Analyses the characteristics of qualifications and evaluates their impact on the functioning of the labour market.

Outlines initiatives that employers and employers' organizations can take to stimulate youth employment. Describes measures in the areas of: creating a positive environment for job creation; enhancing employability; promoting youth entrepreneurship; and promoting equality at work for young women...

This paper was written by Gijsbert van Liemt, an independent consultant on employment and skills policies, and a former ILO official working on Active Labour Market Policies. His paper discusses secondary technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in the Netherlands, highlighting the...

Assesses the situation in three public emergency services in Bulgaria in relation to the ILO guidelines on social dialogue in the public emergency services in a changing environment adopted in 2003.

ILO pub. Article on planning for training in developing countries (educational planning) - considers problems involved in using long term labour force forecasts as a means of determining training needs and priorities, affirms the need to take into account the different types of technical...

ILO pub. Article on microelectronics training needs in the metalworking industry - considers the difficulties of vocational training machinery in most countries following rapid technological changes accompanied by new skill requirements, and the implications for employment adjustment, and...

ILO pub. Article using examples in East Africa and Southern Africa to illustrate the importance of vocational training in the formal educational system and non-formal training for basic needs self reliance objectives in rural areas - discusses types of training needs, the value of craft training...

ILO pub. Article on employment policy and human resources planning in Mongolia - reviews economic development, demographic and employment trends between 1960 and 1980, and discusses major policy objectives concerning full employment, planning techniques, vocational training, etc. References.

ILO pub. Article on the urban area economic implications of the modern informal sector in Yaounde, Cameroon - describes its contribution to employment and income, vocational training of apprentices, etc., and notes the functioning of its entrepreneurship. References.