Events

3rd International Skills Forum: Skills for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in Developing Asia-Pacific

10 December 2013 to 12 December 2013

Manila

Philippines

With the international development community increasingly focusing on the issue of youth employment and the need to address education / skills and jobs mismatch, this learning event on Skills for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in Developing Asia-Pacific: An International Forum took this agenda forward with a call-to-action that involved concrete country-level measures and initiatives. The forum included a special session that discussed policies and practices to strengthen youth participation in skills development for jobs and employability. The event, in the light of transformational technology trends in recent years, also explored the great potential of harnessing the power of technology to improve access to skills development for the youth.

Program and Learning Materials:

10 Dec 2013
11 Dec 2013
12 Dec 2013

Date	Session / Activity	Presentation Material	Speaker(s)
10 Dec 2013	Session 1 - Opening Session	Introduction to the Forum	Shanti Jagannathan
10 Dec 2013	Session 1 - Opening Session	Opening Address	Bindu Lohani, Mark Pierce
10 Dec 2013	Session 1 - Opening Session	Special Address	Leon Flores III
10 Dec 2013	Session 2 - Why do Skills Matter for the Youth? Voices and Aspirations of Youth and a Call for Action
10 Dec 2013	Session 3 - Strategies for Youth Skills Development for Better Jobs in a Changing and Increasingly Digital World	Youth Transitions in Australia and Their Relationship with the Retail, Resources, and ICT Industry Sectors Thispresentation describesthe youth employment situation in Australia. It discusses the Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency’s approach to its...	Robin James Shreeve
10 Dec 2013	Session 3 - Strategies for Youth Skills Development for Better Jobs in a Changing and Increasingly Digital World	Skill Development Initiative in India: Ministry of Labour and Employment Thispresentation gives an overview of the employment situation in India. It explains the technical and vocational education and training system in the...	Ram Lakhan Singh
10 Dec 2013	Session 3 - Strategies for Youth Skills Development for Better Jobs in a Changing and Increasingly Digital World	Training Investment: An Opportunity for Quality Tourism Thispresentation givesan overview of tourism employment in the Philippines. Apart from the National Tourism Development Plan, it discussesthe Convergence...	Rolando Cañizal
10 Dec 2013	Session 3 - Strategies for Youth Skills Development for Better Jobs in a Changing and Increasingly Digital World	Strategies for Youth Skills Development for Better Jobs in a Changing and Increasingly Digital World: Perspective of the Regional Centre for Vocational and Technical Education and Training, Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Youth are highly vulnerable to unemployment as they undergo school-to-work transition. Technical vocational education and training opportunities should...	Hj. Md. Sharifuddin Hj. Md. Salleh
10 Dec 2013	Session 4 - Youth Skills Development and Employment: Navigating Barriers and Optimizing Opportunities	Enhancing Youth Employability: The Importance of Core Work Skills Thispresentation gives a background on the global unemployment and skills shortage situation. It enumerates the core skills for employability and explained...	Laura Brewer
10 Dec 2013	Session 4 - Youth Skills Development and Employment: Navigating Barriers and Optimizing Opportunities	Expanding Access to Quality Vocational and Technical Education and Training through the TESDA Online Program Thispresentation introduces the eTESDA Online Program, a technical vocational education and training initiative of the Technical Education and Skills ...	Maria Susan Dela Rama
10 Dec 2013	Session 4 - Youth Skills Development and Employment: Navigating Barriers and Optimizing Opportunities	Promoting Professional Career through Vocational Based Higher Education Thispresentation shares the teaching factory concept, a practice and application-oriented training approach utilized by Batam State Polytechnic in Indonesia...	Eko Julianto Jajuli
10 Dec 2013	Session 4 - Youth Skills Development and Employment: Navigating Barriers and Optimizing Opportunities	Improving Skills for Employability and Enterprise Thispresentation sharesBritish Council’s perspective of youth employment. It highlightshow enterprise skills are important for both entrepreneurs and ...	Christopher John Cooper
10 Dec 2013	Session 5 - Partnerships with the Private Sector for Skills Development: Lessons Learned and New Departures	Partnerships with the Private Sector for Skills Development: Lessons Learned and New Departures Public-private partnership (PPP) is emerging as a key implementation mechanism across industries. This presentation discusses theconcept and model of ...	Dilip Chenoy
10 Dec 2013	Session 5 - Partnerships with the Private Sector for Skills Development: Lessons Learned and New Departures	Evolving Public-Private Partnership Models in Skills Development: An Indian Private Sector Experience Thispresentation examinesthe issues and challenges of skills development in India. The use of public-private partnership models and how to make this approach...	Ramireddy Chandra Mowleeswar (RCM) Reddy
10 Dec 2013	Session 5 - Partnerships with the Private Sector for Skills Development: Lessons Learned and New Departures	Private Sector Skills Development: A Study of Potential Opportunities for Private Sector Integration into Skills Development for Young People Thispresentation discussesexisting models of private sector integration with skills development for young people. It also highlights key lessons learned...	Muriel Helen Dunbar
10 Dec 2013	Session 5 - Partnerships with the Private Sector for Skills Development: Lessons Learned and New Departures	Corporate Citizenship at Accenture: Skills to Succeed Skills are a key driver of economic empowerment for individuals and communities alike. Skills to Succeed, a corporate citizenship initiative of Accenture...	Manolito Tayag

