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Bill Ratteree ILO
EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL EUROPEAN REGION Vocational Education and Training Round Table
21-22 October 2009, Budapest
ILO Objective: Decent Work for AllProductive work in conditions of
freedom, equity, security and human dignity
Four interlocking pillars
1. Rights at work2. Productive employment3. Social protection4. Social Dialogue: Information
sharing, consultation, negotiation
Global Employment Agenda
Decent Work Country Programmes promote employment in several areas, including:
Skills, technology & employabilitySkills, technology & employability
Labour market institutions & Labour market institutions & policiespolicies
Social protectionSocial protection
Skills component of Decent WorkKey international standard:
Recommendation No. 195 on Human Resources Development: Education, training and lifelong learning
Adopted by the International Labour Conference in June 2004 - provides guidance to constituents; basis for sharing good practices & promote cooperation
R-195: Key ILO policy objectives Education, training and lifelong
learning are fundamental... but insufficient to help individuals gain decent jobs.
Training and skills development must form an integral part of broad economic, social and labour market policies - sustain economic and job growth and social development.
Training and skills development policies should promote equal opportunities for women and men and help eradicate poverty.
R-195 - shared responsibilitiesGovernments - primary responsibility for
education pre-employment training, core skills training unemployed & people w/
special needs
Social partners - significant role in further training workplace learning and training
Individuals - expected to make use of education, training & lifelong learning opportunities
Conclusions from International Labour Conference 2008
Skills development to help increase productivity and employment:
• Innovate
• Adopt new technologies
• Attract investment
• Compete in new markets
• Diversify the economy
Boost job growth at the same time improving productivity
Skills & development process: Prepare for future jobs jobs
Integrate skills into national and sector development strategies
Include skills in responses to global drivers of change:• technology• trade• climate change
Develop more social inclusiveness:• Rural communities• Informal economies in poor countries – move to
formal• Disadvantaged youth: education, apprenticeships• Persons with disabilities
• Women in all groups
Skills and the current crisis – ILC 2009 GLOBAL JOBS PACT
Investing in skills development now: Prepare displaced workers for new jobs
available in the recovery “Build back better” - use downtime to
invest in new skills or upgrade skill levels for enterprise productivity in the recovery
Avoid skills gaps in implementing public investments in infrastructure, green technologies and social services included in stimulus packages
Teachers & Trainers - Roles, Rights & Responsibilities No specific ILO work on teachers and
trainers – considered integrated in:
International standards - 1966 Recommendation for secondary & 1997 Recommendation for post-secondary
Monitoring & promotional work Joint ILO/UNESCO Committee of Experts (CEART) – 10th Session in Paris in early Oct.
The CEART’s 10th Session
Teaching status is not improving & shortages continue to challenge EFA goals
VET teachers face many of same problems & policy responses need to deal with: Teacher shortages: Combination of
employment conditions makes teaching less attractive = recruitment & retention problems
Continued, long-term decline teachers’ salaries compared to similar professions
The CEART’s 10th Session - 2 More difficult teaching & learning
environment – pupil indiscipline & violence undermines teacher morale & learning outcomes
Teachers’ voices in education decision-making – social dialogue - improved in some countries but remains weak in many countries and regions – need for more political acceptance of unions and institutional capacity to dialogue
Recommendations defend rights & promote responsibilities
The 1966 Recommendation: educational objectives & policies -
consultation teacher education - initial and further employment and career rights and responsibilities - negotiations effective teaching and learning
conditions teachers’ salaries social security
Applies equally to VET teachers in schools & training sites
Recommendations defend rights & promote responsibilities
The 1997 Recommendation focuses on: institutional autonomy and responsibilities academic freedom and professor’s obligations security of employment and tenure careers and conditions of work for teaching &
research staff conditions for part-time, female & other staff collegial decision-making & collective
negotiations
Applies equally to all TAFE teachers at post-secondary level
Monitoring & promoting
Joint ILO/UNESCO Committee of Experts (CEART) meets every three years to review trends & recommend policy changes to Govts, other education authorities
EI direct input to CEART meetings – major report prepared for each session
ILO: 2009 Programme on VET teachers & trainers Research & policy dialogue forum
with Govts & private employers in ILO focusing on employment and the working environment + larger lifelong learning framework & VET
Advisory body mtg. for education & research to decide on terms of reference on 4 Nov. – EI member affiliates represent workers