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.

Focuses on the role of collective bargaining in strengthening vocational training in the 1990s in the context of globalization.

Presents a comparative study of legislation on vocational training adopted in recent years.

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

Presents a conservative estimate of the global outreach of the ILO's Know About Business (KAB) entrepreneurship education programme, and gives a glimpse of the breadth and depth of national efforts to introduce and integrate entrepreneurship education into secondary, vocational/technical...

This book helps us to better understand the problems women face in rising through the ranks and securing top positions, and offers some useful strategies for shattering the glass ceiling. It examines current gender inequalities in the labour market and in political and social life.

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...

Examines the role of ILO technical assistance in strengthening social dialogue and integrating decent work into the poverty reduction process in Cambodia. Assesses the current participatory process among the social partners and proposes strategies for the promotion of decent work, improving...

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...