G20 Development Working Group Submissions
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Lessons Learned
The DWG has driven strong inter-agency
collaboration on HRD, which has potential for
being translated into more streamlined policy
advice and technical support for developing
countries.
The limited availability of good data across the
range of critical indicators on skills development
hampers the design of sound national skills
development strategies and limits capacity to
implement and monitor the impact of policies
and programs. Once fully implemented, the
conceptual framework for indicators on skills
for employment and productivity should assist in
this regard. Pilot country work provides further
opportunities to validate the framework and
improve data collection capabilities.
In order to be sustainable and properly
maintained, the database on internationally
comparable skills indicators may require G20
members and IOs to explore additional financial
partnerships.
Indeed, it would be possible to become even
more ambitious by developing new country-
specific indicators subject to additional financing.
Further efforts could be made to support the
implementation of national action plans and
subsequent evaluation of their impact. Further
scaling up of the action to other LICs would
require additional funding. Again, if other LICS
were to take part in similar Action pilots,
additional funding would be necessary.
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Baseline Commitment
Implementation Notes
Action 1. Create Internationally Comparable Skill Indicators
30. "Create internationally
comparable skills indicators -
to assist LICs to better match
training to employers' needs and
future labor market opportunities
in developing countries; identify
gaps in the education system
for basic level employable
skills; identify the links between
education, health problems,
gender gaps and life-long skills
development; and produce a
comparable database across
countries to serve as a monitoring
tool for assessing employable
skills development in LICS"
(2010 MYAP).
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May 2013: IOs submit their report on a
conceptual framework and selected indicators,
including options for hosting and maintaining a
database. The database will be developed by
2014.
May 2012: Key elements of a draft interim
report on skills for employment and productivity
are presented by the OECD at the Third UNESCO
International Congress on TVET in Shanghai.
March 2012: A draft interim report on
skills for employment and productivity is presented
by the OECD at the joint OECD-ILO workshop
on Skills Indicators and Policies in LICs at the
ILO International Training Centre in Turin. This
allows a range of both LICs and MICs to review
the relevance of the conceptual framework and
proposed indicators, share experience in skills
Chapter 2
Implementation of G20 Commitments
on Development
Status
On-track
Timeline (T):
May 2013
(final report on
skills indicators
framework)
December 2014
(final report with
the international
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