At the international conference in Tangshan in 2017, UNESCO put a spotlight on the factors shaping the future technical and vocational education and training (TVET) landscape. These included shifts in the development paradigm towards sustainable development, and changes in demography, economic trends, the labour market and migration patterns.

Organized with the support of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and in collaboration with the German National Commission for UNESCO and partners from the Inter-Agency Group on TVET and WorldSkills Internation, UNESCO-UNEVOC’s TVET Learning Forum on ‘Managing skills in times of disruption’ convened over 100 participants representing all sectors of the TVET community, including centres from the UNEVOC Network, from all five regions of the world.

The following report presents highlights of UNESCO-UNEVOC's TVET Learning Forum.