e-Learning course on sectoral approaches to skills development

21 September - 30 October 2020 This training course examined methodologies, institutional arrangements and models for analyzing the skills and competences needed for developing key economic sectors and industries. It focused on approaches to developing sectoral skills development strategies that respond to sector/industry-based skills needs. OBJECTIVES The main objective of the course was to “help participants better understand the characteristics, methodologies, institutional arrangements and sectoral skills development modalities needed for identifying labour market imbalances in terms of skills development at a sectoral level, in addition to recognizing the current and future skills needed at a sectoral level in a broader macroeconomic policy framework.” CONTENT Module 1 Introduction to Sectoral Approaches to Skills Development • Employment and skills development • Rationale for sectoral approaches to skills development Module 2 Understanding Sectoral Skill Needs • An introduction to skill needs assessments • Skill needs assessments at a sectoral level Module 3 ILO STED – (Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification) • ILO's STED methodology • STED examples from the field Module 4 Sectoral Governance and Financing • Sectoral governance in skills systems • Sectoral financing Module 5 Sector Skills Councils • Sector Skills Councils (SSC): Models, Roles & Responsibilities • Sector Skills Councils (SSC): Operations, Issues and Challenges • SSC examples from the field Module 6 Sectoral approaches to delivery, assessment and certification/ Sectoral reforms • Local, Cluster and Sectoral Innovation • Centres of Excellence ACHIEVEMENT This course was a 60 learning hour course, hence it qualified for a Certificate of Achievement. The criteria used to asses the participants were 6 weekly quizzes, participants who scored more than 60% as a total in all six quizzes were granted a Certificate of Achievement.