Decentralizing Power to Community Colleges, Employers, and Learners: Lessons from Canada in Responding to Complex and Rapid Change Read more about Decentralizing Power to Community Colleges, Employers, and Learners: Lessons from Canada in Responding to Complex and Rapid Change This presentation introduces the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC), a membership-driven organization representing Canada’s 130 public post-secondary institutions of applied learning and research. It shares a number of lessons, through the experience of ACCC, on how to provide updated skills for inclusive and sustainable growth.
Skills Development in Time of Continuing Job Crisis: World of Work Report 2012 and Other Reports and Implications for Effective Skills Strategies Read more about Skills Development in Time of Continuing Job Crisis: World of Work Report 2012 and Other Reports and Implications for Effective Skills Strategies This presentation shares findings of the International Labour Organization’s World of Work Report 2012. An overview of the global youth employment situation is provided. It also discusses how to link skills development with decent work, and how the G20 group of countries’ training serves as a building block for formulating effective strategies.
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.
2013 World Development Report on Jobs Read more about 2013 World Development Report on Jobs This presentation shows how jobs drive development and why certain jobs do more for development. The three distinct layers of policy that are needed to create good jobs for development are explained. It also shares a typology of countries based on job challenges.
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.
Building the Right Skills and Turning Them Into Better Jobs and Better Lives: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Skills Strategy Read more about Building the Right Skills and Turning Them Into Better Jobs and Better Lives: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Skills Strategy This presentation introduces the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and its work. The OECD LEED Programme, with the mission to contribute to building more and better jobs in the OECD and beyond, is discussed. The need for an OECD skills strategy and how it is being applied are explained.
The Role of Skills Development in Competitiveness in Asia Read more about The Role of Skills Development in Competitiveness in Asia This presentation describes the forces of change leading to the rise in competitiveness/skills imperative. It discusses the skills challenges in Asia, including the importance of understanding a number of factors that will allow countries to plan skills strategies. The characteristics of a competitive skills development system are also enumerated.
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.