Workforce Development

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Rating: 4.7 (18)

Topics: Education, Education for All, Education, Skills Development and Labor Market
Regions:
Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia, Other
GP:
Skills
Keywords:
Education, workforce development
Language:
English
Learning Mode:
Face-to-Face (archived learning materials)

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There are 9 sessions in this course

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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

Ireland Report
Singapore Report

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

Skills, Not Just Diplomas: Managing Education for Results in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Give Youth a chance: An Agenda for Action
Skills for Employment ILO: Increasing the Employability of Disadvantaged Youth
What Matters in Workforce Development: A Framework and Tool for Analysis
A Strategic Approach to Skills Policies
Skills for the 21st Century in Latin America and the Caribbean
Job Skills: Lessons from Recent WB Flagship Studies

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

Ireland Report
Singapore Report

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

Economics of Education Handbook
A Review of National Training Funds

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

Qualifications frameworks and quality assurance of education and training
The implementation and impact of National Qualifications Frameworks: Report of a study in 16 countries

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

STEP Employer Survey
STEP HH Survey
STEP Skills Measurement Brochure
Skills for Solomon Islands
STEP Employer Survey Training Summary
STEP Employer Survey Training Summary

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

YE Evaluation
WfD Portfolio Overview Jan 31

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

Global Opportunity in IT Based Services
Job Creation Through Building the Field of Impact Sourcing
Microwork in Mena
MICROWORK FOR MACRO-GAINS: EVALUATING THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF ICT- BASED JOB CREATION IN RURAL INDIA
New Frontiers and Opportunities in Work: ICT is dramatically reshaping the global job market

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

SABER Workforce Development Implementation Guidelines
SABER Workforce Development: Data Collection Instrument