Events

6th International Skills Forum: Innovative Practices in Skills Development

19 September 2016 to 21 September 2016

Manila

Philippines

Some world class examples of innovations in skills development were shared in this 6th annual International Skills Development Forum, following five previous annual forums held from 2011 until 2015, which have helped build a dialogue platform on skills development in the Asia and Pacific region.

Stimulating transformative practices in skills development, inspiring skills experts and Asian Development Bank's developing member countries’ counterparts, and promoting collaboration with major stakeholders to incorporate new approaches to design and implement innovative projects and programs in skills development were the objectives of the forum.

Program and Learning Materials:

19 Sep 2016
20 Sep 2016
21 Sep 2016

Date	Session / Activity	Presentation Material	Speaker(s)
19 Sep 2016	Opening Remarks		Bambang Susantono
19 Sep 2016	Forum Objectives and Introductions		Brajesh Panth
19 Sep 2016	Keynote Address	What Can We Learn from the Programme for International Student Assessment and Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies	Andreas Schleicher
19 Sep 2016	Keynote Address	Quality Education and Economic Development Educational quality, measured by cognitive skills, has a strong impact on individual earnings. More than that, however, educational quality has a strong...	Eric Hanushek
19 Sep 2016	Session 1 - What are the Skills that Big Corporations are Looking for and What Training are They Providing?	Presentation	Karrie Ilagan
19 Sep 2016	Session 1 - What are the Skills that Big Corporations are Looking for and What Training are They Providing?	Presentation	Jianzhou Chen
19 Sep 2016	Session 1 - What are the Skills that Big Corporations are Looking for and What Training are They Providing?	Presentation	N.S. Parthasarathy
19 Sep 2016	Session 1 - What are the Skills that Big Corporations are Looking for and What Training are They Providing?	Presentation	Benedict Hernandez
19 Sep 2016	Session 1 - What are the Skills that Big Corporations are Looking for and What Training are They Providing?	Presentation	Joe Liu
19 Sep 2016	Session 2 - Boosting Student Learning Outcomes	Towards Student-Centered Learning: Boosting Student Learning Outcomes Phenomenon-based learning, a shift from focus on school subjects to actual real-world and interdisciplinary topics, was introduced by the Finnish Governmentthrough...	Jouni Välijärvi
19 Sep 2016	Session 2 - Boosting Student Learning Outcomes	Boosting Student Learning: Programme for International Student Assessment for Development Issued by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) aims to evaluate education...	Yuri Belfali
19 Sep 2016	Session 2 - Boosting Student Learning Outcomes	Programme for International Student Assessment 2012 in Viet Nam: Results and Lessons Learned	Le Thi My Ha, Tu Nguyen-Ngoc
19 Sep 2016	Session 2 - Boosting Student Learning Outcomes	Scale With Quality: The Citizens' Foundation Approach to Providing Education The Citizens Foundation (TCF) addresses the massive educational challenge in Pakistan by empowering children to become agents of positive change. TCF ...	Shazia Kamal
19 Sep 2016	Session 3 - Innovation Marketplace: Four Rounds	ITE Education Services Introducing infrastructure and pedagogical innovations in technical and vocational education and training (TVET), ITE Singapore is an authentic learning...	Seng Hua Tan
19 Sep 2016	Session 3 - Innovation Marketplace: Four Rounds	Tata STRIVE: An Innovative Skills Development Program Tata STRIVE, an initiative of Tata Community Initiatives Trust and the first Group CSR program of the Tata Group, addresses the pressing need of skilling...	Anita Rajan
19 Sep 2016	Session 3 - Innovation Marketplace: Four Rounds	Dual Training of AHK Philippines/German-Philippines Chamber of Commerce	Tobias Bolle, Jose Dindo Vitug
19 Sep 2016	Session 3 - Innovation Marketplace: Four Rounds	Knox Innovation Opportunity Sustainability Centre A joint initiative between Swinburne University of Technology and local secondary schools, the Knox Innovation Opportunity and Sustainability Centre (...	Kate Kent Evans
19 Sep 2016	Session 3 - Innovation Marketplace: Four Rounds	Skills for Employment Investment Program in Bangladesh The Government of Bangladesh’s Skills for Employment Investment Program (SEIP) is the largest skills development program in Asia and the Pacific. Under...	Abdur Rouf Talukder
19 Sep 2016	Session 3 - Innovation Marketplace: Four Rounds	Bridging the Skills Gap with Education Technology	Rebecca Taber
19 Sep 2016	Session 3 - Innovation Marketplace: Four Rounds	Japan International Cooperation Agency's Technical and Vocational Education and Training Projects in Viet Nam and Cambodia The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) aims to improve education and training to meet the changing needs of industry. JICA’s technical and ...	Shinichiro Nakahara, Pham Van Quan, Horchhong Cheng
19 Sep 2016	Session 3 - Innovation Marketplace: Four Rounds	The Citizens Foundation, Pakistan By providing quality education and creating opportunities for a better future, the Citizens Foundation (TCF) aims to remove the barriers of class and ...	Shazia Kamal
19 Sep 2016	Session 3 - Innovation Marketplace: Four Rounds	Enderun Colleges: Innovative Model for Education Development Guided by an international board of advisors, Enderun’s College of Hospitality Management based in the Philippines offers a career-focused education complemented...	Edgardo Rodriguez
19 Sep 2016	Session 3 - Innovation Marketplace: Four Rounds	ICT for Vocational Education: Plan International, Bangkok, Thailand As the number of unemployed youth in South Asia, East Asia, and the Pacific continue to rise, Plan International recognized the potential of Information...	Bowden Percival
19 Sep 2016	Session 3 - Innovation Marketplace: Four Rounds	Korea International Cooperation Agency	Hye-Kyung Yang
19 Sep 2016	Session 3 - Innovation Marketplace: Four Rounds	GIZ	Lisa Marie Greibich
19 Sep 2016	Session 3 - Innovation Marketplace: Four Rounds	Toyota Way in Skills Training and Development An automotive education program was established in the Philippines to complement, enhance, and expand the concept of “Toyota Technical Education Program...	Ronald Gaspar
19 Sep 2016	Session 3 - Innovation Marketplace: Four Rounds	U-Learning Technology	Cavin Shin
19 Sep 2016	Session 3 - Innovation Marketplace: Four Rounds	Love2Work The fast-changing nature of the world increasingly intensifies the critical value of socio-emotional skills. Love2Work, a consultancy practice, shows ...	Marcus Weston

