UNESCO Publications
Below you can find a selection of UNESCO publications that are relevant in the context of TVET. For the full catalogue, please use the UNESCO Digital library
Inter-Agency Group on TVET Newsletter - May 2022
The Inter-Agency Group on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (IAG-TVET) was convened by UNESCO in 2008 to ensure a good coordination of activities by the key international organizations involved in the delivery of policy advice, programm ...
Youth report 2022: Non-state actors in education: who chooses? who loses?
This report is written in partnership with the Global Student Forum to help you learn about the youth perspective on the different roles and impact of non-state actors in education. For many, a discussion on the role of non-state actors in educatio ...
Global education monitoring report 2022: Gender report, deepening the debate on those still left behind
The 2022 Gender Report presents fresh insights on progress towards gender parity in education with respect to access, attainment and learning. It showcases the results of a new model that provide coherent estimates, combining multiple sources of info ...
UNESCO In Action for Gender Equality: 2020-2021
UNESCO’s global priority gender equality took on new meaning over the past two years that have been marked by dramatic social, political, environmental, and economic changes around the world. This report showcases UNESCO’s actions to advance gend ...
UNESCO International Conference Report on Transforming Technical and Vocational Education and Training for Successful and Just Transitions
The International UNESCO Conference on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) for Successful and Just Transitions was held virtually from the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France on 7 and 8 December 2021. The objective of the confe ...
Global education monitoring report 2021/2: Non-state actors in education: who chooses? who loses?
Non-state actors’ role extends beyond provision of schooling to interventions at various education levels and influence spheres. Alongside its review of progress towards SDG 4, including emerging evidence on the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact, the 20 ...
Final evaluation of UNESCO’s technical and vocational education and training strategy, 2016 - 2021
This evaluation reviewed the implementation of the TVET Strategy 2016-2021 that guided UNESCO’s work in technical and vocational education and training. Based on desk research and consultations with more than 60 peoples, the evaluation concluded th ...
Inter-Agency Group on TVET Newsletter - November 2021
The Inter-Agency Group on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (IAG-TVET) was convened by UNESCO in 2008 to ensure a good coordination of activities by the key international organizations involved in the delivery of policy advice, programm ...
Repenser nos futurs ensemble: un nouveau contrat social pour l'éducation
L’avenir de l’humanité sur la planète est, nous le savons aujourd’hui, compromis. La pandémie a eu au moins le mérite de démontrer combien nos existences sont fragiles et combien nos destins sont inextricablement liés. Il est nécessaire ...
When schools shut: Gendered impacts of COVID-19 school closures
This UNESCO global study exposes failure to factor in gender in COVID-19 education responses and widening gaps in access to quality education following school closures. Citing some 90 countries, the study shows that despite governments' and partn ...
Skills forecasting in the South Mediterranean region
Approaches and lessons learned from pilot projects
South Mediterranean countries are facing high youth unemployment and are concerned about structural imbalances in their labour markets. They have expressed increasing interest in developing evidence-based employment policies in order to tackle the st ...
Investing in Career Guidance
Revised Edition 2021
In December 2019, six international organizations came together to publish a first booklet on the importance of investing in career guidance. The joint effort reflected the fact that the need for guidance had increased sharply with people staying in ...
Actions to Foster Expansion of Quality Work-Based Learning Programmes for Young People in the South Mediterranean Region
Policy Guidelines
This report aims to inform policymakers and practitioners in the Arab region and other countries and agencies supporting the development of TVET about what steps might be taken by the government, social partnerships, TVET training institutions, priva ...
Improving Work-Based Learning (WBL) Programmes for Young People in the South Mediterranean Region
Regional Guidelines
This set of practical guidelines aims to inform policymakers, social partners and practitioners in the Southern Mediterranean countries about organizing, implementing, managing, and evaluating effective work-based learning (WBL) programs for young pe ...
Inter-Agency Group on TVET Newsletter - June 2021
The Inter-Agency Group on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (IAG-TVET) was convened by UNESCO in 2008 to ensure a good coordination of activities by the key international organizations involved in the delivery of policy advice, programm ...
Skilling, upskilling and reskilling of employees, apprentices & interns during the COVID-19 pandemic
Findings from a global survey of enterprises
The COVID-19 pandemic has seriously disrupted the skilling, upskilling and reskilling of employees, apprentices and interns in all types of enterprises and organizations around the world. To assess the impact of the pandemic, a global online survey o ...
Perspectives on policy and practice. Tapping into the potential of big data for skills policy
This publication has been prepared by the Inter-Agency Group on Technical and Vocational Education and Training on skills mismatch in digitized labour markets, to support experts and policymakers who wish to engage in discussion on the potential of w ...
Case study on Finnish TVET: a resilient model of training during COVID-19
This case study examines how technical and vocational education and training (TVET) was organized during the state of emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland. The disruption accentuated the importance of flexibility within the education ...
Skills development in the time of COVID-19
Taking stock of the initial responses in technical and vocational education and training
This report is based on the findings of an interagency survey on technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and skills development in the time of COVID-19. The online survey, which was targeted at TVET providers, policymakers and social p ...
L’éducation au développement durable: feuille de route
Available in EN, FR, ES
La présente feuille de route énonce les défis urgents auxquels la planète est confrontée et souligne mise en œuvre du cadre « L’éducation en vue du développement durable : vers la réalisation des ODD (L’EDD pour 2030) » qui a été ado ...
Approche par les compétences dans l’enseignement et la formation techniques et professionnelles en Afrique.
Études à partir de sept pays d’Afrique : Afrique du Sud, Bénin, Éthiopie, Ghana, Maroc, Rwanda et Sénégal: rapport synthèse
L’IIPE-UNESCO Dakar et l’IFEF ont réalisé une étude conjointe relative à la contextualisation et à l’adaptation de l’Approche Par les Compétences (APC) dans 7 pays d’Afrique : Afrique du Sud, Bénin, Éthiopie, Ghana, Maroc, Rwanda, S ...
Rapport mondial de suivi sur l’éducation, 2020: Inclusion et éducation : tous, sans exception
L’édition 2020 du Rapport mondial de suivi sur l’éducation examine les mécanismes sociaux, économiques et culturels qui discriminent les enfants, les jeunes et les adultes défavorisés, les tenant à l’écart de l’éducation ou les margi ...
Shanghai Update 11
November 2020
The eleventh issue of the Shanghai Update newsletter focuses on UNESCO's response to ensure continuity of learning during the COVID-19 pandemic and highlights the challenges that TVET teachers and learners have faced in moving to online learning.
Inter-Agency Group on TVET Newsletter - November 2020
The Interagency Group on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (IAG-TVET) was convened by UNESCO in 2008 to ensure a good coordination of activities by the key international organizations involved in the delivery of policy advice, programme ...
Policy brief: using digital credentials to keep the promises of TVET; Technical and Vocational Education and Training
Today, opportunities abound for greater use of technology in assessment and credentialing to enhance the impact of TVET on economic and social development programmes. In the past, it has often been observed that the impact of TVET on social and econo ...




























