The Role of the Private Sector in Entrepreneurship Development Read more about The Role of the Private Sector in Entrepreneurship Development This presentation highlights the emerging opportunity divide among young people around the world. It introduces YouthSpark, an array of global programs developed by Microsoft Corporation that aims to empower, inspire, and help young people.
Education as the Way Forward: The Philippine Challenge towards Enhancing the Future of Filipino Global Maritime Professionals Read more about Education as the Way Forward: The Philippine Challenge towards Enhancing the Future of Filipino Global Maritime Professionals This presentation provides an overview of the global maritime industry. It also explains the concept of sustainable shipping. The Philippine maritime industry, the leading provider of maritime professionals that supplies 25% of the world’s seafarers, is discussed.
ICT for Skills and Development: Building for the Future Read more about ICT for Skills and Development: Building for the Future This presentation identifies a few global trends with respect to ICTs. It also suggests ways on how countries and institutions could respond to ensure skills are developed to take advantage of these trends. The Commonwealth of Learning’s focus on Learning for Development is shared.
The World at Work: Matching Jobs and Skills in Asia Read more about The World at Work: Matching Jobs and Skills in Asia Demand for high-skill labor will likely grow faster than supply in rapidly modernizing Asian economies over the next decade. Attaining a steep increase in tertiary graduation rates, therefore, has become necessary, though several countries in developing Asia have low secondary school enrollment rates. A critical labor agenda for policymakers is recommended.
Youth and Skills: Putting Education to Work Read more about Youth and Skills: Putting Education to Work This presentation shares the key messages from UNESCO’s Education for All Monitoring Report 2012. It discusses the types of skill young people need, including the pathways to skills. It also proposes recommendations for stakeholders and discusses policy implications for countries in the Asia Pacific region.
UNESCO and Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) with Particular Reference to the UNESCO World TVET Report 2013: Expanding Quality Learning for Work and Life Read more about UNESCO and Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) with Particular Reference to the UNESCO World TVET Report 2013: Expanding Quality Learning for Work and Life This presentation discusses UNESCO’s long-term involvement and program activities in the field of technical and vocational education and training (TVET). It introduces the “UNESCO World Report on TVET: Expanding Quality Learning for Work and Life (2013)” and points out themes in the report that particularly resonate with countries in Asia and the Pacific.
Brajesh Panth Keywords skills forum skills development education adb education sector Read more about Brajesh Panth Brajesh Panth is the Chief of Education Sector Group at the Asian Development Bank(ADB). He provides technical leadership to the education sector group (EdSG) in ADB, leads the preparation of the Ed SG work plan, and facilitates collaboration across the sector and thematic groups in ADB and with external partners.
Kenneth King Keywords education skills development Read more about Kenneth King Kenneth King is Emeritus Professor in the School of Education and of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. He was the Director of the Centre of African Studies and Professor of International and Comparative Education until September 2005.