UNEVOC Connect

Embracing digitalization, greening and migration trends
There is an urgent need to expand the skilled workforce and promote green practices in the building and construction industry. The sector, currently employing approximately 7 per cent of the global working population, accounts for over a third of glo ...

Examples from Africa, Asia and Europe
This publication presents 10 Innovation and Learning Practices that were selected based on their contribution to identifying new qualifications and competencies in an efficient manner, integrating them into appealing curricula and training regulation ...

From industry trends to competencies within TVET
This publication proposes approaches to facilitate the dual transition in hospitality and tourism, structured around the identification of emerging green and digital competencies in a timely manner, their integration into future-oriented curricula, a ...

Submitted by Tourism Training Australia
Tourism Training Australia, in collaboration with industry and the Victoria government, launched an online micro-credential platform and AI-based marketing tool to address local labour shortages in the tourism and hospitality sectors during the pande ...

In 2021, through a series of green activities and actions, École d’Hôtellerie et de Tourisme Paul Dubrule (EHT) started to implement the EcoCampus programme from the Foundation of Environmental Education (FEE). The EcoCampus programme is an in ...

Submitted by Vocational Training Council, Hong Kong, China
The Innovation & Technology Co-Creation Centre at Hong Kong’s Vocational Training Council focuses on providing young entrepreneurs with the resources and technical knowledge they need to develop innovative prototypes and concepts. The initiative al ...

Submitted by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, Philippines
In the Philippines, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has leveraged the potential of information and communication technology (ICT) to increase the absorptive capacity for TVET delivery, shape future curricula in terms ...

Submitted by College of Machinery and Irrigation, Viet Nam
In Viet Nam, the general level of environmental awareness is low, and the proportion of the economy that is devoted to green industry is relatively small. However, a willingness to shift towards a greener society is beginning to emerge, which creates ...

Submitted by Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission, Sri Lanka
The National Skills Passport is a digital portfolio of a worker’s skills and qualifications, references and informally acquired knowledge, all conveniently located on a smart identification card. Migrant labourers and workers returning from abroad ...

Submitted by Pandit Sunderlal Sharma Central Institute of Vocational Education, India
An initiative in India aims to enhance the status of TVET as a method for preparing the country’s youth for the future world of work. With a focus on sustainability, the initiative identifies in-demand green skills as crucial for employability and ...

Submitted by Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore
‘Every student is a unicorn’ goes the saying at Temasek Polytechnic in Singapore. To broaden students’ entrepreneurial horizons beyond the concept of chasing ‘unicorn’ start-ups, Temasek’s approach to innovation and entrepreneurship focu ...

Submitted by Shenzhen Polytechnic, China
Employees equipped with qualifications and competencies relating to the information and communications technology (ICT) industry are in high demand around the world. This is particularly true in Shenzhen, a global hub of ICT companies and innovation. ...

Submitted by TPQI, Thailand
Standardization and certification of in-company trainer competency leads to more effective cooperation between learning venues and companies in TVET. After a group of sixty experts from six countries developed the ASEAN In-Company Trainer Standard, t ...

World TVET Database UNESCO-UNEVOC
The Country Profiles are the result of a collaboration between UNESCO-UNEVOC and the TVET stakeholders in each country, particularly the UNEVOC Network Members. The TVET Country Profiles are aimed at providing concise, reliable and up-to-date informa ...

World TVET Database UNESCO-UNEVOC
The Country Profiles are the result of a collaboration between UNESCO-UNEVOC and the TVET stakeholders in each country, particularly the UNEVOC Network Members. The TVET Country Profiles are aimed at providing concise, reliable and up-to-date informa ...

World TVET Database UNESCO-UNEVOC
The Country Profiles are the result of a collaboration between UNESCO-UNEVOC and the TVET stakeholders in each country, particularly the UNEVOC Network Members. The TVET Country Profiles are aimed at providing concise, reliable and up-to-date informa ...

Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) plays a pivotal role in economies of South Asian countries and needs rational and effective mechanisms to deal with the challenges and provide education and readiness for the world of work in for ...

The Education 2030 Agenda highlights the need to rethink technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and skills development. Out of the seven targets to achieve by 2030, two are directly linked to TVET. They aim to “ensure equal access t ...

UNESCO-UNEVOC Promising Practice
Australia has a well-established apprenticeship system. However, a steady decline in the enrolment rate has raised concerns. One of the main causes of this decline is the negative public perception of apprenticeships. The Australian Apprenticeships A ...

UNESCO-UNEVOC Promising Practice
As Viet Nam’s economy has modernized, demand has increased for skilled labour. This has resulted in diminished prospects for youth in finding formal employment. REACH is a local non-governmental organization that trains young people, particularly t ...

UNESCO-UNEVOC Promising Practice
In India, women from rural communities often have little say in family and community decision-making. Skills development is a recognized medium of empowerment. However, access to TVET remains a challenge to a majority of those living in rural India. ...

Understanding the return on investment (ROI) in VET provides governments with information on the performance of the system and justification for public expenditure. It can help enterprises and individuals to measure productivity improvement in firms ...

At the Third International Congress on Technical and Vocational Education and Training, held in Shanghai in 2012, a recommendation was made to explore the possibility of developing international guidelines on quality assurance for the recognition of ...

Following a recommendation made at the third International Congress on Technical and Vocational Education and Training, held in Shanghai in 2012, to explore the possibility of developing quality assurance guidelines for the recognition of qualificati ...