Macroeconomic and Sectoral Policies for a Sustained Job Recovery

Macroeconomic and sectoral strategies that promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth and target decent and productive job creation are an integral part of the human-centred approach to the future of work advocated in the ILO Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work and among the key topics within the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. The United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal 8 aims to “promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.” The current fallout from the COVID-19 crisis and incomplete and lagging labour market recoveries from other previous crises have created a keen interest among policymakers and social partners on how to mainstream jobs and decent work into recovery and development agendas, including through macroeconomic and sectoral policies. In this context, the International Training Centre of the ILO and the ILO Employment Policy Department have joined forces to organize this course, as a response to repeated requests made by ILO’s constituents to strengthen the role of economic and sectoral policies as part of its mandate to promote employment and decent work. OBJECTIVES The main objective of the course was to strengthen the capacities of policy makers and social partners in the design and implementation of economic, employment and sectoral policies and strategies to foster a robust and inclusive recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and longer-term structural transformation processes required to meet the opportunities and challenges of the 21st century. The course helped participants obtain a systematic overview of relevant economic and sectoral policies for decent work and inclusive growth that the ILO’s research and technical assistance have helped identify in collaboration with prominent academics and research institutions and other multilateral organizations. CONTENT Module 1: Labour market issues, trends and the policy challenge of recovery Module 2: Macroeconomic support Module 3: Sectoral strategies Module 4: Skills development in a digital era Module 5: Addressing inequalities faced by vulnerable and hardest hit groups Module 6: Implementation and monitoring for job-rich and inclusive economies METHODOLOGY Number of learning hours of this course : 30 h This online course was implemented through the ITC-ILO eCampus platform in an asynchronous mode, offering participants the possibility to follow their learning path at their own pace. In addition, the course included webinars with experts, ensuring the opportunity for synchronous discussions. Each module combined electronic materials, webinars and interactive learning activities.