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42nd WorldSkills Competition 2013Green Industrial Skills for Sustainable Development Risk and Challenges for Least Developed Countries2 – 5 July 2013

The future of VET: Looking beyond EuropeShyamal MajumdarHead, UNESCO-UNEVOC, International Centre

Major trends impacting the future of VET

Convergent

Renewable and

Forced migration

Moving from Moving toTrends

Technological & digital innovation

Transition to greener economy

Migration & mobility

Divergent Technology

Fossil based energy

Voluntary migration

alternative energy

The world is changing and changing the way we work and live

Ocean fish farming

Agricultural and green technology

Sustainable production,

consumption and waste management

Additive manufacturing

Hospital and health care

Automotive transport and service sector

Interdisciplinary

Oriented to R&D

Information Intensive

Shorter life cycle

Common characteristics of jobs

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How the regions beyond Europe responding to these challenges?

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Lifelong Learning

Massive Unemployment

1. TVET & Skills at Centre Stage

Economic ImperativeSkills Shortages

Increasing Enrolments

Technological Imperative

Educational Imperative

Economic Imperative

Social Imperative

TVET

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2. Transforming TVET: Three lenses

3. Major Dimensions of TransformationInclusive TVET Access and inclusion

Quality TVET Focus on learning outcome and Q.A

Lifelong learning School to work, work to school path

Greening TVET Developing skills for green jobs

Innovative TVET

Entrepreneurial learning culture; school as innovation hub

Higher VET VET qualifications beyond level 5

Work toSchool

School to work

Lifelong Learning

4. Opportunities of TVET in the Era of convergence

ScienceTechnologyEngineering

ArtsMath

Foundation skills (STEAM)

Specialized skills (IoT)

5. Mere technical skills is not enough

Transversal skills (L2L)

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The UNESCO-UNEVOC responses

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Europe and rest of the world facing similar challengesEurope context Global context

Huge unemployment

Social disparities

Climatic change

Digitization

Migration

22 million unemployed

60 million NEET

22 million suffered

170 million has no basic digital skills

22 million migrants

190 million unemployed

450 million NEET

124 million suffered

758 million has no basic digital skills

258 million migrants

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SustainableDevelopment

Goals

Education & Skills are the central to the realization of the 2030 Agenda

One Education AgendaEnsure equitable and inclusive quality educationand lifelong learning opportunities for all by 2030

(4.3, 4.4, 4.5)

Global architecture of sustainable development

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Partnership is the key for the goals

ECOCOMIC

SOCIAL

ENVIRONMENT

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Network and cooperation in TVET Sector can...

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The UNEVOC Network World-wide network of TVET institutions

Facilitating youth employment and entrepreneurship Promoting equity and gender equality Facilitating transition to greener and digital society

“Global challenges demand collective reflections. Meaningful collaboration through North-South-South is the key”

Thank you !