Connecting Education to Employment - ILO Tools and Experiences

1. Connecting Education to Employment - ILO Tools and Experiences OAS Side Event on Youth Employment Barbados, 6 December 2017

2. This presentation ILO Intervention tools for being “job ready” • Formal apprenticeship systems • Work based learning programmes • Data collection • Internships Caribbean Youth Employment Virtual Policy Network • Do we know if what we do is working, and why? • Community of practice • Scaling up from pilots

3. Formal apprenticeship systems How we define it: Key characteristics • Form of vocational education/training • Combines on-the-job training and school-based learning, for specifically defined competencies and work processes • Regulated by law • Oral or written employment contract with a compensatory payment and standard social protection coverage • A formal assessment and a recognized certification

4. Formal apprenticeship systems WHY IT WORKS - Narrows the information gap • Better curricula • Savings on operational cost • Increases efficiency • Benefits the SMEs • Professional experience • Acquire transferable skills

5. Formal apprenticeship systems HOW IT IS DIFFERENT?

6. Formal apprenticeship systems THE BUILDING BLOCKS Full public funding is not an option in the long run – shared financing is necessary to ensure ownership and sustainability. Apprenticeships are work placements and require a sound legal framework in order to avoid abusive practices. Employers’ leadership ensures the quality and labour market relevance, while other parties parties contribute to the success of apprenticeships Social dialogue is the engine of any apprenticeship systems. Collaboration of stakeholders is an essential factor for successful apprenticeships.

7. Formal apprenticeship systems SOME EXAMPLES • Jamaica • Brazil • DominicanRepublic Toolkit on quality apprenticeship launched in November 2017 http://www.ilo.org/skills/pubs/WCMS_607466/lang--en/index.htm

8. Work-based learning programmes: The Caribbean experience Design is important! • Quality of training experience at the work place • Do I learn something useful? • Do I have options? • Can I afford an internship? • Do I get recognized? • And what happens next? • Do we check back? ILO WORKING PAPER FORTHCOMING

9. Internship the Sri Lanka ENNYI network Features • Sustainable • Tertiary graduates and vocational training • Advocacy • Skills passport • Web-based Impact • Address labourmarket imbalances • Promote decent work • Scale small but expandable.

10. Data collection • School-to-work transition Master Card Foundation, in Jamaica, Dominican Republic* (2 rounds, 2012, 2014) and Brazil, Colombia, Peru, El Salvador. • Skills forecasting

11. Caribbean Youth employment and education virtual policy network Rolled out in three phases: • Develop extended knowledge base on youth employment interventions and community of practice. • Strengthen quality of programmes – monitoring clinics and research • Scaling up what works

12. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

13. Any questions? CONTACT: Claudia Coenjaerts, Director, ILO Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean #6 Stanmore Avenue, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad Email: ilocarib@ilo.org Tel: +868-623-7178 / 623-7704 Website: www.ilo.org/caribbean