Date	Session / Activity	Presentation Material	Speaker(s)
11 Dec 2013	Session 6 - Technology in Skills Development for the iGen	Developing Innovative Economies: Technology Skills for the iGeneration Thispresentation explainshow economic growth is linked to innovation. Challenges involving the presence of low-skilled workers and low digital penetration...	Anjan Ghosh
11 Dec 2013	Session 6 - Technology in Skills Development for the iGen	How Technology is Changing the Face of Education Globally Thispresentation notesthat consumers, rather than technology, is changing the way education is being accessed and delivered. It introducesBlackboard Inc...	Philip Murray
11 Dec 2013	Session 6 - Technology in Skills Development for the iGen	Five Easy Ways You Can Use Mobile Tech to Enhance Youth Skills Development Projects Thispresentation introducesSouktel, a non-profit that designs and delivers custom mobile solutions connecting job seekers with employers, and helping ...	Margaret Marie McDonough
11 Dec 2013	Session 6 - Technology in Skills Development for the iGen	A New Delivery Model for Education in the Asia-Pacific Region The Asia and Pacific region, amidst a number of constraints, has to quickly rebalance skills to market needs in order to accelerate economic development...	Dhruv Patel
11 Dec 2013	Session 6 - Technology in Skills Development for the iGen	Engaging the Millennials Thispresentation featuresPlayware Studios Asia, a technology company based in Singapore that specializes in games for learning. The company, through its...	Siddharth Jain
11 Dec 2013	Session 7 - Reaching World Class Standards in Technical Education and Skills Development	Partnerships for Success in Technical Vocational Education and Training: The Nanyang Polytechnic Experience Nanyang Polytechnic provides quality education and training to prepare students and adult learners for work and life, equipping them to be lifelong learners...	Lee Mun Chan
11 Dec 2013	Session 7 - Reaching World Class Standards in Technical Education and Skills Development	Accelerating the Reach towards World Class Standards and the Growth of Global Convergence Thispresentation introducesthe Association of Canadian Community Colleges, a membership-driven organization representing Canada’s 130 public post-secondary...	Paul Brennan
11 Dec 2013	Session 7 - Reaching World Class Standards in Technical Education and Skills Development	Transforming Technical and Vocational Education and Training Systems in Asia: Meeting the Youth Employment Challenge Thispresentation providesan overview of the youth unemployment situation, particularly in Asia. It highlightsfeatures of effective technical and vocational...	Arvil van Adams, Xiaoyan Liang, Yinan Zhang
11 Dec 2013	Session 7 - Reaching World Class Standards in Technical Education and Skills Development	The Development Status, Experience, and Policies of China on Vocational Education Thispresentation shares progress achieved from reforms and development in vocational education in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). It explainsthe...	Ning Rui
11 Dec 2013	Session 8 - Innovations in Financing Skills Development: In Search of New Paradigms	Innovative Finance to Help Close the Skills Gaps: Some Possibilities Thispresentation introducesWashington-DC based non-profit Results for Development Institute, and focusesparticularly on the organization’s education portfolio...	Nicholas Burnett
11 Dec 2013	Session 8 - Innovations in Financing Skills Development: In Search of New Paradigms	Innovative Financing in Modern Education and Training Systems: A Global Demand for New Fiscal Solutions Thispresentation examines the global trends in tertiary education and training. It aimsto find out how to mobilize underutilized resources in the field...	Ronald Francis Perkinson
