Introduction and Overview
Session Summary
Workforce Development Module Introduction
Learning objectives
- Participants introduce themselves and share expectations for the training.
- Participants understand the objectives and desired outcomes of the two-day training.
Presenter
Jee-Peng Tan , Education Advisor , HDNED
Ryan Flynn , Consultant , HDNED
Outline
- Group Exercise
- Overview of the SABER-WfD Tool
- Highlights of WfD strategies in selected fast-growing economies: Singapore, Korea, Ireland, Chile
Materials
Diagnostic Tools to Support Dialogue: SABER-WfD
Session Summary
What Matters in Workforce Development?
Learning objectives
- Understand the global challenges and issues relating to jobs and skills
- Learn about what matters in workforce development (WfD)
Presenter
Jee-Peng Tan , Education Advisor , HDNED
Outline
- Group exercise
- Challenges in skills and jobs
- Conceptual framework for institutional assessment of WfD challenges
Materials
Global Knowledge: What Can We Learn from Top Performers?
Session Summary
Global Knowledge:The SABER-WfD Tool
Global Knowledge: What can we learn from top performers?
Learning objectives
Participants will:
- Know about the SABER-WfD tool for assessing WfD institutions, policies and practices
- Gain insights into the WfD strategies for fast-growing economies as revealed by the tool
Presenter
Jee-Peng Tan , Education Advisor , HDNED
Ryan Flynn , Consultant , HDNED
Outline
- Group Exercise
- Overview of the SABER-WfD Tool
- Highlights of WfD strategies in selected fast-growing economies: Singapore, Korea, Ireland, Chile
Materials
Drilling Down on Policy Design: Governance and Finance
Session Summary
Policy Design Issues Governance & Financing
Learning objectives
Participants will:
- Obtain an overview of governance challenges in workforce development systems
- Understand issues related to the financing of initial and continuing WfD through public and private sources and appreciate the power of transfer mechanisms
Presenter
Richard Johanson , Training Specialist Consultant
Outline
- Governance: addressing complexity in organization and management
- Financing of WfD through public and private sources:
- Financing initial and continuing WfD
- The power of transfer mechanisms
Materials
Drilling Down on Policy Design: Quality Assurance
Session Summary
Indonesian Qualifications Framework
Learning objectives
Participants will:
- Learn about the governance and organization of quality assurance systems, drawing
- on experiences around the world with special focus on Australia and Indonesia
- Appreciate the challenges of building and sustaining the relevance and credibility of
- qualification frameworks
- Be exposed to the experiences of Australia and Indonesia
Presenter
Andrea Bateman , Training Specialist (Consultant)
Megawati Santoso , Indonesia Qualifications Framework Team Leader
Outline
- What is quality assurance in workforce development?
- What are the key instruments and processes for quality assurance?
- What does Australia and Indonesia’s experience with QF reveal about the benefits and challenges of such frameworks?
Materials
Diagnostics Tools to Support Dialogue: Skills Analysis & Measurement
Session Summary
Skills for Economic Transformation
Diagnostics Tools to Support Dialogue: Skills Analysis and Measurement
Learning objectives
Participants will:
- Learn about skills-related analyses in Indonesia
- Understand the rationale for and design of the STEP Skills Measurement Surveys
- Learn about STEP results for Sri Lanka and other countries
Presenter
Cristobal Ridao-Cano , Lead Economist and Sector Leader-Indonesia , EASHD
Outline
- Skills-related analyses in Indonesia
- Group exercise
- Overview of the STEP instrument
- Skills measurement for Sri Lanka and other countries
Materials
World Bank Experience: 10-year Review of Operations
Session Summary
Overview of World Bank Support for Workforce Development
Learning objectives
Participants will:
- Become familiar with key trends from World Bank operations supporting workforce development over the last ten years, 2002-2012
- Learn about the extent to which WfD-related portfolio map to the policy goals laid out in the WfD Conceptual Framework
Presenter
Jee-Peng Tan , Advisor , HDNED
Ryan Flynn , Consultant , HDNED
Outline
- Overview of trends and lessons from WB operations supporting WfD
- Mapping the Bank’s WfD-related portfolio to the WfD Conceptual Framework
- Group exercise
Materials
Next Generation Operations
Session Summary
Education Staff Development Program (ESDP) Workforce Development (WfD) India Skills Portfolio
Learning objectives
Participants will:
- Reflect on experiences from selected WfD related operations and their implications for designing and implementing more effective Bank operations
- Learn from new approaches for skills development used in non-HD operations
Presenter
Halil Dundar , Lead Education Specialist , SASED
Nalin Jena , Senior Education Specialist , SASED
Polly Jones , Lead Operations Officer , LCSHS
Amira Kazem , Operations Officer , MNSHE
Cristobal Ridao-Cano , Lead Economist and Sector Leader-Indonesia , EASHD
Randeep Sudan , Sector Manager , TWICT
Outline
- Highlights from skills related HD operations
- Argentina Lifelong Learning Project & Skills Portfolio
- India Skills Portfolio
- Egypt Skills Development Project
- Sri Lanka Skills Project
- WB support for WfD in Indonesia and countries in the ECA region
- Highlights from skills components in non-HD operations
- Macedonia Microworks
- Mexico First
Materials
Diagnostic Tools to Support Dialogue: SABER-WfD
Session Summary
Scoring Rules
SABER-WfD Implementation of the Tool
Learning objectives
Participants will:
- Know about the implementation protocols for SABER-WfD
- Learn about the SABER-WfD results in selected countries
- Gain insights from the experience of implementing the tool in selected countries
Presenter
Halil Dundar , Lead Education Specialist , SASED
Ryan Flynn , Consultant , HDNED
Amira Kazem , Operations Officer , MNSHE
Outline
- Overview of the SABER-WfD Tool and implementation protocols
- Country Applications: Bulgaria and Georgia, Egypt and Jordan, Sri Lanka
Materials