Date	Session / Activity	Presentation Material	Speaker(s)
20 Sep 2016	Overview of the Program Agenda for Day 2		Jost Wagner
20 Sep 2016	Introduction		Sanjay Pengor
20 Sep 2016	Keynote Address - Education and Innovation	How to Innovate Higher Education in Developing Countries? Creating value by introducing new ways of doing things, innovation has become a means of survival for both humans and organizations alike. Applying innovative...	Sung Joo Park
20 Sep 2016	Parallel Session - Session 4 - Successful Models of University-Industry Linkages	Kyoto Alliance for Local Public Human Resource Development Established in 2008, Kyoto Alliance is a collaboration between local universities and communities in Japan’s Kyoto Prefecture. The alliance is a partnership...	Kazuyo Murata
20 Sep 2016	Parallel Session - Session 4 - Successful Models of University-Industry Linkages	University-Industry Linkages in China In the People’s Republic of China, different types of higher education Institutions serve different roles in university-industry linkages (UIL). As the...	Ha Wei, Po Yang
20 Sep 2016	Parallel Session - Session 4 - Successful Models of University-Industry Linkages	University-Industry Linkages: Experiences at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Facilitating the natural flow of knowledge generation and innovation to its logical conclusion through academia-industry-state (AIS) linkages leads to...	B.V. Phani
20 Sep 2016	Parallel Session - Session 5 - Effective Models of Employer Engagement	Effective Employer Engagement: Work-Based Learning and More Work-based learning as a key part of the overall skill development system implies effective employer engagement. Governments need to assure an adequate...	Paul Swaim
20 Sep 2016	Parallel Session - Session 5 - Effective Models of Employer Engagement	Employer Engagement/Student Work Experience: the Knox Innovation Opportunity and Sustainability Centre Approach A technology trades training and experience center is engagingyoung people in productive future pathways of learning and career development. Located...	Kate Kent Evans
20 Sep 2016	Parallel Session - Session 5 - Effective Models of Employer Engagement	Vocational Training Center in Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Ibragimov Ravshan Rafailovich
20 Sep 2016	Parallel Session - Session 5 - Effective Models of Employer Engagement	Integrated Dual Training in the Philippines Don Bosco Technical Institute (DBTI) - Makati in the Philippines provides underprivileged youth with skills training to prepare them for employment. In...	Jose Dindo Vitug
20 Sep 2016	Session 6 - Investing in Human Capital Development	A Smarter Future: Skills, Jobs, and Growth in Asia While developing Asia has made large strides in expanding school enrollments, it must make more efforts in improving learning outcomes. Meeting the requirements...	Rana Hasan
20 Sep 2016	Session 6 - Investing in Human Capital Development	Investing in Human Capital Development: Philippine Higher Education Reform and Challenges	Ma. Cynthia Rose Bautista
20 Sep 2016	Session 6 - Investing in Human Capital Development	Japan’s Experience in Contribution to Human Capital Development	Yosuke Kobayashi
20 Sep 2016	Session 6 - Investing in Human Capital Development	Mindtree’s Experience in Global Learning Centre Mindtree Ltd. is a publicly-traded information technology services and solutions organization serving global customers. Changing learning models to adjust...	N S Parthasarathy
20 Sep 2016	Session 6 - Investing in Human Capital Development	Human Capital Development of Korea By expanding education with equity, promoting brain circulation, and linking education with the economy, the Government of the Republic of Korea promoted...	Song-chang Hong
