ILO/SKILLS-AP Republic of Korea

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ILO/SKILLS-APRepublic of Korea

• KEY SKILLS ISSUES IN THE
• ASIA - PACIFIC REGION

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Key Skill Challenges

• Challenges to workforce development can fall
  into three broad categories
• National skill development systems
• National strategies
• Training and assessment delivery

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National Skill Development Systems

• Includes
• Qualification frameworks
• Quality assurance of training and recognition
• Development of industry
  standards to underpin training

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National Skill Development Strategies

• Access and equity - consideration for groups
  disadvantaged in training and employment
• Development and implementation of Core Skills
• Addressing skill shortages and gaps plus
  accelerating development to meet industry
  demands

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Training and Assessment Delivery

• Implementing the best training methodologies
  blended learning, E-learning.
• Encouraging and supporting workplace learning
  approaches apprenticeships, mentoring
• Assessment only recognition pathways
• Informal economy development

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Sharing Current Approaches

• National skill development systems,
  strategies and training and assessment delivery
  approaches can benefit from the experiences of
  others. Many countries have developed effective
  ways to improve skill development and
  the ILO supports networking and
  information access to share ideas

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Proposed Website Structure
Asia and the Pacific Examples of Current
Approaches in National Skill Development Systems