Enabling private sector engagement in skills development through partnerships, investment opportunities and workforce development strategies.
Enabling private sector engagement in skills development through partnerships, investment opportunities and workforce development strategies.
Explore opportunities to invest in talent development and create meaningful employment pathways.
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This RAND Corporation study analyses how private sector actors engage in youth skills and employment programmes in low- and middle-income countries. It reviews evidence on training, entrepreneurship, wage subsidies, and employment services, highlighting the effectiveness of public-private partnerships and offering lessons for policymakers on leveraging firms’ participation for youth employment.
The TEVET Authority Strategic Plan (2024–2030) sets Malawi’s direction for technical, entrepreneurial, and vocational education and training. Centred on four pillars—Access & Inclusivity, Quality & Innovation, Governance & Management, and Financial Sustainability—it aligns TEVET to Malawi 2063 and the AU’s Continental Strategy for TVET. It emphasises gender equity, digitalisation, green skills, entrepreneurship, and stronger public–private partnerships to enhance labour market relevance.
Examines wage and employment outcomes for migrants in Australia, identifying barriers such as poor recognition of qualifications, English-language proficiency, and discrimination. Provides recommendations to improve productivity and inclusion.
Examines global labour mobility projects and their role in addressing skill shortages. Focuses on how skills-based migration can meet labour market demand while ensuring fair employment outcomes.
Explores the potential role of international labour migration in addressing skill shortages in the green transition. It discusses mobility partnerships, recognition of green skills, and policy frameworks to ensure fair and sustainable outcomes.
Summarises insights from African stakeholders on Denmark’s strategic engagement in Africa. It highlights priority areas including climate change, migration, governance, trade, and human capital, offering recommendations to shape Denmark’s new Africa strategy.
A research brief analysing the experiences of Venezuelan migrants in Colombia and Brazil. It reviews integration challenges and highlights effective practices for promoting decent work, safeguarding rights, and improving social inclusion.
Explores the opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence in reshaping Africa’s labour markets. It analyses sectoral impacts, emerging skill demands, and the importance of ethical governance to harness AI for inclusive and sustainable growth.
Jointly produced by the ILO, AUC and AUDA-NEPAD, this guidance note builds on the SIFA Skills Anticipation Project. It provides frameworks, methodologies, and practical steps for AU Member States to establish or improve labour market information systems, anticipate skills needs, and align training with labour market demands. It includes lessons from pilot countries (e.g. Eswatini, Ghana, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe) and highlights the importance of inter-ministerial and tripartite coordination.
This tool provides a structured logbook for field attachments, apprenticeships, and internships in Tanzania’s TVET system. It enables trainees to record daily and weekly tasks, facilitates assessment by workplace supervisors and vocational teachers, and supports reflection on learning outcomes. The logbook enhances work-based learning, promotes consistency across sites, and serves as evidence of competencies for employers. It also considers digital logbook applications.
This study, commissioned by AFD and carried out with ADEA, GRET, and IRAM, analyses vocational training funds in Africa. It reviews financing mechanisms, typologies, and governance structures, drawing lessons from African and Latin American cases. It highlights challenges of sustainability, equity, and informal sector support, and proposes 12 recommendations to strengthen funds as effective tools for continuing training, apprenticeship, and labour market relevance.
This briefing paper analyses the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the principal regional organisation in East Africa. It examines IGAD’s mandate, institutional development, and challenges, with a focus on peace and security, governance, economic cooperation, and environmental management. The paper situates IGAD within the broader architecture of African and global multilateralism, highlighting both its contributions—such as mediation in Sudan and Somalia—and structural weaknesses including overlapping memberships, weak governance, and limited institutional capacity.
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