> UNESCO and ILO Publish Updated Standards for TVET
> In a significant new cooperative initiative, UNESCO and the ILO have produced in a single publication, the Revised Recommendation concerning technical and vocational education (2001) from UNESCO and the Conclusions concerning human resources training and development from the ILO. In response to the changing needs of the workplace in the early years of the twenty-first century, UNESCO reviewed its document and the ILO General Conference established its conclusions following extensive consultations with their Member States. The new documents, which take into consideration contemporary issues such as information and communication technology, the environment, immigration and gender, are now being disseminated among all stakeholders of technical and vocational education and training (TVET), particularly in developing countries. The joint publication of these two documents recognises the inseparability of education and training, throughout life, if countries are to prepare flexible and competitive workforces in
rural and urban communities. As the heads of the Education Sector of UNESCO and the Employment Sector in the ILO remark in their joint preface, Education for All and Work for All are two sides of the same coin. In the next few years UNESCO and the ILO will vigorously advocate among policy-makers in Education and in Labour Ministries the need to implement these new standards in national TVET systems in order to prepare young people and adults for the world of work and responsible citizenship.
> Contact: Mohan Perera, UNESCO Paris, fax [+33] (1) 45685621, email: m.perera@unesco.org <mailto:m.perera@unesco.org> or Trevor Riordan, IFP/Skills, ILO, fax [+41] (22) 7997650, email: riordan@ilo.org <mailto:riordan@ilo.org> or Sjoukje Schots, UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre, fax [+49] (228) 2433777, email: sj@unevoc.de <mailto:sj@unevoc.de>
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