20 Sep 2016	Parallel Session - Session 7 - Cross Support	How Antipolo City is Shaping the Antipolo Institute of Technology Starting operations in 2015, the Antipolo Institute of Technology (AITech) in the Philippines is an educational institution owned and managed by the City...	Erlinda Pefianco
20 Sep 2016	Parallel Session - Session 7 - Cross Support	Skills Development as Part of Infrastructure Projects The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development is proposing for the integration of skills development in infrastructure projects...	Sigrid Schenk-Dornbusch
20 Sep 2016	Parallel Session - Session 7 - Cross Support	Skills Development for Priority Sectors: An Indian Perspective Skills development for priority sectors in India is a shared responsibility of the government, industry, training provider, and the trainee as stakeholders...	Abhinav Madan
20 Sep 2016	Parallel Session - Session 7 - Cross Support	Innovative Practices in Skills Development for Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises: A Canadian Innovation Colleges and institutes right across Canada play a lead role in strengthening the country’s capacity to innovate by undertaking applied research that ...	Colleges and Institutes Canada
20 Sep 2016	Parallel Session - Session 8 - Emerging Challenges and Opportunities for Inclusive Growth	Decent Work and Just Transition for All Skills for Inclusive Growth	Akiko Sakamoto
20 Sep 2016	Parallel Session - Session 8 - Emerging Challenges and Opportunities for Inclusive Growth	Gender in Technical and Vocational Education and Training Programs Empowering women and promoting gender equality, Goal 5 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), has a catalytic effect in the achievement of other...	Sonomi Tanaka
20 Sep 2016	Parallel Session - Session 8 - Emerging Challenges and Opportunities for Inclusive Growth	Providing Effective and Measurable Ways to Improve Skills Training and Education for Disadvantaged Groups By providing an online platform through the Nisai Virtual Academy and creating delivery models that meet different learners’ requirements, the Nisai Group...	Dhruv Patel
20 Sep 2016	Parallel Session - Session 8 - Emerging Challenges and Opportunities for Inclusive Growth	Skills Financing Forecasting Private sector resource mobilization is a vital component in skills financing. Employing a revenue-generating scheme is considered the most reliable course...	Hiromichi Katayama, Kenneth Abraham Barrientos
20 Sep 2016	Synthesis of the Day		Jost Wagner

Date	Session / Activity	Presentation Material	Speaker(s)
21 Sep 2016	Session 9 - Blended and e-Learning to Transform Teaching and Learning	Overview: Innovations in eLearning and Blended Learning With recent statistics revealing a global surge in internet and mobile users, now is the best time to teach and learn online more than ever. Mainstreaming...	Marito Garcia
21 Sep 2016	Session 9 - Blended and e-Learning to Transform Teaching and Learning	Udemy Udemy is a global marketplace for online learning and teaching where students are mastering new skills and achieving their goals by learning from an extensive...	Richard Qiu
21 Sep 2016	Session 9 - Blended and e-Learning to Transform Teaching and Learning	Blended and e-Learning to Transform Teaching and Learning: The Case of IndonesiaX	Lucy Pandjaitan
21 Sep 2016	Session 9 - Blended and e-Learning to Transform Teaching and Learning	Digital Literacy Coding boot camps keep up with the technology industry's increasing and evolving demand for web developers. The immersive- and industry-relevant education...	Raman Nambiar
21 Sep 2016	Reflections and Way Forward		Brajesh Panth, Rana Hasan
21 Sep 2016	Closing Remarks		Stephen Groff