G20 Development Working Group Submissions

HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT5 Supporting human resource development (HRD) to promote an educated and competent workforce is an important determinant of economic growth: it facilitates the shift from traditional production models towards more sophisticated and high value-added products, commodities and services on global markets. The HRD Pillar of the MYAP is built on the G20 Training Strategy* endorsed by G20 Leaders at the Toronto Summit in 2010. In the HRD Pillar, IOs, including the ILO, OECD, UNESCO and the World Bank, work together in supporting LICs to develop "employment-related skills that are better matched to the employer and market needs in order to attract investment and decent jobs." The HRD Pillar in the MYAP developed an action plan and a road map for 2010-14, which comprise two principal actions to: create internationally comparable skill indicators (MYAP Commitment 30); and enhance national employable skills strategies (MYAP Commitment 31). Building on this, the DWG suggested including skills development as a component of other pillars and proposed a knowledge-sharing strategy to encompass work on HRD. Subsequently, the OECD and WB together with other IOs developed a conceptual framework for internationally comparable data, including a list of indicators on skills for employment and productivity. Human Resource Development Success Story Under completing MYAP Commitment 31, IOs provided coordinated and expert assistance to 4 pilot low- income countries Bangladesh, Benin, Haiti and Malawi in preparing national action plans for employment skills. These plans benefitted from discussions across ministries and with representatives of employers and trade unions. Each plan sets out key objectives, national responsibilities and priorities for targeted support from IOs. The action plans aim to strengthen public-private coordination in order to better link training provision to labour market needs. Measures to improve and expand apprenticeships feature prominently in these efforts. The plans also provide for an opportunity to coordinate country level work across DWG priorities, linking skills development to the transition to greener economies and to more sustainable food security. The DWG continues to work with the 4 pilot countries to help implement the action plans. Support from IOs covers field testing indicators included in the database on skills indicators, thus improving evidence-based policy-making and monitoring. In reporting on their progress at the DWG workshop on HRD in May 2013, representatives from the pilot countries noted that the G20 initiative succeeded in encouraging consistency in the support provided by IOs, as well as in improving coherence of training planning across ministries and between the public and the private sector. As part of a wider roll-out of the program, as called for in the Seoul MYAP, Russia has launched a new technical cooperation and knowledge-sharing program to support the G20 Training Strategy in select Asian countries and those of the Commonwealth of Independent States. Global Public-Private Knowledge Sharing Platform on Skills for Employment http://www.skillsforemployment.org About the Platform Keyword Search Choose one or more issues Choose a knowledge product Choose a country Choose a source Choose a language Advanced search Search Building a bridge between education and training and the world of work Issues Knowledge Products Countries A SKILLS FOR EMPLOYMENT knowledge sharing platform Research Policy Sources Contact What works to bridge the world of education and training to the world of decent and productive work? This website shares the answers that governments, employers, workers and international organizations are finding to that question across the world. To learn more about their knowledge and Case experience, select "sources" of information. studies You can also search for information on skills for employment by policy "issue" or by "country". All search results are organized and presented according to how knowledge on skills issues is built up: from a foundation of multiple case studies, to more in-depth research reports, to short syntheses of experience capsulated in policy options as indicated in the Pyramid of Knowledge Products.. This website has been created through cooperation by the ILO, UNESCO, the OECD and the World Bank in an effort to pool relevant knowledge on skills for employment. Training materials and curriculum: THI UNEV C Key resources Saint Petersburg Accountability Report on G20 Development Commitments 36 CINTERFOR >>>ILO/G20 Training Strategy: A Skilled Workforce for Strong. Sustainable and Balanced Growth » OECD: Better Skills, Better Jobs, Better Lives: A Strategic Approach to Skills Policies What's new Focus on Global Employment Trends 2013 Includes recommendations for or policy actions to aid in the recovery of the second jobs dip, among them, addressing skills mismatches, and enhancing youth employability. Chapter 2 Breaking the barriers This video documents the inclusion of Implementation of G20 Commitments on Development Significant work has been done on another of the HRD commitments emerging from the 2011 Cannes Summit. It was meant to create a knowledge-sharing platform (KSP) for employment skills. The KSP enables organizations and governments to easily access and share data about skills development to be used to improve employability and productivity. The KSP web site was tested by focus groups during 2012 and made available to the public in 2013. The public launch took place in June 2013. G20 representatives have been urged to contribute 5 Since 2010, Argentina, the Republic of Korea and Russia have co- facilitated the work under the HRD Pillar. The G20 called for the ILO, OECD, UNESCO and the World Bank to contribute to ongoing work.

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