11 Dec 2013	Session 8 - Innovations in Financing Skills Development: In Search of New Paradigms	Outcome-Based Financing System in Technical and Vocational Education and Training: An Experience from Nepal Thispresentation introducesthe Employment Fund in Nepal, a program that provides vocational skills or business skills training to the youth and ensure...	Bal Ram Paudel
11 Dec 2013	Session 8 - Innovations in Financing Skills Development: In Search of New Paradigms	Funding Models for Skills Development with Industry Involvement Thispresentation introducesthe training courses offered by Site Skills Training. The unique aspects of the company’s site training delivery mode, as shown...	Vernon Alan Wills
11 Dec 2013	Session 9 - Showcasing Promising Initiatives in Youth Skills Development for Inclusive Jobs	Skill Cloud: The Future of Matching Jobs with Jobseekers Thispresentation introducesKalibrr, a talent recruitment and skill management technology company. The business process outsourcing industry in the Philippines...	Dexter Ligot-Gordon
11 Dec 2013	Session 9 - Showcasing Promising Initiatives in Youth Skills Development for Inclusive Jobs	Inclusive Skill-Building: Potential Impact and Approaches Improving labor productivity is critical to raising the living standards in many developing countries. Vocational education, however, is not focused on...	Anasuya Madgavkar
11 Dec 2013	Session 9 - Showcasing Promising Initiatives in Youth Skills Development for Inclusive Jobs	Training the Youth for Ensuring Good Employment: The Bangladesh Perspective Thispresentation examines human resources development initiatives, particularly skills development training in Bangladesh. Along with a discussion of ...	Begum Shamsun Nahar
11 Dec 2013	Session 9 - Showcasing Promising Initiatives in Youth Skills Development for Inclusive Jobs	Preparing Youth for Green Jobs through Skills Development Thispresentation discussesthe characteristics of a green economy, and notesthe trend towards greener industries. It also emphasizesthat green jobs are...	Sreenivas Narayanan
11 Dec 2013	Session 10 - International Cooperation in Skills Development: Renewing Approaches	Insights from the Global Talent Competitiveness Index as an Analysis and Policy Development Tool Thispresentation explainsthe concept of talent competitiveness. Considered a connecting tool between talent and national competitiveness, the Global Talent...	Martina Mettgenberg Lemière
11 Dec 2013	Session 10 - International Cooperation in Skills Development: Renewing Approaches	Building on Core Elements of Technical and Vocational Education and Training in a Changing World This presentation discussesthe challenges of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in Asia. It explainsthe key factors for creating quality...	Beate Dippmar
11 Dec 2013	Session 10 - International Cooperation in Skills Development: Renewing Approaches	OECD Skills Strategy: Implications for Developing Countries in Asia There is a need for countries to prepare skills for the future. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, through its Skills Strategy...	Shinyoung Jeon, Joanne Caddy
11 Dec 2013	Session 10 - International Cooperation in Skills Development: Renewing Approaches	Technical and Vocational Education and Training Reform in the Kyrgyz Republic: Responding to the Development Challenge Thispresentation enumeratesthe employment challenges in the Kyrgyz Republic. It providesan overview of the country’s policies on employment and education...	Anar Beishembaeva

Date	Session / Activity	Presentation Material	Speaker(s)
12 Dec 2013	Session 11 - Way Forward: Youth Skills Development and Employment: A Call to Action
12 Dec 2013	Session 12 - Closing Session