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Continuing training and professional development

Education or training after initial education and training – or after entry into working life aimed at helping individuals to:

improve or update their knowledge and/or skills;
acquire new skills for a career move or retraining;
continue their personal or professional development.

Source:
ILO, Glossary of terms at the International Labour Conference 2022, Apprenticeships, 2022
ILO, Glossary of terms at the International Labour Conference 2022, Apprenticeships, 2022
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ILO’s trilingual glossary presents selected terms related to TVET (skills and lifelong learning, apprenticeships).

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