Events

Does Asia Need a Unique Model for Skills Development?

10 December 2012

Manila

Philippines

What ideas and initiatives on skills development are most suitable to Asia-Pacific region? This workshop provides some answers.

This workshop was organized in preparation for the International Skills Forum: Skills for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in Developing Asia-Pacific. It presented case studies from middle to high income countries in Asia and reviewed completed and ongoing research on skills in the region. Reform initiatives currently underway in skills and secondary education were shared. These provided the platform to explore how skills development enable low income countries to move towards middle income levels and how middle income countries move to high income levels.

Program and Learning Materials:

10 Dec 2012

Date	Session / Activity	Presentation Material	Speaker(s)
10 Dec 2012	Opening Remarks and Welcome		Jouko Sarvi, Cristina Martinez-Fernandez
10 Dec 2012	Session 1 - Trends and Issues in Skills Development and Jobs in Asia: What Pathways are Best Suited for Asia?	Skills Development Pathways in Asia Thispresentation shares the skills challenges in Asia's current labor market. A comparison between skills demand and skills supply is made. Existing approaches...	Cristina Martinez-Fernandez, Kyungsoo Choi
10 Dec 2012	Session 1 - Trends and Issues in Skills Development and Jobs in Asia: What Pathways are Best Suited for Asia?	Policy Cases of Skills Development in Korea: Industry-Academia Partnership Thispresentation introducesthe concept of industry-academia partnership (IAP). Sample cases of IAPs in the Republic of Korea, particularly those developed...	Jisun Chung
10 Dec 2012	Session 1 - Trends and Issues in Skills Development and Jobs in Asia: What Pathways are Best Suited for Asia?	Meeting the Challenges of Skilled Workforce Development in Malaysia Thispresentation describesthe technical vocational education and training landscape in Malaysia. It introduces the National Dual Training System, a workplace...	Mohamad bin Yaacob
10 Dec 2012	Session 2 - Innovative Approaches in Secondary Education and Skills: Strengthening the Foundation for Skills and Jobs	Innovative Approaches in Secondary Education and Skills: Strengthening the Foundation for Skills and Jobs Thispresentation givesan overview of the secondary education program and employment sectors in Sri Lanka. The preferred skills of employers and the existing...	Weerakoon Mudiyanselage Abeyrathne Bandara
10 Dec 2012	Session 2 - Innovative Approaches in Secondary Education and Skills: Strengthening the Foundation for Skills and Jobs	Innovative Secondary Education for Skills Enhancement: Identifying Models to Effectively Deliver the Skills Needed for Future Employment Thispresentation introducesWashington-DC based non-profit Results for Development Institute, and focusesparticularly on the organization’s education portfolio...	Michelle Engmann
10 Dec 2012	Session 2 - Innovative Approaches in Secondary Education and Skills: Strengthening the Foundation for Skills and Jobs	Innovation in Skill Development in Secondary Education: Issues and Constraints There is a need to address skill shortages and improve the environment for skills development in ADB’s developing member countries (DMCs). Although technical...	Norman LaRocque
10 Dec 2012	Session 3 - Responding to Greening Economies: How Well are Education and Training Doing? Insights from Case Studies of Korea and Ongoing Research in South Asia and Southeast Asia	Responding to Greening Economies: How Well are Education and Training Doing? Thispresentation provides an overview of the Republic of Korea (ROK)’s green growth footprint. The vision and strategies of green growth, including the...	Namchul Lee
10 Dec 2012	Session 3 - Responding to Greening Economies: How Well are Education and Training Doing? Insights from Case Studies of Korea and Ongoing Research in South Asia and Southeast Asia	Skills Development for Green Jobs in Singapore Thispresentation showshow clean technology became a new pillar of the Singaporean economy. Along with Singapore’s sustainable development targets, the...	Patrick Chan
10 Dec 2012	Session 3 - Responding to Greening Economies: How Well are Education and Training Doing? Insights from Case Studies of Korea and Ongoing Research in South Asia and Southeast Asia	Formal Technical Vocational Education and Training: Exploring the Opportunities Thispresentation discusseslessons learned from the greening of technical vocational education and training in the case of India under ADB Regional Technical...	Margarita Pavlova
10 Dec 2012	Session 4 - Summing Up: Does Asia Need a Unique Model for Skills Development?
10 Dec 2012	Closing Remarks		Cristina Martinez-Fernandez, Shanti Jagannathan