubel's story of persistence and success

Supporting employment and vocational training for Syrian refugees and host communities
Enas' daily life (skills stories GPSL3)

Skills stories

Supporting employment and vocational training for Syrian refugees and host communities

Strengthening digital TVET in Ukraine
Trainers and trainees of E-TVET in Ukraine

Skills stories

Strengthening digital TVET in Ukraine

Supporting young people through quality apprenticeship programmes in Tanzania
Zainab and the hospitality apprenticeship programme

Skills stories

Supporting young people through quality apprenticeship programmes in Tanzania

PROSPECTS - Trainee William Looro
Testimonial ILO Welding Programme Trainee William Looro

Testimonial Video

PROSPECTS - Trainee William Looro

Areas of work

Skills policies, systems and digitalization
4 men holding a solar panel

Skills policies, systems and digitalization

Skills delivery
one cook teaching 3 men in a professional kitchen

Skills delivery

Skills for the future of work
3 young women working together on one computer

Skills for the future of work

Skills for social inclusion
2 women holding their babies_Madagascar

Skills for social inclusion

Projects

Promoting Gender Responsive Enterprise Development and TVET Systems (ProGRESS)

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...

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

Skills Development and Responsible Business Conduct for Transition

Publications

Navigating transformational changes and transitions in Thailand’s automotive manufacturing sector

Executive summary

Navigating transformational changes and transitions in Thailand’s automotive manufacturing sector

Navigating transformational changes and transitions

Final report

Navigating transformational changes and transitions

Skills Development and Responsible Business Conduct for Transition

Fact sheet

Skills Development and Responsible Business Conduct for Transition

Contact us

Email address: skills@ilo.org 

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