This presentation discusses GIZ’s technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and the implementation of Labour Markets Program in Indonesia. It also shares the work of GIZ TVET and Labour Markets Sector Working Group in Asia. A thorough discussion on labor markets in the context of regional cooperation is included.

This presentation provides an overview of the Pacific Region. It enumerates the challenges for skills development as outlined in the Pacific Education Development Framework 2009-2015. The impacts of migration on small island countries are also discussed.

This presentation provides an overview of Bangladesh, focusing particularly on employment and migration. The need to skill migrants, situation of technical and vocational education and training, migration skills training, and the migration process in the country are explained. It also includes recommendations on how to advance skills development for migration.

This presentation shares the grappling experience in identifying the demand for skills in the Pacific region over the last two years, with 2012 as reference year. Skills transfer by procurement as an option, through the case of London Olympics as an example, is discussed.

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.

Jobs in the Information Technology-Business Process Outsourcing industry in the Philippines are expected to continuously increase. Demand for talent, however, is far greater than supply given that the country’s educational system is seen as the biggest bottleneck. This presentation discusses the Road Map for Talent Development 2016, including the industry’s talent transformation.

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.

Skills development is important for ADB. ADB’s portfolio, including its approach to skills development or technical and vocational education and training projects, is discussed in this presentation. It also explains how a skills ecosystem is built and the key policy strands towards an integrated approach to skills development.

This presentation introduces the National Skill Qualification Framework and the new Vocational Education and Training Act in India. Reforming the apprenticeship system, including financing of skill development on a much wider scale, is discussed. The plan to develop a Labour Management Information System is explained.