TRAINING AND PRODUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT

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TRAINING AND PRODUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT
Community-based training Robert
Gregory Executive Director HEART
Trust/NTA, Jamaica 36th Meeting of the
Technical Committee of CINTERFOR/ILO July 29,
2003, La Antigua, Guatemala
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The main effect of globalization is to heighten
competition worldwide and to increase the number
of competitors. But this competition is not
limited to enterprises. We must now consider the
role that cities and regions play, since they are
competing with each other to attract economic
activity. Furthermore, this competition is
becoming international, since the competitors are
increasingly territories located in other
countries. (OECD Territorial Outlook 2001)
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EFFECTS OF GLOBALIZATION

• Trade blocs protecting the interests of
• countries within given regions
• Caribbean Single Market Economy (CSME)
• FTAA in the Caribbean 2006

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TRANSITION OF CARIBBEAN ECONOMY
PRIMARY SECTORS TERTIARY SECTORS
Agriculture-based
Service-based

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SYMPTOMS OF WORKPLACE TRANSFORMATION

• new technologies
• encompassing trade agreements
• increased competition
• new and growing education and skill
• requirements

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SKILL REQUIREMENTS OF THE NEW WORK CULTURE

• independence
• flexibility
• decision-making
• problem-solving
• initiative
• innovation
• critical thinking
• lifelong learning
• C O M P E T E N C E

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EFFECTS OF WORKPLACE TRANSFORMATION

• redundancies to cut costs, raise productivity
  and
• boost profit earnings
• employees re-examining the marketability of
  their
• job skills
• increased number of own account/self employed
• workers (40 of Jamaican workforce)
• closure of non-competitive businesses
• restructured businesses responding to customers
  
• more sophisticated demands

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BUSINESS SURVIVAL

• INCLUDES
• workforce quality (education, training,
• certification levels)
• technology employed
• market access
• product quality and service distinction in the
• market

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THE NEW PARADIGM COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACHES TO
EMPLOYMENT

• Enterprise success is tied to improving every
• process, produce and procedure
• Continuous learning is a requirement for
• job holders and entrepreneurs
• Being good is not good enough
• Jobs and people are portable because of
• globalized transportation and
• communication technology

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THE NEW PARADIGM COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACHES TO
EMPLOYMENT (Contd)

• Jobs increasingly go to the highest-quality
• and most innovative workers at wages set
• by the world marketplace.
• The only job security is being a vendor
• who satisfies his/her customers present
• and future needs
• Talent comes from directed effort

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THE NTAS RESPONSE

• policies and programmes promoting and
• encouraging income generating enterprises
• culture of service enterprise integral to
• community-based training

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THE NTAS RESPONSE (Contd)

• encourages the building of self-confidence
• skills imparted are relevant, practical and
• transferable
• fostering of creativity and innovation
• among trainees

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THE NTAS RESPONSE (Contd)

• entrepreneurial training included in all
• training programmes. Encourages values
• and attitudes which lead to success self
• discipline, hard work, confidence,
• perseverance, a willingness to learn from
• mistakes.

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CONCLUSION
While big businesses downsize, small businesses
are mushrooming. Therefore, the NTA has been
incorporating and emphasizing those skills to
people which will result in their personal
success, the eventual growth of our economies and
the development and stabilization of our
societies.